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Long Time Stone Maker
by: Tony Brucci on Mon, Apr 14 2008
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Holy Lord! I have been passing kidney stones since I was 18 years old (I’m 46). I have been told basically not to eat everything! Everything in this world that a person eats contributes to making stones. Eating red meats and protein causes uric acid stones, eating dairy products causes calcium stones. I’ve given up on the “what can I eat now” way of life.

Most of the time I have passed the stones with the help of my local emergency room and about 3 rounds of morphine. However, I have had two surgeries to remove larger stones that just wouldn’t pass. The surgery is a relief, but then there’s the pain afterward from the surgery. It’s a no win situation.

I’m currently carrying a 6cm calcium stone that the doctor was unsuccessful removing with surgery. Now I have to have the stone blasted away using sonic-waves, then afterwards the small pieces will (hopefully) pass through on there own…….with little pain. No physician in my area (Chicagoland) can give me any comforting words others then, “It will probably happen again and again.” YIKES!
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April 2008

  • Women and kidney stones - by THR - (Thu, Apr 24 2008)
    If you are a woman and have had kidney stones Though it is not common, it CAN be caused by elevated levels of calcium, caused by your parathyroid. [more..]
  • e coli - by Marsha - (Tue, Apr 22 2008)
    I had a cystoscopy on April 8th. Two stones were removed and I didn’t need stents. That evening I developed a fever and nausea and vomiting. I reported this in the AM to my uro and was told to go to the lab and give a urine specimen and he changed my antibiotic thinking that I may have been allergic to it. [more..]
  • Surgery successful - by Mike - (Mon, Apr 21 2008)
    During the month of March and part of this month, I dealing with the aftermath of my surgeries for kidney stones. I had an 8.7 mm stone stuck in my left ureter. [more..]
  • My son - by Marsha - (Fri, Apr 18 2008)
    My son, who is now 24, has suffered with kidney stones, one after another, since he was 18. Before his first stone, he was an A student athlete. Very focused, ambitious. Now it seems like it’s a struggle just to [more..]
  • Have had numerous stones and different treatments - by Barbara - (Thu, Apr 17 2008)
    I had a surgery that failed in which doc goes thru back.I had open kidney surgery to remove large stone.Also had litho for others which didnt work 100%. [more..]
  • Stones Every Year for 6 Years - by Steven - (Mon, Apr 14 2008)
    Let’s see? Like clock work the stones have been around for years! My stones are so hard laser wont work. [more..]
  • Long Time Stone Maker - by Tony Brucci - (Mon, Apr 14 2008)
    Holy Lord! I have been passing kidney stones since I was 18 years old (I’m 46). [more..]
  • some help for fellow sufferers - by Nicole - (Tue, Apr 08 2008)
    I have had kidney stones since I was 13 years old, now in my early 20s they’ve just become a way of life. Most people pass a stone or two and never pass one again, unfortunately that is not my case. [more..]
  • Just got my first stone - by Mark - (Tue, Apr 01 2008)
    OMG I never felt pain like that ever and I never want to again unfort the stone passed but wasn’t able to catch it. The Dr still performed the utersc and said there is nothing there. [more..]

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