KSE. The Kidney Stone Experience!

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Bear669

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This is mainly a 'guy' thing, but ladies can suffer too. I am going through my 4th major episode in 15 years, and in some ways, this is the worst. There are wildly different symptoms, things the doctors forget to tell, and lots of urban myths.

FIRST-
A very serious question. Two nurses, a pharmacist and MD didnt have any answer:

How do you make erections go AWAY? No joke.

I am blitzed on pain killers most of the day as I wait for surgery (next Monday). But at 4am Mr Happy listens to my fevered brain (no sex in 2 weeks, likely 2 more) and starts flexing- more pain than I need!:eek:

If there is any interest in this thread, I will share other helpful info.
 
Watch BME Pain Olympics.
 
Bear669 said:
This is mainly a 'guy' thing, but ladies can suffer too. I am going through my 4th major episode in 15 years, and in some ways, this is the worst. There are wildly different symptoms, things the doctors forget to tell, and lots of urban myths.

FIRST-
A very serious question. Two nurses, a pharmacist and MD didnt have any answer:

How do you make erections go AWAY? No joke.

I am blitzed on pain killers most of the day as I wait for surgery (next Monday). But at 4am Mr Happy listens to my fevered brain (no sex in 2 weeks, likely 2 more) and starts flexing- more pain than I need!:eek:

If there is any interest in this thread, I will share other helpful info.
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My sympathies. They are one very painful experience. I have had a number of episodes over the years and tried many different remedies .
Drinking lots of pure water daily with lemon works best of all. The attacks are less frequent and less painful
 
Been there, tiny tiny one, thought I was going to die. The sound of it hitting the toilet bowl was the sweetest sound I ever heard. A homeopathic practitioner told me to try cider vinegar ( organic of course) 1/2 oz shot a day or if you can't hack it on your food. I happen to like vinegar on lots of stuff so it's easy and seems to work. The shot sure cleans your sinuses out. Works on nasal drip too. I've never had problems at either end since
 
After watching Ian McShane's passing of a stone on Deadwood...I don't think I want to ever have one!
 
Thanks Darlin'

Molly Robinson said:
Bear669 said:
How do you make erections go AWAY? QUOTE]

Stop taking the Viagra....:)

Sorry not trying to poke fun just trying to put a smile on your face!
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Hearing from you always makes me smile.

Actually, it was kinda funny with the pharmacist. There was a language gap and he was profoundly concerned that unwanted woodies were due TO Viagra.

(No fella, just dreams of Molly)
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Supposedly, women who have both given birth and passed a stone say the stone was more painful. So if you've passed a stone, at least you will never have to accept women telling you that you couldn't handle the pain of childbirth etc etc.
 
Yup

misdirected said:
Supposedly, women who have both given birth and passed a stone say the stone was more painful. So if you've passed a stone, at least you will never have to accept women telling you that you couldn't handle the pain of childbirth etc etc.
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Knew a very fit young women years ago, two kids and that is exactly what SHE said.

Some good info above, and to expand:

WATER!
As JS states above, drink lots, drink with lemon juice. Have water at your desk, in the car, when drinking. The corrolary to this is PEE!. Pee often, pee at night. If you have not had enough water, then pee out what you can anyway.

MYTH
'If a stone is too small to hurt your back, then it wont hurt passing through the bladder and urethra/penis".

I was told this by a very experienced urologist. Now I am waiting for a surgery, cuz a tiny nasty one with sharp edges is gouging Mr. UNhappy and stuck almost all the way out.

This has particular signifigance for TERBites because the symptoms can seem the same as an STD. My worst time in recent weeks has been waiting to find out what I had, where I got it and who I might have infected. After several blood tests and urinalysis- nada, nothing, no infections- just a piece of gravel:) .

More later.
 
I had my first one a year ago. I thought I'd passed it until a few months later when I felt this searing pain in my penis as I was pissing. The only problem was that it didn't get all the way out and it was lodged in my dick. It was a bitch trying to pee for the next week until they tried (unsuccessfully) to get it out and had to push it back up into my bladder. Then when they tried to get it from there they had to abort because they couldn't see it because of the bleeding.

Eventually they got me to drink K-Lyte, a potassium compound, for 3 months which dissolved the stone without any procedure. It was confirmed with an ultrasound and then a CT scan. Evidently there is more than one type of kidney and the K-Lyte only works on type. I got lucky.
 
Bear669 said:
Knew a very fit young women years ago, two kids and that is exactly what SHE said.

Some good info above, and to expand:

WATER!
As JS states above, drink lots, drink with lemon juice. Have water at your desk, in the car, when drinking. The corrolary to this is PEE!. Pee often, pee at night. If you have not had enough water, then pee out what you can anyway.

MYTH
'If a stone is too small to hurt your back, then it wont hurt passing through the bladder and urethra/penis".

I was told this by a very experienced urologist. Now I am waiting for a surgery, cuz a tiny nasty one with sharp edges is gouging Mr. UNhappy and stuck almost all the way out.

This has particular signifigance for TERBites because the symptoms can seem the same as an STD. My worst time in recent weeks has been waiting to find out what I had, where I got it and who I might have infected. After several blood tests and urinalysis- nada, nothing, no infections- just a piece of gravel:) .

More later.
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You are right on the STD symptoms. In fact, if the stone scratches the innnards enough, one can get a bad baldder infection that resembles gonnorhea. It happened to me about 25 years ago. My then physician asked me if my women friends were promiscuous. I told the him, I was screwed if they were and screwed if they weren't.

But seriously, drinking LOTS of water can help, as wel as cranberry juice, citrus juices, etc.
 
Ouch!!!! And that Deadwood episode? Even ouchier!

I haven't had one, thank god, and am going to drink more water now for sure!
 
Geez! Like every KSE has a worse story!

shack said:
I had my first one a year ago. I thought I'd passed it until a few months later when I felt this searing pain in my penis as I was pissing. The only problem was that it didn't get all the way out and it was lodged in my dick. It was a bitch trying to pee for the next week until they tried (unsuccessfully) to get it out and had to push it back up into my bladder. Then when they tried to get it from there they had to abort because they couldn't see it because of the bleeding.

Eventually they got me to drink K-Lyte, a potassium compound, for 3 months which dissolved the stone without any procedure. It was confirmed with an ultrasound and then a CT scan. Evidently there is more than one type of kidney and the K-Lyte only works on type. I got lucky.
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Well, always something new to learn! (though no one's given me any real suggestions yet)

My next MYTH
was going to be: Stones cannot be dissolved!:rolleyes:
Thank heavens for new science.

Was your stone the most common calcium-oxalate?
 
Hey KSE guys...

.. the wait for the surgery room was hell. But after, phew no complications, no pain.

Back to the water jug:rolleyes:
 
I'm going through it right now. It is a motherfucker for sure.

My advice is to drink tons of water, and take the painkillers they give you when needed. (Even though I have still had three trips to the hospital for a morphine drip because the pain killers did not touch the pain).

As for the erection, I get those on occasion too when the pain is so freaking intense. I have no idea why though.:confused:
 
Here's a way to ease the pain faster.

I've had the stone problem. Called my GP in the morning; he referred me to a urologist who saw me in the early afternoon. After the examination, he sent me to the hospital and took the stones out in late afternoon.

That's how we do it here. If we ever have ObamaCare like you guys do, we'll suffer just like you guys do.
 
Let me put a time line on it. Early afternoon pain like I've never experience, 20 minutes later a ride to the emergency room by EMR, 1 hour later, after a shot of magic elixir, left the hospital with a small vial of Oxy, driven home by a neighbour/bud, inside 24 hours DING, over.

All for free!!!!
 
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