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by: shirley on Sat, Aug 18 2007

I am a chronic stone maker, the first stones I experienced were the size of quarters and there were three in each kidney. The stones had formed a membrane around themselves for protection i guess. I had a lapeticomy on the right kidney which failed, this is how the membrane was noticed. I received a blood transfusion at the hospital at the time of surgery and guess what, it was 1985 and I got Hep C from this surgery and a Jackson prep (external kidney bypass thing), for a few weeks and on top of all this I turned yellow. I saw yellow and all my human waste was snow white and throw up city, for days. I finally wound up at UCLA hospital as an experimental patient for the lithotrypter (KWSL) machine that just got here from Hawaii. To date today I have had eighteen kidney surgeries and a stone as I speak. Not to mention strokes and such. Now I am dealing with kidney leakage of calcium into the body. I feel awful, but it helps to talk to others and I hope I can give them comfort and hope with my many years of surgeries for kidney stones. Every other year and sometimes twice a year for all these years, kidney stones and more kidney stones I have a great deal of knowledge to share with stonemakers, non professional of course and always see your doctor. Thank you , stonemkr

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August 2007

  • URIC ACID STONE COST ME TWO WEEKS - by TEE - (Thu, Aug 23 2007)
    I have just completed treatment for a 6cm uric acid stone that has cost me two weeks of normal life, and many days from work. I am curious why my doctors did not administer the “potassium citrate fizzies bomb” mentioned in Maureen’s (Mon, Jul 02 2007) post. I had never even heard of that treatment. Instead, after a failed attempt to laser remove the stone, being sent home for a week with a very unconfortable and eventually problematic stent, they were able to extract the stone. [more..]
  • Confessions of a Stone Former - by RAR - (Thu, Aug 23 2007)
    I am a 47 woman living in the “stone belt” which is in the Southeaster USA. I have had kidney stones since I was 23 years old. I have passed on my own at least 20 -30 stones of various sizes over the years. I have had numerous (10-15) lithotripsy proceedures and cystoscopies to remove larger stones. [more..]
  • Kidney Stone leads to Prostatitis - by Greg - (Wed, Aug 22 2007)
    I had my first (hopefully last) kidney stone in April 2007. The stone passed in about 4 days of the worst pain I have ever felt. About 7-10 days later I developed Prostatitis No big deal, it usually can be cleared up by two weeks of antibiotics. Not this time. [more..]
  • stonemkr - by shirley - (Sat, Aug 18 2007)
    I am a chronic stone maker, the first stones I experienced were the size of quarters and there were three in each kidney. The stones had formed a membrane around themselves for protection i guess. [more..]
  • Stones in Brazil. - by Peter - (Wed, Aug 08 2007)
    I had my first kidney stone attack in Brazil about 23 years ago (age 37), couple of days of real pain. I passed the stone a few weeks later after drinking a few beers whilst on vacation. I also drank a local tea called “Stonebreaker Tea”. I just have experienced my second stone, [more..]
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