Living with Kidney Stones

July 2007

• Thanks to Gabe - by mamvi - (Sun, Jul 29 2007)
  I’ve been suffering from repeated UTI since 2003. Frequent chills at night and difficulty in urinating were also part of my daily life. Last May 15, 2007, I had an operation to remove a 1.42 cm stone (uric acid) lodged at the entrance of my urinary bladder (lowest part of my left ureter). It might have been blocking my urine flow for so long. [more..]
• to Maureen - by DS - (Wed, Jul 25 2007)
  not sure if you passed your stone or not but it really isnt that painful when it comes out did they give you a strainer? I really didnt feel mine come out i just saw it and it took over a week to pass it. [more..]
• Reply to Maureen - passing stones - by Gabe - (Wed, Jul 11 2007)
  In my experience passing uric acid stones there is no pain at all in most cases. [more..]
• Dissolving Uric Acid Kidney Stones - by Gabe - (Wed, Jul 11 2007)
  After a liver transplant I suffered from uric acid kidney stones every few years. Four months ago I had a severe attack in both kidneys. CT scan showed a cluster of stones in one kidney and I was scheduled for surgery three months hence by a urologist [more..]
• Kidney Stone, Again - by Jay - (Thu, Jul 05 2007)
  Had my first kidney stone in 2005. Got up at 5am one morning with excruciating pain in right kidney area (they say this pain is worst than childbirth). Got X rays done and had an emergency Ureterolithotomy (Laser blasting of stone). [more..]
• I’ve just joined the club - by sally - (Mon, Jul 02 2007)
  I’m an operating room nurse, who thought I could handle anything…even a long spine surgery recovery…..until I just had my first experience with a 5mm Ureteral Stone: [more..]
• Uric Acid stone - by Maureen - (Mon, Jul 02 2007)
  I spent three weeks in pain that made me whimper, and I’m a pretty tough babe. The docs found a uric acid stone with a CT scan and gave me potassium citrate fizzies to bomb the crystal stuck in my ureter part way down, plus Flomax, [more..]