What I learned

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

I learned that I really need to drop about 30 pounds to be effective.

I had a kidney stone (8mm) accompanied by a pretty serious infection. It really pulled me down for about 2 weeks. I simply didn't feel like eating, among other problems. I lost about 20 pounds in the 2 weeks. I figured the 20 would reappear like magic, but I picked up about 4 or 5 and have managed to stabilize there. So if you get a kidney stone, and can tolerate it for a whole month, that should put you right where you want to be.

Hope this helps.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by just another ref

I had a kidney stone (8mm) accompanied by a pretty serious infection. It really pulled me down for about 2 weeks. I simply didn't feel like eating, among other problems. I lost about 20 pounds in the 2 weeks. I figured the 20 would reappear like magic, but I picked up about 4 or 5 and have managed to stabilize there. So if you get a kidney stone, and can tolerate it for a whole month, that should put you right where you want to be.

Hope this helps.

Well, it beats some of the other options. Thought about meth, but it would cost me my job.

[bigbeardedbryan]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

Well, it beats some of the other options. Thought about meth, but it would cost me my job.

Probably a few teeth, too. Eww.

[BBrules]

Originally Posted by just another ref

I had a kidney stone (8mm)

YOW! Man, that's not a stone, that's a nugget! If it was gold, you'd be in tall cotton! I'm afraid to ask how it was "eliminated".

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BBrules

YOW! Man, that's not a stone, that's a nugget! If it was gold, you'd be in tall cotton! I'm afraid to ask how it was "eliminated".

C-section?

[26 Year Gap]

Originally Posted by Snaqwells

C-section?

Whatever happened to "No pain. No gain."?

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by BBrules

YOW! Man, that's not a stone, that's a nugget! If it was gold, you'd be in tall cotton! I'm afraid to ask how it was "eliminated".

Lithotripsy: the use of high-energy shock waves to fragment and disintegrate kidney stones. The shock wave, created by using a high-voltage spark or an electromagnetic impulse outside of the body, is focused on the stone. The shock wave shatters the stone, allowing the fragments to pass through the urinary system.


It worked. I recommend it. A couple of the "fragments" which did indeed pass on through the system were still 3-4 mm. Not the most pleasant thing, but infinitely preferable to the alternative.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by just another ref

Lithotripsy: the use of high-energy shock waves to fragment and disintegrate kidney stones. The shock wave, created by using a high-voltage spark or an electromagnetic impulse outside of the body, is focused on the stone. The shock wave shatters the stone, allowing the fragments to pass through the urinary system.


It worked. I recommend it. A couple of the "fragments" which did indeed pass on through the system were still 3-4 mm. Not the most pleasant thing, but infinitely preferable to the alternative.

It's quicker and easier with a sledgehammer. Just saying....

[just another ref]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

It's quicker and easier with a sledgehammer. Just saying....

When that stone is lodged in the tube in the kidney, one would sometimes welcome a hit with a sledgehammer.................in the head.

[Jurassic Referee]

Originally Posted by just another ref

When that stone is lodged in the tube in the kidney, one would sometimes welcome a hit with a sledgehammer.................in the head.

I have a brother who's a doctor. He said the two worst measured pains recognized are labor pains and kidney stone pains.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Jurassic Referee

I have a brother who's a doctor. He said the two worst measured pains recognized are labor pains and kidney stone pains.

I can't speak about labor pains, but when I had my most recent kidney stone attack, I was screaming for morphine as soon as I got into the emergency room. I made my brother-in-law run every red light as he drove me to the hospital.