If you've got kidney stones

[Anonymous]

please educate me...
my brother is suffering to pass this D thing and the doc won't do surgery. WHY NOT?
he's going to the ER every other day in pain that will make him faint poor thing...
how did you treat it. how long did it take?
he can't miss work so we're wondering if he can get the surgery done on fri late afternoon and he can go back to work on tues morning... is it possible?
thanks

[Anonymous]

I had one stuck at the most painful place possible (UVJ junction). The pain was so awful (worse than childbirth) I thought I was dying of something. A trip to the ER and catscan revealed the problem. The hooked me up to good pain killers and then sent me home with a script. I drank endless fluids and took pain killers until it passed. That was 3 years ago. I haven't had this painful passing occur since though I have a bunch of kidney stones according to the last CT scan. I drink lots of water (with lemon when possible). I am forever monitoring my pee for signs of dehydration. (I was very dehydrated when I ended up with the painful passing of kidney stone.) I went off soda completely-cold turkey.

If he must go into work he probably needs to take a cab or public transit so he can be on pain killers. If there is any way he can stay home and rest, do it!

[Anonymous]

how long did it take for you to pass it?
it's been 2 weeks now poor thing....and staying home is not an option.
thanks for your input.

[Anonymous]

You can always try a home remedy. Some of these actually work, you just have to make sure you get a good one. Also you can check out this article which gives some useful tips for passing that kidney stone.

http://ezinearticles.com/?How-to-Pass-Kidney-Stones-Quickly---3-Tips-to-Accelerate-the-Process!&id=4531920

[Anonymous]

Go see a urologist, they specialize in stones and can give a better opinion. I've had reoccuring stones - they won't do "surgery" (which is actually a laser blast) depending on how far the stone has actually traveled, if it is past a certain point, the surgery is actually non-effective as it only breaks up the stone. I only know how it works for a woman (very different for boy parts) but the other option is to go up - which for a male is VERY serious surgery.

As far as passing the stone, he should be drinking 10-15 glasses of water a day. No soda, no milk and no citrus drinks. The best medicine to take is flomax (which help increase the flow of urine). Every hour have him walk around for 10 mintues - then go pee. Do NOT hold your pee - that makes it worse.

If a stone is less that 5mm, it usually takes less that a week or so to pass - it could be taking so long because it's a big stone. It could be taking so long becuase he's not drinking enough fluid.