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Originally Posted by Becca71
I did a lot of research into kidney stones a long time ago, but have forgotten a lot.
There are two kinds, and one can be dietary affected and the other not. And I do remember neither is affected by calcium, even though people think that cause they eat calcium.
Can you not see a urologist? They could insert a stent to make it easier for the stones to pass, if nothing else.
We are, oddly, having a kidney stone issue here in the house, but it is because my husband's MS meant he didn't feel them, so they grew MASSIVE and now affect the kidney function. Like they are 1 inch and there are more than one in each kidney. Last week they put stents to each kidney just to help the kidneys drain better, and the uro pulled 20 mL of pus from above one stone. He's on 2 abx from the infection he had.
Anyway, no way I'd let them leave me with stones for 6 weeks. Kick up a fuss!
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I'm sorry to hear what your husband is going through...that sounds absolutely terrible.
I think next week I will be calling a specialist. I should probably do it tomorrow (later today I guess...lose track of the days when I'm not sleeping) but I mentally needed a break from "kicking up a fuss"...doing it last week with the ear issue pretty much drained all the energy I had for it. Who knows...maybe the stones will pass before I ever get to the urologist but at least if I see one and get checked out then I will be an existing patient and have someone to see next time it happens. And if they haven't passed by then, they can hopefully do something to help. Almost 2 months of this nonsense has really just drained all my energy between the stones, the ear issue, the constant flare ups I've been having, no sleep...I'm just so done.
