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Well, started with some intense pain a few hours ago that soon subsided tolet me go back to sleep again...........until about 15 minutes ago.

#16 is on its way. Its destiny has been set now.
I wonder what I will name this one?
I wonder if I will be spared from enduring hours of pain or days.
I am seriously thinking about a trip to teh ER right now and the morphine and that buzz to the back of the neck as the injection goes through my veins.
That is probably the only good thing I get out of these darn kidney stones.

Since we are in a new year, I guess that now makes it 16 in 16 yrs.
Happy Birthday Stone!!!......well, soon hopefully.:D

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Ouch! Good Luck with your new little friend.
"And this too shall pass"

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Good luck with that Carlos.


Make sure it's taken care of before the 14th. ;)

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May cranberry juice be your new best drink even if it is mixed with vodka, hope the pain is over soon

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Had 'em twice myself, and I do not envy you my friend.

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Bummer Carlos. Pass that some*****...

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May your offspring be like sand on the shores - hopefully it's that small.

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Here's to hoping it will "ease" on out!!

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:tpd:

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Well guys, painful yes but at least, this one came and went fast.
At 5:05 am, one heck of a monster was born.
The biggest stone I have ever passed by far.
I was quite fortunate that I didn't need to go to the ER.
The aftermath is quite draining.
Need to rest.

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My co-workers has them 3 times in 2 years... Feel for ya...

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patink! Good Job Bro :tu

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While 16 stones is quite an impressive number by any standard, I guess I have a ways to go for the record of 421.

http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine...Person-8361-1/

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16!? Dude, you gotta relax some and stop drinking sodas(sugar) and whatnot! I hope everything goes well for you man

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Funny you say that.
Has nothing to do with it.
I actually seldom drink soda.
Sugar has no effect on stones.
Stress not found to be related.

They are caused by calcium oxilate.
That is found in just about all foods but specially high on some things such as spinach, broccoli, tomatoes, brussel sprouts, fruits such as strawberries or anything ending in "erries", on and on and on.
In addition, sodium is believed to be a culprit.
If you see the actual list of what one who suffers from stones can in fact eat, the only thing pretty much left on it is water. Heck if I want to live eating water.:D

Some people like me have a chemistry composition that just traps the calcium in the kidney, little by little forming a stone or a few, as opposed to having the kidney let the oxilate escape via the urine. I am actually on medication to assist in the prevention of them. That lasted since July when I had my last one. I guess the bright side is I had 6 months or so stone free.

Well, as tired as I am, tried going back to sleep for a while but that is just not going to happen.

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Glad it's over for you. Hopefully you'll be good for a while.

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Glad you're okay and past this one. :tu Another of the assorted tribulations life throws our way.

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I feel for you. I had a stone several years ago and I *never* want to go through that again.

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I feel your pain, Carlos.....glad this one passed quickly.

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Glad it passed Carlos. What a pain in the ***k huh?

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You know maybe you ought to change your diet, :hm but what to I know, I think I have had four in the last four years.:bh

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Name it Cheney... :D

Glad it was over relatively fast, Carlos. Also hope that the kidney stone factory ceases production!

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You have no idea how many times I have been there, done that in the last 16 yrs.
I have been told I qualify as "chronic".
Diet doesn't seem to slow them down so gave up eating water for the most part and went back to real food.
Drugs don't seem to be helping either. I am on hydrochlorothiazide and still got them again.
Good thing they didn't also say "contagious".:r

I was supposed to do one of those 24 hr urine observations/test and never did.
I think this one will get me to piss in that container for the next 24 hrs and send it in to be further analyzed.

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The real funny thing here is my brother in law in NJ competes with me.
He started it.
I then go my first after him.
After that, I have always maintained the lead, with him following close behind.
Can't wait to call him and break the news to him.
He will immediately realize that means his is around the corner.
Must be something in the Cuban blood that we both produce so many.
Perhaps the common trait is we are married to sisters.
THAT's IT!!!
It is our wives that cause them.
Darn, the answer was right before my eyes the whole time.:r:r:r

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When I had my longest running one (intermittant, medium pain instead of the gut wrenching agony that some of them brought), the doctor gave me a strainer to "catch" the stone in.

After a week and a half of taking the thing everywhere....restaurants, friends' homes, work, etc....I said **** it.

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Glad the latest one was birthed- hope future ones will be few and far between. ¡Buene suerte, amigo!

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I always tell people you have the biggest stones of all.
What do you carry them around in, a kevlar sack?

Glad to hear it was a quick one, buddy. May your MTBD be long.

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I went to emergency room with mine. I was in so much pain I couldn't stand up straight. They had me do the strainer thing, and when it finally passed, I was like "Are you f**king kidding me?!" I guess I was expecting a boulder. :r

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:r:r:r

Been there, many times.

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Most folks have the same initial experience.
I have found the smaller they are, the more painful.
The tiny ones have a tendency to have sharp edges and move around quite a bit, hence cutting you up inside.
The bigger ones are more "docile" and generally drop a whole lot faster.
The problem is when they get so big you can't pass them.
The method they use for getting them out is not humane, or at least, not even remotely comprehensible to the average person.

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Please don't elaborate. :eek:

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:r:r:r

No way.
I still shiver when I recall that bastage doing that to me.
I felt dirty afterwards.:r

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OK,
Time to get sick.
Will photo the newborn and show the world.:r:r:r

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WARNING!!! STONES!!!

The newborn, "Jupiter", is on the left.
As you can see, a healthy, 1/8" baby. However, he does look like that sphere in Star Wars after it got partially blown up.
For comparison, "Pluto", is on the right. Pluto was born in July, the second stone I passed in a 48 hour period.















http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...o/CSC_0007.jpg

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the first 15 were exiting, now this is getting old ;)

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sweet mother of God.


Shivers a little.

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:r:r:r
You should try being on this end.:r

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no thanks I lived through several of them with you :ss

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Nope. Won't let you off that easy Perry.
You want to hear about someone enjoying an old Cuban Dunhill or you want to experience it yourself to really know the feeling?

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If thats what it takes to enjoy a Cuban Dunhill I will be happy reading reviews

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If that is what it takes, I guess I have 16 of them stashed away somewhere.:D

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I look forward to the reviews

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Carlos, try waving your white flag....that seems to have gotten you out of trouble in the past!! :rolleyes::r

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I'm not at 16, but over halfway there! I definitely feel your pain and I'm glad for you it's over...good luck man!

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:fu:fu:
:r

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I'm sure Carlos is hoping all of them are EXITING. And it is probably EXCITING for him when they do. :dance::r

Good God Carlos, that thing is huge!! I've only ever had one of these and hope like hell I never have another one. I was at work and they took me to the ER. I was white as a sheet. They took me back and told me to piss in a cup and this rock came rolling out. I was like, are you kidding me? This is what was making me think I was dying? I couldn't imagine having one as big as what you passed.

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All of you that have posted that have passed at least one can certainly imagine.
I am so glad I am able to laugh about it after only four hours or so of "labor".
Last July, spent three trips to the ER of at least 6 hours each and lots of morphine and IV's, all in a 48 hour period to pass two stones.
This one was easy and the bigger they are, believe it or not, the less painful.

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do you have a little jar that you keep them all in?

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Damn...

From the title of the thread, I initially thought you were talking about children... :D:D:D

Apparently, it is like giving birth... My Dad had them...

Hope you feel better soon!