Anyone have experience with kidney stones? Recently had a ultrasound done on my kidneys and the results show I have a 5mm non obstructing calculus in both kidneys. My dr didn't seem worried! I requested to see a specialist. I heard ultrasound waves can break it up. Is there anything I could take to piss it out? Would it be painful to pass a 5mm kidney stone I heard it's small?
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Ooooh I’ve got some experiences lol
I’ve had 3…
First one came with some back pain over the course of a few days and I went to the ER because it got real bad one day (not as severe as story #2) and I thought something was wrong, turned out to be a kidney stone, and I want to say it was the same size as yours, said I’d be able to pass it… Well, I didn’t drink much water back then so it actually took months until I passed it.. I started dieting and drinking a gallon of water a day and one of those days I went to piss and it burned like crazy and I had a weird, irritation feeling in my prostate.. I took antibiotics thinking I might’ve caught an STD and was drinking tons of water, then on day 3 of this I just felt something coming up my urethra and a POP.. I look in the toilet and a brown little rock was at the bottom. Yes I grabbed it and it was weird as fuck looking… The pain/burning and prostate feeling went away IMMEDIATELY after I peed it out…
2nd one came while I was visiting in Cali.. I was at a buddy’s house and went to the bathroom and felt a pain from my bladder to my back, it got real intense real fast.. I tried to make it to the ER in Fresno but was feeling like I was passing out while driving and had to pull off the 99 highway into a gas station, tried to get the clerk to call an ambulance and they wouldn’t help me at first.. Then I looked around and I was in the HOOD, like there were crack heads and hookers in the gas station, the clerk thought I was just another drug addict tripping out.. I had to show him my ID while dry heaving and holding on to consciousness on the floor of the gas station for him to call the ambulance… They end up coming and taking me to the Fresno hospital, it’s full of fucking drug addicts, they even put me through a metal detector when I got to the ER… Legit, I felt like I was in a prison… Anyway, they evaluated me and they waited a while to verify I wasn’t a drug addict to give me pain meds… Turns out the kidney stone was passable but it got a little stuck in the tube that connects from the kidney to the bladder and that’s what was causing the pain (EXTREME pain)… They sent me home with some pain meds and told me to drink lots of water to flush it out.. That’s exactly what I did until I felt that weird burning/prostate feeling and then I drank as much water as I could and held my pee as long as I could.. I wanted maximum pressure behind that stupid rock to push it out.. It worked.. The next morning it was out and I was back to normal..
3rd one was 2 years after that 2nd one and that one, I felt nothing, no pain, nothing until I went to pee one day and I felt that all too familiar burning/prostate feeling and I immediately drank a bunch of water and a few hours later it just popped out, a little tiny one and I felt normal immediately after once again…
I’ve had a better diet, I’ve heard magnesium helps but I take it regardless and I stopped drinking sodas and other types of drinks (I’ll have a whiskey once a month or so), only drink water and always try to stay hydrated as much as possible keeping my pee clear.. I haven’t had one in 4 years so it might be working lol..
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