I had a few kidney stones about a year ago and I’d like to hear from other people who know about them or who have had them as well. What diet are you on to prevent you from getting them again ? What are some foods that are good for people prone to kidney stones ?
She has either kidney or bladder stones. It hasnt passed with her new diet and she is going into surgery this week. Today she threw up in the morning and just now she peed blood. It wasn’t even pee with little drops of blood. It was completely red. Is this an emergency? Or should I just wait until her appointment this week? Is this normal for stones?
My dog is sick. It started 3 weeks ago when he wouldn’t pee – brought him into the vet and they removed a mucus plug, but the next weekend, he was back to the same issue. Again they removed a mucus plug and suggested an ultrasound. We scheduled one. The next weekend, he was doing better on acidic meds to break up what they thought were beginning kidney stones. He was doing okay so they canceled the ultrasound. Then, in the middle of the week, he had a complete turn around. Now he couldn’t stop himself from peeing!!! And it was happening to the point where he’d piss and then just lay in his own pee because he was so lethargic. He started throwing up. We brought him back into the vet and they put him on anti-inflamatory’s and new food (C/D diet) because we thought that was the problem. Now his potty problems seem to have disappeared – but he’s still incredibly lethargic and is puking ALL the time. I am running out of money to bring him in. He’s also got slimy stuff from his mouth. 
I’m a 14 year old girl (5′1, 88lbs) I HATE HOW I LOOK
I’m extremely bony, I SO want to gain weight (I had an eating disorder a few months ago)
i want to gain HEALTHY weight (muscle)..So I’m on a high protein and carb diet. I ONLY eat healthy foods. I very rarely eat junk. plus I exercise 3 days a week (20-30mins of cardio 45mins/1hr strength training) I also take 1hr pilate classes 5-6 days a week..
I was just wondering if It would be safe for me to use protein powder for after my workouts..Can I use it? or am I too young? what if I just use HALF a scoop instead of a whole one? I’m thinking about buying this
http://eas.com/product/100-pct-whey-protein-powder
I heard that more protein helps your growing process as your a teenager. is that true?..but then again I heard lots of protein causes kidney stones (my mom has them) but I drink a lot of water so I think i’m good..Do you think taking protein will benefit me at all?
For most of my life I’ve eaten mostly junk food but I never really felt bad nor did I ever get sick or have any health problems. When I stopped that, lost weight, and ate only healthy food I’ve been having constant problems and getting sick. I’ve gotten several colds since I’ve stopped where before I haven’t had a single cold in ten years. I’ve lost weight but I feel more tired and crappy then I did when I ate only junk food. I’m now getting kidney stones and UTI’s as well as lower and upper back pain and arm and chest pains ever since I started eating healthy. What the hell is wrong with me!?!? I get 8 hours of sleep a night and I get just about everything I need from my diet and anything I don’t get I take a vitamin for. I’m so frustrated and confused.
I eat mostly fruits and vegetables, rice and fish and things like that.
Ok so I have been trying to be really healthy by introducing greens slowly into my diet. But I have been having doubts.
I have done some reasearch and there has been a lot of of research on oxalates in greens. When greens are left at their natural states they are not oxalic acid right? but when they are heated they turn into oxalic acids which bind to calcium increasing risk for kidney stones and eving robbing our bones of calcium.
Do you think if I take 1000mg of Calcium a day it would be better or worse.
I am sooo confused. I literally spent hours tryign to research this but everyone had different opinoions.HELP
I have a 9 year old brown tabby cat. We adopted him from the shelter when he was 2 and have had him for 7 years.
During the first week he was with us he had a seizure and so we rushed him to the vet and they told us he could possibly have epilepsy. They ran tests but they couldn’t find anything concrete. These past 7 years, he’s had seizures at random, sometimes 2 or 3 in a year. We went to many different vets seeking different opinions but they all told us the same thing, they didn’t know what was causing the seizures.
He resulted with kidney stones, about 2 years ago, which we treated and he’s been on medicated dry food ever since.
Now, he’s recently developed diabetes, and the cost to treat him is very expensive. I also feel that if i tried treating him, he’d be in pain and stress anyway. Injecting the insulin every 12 hours, taking him to weekly visits to the vet for check ups, other treatment, etc. would be a lot for him.
He’s already lost a lot of weight, even though he eats and eats, and drinks a lot more water than usual. We’ve changed his diet to a low carb, high protein but it doesn’t seem to help. He’s shedding way more and seems unhappy.
What makes it worse is that i that he’s barely 9 years old, but i don’t want him suffering.
Would the best thing be to put him to sleep?
first off i have anxiety,take kolonopin*, and two months ago i had my tonsils out lots of medication, now that i have been off meds for three weeks, i have worse anxiety, sweet taste in mouth, and always have been thirsty, my stomach has gerd like symptoms all the time but ppi i started a month ago don’t stop the reflux, pain in my abdomen, i don’t have a history of diabetes in my family and i’m not at all over or under weight, the pain is more on the right then the left top of ribs to back area and i have mild elevated biliruben count, tired a lot, sleepless nights, however i have had tests for kidney stones,blood work, and gallstones, also i don’t smoke or drink! and i have changed my diet to fish n bread for the most part! serious answers please!!!!!!!
My boyfriend has kidneys full of stones and has been recommended for a lithotripsy, however, he has a lot of other medical issues – he has Cystic Fibrosis – and we are nervous about the side effects: among his issues he has had pulmonary hypertension in the past and we dont want to risk hypertension or renal failure. But passing stones is terrible for him too and we dont know what to do.
So, are there any healthcare providers out there who would like to weigh in? Also, I’d love to hear back from someone who has had a lithotripsy about their experience.
As a side note – we cant modify his diet to avoid stones, its too important to keep his diet up to deal with his CF
Everyday all my 19 yr old female friend eats is plain turkey sandwiches, donuts, soda, and always at LEAST one fast food meal a day(size med) she is on the skinny side as of now, because she only usually eats once or twice a day…but she has been having lots of abdomonal pain, (lower and back) and just had a bladder infection….she is also constipated and may have IBS..and may now have a kidney infection or kidney stones. I try to tell her its from the food she eats but she is just like no its not health probs run in my family blah blah. Any ideas what to do? I know that diet pretty much affects a person’s health. She thinks vegetables and fruit and water are "yucky"
My friend has an outside lab that hasn’t been eating for the past two days and is taking in very little water. She’s planning on giving him a boost of B12, which will hopefully help his appetite, and I recommended that she smear some peanut butter on his gums for protein and hopefully it’ll encourage him to drink more. He hasn’t passed anything through his system and doesn’t act sore – his temperature is at a low 99. She says the only thing off is his diet and the fact that when he urinates, it comes out in short bursts, making us think there could be something wrong with his kidneys or urinary tract. We’ve ruled out any tract infection, which would cause him to have a temperature, so I wonder if it’s possible for male dogs to pass kidney stones, or if maybe there could be some prostate swelling.
Or anything else. Ideas, please, on how to get him in better health.
First off, don’t tell us that we need to take him to the vet or how he should be supervised. The dog has been in a closed off area of 3 acres for all his life and it’s almost certain that he hasn’t been into something, as it’s THEIR BACKYARD. Human medication, you say? Well I didn’t ask if B12 was okay to give, BECAUSE I ALREADY KNOW IT IS.
A urinary tract infection, or ANY infection, is indication of a fever. He isn’t running one. THAT’S how we know. I hate using this community for answers and only do so in emergencies because you people are ass holes and are extremely repetitive.
Not everyone has the money to run their dog to the vet over every little thing, especially when things are like they are for the economy. Some things have to be put before others in times like this, and a dog isn’t one of the main priorities, especially if there’s hope that it can be fixed at home.
So any advice that isn’t the OBVIOUS, please.
I am 30 weeks pregnant. I told my obgyn over a month ago that I was having severe abdominal pain under my right rib. She told me it was likely my gallbladder and to adjust my diet and follow up in 30 days. Well my pain had actually gotten worse after I changed my diet. I ended up in the urgent care where as much of an abdominal ultrasound that could be performed was. After 8 hours and a ton of blood samples accidentally from my artery none the less they were inconclusive as to where my pain was coming from because they had limited vision from my daugheters positioning. They did how ever find some "good sized" kidney stones. Now, I know that is not the pain I am suffering from, although I am anticipation the passage of
Sometimes, i can easily drink a 2L bottle in a day. I just keep taking swigs at it (and i burp afterwards lol.. only when i’m by myself… i live alone). I’ve tried to stop drinking pop but i diet a lot and when i’m on a diet, i’ll drink pop, juice, milk, anything to prevent me from eating. I also eat candy (mostly hard candy in my mouth to prevent me from eating). I worry about kidney stones and other things like that.
So how much pop do YOU drink per day?
Sometimes i go on diets where i stop drinking pop altogether and i can last for weeks and then i just snap and binge on pop lol. Come to think of it, maybe i should give it up for Lent.
I also heard that drinking lots of water can keep you clear of kidney stones. I tend to drink a lot of water and i have for years. It’s just this pop habit that i’ve gotta kick. I just love the fizzle… nothing else can give you that. Flat pop is useless to me.
sparkling water is still a carbonated drink, isn’t it? That’s all i need is to get hooked on another one of those. I highly doubt that i can find anything to replace pop. That’s like trying to find a replacement for pizza. Face it, there’s nothing like the real thing.
Well the signs I have had and do have are sometimes I can hardly walk or sit, hurts with pressure. Shoots pain up towards my naval. That plus the occasional buildup/blood excreated from my bowels. I am going to the bathroom way more often than I used too, probably 4+ times a day. Bowel Movements are not solid. I have slight gas, but nothing more than I usually do.
I have had a colonoscopy recently, and the only issues found were small hemroids (not in the area of the pain).
On a related note I have two kidney stones in my right kidney, but i have passed them before, and this pain is in a completely different area.
I had previously changed by diet to try and see if it was just the things I was eating. The pain is still there.
I have had this sort of discomfort/pain for about 2 months now. It didnt used to be this bad, but has gotten to this point within the last couple of days.
I have a doctors appointment in 4 days. Should I go to the emergency room before hand? I really dont know what to do.
I am a 24 year old female. Since beginning of July I’ve been having pains in my LEFT kidney. It was nothing terrible just a faint numbness. I just rubbed it and slept on my right side and it would usually go away. A week ago the pain in my LEFT kidney radiates to my LEFT shoulder blade and the faint pain stays there. Plus the pain got worse. Yesterday I got a pain on my RIGHT ovary… that pain for the most part went away. TODAY I have pain on my RIGHT kidney and the pain radiates to my RIGHT shoulder blade. NOW both sides are hurting. It’s a faint numbness that gets to a sharp pain for a few seconds. If I take a deep breath I feel the pain in my back. Today I am also getting acid reflux with it. FYI my pee is normal. I’m going to the doctor tomorrow but people are telling me it’s my kidneys, gallbladder, stones, ovary infection, mini heart attacks or just bad gas. What do I believe??? I know I will get an answer tomorrow but I’m scared as hell now and want a better educated idea on what might be going wrong here. I take vitamins every morning, drink lots of water, and don’t have a bad diet (I’ve actually lost a lot of weight recently). Please help!
Im 31 weeks pregnant and have been to the doc a couple times about a month ago for severe upper back pain, they did a sonogram and found nothing. Im tired of people telling me it’s just because I’m pregnant. I finally found out it was most likely due to my gall bladder and my diet. But now I’m having pains right where my kidneys are. And urgency to urinate, and pain and trouble doing it when I do so the doc gave me some antibiotics. Now I’m passing kidney stones and still having kidney and abdominal pains. Should I call and tell my doc i’m passing kidney stones? I mean that means the pains about over right? and theres nothing they can do? I don’t want to sound like a big baby calling and complaining about more back pain. But its quite uncomfortable and painful.
Im 31 weeks pregnant and have been to the doc a couple times about a month ago for severe upper back pain, they did a sonogram and found nothing. Im tired of people telling me it’s just because I’m pregnant, it was worse than that, it had me doubled over and in tears. I finally found out it was most likely due to my gall bladder and my diet. But now I’m having pains right where my kidneys are. And urgency to urinate, and pain and trouble doing it when I do so the doc gave me some antibiotics. Now I’m passing kidney stones and still having kidney and abdominal pains. Should I call and tell my doc i’m passing kidney stones? I mean that means the pains about over right? and its not like they can do anything ya know? I don’t want to sound like a big complainer calling and complaining about more back pain. But its quite uncomfortable and painful.
I am 43yo male and form kidney stones. My diet is normally:
no breakfast
lunch 1 turkey sandwich granola bars, corn chips (no salt) apple
dinner rice beans corn chicken
snack smoothie w peanuts, mixed berries banana tofu
lots of water
I need to cut animal protein but i need something filling and simple
thanks!
Have you ever heard of this diet???? 1 pack of cigarettes and a 2 liter soda per day plus a few light snacks and 1 meal???
Your thoughts??? What are the medical complications that this may cause other than cancer and kidney stones, and urinary tract infections??
Before you answer, this is not my diet and I Donot intend on trying it!!
I have a little problem of whether or not to take calcium pills. I’m Chinese so I dont have a lot of dairy foods in my diet. A lot of older chinese woman have very fragile bones so my doctor has always been pushing me to eat calcium pills.
However, my dad has kidney stones and that means I could get it too. I drink very little water a day, maybe 3-4 cups, sometimes less. Once in a while I try to drink more but I usually go back to my old habits. Calcium pills would probably make it more likely for me to get kidney stones because so many minerals will have to pass through my kidneys. I know I could drink more water and I do try but I usually forget after a while. Also when I drink more its around 5-8 cups so it might still be a little low.
So what should I do? Eat calcium pills and fear kidney stones or not eat them and fear breaking my bones later on? Choose one!
body stats:
178cm/5 foot 10
83 kilos/183 pounds/13 stones
athletic build
i exercise at least 3 times a week (mix of weights & cardio). i would like to lose a decent bit of body fat (5 kilos/10-12 pounds/1 stone). i have 2 months until i go on holiday
my diet is generally healthy.
so my questions are:
should i go to a more protein based diet? kidney beans, turkey meat etc as well as some pasta dishes as usual are my plan.
will i notice a big difference in this time frame of 2 months?
should i increase my exercise levels?
any other tips at all are much appreciated! thanks
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I went into the hospital for kidney stones. This making my 5th trip in for these things in less than 3 years. Each and every time I have to have them surgically removed. They are too big to pass and lithotripsy does not work on my kind of kidney stones. This time after having them removed, my kidney decided it did not want to work properly. It became obstructed and my left kidney was having to work overtime to make up for it. Now to the point. I have gained 25 pounds in one week after leaving the hospital. This CANNOT be normal. None of my medicines have changed since the surgery besides the normal prescribed pain killers. Which I barely took any. My diet has not changed. I stay on a strict 1000 calories a day diet. Yes I was bed ridden for a week. But come on! 25 POUNDS IN 1 WEEK! Being bed ridden for a little while could not possibly cause that. What on earth could be making me gain so much weight so quickly?
my sister is 31 years old and she has major health problems and the doctor told her that she need to watch her diet and cut out a lot of things that she eats .. she has had kidney stones and they are caused alot because of things she eats now we find her sneaking cereal one of the main things the doctors said not to eat .. ok the question i guess is .. well she has a home and a husband would it be wrong for us to tell her if she dont start doing what she is suppost then she is going to have to move out and go back to her house with her husband..
I am 30 weeks pregnant. I told my obgyn over a month ago that I was having severe abdominal pain under my right rib. She told me it was likely my gallbladder and to adjust my diet and follow up in 30 days. Well my pain had actually gotten worse after I changed my diet. I ended up in the urgent care where as much of an abdominal ultrasound that could be performed was. After 8 hours and a ton of blood samples accidentally from my artery none the less they were inconclusive as to where my pain was coming from because they had limited vision from my daugheters positioning. They did how ever find some "good sized" kidney stones. Now, I know that is not the pain I am suffering from, although I am anticipation the passage of those suckers any day now. I have increased my fluid intake to over 2 gallons of cranberry and water a day. Try that for a week then talk to me about being uncomfortable… The doctor did not eliminate gallbladder disease, he said I needed to see a specialist and have a more complete ultrasound performed. Little did I know, a urologist wont come near me because of my pregnancy. I am in unbelievable amounts of pain. I was told the baby is more than fine and as long as I can tolerate the pain under my ribs I will be ok. Well guess what. I cant take it anymore!!! It hurts all the time! Im scared to stretch because it kills me, I cant eat because I have no room and it causes sharp burning pains. Im scared its going to rupture. Is there anyone who knows what I can do? I appreciate consolation but I need some serious advice!!!
my husband went in several months ago to the ER (he was in extreme pain)for a colon issue and got a cat scan. They found no problems with his digestive system or anything in the cat scan..they told him he should see a gastroenterologist . So he did a few mths later (after insurance had kicked in) and the results oft the cat scan were faxed to the gastroenterologist(sp?) and they told my husband that the cat scan showed that he had kidney stones…
The hospital said NOTHING about kidney stones!! Isn’t it there job to tell him if something was wrong!?!
Someone said that because thats not what he went in for that they didnt HAVE to tell him about it…
The gastroenterologist said the kidney stones shouldn’t get any worse if my hubby changes his diet. so they aren’t an immediate threat. But he could have been working on fixing it MONTHS ago!!
Am I wrong…but I think they should have told him!! Can I get the in trouble for that!?! lol
