Out of Commission

[joe_pilot]

Good luck Kathy. I feel for you. July of 1989 I had pain so bad I couldn't see and passed a 4mm stone. X-rays showed another 5mm stone, which I passed the next day. I wish I didn't, but I do know how you feel.
Hang in there.

-J

 

[rfeathe1]

Good luck on your lithotripsy--I had a lithotripsy experience in 1985 in Charlottsville, Va. It turned out very well--pulverized the stones & passed out in my urine. BTW, the vast majority of kidney stones are found in males.

 

[navigator72]

Kathy, I hope you feel better soon. Just a side note to all the guys reading this. A guy who I work with had a bid ole' stone last year and they had to insert a stint into his penis so it could pass. He told me he would have rather been dead than go through the pain of having a stint in his penis for a few days.

 

[seethru]

Good luck to you Kathy. I too have a stone, which has had me sidlined for the past four months! No medical until it passes.

You mentioned some herbal remedies. I would be interested in hearing about those. There is also a great deal of information available on stone prevention:

How to prevent Kidney stones:
http://www.rogerbaxter.com/KidneyStone/Pages/KidneyStone_4.html#Preventing

http://www.aafp.org/afp/991115ap/2269.html

Kidney Foundations:

http://www.kidney.org/

http://kidney.niddk.nih.gov/

Clear skies!

 

[Resume Writer]

Thanks everyone for all the nice wishes and concern! I am glad that I am not alone in this - however, I do not wish this pain on anyone.


As for the herbal remedies, I went to a health food store and they had an herbal remedy book. I cannot remember the name of it, but it has an orange and black cover that is a picture of a lake at sunset.

In that book they have different remedies; one for diet, one for herbs, one for vitamins and one for body work. The book has just about every illness you could ever imagine and gives all remedies for each illness. I have used it for other things that have happened and so have my friends. Each time what they suggested has worked.

I have not had to take a morphine pill in about 3 days thank goodness. I know how addicting those things can get, so I am very careful with all medications.
Tomorrow will be a day of rest. I have been very tired the past few days due to the extreme pain that was happening over the 4th of July weekend, since I could not get in to see my doctor. I am sure I will be fine, however, I do not like the idea of surgery at all!!

Kathy