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Kidney Stones

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opusxfiles

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Passed a kidney stone for the first time yesterday. Holy crap.

Anyone else out there ever been through this? Unreal pain.

I'm gonna smoke something extra mellow tonight.
 
Worst pain of my life.

At it's worst, death was an acceptable option to me.

G-
 
Not that I recommend drinking and driving but I defended a DUI case by convincing the jury that the pain of passing a kidney stone drove my client to drink and that he was trying to drive somewhere to get help. (All of that was true, by the way). Pretty much all of the people in the courtroom agreed that if you're passing a stone, you gotta do what you gotta do!

What a week though! First your gay porn star disc jockey cigar shop manager gets popped for braining a guy with a sledgehammer and now you pass a stone. Smoke your best to get through next week!
 
Thankfully, I have never had a kidney stone.

I've heard some people say that passing a kidney stone is the closest thing to childbirth that a man can experience. But I've talked to women who've had children and kidney stones, and they ALL said they'd prefer to go through childbirth any day than pass a stone.

Very sorry you had to experience this.
 
The only time I've seen my dad brought to his knees, vomiting, and hit with about 4 doses of demerol to get to a "reasonably less painful" state was when he was having an attack.

I don't wish that on anyone. Hopefully it's not a hereditary thing.
 
I will never forget the guy that came in the ER one night with a Kidney Stone. They pumped him up with Morphine and then sent him up for Emergency Surgery. I've been extremely lucky to never had a kidney stone and hope it remains that way.
 
i had them 3 time
twice while deployed to Iraq...a whole lot of NO FUN....

but beer and Vicodine seemed to make the pain go away

t
 
I told a buddy today, "If someone said, I'm going to give you a choice. You can have a kidney stone or I can stab you in the stomach with a knife, I'd choose stabbing after what I just went through."

Honest to God, guys, I thought I was gonna die. The nurses all kept laughing at me because I kept saying, "It can't be a stone. I don't get stones." Turns out there IS a first time for everything.
 
the very first time they got me, i thought it would be a great idea to drive myself to the ER, I tried to sit in the passenger seat, but the pain was making me throw-up.
Figured I would try to take my mind off it by driving(divided attention). My wife was like WTF dumb ass!!! Seems she was right.
I made it about 2 miles, pulled over, rolled out of the car into the road, and told her to call the ambulance.
On the ride to the ER, they gave me 3 shots of morphine, I remember the medic asking how the pain was "well, you have taken the edge off it" was my reply
the look on his face was priceless, actually the last thing I really remember clearly, and then he said "you should be able to pass a HORSE with all I gave you...just took the edge off" then he laughed..hard and loud.
So I am in the ER, at the hospital my Fav Aunt works at, and she is there as they give me an injection of something...and then the world is right again.
By this time, my wife has made her way into the room, and I tell her "be careful baby, they steal shoes...see" as i do my beast to lift my feet and show her that my flippie-floppies are missing. (umm they were still there)
My Aunt just looks over and says, in a hushed tone..."it's the drugs"


t
 
You need to drink more. That's why I don't get them. :p
 
I had one back in 2004. The damn thing was 11x7 mm so it had to be crushed in order to be passed. They did 4 different procedures on me over about 9 months.
I feel your pain.
 
I remember my first.
The lady behind the desk at the ER had the "I don't care about you, I hate my job" mentality. Told me to fill out the forms and wait.

I'm a pretty patient person, but I let her know she didn't understand, there was something seriously wrong and that they needed to take me back "NOW".

Still no compassion from her.

Next thing I know, I'm looking up at the ceiling with a few off the hospital staff standing over top of me (sweat pouring off off my face and head) asking me if I think I can make it on the gurney with some help.

They took me right back and as I turned my head, I saw the receptionist and stuck my tongue out at her.
 
I've had 2. Passed the first one - size of a small peppercorn but felt like a boulder. They gave me morphine for that, and I can definitely understand how that can become addictive. Second time they had to, ahem, retrieve it because it was too large to pass. I was under, but even the recovery from that was no fun.
They can be caused by many things. They told me to stay away from iced tea and grapefruit based on the composition of the stones. And staying hydrated apparently is good advice -- both for hampering formation of stones and for keeping them suspended so they don't bottom out and start their painful journey toward daylight.
 
punk_lawyer said:
What a week though! First your gay porn star disc jockey cigar shop manager gets popped for braining a guy with a sledgehammer and now you pass a stone.
Click to expand...
Stu, what's the correlation you're vaguely trying to draw here?



The only thing good about kidney stones is the morphine....if it works! Funny thing is, both them stop you from peeing.....and you need to PEE or else!

This is the second post I've read here that made me turtle. Three strikes and the little fellow may never come out.
 
I've had dozens of kidney stones, first one was at 19 when I passed out on the ER floor while the lady at the desk was asking my personal information. Thought I was gonna freakin' die. Passed two at one time, one out of each kidney, so yeah, I can relate to the pain for sure. I actually passed a tiny one a few weeks ago at work, however the one before that was approx 10 yrs ago and they had to go in and remove it. I recall seeing the tiny stainless steel tubes they were going to use to go up the...well...I went out before they finished putting it together. Woke up with the doc jiggling what looked like a pill bottle with a huge sandspur looking stone. Mine have always been from calcium build up, was told no dair products and most especially collard greens (that I love btw). Been fairly luck for a good number of years now though...
 
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