When my husband had kidney stones, they made him give up his diet mountain
dew and tea. He told the kids the pain was like trying to pass razor blades
through a part of your body that wasn't supposed to pass more than water.
"Kathi Jones" > wrote in message
...
>
> "Virginia Tadrzynski" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>> "Becca" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> 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
>>
>>
>
> Oh, that's awful!! A friend of mine told me about his experience passing
> a stone - he said he thought he was dying...or giving birth. As I can
> relate to the giving birth part, and have had gall stones myself, I can
> sore of understand it. But for a guy? That's terrible that he has to
> deal with it every 2 years! Yikes!!
>
> Kathi
>