I once laid down on a bench in Poland (Toruń, back ache, waiting for the Ibuprofen to kick in) – and in less than 10 minutes, I had a police car next to me asking what I was doing there...
Literally recovering from one right now...went to ER
last Friday at 1 in the morning when the pain woke me up. Second time I've had them. Worst pain I have ever had and that's coming from someone that's had broken bones in my arm as a teen and partially cut a finger off at work. Kidney stones are the worst!
My husband gets them regularly. He has been told to cut out the salty meat and drink more water, yet his diet contains a lot of smokies and root beer. Approximately every two years he is in the ER with the pain from the stones.
Omg! This is my husband too! Every 2 years like clockwork, he doesn't eat meat though and they don't know why it keeps happening. Docs suggested they remove the kidney that was producing stones. He denied saying he'd rather have 2 kidneys and kidney stones than 1 kidney incase something went wrong with it.
Turned out to be a good decision because 2yrs later he got kidney stones again - in the opposite kidney. They now both produce kidney stones.
They told me basically the same. Chill out on salty foods and dark sodas and drinks with fructose in general. I do drink water..I know some people hate it....but I don't drink enough of it. Coca Cola is my favorite soda and then Mt Dew and both of those are no Bueno in large amounts, so im doing my best to have them only every so often now. Its hard to with dew coming out with so many new flavors so often. 🫤 And I found out by doing some of my own research, that drinking cranberry juice isn't the Kidney Stone Killa....lol...that it has been made out to be. Sucks your hubs has them so often. I don't wanna get them again. Jesus...literally feels like im dying. 😅
Could you explain what's the problem with dark sodas specifically? Are diet sodas a problem?
Because I am a heavy Coke Zero drinker and have had several kidney stones in the past and I am pretty sure remembering my doctor telling me that diet soda wasn't the problem.
Dark sodas contain phosphoric acid that been associated with urinary changes that promote kidney stones and diet sodas are only a bit worse, if any compared to non diet dark sodas.
What would you say it the best way to avoid this situation? Should I ultrasound my kidneys to check if I have any yet? I am NOT good with pain. Thanks for the help
Drink a lot of water. Kidney stones are sand like at first and normally you urinate them, but they can grow when dehydrated for a while and then they become stuck
Water and lots of it apparently is the best way to stop kidney stones. You are technically supposed to be drinking 12 glasses a day. If you drink alot of dark sodas and sodas with fructose that can escalate things quickly. The dr also told me that to much salty foods can lead to their delevelopement. But again, if you're drinking alot of water or lemon juice in water the chances those stones are broken up before they get out of hand. If you drink tea or sprite alot, you should be ok as long as you do try and drink water everyday. Hope that helps. 🙂
My SIL had a bad case, and she's one of those people who drink way too much water. Which I presume means that water here is too hard. I drink bottled, so I guess if I ever have any they'll come out plastic 😂 Thanks, I'll make a habit of drinking more lemonade :) Good luck to you! 🪨
Haven't had kidney stones yet but my firstborn LOVED squeezing my kidney in pate when i was pregnant. He would kick them and not just kick and go. It was full on kick and keep pressing like he adamant to push a hole out my uterus through the wall right there and then. I woke up HOWLING most nights...was sure i am dying. Learnt that's just kidneys, they are very sensitive and don't like kickbox or hidraulic press 💀 based on that pain i hope i never have ANY kidney problems cuz damn do those 2 fuckers hurt!
I just got out of the hospital with one. WORST PAIN EVER. Doctors HATE giving narcotics and will only give out as little as possible. I went from ibuprofen.. to morphine.. to Dilaudid and Ativan combo in 12 hours. It hurts THAT BAD. I remember one night the meds wore off and I went from full sleeping position to full standing position beside the bed next to the nurse.. IV, catheter and all in one swift motion. The size of her eyes when I leapt out of bed so quick lol.
had my first one at 11/12 ...was terrible .. especially as I was to scared to talk about the pain as I assumed it was connected to my emerging sexuality ...
For a more helpful tip, start learning core exercises and do them semi regularly. They'll help you tremendously. See a physical therapist for some advice
Yeah you probably learned to handle your posture and back better as you grew older. I think it's something we all go through as we approach our 30s, when we realize we can't sleep on a bed that makes our spine curve like a cheeto anymore.
but my actual lifestyle bedame worse. today im genuinely fat, back then i was reasonably athletic. in any case, i still recommend in taking care selecting the two pieces of furniture you spend over 50% of your time in. even said “nope” to the not even bad company chairs and brought in my own.
For sciatic pain, which I have, a firm mattress is recommended, to keep your spine as stabilized as possible. For muscular and ligament problems... I guess it depends on you body, muscle structure etc. It's very subjective from my knowledge. Before I got sciatica, I loved softer beds, but now I can't sleep in them at all. Sometimes I even just lie down on the floor to get as stiff as hard a surface as possible, but I always move to my bed after a few hours of that as I wake up from the discomfort.
I swear no matter how good my form is my back hurts more when I’m exercising regularly. I can sit on the couch for a few weeks and it’s fine, but as soon as I do one workout I’m back to a 90 year old man
I had a lower back disc prolapse in my mid 20s and struggled with aches for years.
For me, getting into running has been an absolute miracle cure.
I only looked into it after wondering why I felt so good, and found that there are various studies supporting the notion that running actually makes your discs stronger and thicker.
My parents have both had some wicked back issues in the last decade or so, one of which was my mother suffering a slipped disc. Needless to say, I'm just a little bit concerned about the same thing happening to me as I age
Young man
There’s no need to feel young I said
Old man
Cause you’ve got a bad back, and you’ll
Stay there
When you fall on the floor
And you can’t! Get! Up! You’re! Thir-ty!
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u/tchofee Lower Saxony (Germany) 2d ago
I once laid down on a bench in Poland (Toruń, back ache, waiting for the Ibuprofen to kick in) – and in less than 10 minutes, I had a police car next to me asking what I was doing there...