DAMN ! !Time to change the diet maybe ? ? !! ? ?

Mine was 5mm(3/16) x 10mm(3/8) and the pain will take you to the floor. Tried the water hydro thing-- couldn't find it. Finally on the 3rd hospital trip did the laser thing--- only one way in for the laser and that is through a small natural hole in the body.

there was a sinefeld episode where krammer had a stone... it passed in a public restroom... very funny.

At the circus .. .... . .

I definately have the right last name, Stone. My dad suffered from kidney stones as well and I'm the spitting image of him.
All I can say about kidney stones is....thank god for dilaudid!

It was at Yankee Stadium.

I'm just thankful for my boringly fairly good health.

Sg

My faith in Jeezis will protect me from kidney stones.

still ailing, the pain is much lower now. hoping this gravel falls out soon.

Had one 5-6 years ago,painfull as hell and a scary ride in the aid car @ 4:00 am.I didn't know what was happening,I thought I was gonna die and so did the wife.The pain mellowed shortly after arriving @ the hospital.They shot me up and gave me a bottle of vics for the road, game over.Hit bouy-10 for the annual 8 day vaca two day's later like nothin had happened.Good luck,
SZ

The killer is when you see how small the damned is.

marsha delivers a facial over bait dunker!!! (que in the marv albert voice)

Coming from the Ron Jeremy of Harstine island

He's like that paste-eating dipsh!t from 1st grade that sat in the back of the room before they placed him in special-ed, where he belonged.

Dang SF. You're the King of Kidney Stones now.

I haven't had the pleasure yet. If I'm fortunate, I'll not have to deal with them. On the other hand, I find that I'm dealing with other health issues right now.... Joy's of getting older.

Took 3 weeks for them to deal with mine. The laser deal was a trip. I'm half awake looking at a sheet at about belly level and I hear the Doc tell one of the nurses to "Grab ahold of his penis and don't let it go". The epidural/spinal block deal kept me from enjoying the touching. I could feel the laser bursts in my head in 3's.

Any sage words from you veterans on avoiding pushing a marble through a straw?

(queue Doctor Rick?)

Sounds similar to my first kidney stone ER visit. I just wish the nurse had gotten the shot into my arm on the first attempt, not her own hand.

I guess I shouldn't complain. My urologist said she removed 20+mm stone surgically from a guy a few years ago. Damn boulder.

One key thing is to drink plenty of fluids so that the ureters, and eventually the urethra, can fill frequently to their maximum diameter which is, hopefully, bigger than the stone, and allows the stone to float down the pipe.

Unfortunately, that means lots of bumping and scraping while floating, which is kinda like riding down the river in my boat.

The fact that Brewer is feeling the stone move is a good sign so far. And he's not the first or last person to self medicate with beer.

Dr. Rick, that sounds like a semi endorsement of beer to relieve pain.

The only medication I have had that made me want it again was Verced (sp?). Everything else made me feel like crap. I had back surgery last May. I had them take me off the pain meds a few hours after waking up, as the meds made me feel so bad. The next day I got out (early because I was off the pain meds) and after the drive from Kirkland to Post Falls I got in my chair, looked at the bottle full of pain meds and told my wife to throw them away and get me a beer. A few kokanees and I was much better.

Stick with the plan Brewer. Sounds like your strategy is working. I have not experienced the pleasure of a kidney stone yet, but I have seen others, so I hope your just drinking beer for fun soon.