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Originally posted by whanson_wi:
Time to start the competition...
"My stone was xx millimeters!"
"That's nothing, my stone was zz millimeters!"
Repeat for about three pages...

My sister told me she was hoping for twins.

TG4S, you need to catch the stone. Did they give you a cone filter to piss into to catch it?
Needs to be analyzed to see if calcium carbonate or oxalate, the two most common. Then preventive measures based on the stone analysis.
I have a urologist who specializes in stone prevention (also takes them out with ureteroscopy). That has made a YUGE difference for me.

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Originally posted by MNSIG: How in the heck did a 15mm stone make it through the ureter from your kidney to the bladder?

Thats what I asked. Something about a small stone came from the kidney, got trapped in a diverticula in the bladder and continued to grow in the bladder. Prostate radiation therapy may have contributed by affecting the evacuation of the bladder which contributed to stuff settling on the stone. I was still groggy when it was explained so maybe I got some details wrong.

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Very well could be a gallstone.

My kidney stones have always started with a back ache.

ditto on the back ache, I have passed 10 of size, and a shitload more small ones, and each of the 10 felt slightly different,

managed to pass all of them without medical procedures,

I have learned that if one starts hurting too bad, I can stamp my feet hard, and it seems to shake it up and settle down,

for a bit,

of course sometimes your piss looks like Merlot, which freaks out the wife

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Originally posted by MNSIG:

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Originally posted by k5blazer: My urologist scheduled the procedure to remove the 1.5 cm stone. Procedure went fine and very little discomfort. Get to a hospital right away.

How in the heck did a 15mm stone make it through the ureter from your kidney to the bladder?

long narrow one will,

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Originally posted by Lineman101:
2 years ago, my wife had a small kidney stone that got stuck between her kidney and bladder. This caused Sepsis and she nearly died. I have always taken them for granted. Now I know they can be serious. Just my 2 cents…

wife's sister lost one kidney due to a similar stone, and where it was stuck

Last time I had one I got a 12 pack and drank em back to back until I couldn’t hold it anymore, then I pissed it out, and was drunk. Don’t know how people drink more than 3 of em.

Glad you found out OP. Now time to catch it and see what’s making em for you. I don’t drink sweet tea anymore bc of them

Painful little bastards! If I never have another, it will be too soon.

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Originally posted by MikeinNC:
Last time I had one I got a 12 pack and drank em back to back until I couldn’t hold it anymore, then I pissed it out, and was drunk. Don’t know how people drink more than 3 of em.

Glad you found out OP. Now time to catch it and see what’s making em for you. I don’t drink sweet tea anymore bc of them

posted before in some similar thread here,

my largest was about the size of a grain of long grain white rice, with teeth on the ends,

shook it loose in May, felt fine one minute, do some work and agitate it, and hurt like hell, or be tossing cookies, and pissing red,
stamp my feet a bit and it was settle down, most times,

on vacation in Oct, had a 5 ltr of Bells Two Hearted, and decided one Sat AM, hurting like hell, to ease the pain,

got thru most of the 5 lter that day, pissing all day (did drink some water as well) and no luck

woke up at 2am, back burning like it was on fire, and then suddenly it stopped, like a switch was turned,

slept like a rock,, got up about 8, just a tad bit hung over and pissed it right out,

of the 10 bigguns I have had, all hurt to some degree in the kidney or on the way to the bladder, but never coming out, just a tingle and suddenly it is in the bowl,

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Toradol is your best friend.

Yeah man. That and Uribel. I had mine removed as it got stuck in my ureter and was only 10.5mm. The procedure to remove it, I was unconscious for it but the aftermath was worse. Urinating huge blood clots was painful, as was the procedure to take out the cath at the doctor's office. I drink plenty of lemonade, so hopefully, it doesn't happen again. I get little ones but am able to pass them.

10.5mm! That’s over 1cm. That’s a meteor!

Yeah, on a scale of 1-10, yours was 10.5. A boulder. A mountain.