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Grumpy Old Pharts Board Gerritol, Ex-Lax, Immodium, Bad Breath - all requirements for the Grumpy Board |
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10-04-2006, 09:54 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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ben
i'll be seeing my primary Doc in the morning
and she had better know her meds...or she's fired.
but now, i am fully at war with my body....and i am ripshiit.
this is my own 9-11 plane crash into my kidney's and i'll be
a kidney stone expert before i'm finished.
or at least how to radically change all my dietary habbits so
that i'll never have to experience this again...
i have never before been so devastated by an experience as this
and i am at war...with alkalinity and digestion, the whole nine yards.
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10-04-2006, 10:11 PM
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Registered Grandpa
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: east coast
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Oh man Rav, feel betta soon. 
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" Choose Life "
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10-05-2006, 12:13 AM
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Wave Jumper
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: On The Edge!
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Raven, ask you doc for a script of Tramadol 25 mg.
These little pills are the best thing since sliced bread, they don't make you grogy or feel stupid at all, and to add to the benefits it won't bind you up at all.
Take with or without food every 4-6 hours or as needed.
My last episode with stones was one at 5 centimeters and two about 3 centimeters big at the same time, I passed the two smaller ones in 3 days but they had to go in and get the 5 centimeter stone, wasn't pretty at all. Pretty embarassing when the nurse comes in to remove the shunt, grabs hold of your little friend and says this won't hurt, lean back and take a deep breath ... OW!
Everyone used to tell me to drink cranberry juice to help pass them but my doc who is one of the best from Boston said " DO NOT " drink cranberry juice, it is one of the leading causes of stones and can and will make a stone grow bigger if you have one, and if you don't have one then they tend to promote the growth of one.
Soda is also on the list but is okay in moderation, but any kind of berry juice will promote them.
I have Robert Lang as my urologist and he practiced in Boston for 10 years before moving down my way for the last 15, he's also one of my customers so I keep his cell number on speed dial for when my ususal events arise and I'm in need.
Did they tell you where the stone was caught? The kidney is harder to pass a stone from because it has to go up before it can come down and the tube hurts just as much but a 3 centimeter stone should pass within a couple of days unless its one of those "stag-horned" stones, they look like deer antlers growing out of a rock.
Good luck and drink plenty of fluids.
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Insanity is a long and winding road ... I think I finally made it there.
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10-05-2006, 05:32 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Posts: 22,805
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Quote:
Originally Posted by teaser
Raven, ask you doc for a script of Tramadol 25 mg.
These little pills are the best thing since sliced bread, they don't make you grogy or feel stupid at all, and to add to the benefits it won't bind you up at all.
Take with or without food every 4-6 hours or as needed.
My last episode with stones was one at 5 centimeters and two about 3 centimeters big at the same time, I passed the two smaller ones in 3 days but they had to go in and get the 5 centimeter stone, wasn't pretty at all. Pretty embarassing when the nurse comes in to remove the shunt, grabs hold of your little friend and says this won't hurt, lean back and take a deep breath ... OW!
Everyone used to tell me to drink cranberry juice to help pass them but my doc who is one of the best from Boston said " DO NOT " drink cranberry juice, it is one of the leading causes of stones and can and will make a stone grow bigger if you have one, and if you don't have one then they tend to promote the growth of one.
Soda is also on the list but is okay in moderation, but any kind of berry juice will promote them.
I have Robert Lang as my urologist and he practiced in Boston for 10 years before moving down my way for the last 15, he's also one of my customers so I keep his cell number on speed dial for when my ususal events arise and I'm in need.
Did they tell you where the stone was caught? The kidney is harder to pass a stone from because it has to go up before it can come down and the tube hurts just as much but a 3 centimeter stone should pass within a couple of days unless its one of those "stag-horned" stones, they look like deer antlers growing out of a rock.
Good luck and drink plenty of fluids.
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this one had like moose antlers and then there was a little grey one with a bushy tail,,, they said
no really...a great suggestion on the tramadol so i got the prescription today...cuz i told her:  hey i had to drive here on a
perc and that aint cool at all... and she says...i didnt just hear that.. plus i need to be running the chainsaw...besides..
stones caught in the kidney just below a little hump of fibers in front of the door out.... so i reckon  i should just stand on my head.
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10-05-2006, 05:39 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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oh yeah
i forgot to mention i had one in spring too....but didnt know what it could be and just toughed it out...only took one day... i lived.
2nd time: i then new i had a serious condition developing and took it
much more seriously...
i tend to be very pro-active with my health solutions
and sometimes thats thought to be an act of non -cooperation
by Doctors as aposed to someone wanting to take an active role
in their own road back to health.
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10-06-2006, 07:37 PM
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Wave Jumper
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: On The Edge!
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Hey raven,
How's the Tramadol working for you?
What milligram did you get?
Keep us posted on the outcome of the rocky situation.
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Insanity is a long and winding road ... I think I finally made it there.
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10-06-2006, 08:23 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
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thanks teaser
the doc almost scoffed when i told her....
but i got the 50 milligram tramadol
and was able to switch off of the percs...
thankgod...for that !b-cuz that stuff is nasty...
and i'm in no pain...eating alot of pineapple
drinking OJ like it's free...and doing so much
better than before....a little weak (woosey)
from the whole experience still from sleepless nights
but bouncing back quite nicely. 
thanks very much for that info on tramadol!
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