Living with Kidney Stones

March 2008

• kidney stones - by Marsha - (Mon, Mar 24 2008)
  I started having urgency feelings and lack of urine in Feb. On our way to Punta Cana, I experienced blood in my urine in the airport bathroom. When we got to our resort, I was relieved to find out that there was a pharmacy there and you could buy antibiotics without seeing a doctor. I started having discomfort in my left flank area as I purchased the Cipro. [more..]
• BABY STONE - by TEONIE - (Mon, Mar 24 2008)
  I WAS TOLD I HAD A MED SIZEDF STONE AND IT WAS CAUSING OH BOY PAIN AND I WAS PUT IN THE HOSPIAL VIA EMERGENCY ROOM THE NEXT DAY THEY TOLD ME IT WAS 5.5 MM AND THEY TRYED A URITER [ureter] TUBE BUT THAT DIDENT WORK [more..]
• kidney stone history - by da - (Thu, Mar 20 2008)
  i’m a 48 year old male who started producing calcium kidney stones beginning in my late twenties 28. for the next ten years i would pass one stone 2-4 mm once every two years or so. [more..]
• IS THERE HOPE? - by BJ - (Wed, Mar 19 2008)
  I am a 58 year old women who suffered with a back ache for years. I would go to the Dr. and he just said to exercise and that nothing was wrong. In July I went to a Chiopracter to be adjusted and she found two large stones by doing an xray before adjusting me. [more..]
• Weekly recurrent kidney stones - by Crystal - (Wed, Mar 12 2008)
  My husband was diagnosed with kidney stones in November of 2006 at the age of 22. His family has a history of uric acid stones and gout so he knew what to expect when having a stone. No one thought anything of it until things started to get worse. [more..]
• failed nephrolithotomy - by Helen. - (Fri, Mar 07 2008)
  I had a which 3.3cm stone in my right kidney which caused my kidney to atrophy and is now functioning at only 30% or less. I lived with constant pain for six years with doctors telling me I had irritable bowel syndrome and fobbing me off after countless tests, colonoscopies etc. [more..]