kidney stone!

i don't think it has passed, because i still have a slight dull pain in my lower back. the doc said it was 2mm large, wouldn't i feel that sucker come out?

Well, if they're able to move, and a 2 mm stone is small enough to be mobile if it formed in the bigger tubes of the kidney. They normally do pass fairly quickly. The urinary system is designed to filter out and pass things through quickly. If you're watching carefully, you can sometimes see when the stone comes out, and normally you feel the irritation as the stone progresses because it irritates the bladder and urethra as it moves through those areas. It wouldn't be unusual at all to have pain in your lower back left over after you had the stone, but I guess if it got lodged in a tight tubule, it could still be stuck in your kidney. The longest-lasting one I ever had lasted about seven hours max from onset of initial pain to the stone's exit.

I get em 2 to 4 times a year usuly very mild. But on Supper bowl sunday, I got some that lasted for three months, that was the longest I have ever had. The doc gave me the choice of expensive surgery, generic morphine (and a cool metal and glass syringe), or expensive ultrasonic threapy which usualy helps, but sometimes it doesnt. I chose fuk you I got a sack and a stick to bite on at home. If you dont have health insurance having something which frequently comes back sucks. I used to get em alot like 5-6 times a year and they were very painfull (put you on your ass pain), but I changed my diet and now I get em less. Ibeprofane is what helps for swelling, I take about 800mg and some brownies and some bong bowls. However if the pain is intens I find smoking like a train (preferably hash or realy potent bud) and of coars walking or moving (dancing, ti chi, any Kata or Movement exercies) and lots of water help. I find when extrem pain hits after the adrenalin and endorphins kick in smoking aids in pain, and the effects of getting high are nolonger their. The effects change greatly than if you were to smoke in no pain.

Yah man.. I have one also and it is so so so so painful..
just drink lots of water and flush it out.

this damn thing ain't movin! although i can't complain cause the pain is pretty mild right now

I had them several times.My first one hit me back in 2001,I thought I was dying the pain was so intense.I ended up having it for about 2 weeks before the E.R. doc advised me to have surgery to break them up so I could pass them out quicker.I agreed and later that night I was in the hospital having surgery to blast them up.At first I thought it was a good idea.The doc said I'd just be there over night and in a couple days I'd be back to normal and at work.Was he ever wrong,I ended up off work another three weeks.I was still in pain and it took that long for the last pieces to pass.I can still feel the pain I see the blood that I passed those long three weeks.

I've had them since then but not as bad thank God!Doctor told me no pain was more intense and severe for a man to go through.Only a woman in birth can compare to that type of pain.I feel for anybody that has to go through this.My advice is drink plenty of water,take your meds,and rest as much as possible.Lemon juice is also good and even the doctor said a beer is always a good way to flush out the kidneys.So yeah to a certain extent I guess you could say a beer a day keeps the doctor away.Just dont try drinking a beer on top of the pain killers they prescribe for those stones.I did that one night.Popped the top and just took a few sips,shortly after I was knocked out big time.So yeah man just take your meds and keep pushing plenty of water,hopefully it's passed and the worst is over for ya.

These are the pics of mine. I did have 3 in the container - but when i found it there was only one.

January 1996 was the last time i had em, and also the date i had the op.

If you look real close you can see the date. Sorry about the crap pics - but i thought it was better than nothing.

damn, thats scary!

Eh, the alcohol in beer is a vasoconstrictor, and although beer makes you pee, it also makes you dehydrated, and that doesn't sound very good to me...

Yeah diet is the big thing in prevention of kidney stones, prevention most all diseases for that matter. Countries around the world don't have kidney stones its an American high fat, high protein, over intake of calcium, low exercise thing.