Kidney Stones

[gnihcraes]

Might taste kind of acidic if you're not used to it.

better than the pain. For days.

[Not_A_Llama]

Potassium citrate is a fairly straightforward solution for some kidney stone chemistries.

[Ramsker]

Also, if this is your first . . . be vigilant in straining when you take a leak and try to catch that sucker. Take it to a urologist and have it tested to find out what kind of stone it is. They can also do things like urine collection tests and blood tests to help determine if it's diet related. The huge mistake I made with my first was just going to my GP and he was less than thorough with the whole process. He said it was calcium oxalate, but just said "yeah, well . . . drink a lot of water from now on and you should be fine."

With the second one, I got the full-blown workup done and the urologist gave me a ton of info. I was eating a metric crapload of stuff I should have been avoiding (almonds, chocolate protein powder, spinach, other high oxalate foods). They also gave me the information on the citrate intake.

[gnihcraes]

^ yep

Vegetables that contain high levels of oxalate includerhubarb, okra, leeks, spinach, beets, and Swiss chard. To reduce how much oxalate you get, avoid almonds, cashews, and peanuts, as well as any soyproducts. Grains such as Bran Flakes, Fiber One,wheat germ, and quinoa are also higher oxalate foods.

I'd have to suggest these folks too; Urology R Us - as they are known in the medical field locally.

http://tucc.reachlocal.net

[Ramsker]

One more bit of trivial knowledge for calcium oxalate stones. If you do eat something moderate or high in oxalates . . . eat something with some calcium in it. A small glass or milk, small piece of cheese, etc. Sounds counter-intuitive, since the stones are calcium binding with oxalates. But if you have the calcium with the oxalate when you eat, the calcium (in theory) binds to the oxalate in your gut and so it doesn't go to the kidneys where the stones form. At least that's the advice I got from the Dr.

[RCCrawler]

I got them once per year without fail for about 10 years, then about 4 years ago had one big enough (12mm) there was no chance of passing it so they decided to do surgery. After surgery they told me my left kidney still had a bunch of them in it, but so far I haven't had any more issues.

When I told my grandpa about how big mine were he told me to quit being a pussy, he had one over an inch that he was still dealing with.

[jslo]

http://www.naturalremediesforkidneys...kidney-stones/

[02ducky]

Success!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TheGrey]

Success!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Gman]

Success!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Awesome!

...and now a nap.