Bleeding . . . Warning TMI

[limewave]

I don't think I've ever heard of a woman getting kidney stones. Aren't you special?

Like Mimi said, ouch.

I hadn't heard of women having it either. For a split second I had an identity crisis until the dr. assured me that women get them too

[ny biker]

My sister had kidney stones a few years back.

[KnottedYet]

I had a kidney stone a few years back. Great fun...

[azfiddle]

Oh, I've had kidney stones too. Not fun. I had the lithotripsy to break one of them up- even with morphine it felt like I was being snapped with a rubber band for an hour and a half on the same spot. The other one escaped on its own, which was also not fun.

Some contributing factors for me: living in a hot climate, not drinking enough water, being a teacher and having restricted times to get to the restroom, plus several years of commuting over an hour each way to work on a bus with no restroom, and drinking too much diet Coke. Do you know that cola nuts have a compound that helps form kidney stones? Haven't quite been able to give up diet Dr. Pepper though....

Good luck and I hope that you are able to take care of it with the minimum of discomfort.

Do you have to have an IVP test?

[ny biker]

Yes unfortunately my sister told me it was very painful.

I hope it's less bad for Limewave.

[Eden]

I hadn't heard of women having it either. For a split second I had an identity crisis until the dr. assured me that women get them too

women certainly get them too - poor guys though, their urethra is about twice as long....