Kidney stones.

[JPkempo]

Any one else have them, and when they passed looked at them and kind of felt like a wimp?
"That little thing caused me that much pain, must be in my head."

[cjefferys]

From everything I've heard about them, I hope I never, ever get one.
Sure the stone may be small, but if the tube it passes through (ureter) is a lot smaller, you got yourself some serious pain.

[z3zep]

I had one and damn that was easily the worst pain of my life! You are no wimp -- they are tiny but hurt!!!!

[Seeker]

Thank God you passed it. The worst pain imaginable is if they have to go in with the scope and bust it up. You think the stone was bad you'll be peeing razorblade for several days after that one.

Even using the sound waves feels like someone took a bat to your lower back after wards.

[toys2cool]

I had one like 6 years ago,worse pain ever next to a tooth ache...I fell to the floor almost crying after that It felt like my thing had been split in half with a razor blade

[vulcan2074]

I had one like 6 years ago,worse pain ever next to a tooth ache...I fell to the floor almost crying after that It felt like my thing had been split in half with a razor blade

I hope that I don't ever get one. I don't want that kind of pain
Sammy

[Timothy2251]

I've had 'em. I NEVER want 'em again.

I'll pass on the same advice my doctor and urologist gave to me - drink plenty of fluids, and if you do have 'em, ask about getting this stuff called PolyCitraK. It comes in a powder; you mix it with water and drink it down before you go to bed (tastes like bad Kool-Aid). I was on it for about a year and haven't had kidney stones in about a decade. Best damn thing to come along since Megos.

[toys2cool]

I've had 'em. I NEVER want 'em again.

I'll pass on the same advice my doctor and urologist gave to me - drink plenty of fluids, and if you do have 'em, ask about getting this stuff called PolyCitraK. It comes in a powder; you mix it with water and drink it down before you go to bed (tastes like bad Kool-Aid). I was on it for about a year and haven't had kidney stones in about a decade. Best damn thing to come along since Megos.

hey that sounds good.

I know if you drink lots of Soda,Coffee or Tea it's likely you'll develop them at some point

[Marvelmania]

I've always heard that if you drink a lot of milk it can cause them. I don't know how true that is though.

[Sideshow Spock]

I had one in 1990 and was hospitalized overnite until I passed it. Didn't have another until three yrs ago which saw me pacing and writhing in the ER for three hours waiting to be seen. It took three different IV pain meds to even put a dent into what I was feeling. Took two or three days to finally pass it with intermittant attacks day to day.

It's no walk in the park. Every once in awhile I catch myself drinking too much cola and not enuff water and I get mad at myself for tempting fate again.

[JPkempo]

It took 3 months for the last one to pass. I have 2 more 1 in each kidney could be a long time before they move there only about 1mm each.

[Hector]

Eat lots of limes and lemons...you'll never get them again...trust me on this one.

[cdhall]

I've had them 3 times. Almost blacked out from the pain. I won't tell a long story but my Doctor advice was 100oz of WATER per day and Calcium can cause them and CRANBERRY WILL CAUSE THEM. My doctor said "Crananything" should be illegal. He doesn't understand how they get away with selling it.

100oz of water per day was a JOB for me when I started but now I drink 20-40oz at a time and it is easy to do 100oz of water a day. But it is also easy Not To drink 100oz of water per day as well.

Kidney stones, small as they are, will give you an appreciation for the Grand Scheme. If one of those 1mm stones can knock you unconscious...

On the other hand, it was kind of cool to "black out (from pain)" and you do get tunnel vision and the darkness closes in on you as you fade away. I'd been knocked out once in Karate but I just woke up later not knowing what happened. This was fading out, maybe like being choked out or strangled.

Aren't you glad I didn't tell my Long Kidney Stone story?

[Hector]

My kidneys have 50% function...so you guys are lucky.

[Seeker]

It really makes you wonder/appreciate the logic of the human design. We are a big tube. Block either end and Pfft you are in a world of trouble.