"Becca" > wrote in message
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> Virginia Tadrzynski wrote:
>
>> When my husband went in for his kidney stones for the umpteenth time,
>> eldest daughter threatened to corn-row his beard (he looks like a
>> cross between those GEICO cavemen and Rupert from Survivor) when he
>> was asleep unless he got over himself and got better. Now that was
>> motivation.
>
> They tell me kidney stones are painful. Is there anything he can do to
> stop the kidney stones from forming? Any vitamins? Diet? I hear you
> should avoid oxalates.
>
> Becca


He's been sifted and chipped at so they know what type of stones he makes.
Told him to back off the iced tea as the chemical found in tea is also in
his stones. They are heriditary as FBS has them as well.......we've just
decided to change his name (a la Flintstone-style) to Joe Quarry....that and
the fuzz on his face, sorta fits. He averages at least one big stone every
two years. Largest blocked his left kidney, and it was huge, I want to say
7 cm, and had to be laser chipped out piece by piece. You can tell when he
is trying to deal with another one......PMS symptoms and all, but in his
case it's Passin' My Stone..
-ginny