Yes, i'm 24 and have had 3. The first was very small and smooth and passed with no problems. it hurt bad.
The 2nd was a little larger and jagged. The pain brought me to my knees. I had to go to the ER because i though i was dying.

My 3rd was straight to the hospital and had to have ultrasound therapy to break it up into small pieces.

Salt intake owneragesme.

 

I believe ultrasonic waves can break them up.

 

I just got home from the hospital :wtc: i had to be put in there for 2 days cause I was vomitting up everything i ate/drank, including water.

Its been sooooo horrible the last couple of days and I still haven't passed it yet. They said its blocking my right uritor (passage to the bladder) completely, where no urine can pass by it.

They were pretty worried, but reluctantly there is nothing more than can do other than give me a shit load of pain killers which i don't really want. Tylox makes me mean :sad:

I hope it passes soon, cause I'm seriously weak

 

im :nervous: now...i drink alot of milk, when i mean alot, i mean, about a half gallon or more a day h:

 

milk does a body good :yumyum:




I'm lactose intolerant h:

 

scary. hope you feel better.

 

here comes some advice from an old fuker (@ least by HAN standards):

i am a 33 year old male that has had kidney stones not once, but TWICE the first time i had one, i had a radioactive scan & they said i had one & it was 8mm (~5/16" or about the size of a standard #2 pencil) if you dont think that is a big deal, take a piece of metal that size & cut jagged edges on it & jam it in the end of you piss hole i was suppused to have the ultrasonic frequency the next morning, but i passed it w/out an pain med that night.

the next time i had 'em was about 18 months later. this time, i had 12 & they were all less that 3mm, so they passed w/ alot less pain. they sent those off along w/ the first one & determined that they were phosphate deposits, more than likely from caffeine. i had a (3) 20oz dr.pepper a day & half-gallon of ice tea habit that i quit like THAT *snap fingers*. since then (almost 2 years) i haven't had ANY caffeine. i drink only water, oj, & gatorade. i also haven't had another kidney stone. :thumbup: *knocks on wood*

to those who haven't had the pleasure of having one, here is what it feels like:

for me i was sound asleep & i awoke with a severe pain in the kidney area (felt like some body gave me an uppercut right above the belt in the back). next was the cold sweats. followed quickly with lightheadedness & a desire to hug the toilet & puke. the only thing that came out was fluid.

here is what my doc told me:

the pain is caused by the stone falling through the pathways in the kidneys & becoming lodged. laying on your back tends to make it 10x worse & is why you will usually be hit with the pain while sleeping.

here's a remedy i found for the pain:

since the stone is being pulled down through the kidney by gravity, i have found that if i can stand on my head till the pain goes away, then i'm good for a few hours till it gets lodged again. they look like a grain of salt or a snowflake. they are basically just a mineral dposit that builds on itself. which is hardly ever smooth.

they also say that it is the closest a guy will ever come to experiencing the pain of childbirth. from my experience, if this is what you ladies go thru having kids, i just have to say........

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I hear but not sure that eating lots of pepper isn't good either, cause pepper doesn't dissolve like salt.

 

never heard that, but it different for each person. it is just an excess of something you have in your body that the kidneys can't break up, so it just builds up.

for some people it calcium from milk. me was phosphates from caffeine. some people it is an unknown cause that just reoccurs for the rest of their life.

 

how are you suppose to find out what your kidney cant break down? :thinking: :scared: