I was told it's hereditary. I had my first stones when i was 6 years old and probably 4-5000 since. When I was a kid, they didn't know what it was. It's still pretty rare today with under 50K people in the country having this issue.
Super Beets (beets) are a known cause of kidney stones for many people
I didn't say it wasn't true. I said I hate to think it since I take the stuff every day.
I thought they could blast the stones with a laser.Well, here we go again.
I last posted about 8 months ago with a bad stone. I've passed around 60 stones since then, some of them really friggin' big. Anything under about 5mm goes through my system with barely a notice.
I had an ultrasound a few months ago so they could see what's left in the kidneys. It showed stones in both kidneys with one being around 17mm. My urologist said the equivalent of "17mm, no way" so he ordered a CT scan to get a better look. It was a couple weeks before I got the CT scan. The results came back. It had actually grown to 25mm and is still growing. Ruh roh. So this one will need surgical removal. They go in from your back and run a tube into the kidney. They go in with tools, break it up then suck it out the same tube. This will be a 2-5 day hospital stay. Unfortunately, I may be coming out of the hospital with a couple tubes and bags still attached to me.
The cause of my stones is something called cystinuria. It's a pretty rare hereditary disease. Diet really doesn't change it.
I was sick of laying in bed for 2 days, also knowing that just laying there won't move a stone. I came outside, enjoyed the ambiance and drank an 8-pack to force fluids. That volume pushed the stone.
Look up expired scripts. They<may> lose some efficacy. I don't believe they will harm you.
