Hey I'm alive!!!!

Hey everyone,
Audrey is alive and kicking...been MIA for some time now..missed everyone..maybe Adam a bit more :wuv:

Was fighting aweful kidney stones for some time :( Didnt feel like doing much of anything but sobbing like a baby...but hey I'm back now...
I hope everyone has been doing well.....and if I dont hear from you all have an awesome holiday :D

~Audrey

welcome back!! :)

kidney stones? that sounds painful

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Originally Posted by TheAudOne

Hey everyone,
Audrey is alive and kicking...been MIA for some time now..missed everyone..maybe Adam a bit more :wuv:

Was fighting aweful kidney stones for some time :( Didnt feel like doing much of anything but sobbing like a baby...but hey I'm back now...
I hope everyone has been doing well.....and if I dont hear from you all have an awesome holiday :D

~Audrey

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I was gonna make a thread about where the hell ya been?

I am glad that yer doing better! I know from a friend that kidney stones are no laughing matter.. ouch! You're a tough one to go through that.. glad yer back :D

Hey!! Welcome back.
Wolfy

Yeah they were not fun at all....anyone who has ever given birth with out drugs knows the pain I felt....it wasnt pretty at all!
But hey it didnt kill me so it's just another thing in life I guess.

Thanks for everyone welcoming me back...missed ya to Mike!

~Audrey

sorry that happen but i'm glad your feeling better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm glad its all over for you and soon it will be just a bad memory.:pinkele:

I just figured you where off on some extra top secret CSI mission :rolleyes:

OWWW!!! I know the pain too well. I have 3 to 4 kidney stones per year. I PASSED one that measure 1 cm by .4 cm :O Darn near passed out with that one. I think I have probably passed 20 or 25 in my life. Painful little buggers.

Keith....good god man!!!!! I cant imagine how much worst it is for men then woman....I mean really...I feel bad for ya....never thought I'd feel bad for a guy going through any pain at all....but after the one's I passed I wouldnt wish it on any man...welll okay I have a few ex's that I might of wished it on...but come on I was on pain meds LOL

And yes, it was a cover..I really was on a CSI mission but shhhhh tell no one or I'll kill ya...and I know all the tricks so no one will ever find ya!!! :D

But yes, it felt like peeing glass...although I've never done that I can only imagine it would feel some what like passing a stone...not fun at all :(

Keith, have you had yours tested? A friend of mine cant drink coffee, tea or soda because he also gets them many times a year..and another friend got them from to much calcium...odd.

Even more interesting, since we lived in our new house...2 of my cats and myself have gotten stones....hmmmm I feel a water test coming on lol.

I posted pictures of the cats stones...but I dont think anyone wants to see the one I passed....I just hope I dont get my cats mixed up with mine and bring the wrong one in to be tested :rolleye2:

Keith also they gave me flomax to help pass them better....I hadnt realized I passed the first one at all....it was the ripping at my insides that was killing me...literally felt like someone was in there hacking away....but flomax saved the day as far as getting them out...dont know if ya take anything for them or not.... here's to a better stone free year Keith.

~Audrey

Hola, great to see you back around and sorry to hear you had to go through that much pain!

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Originally Posted by TheAudOne

Yeah they were not fun at all....anyone who has ever given birth with out drugs knows the pain I felt....it wasnt pretty at all!
But hey it didnt kill me so it's just another thing in life I guess.

Thanks for everyone welcoming me back...missed ya to Mike!

~Audrey

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Glad you're back to cutie. Hey? Didnt your cat have stones or something?

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shhhhh tell no one or I'll kill ya

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:whisper: As long as you do it sloooooooooooooooooooow :whisper:

Been there done that and those things suck to put it nicely. Glad to hear you're doin better. Im up there with keith, i usually have a few a year. Some times I can manage and pass em on my own, sometimes I have to make a trip to the emergency room. Usually the dividing point is when i start puking from the pain, thats when its time to go. I agree the water test is probably a good idea. I know that in my area they say we are alot more likely to get them than other parts of the country, not exactly sure why though. Hopefully you'll find out the problem and be able to correct it and not deal with any more stones.

Good to see you back.
A friend of mine had them a couple weeks ago and he said it makes him never want to drink soda again or eat fast food. He also had to have surgery but for some reason I think that was a whole nother thing.

Why is it hard to type with your legs crossed?:confused:

Sorry to hear you hurt but glad to hear it's over and recovery is in full swing :)



dr del

Audrey,

Glad to have you back!!!! :carrot: :sunny:

Soooooooooo sorry to hear that you've been so ill!!:O :(

Here's hoping you continue to have a STRONG recovery!! :thumbsup:

Carbonation (of ANY kind ...sodas, flavored waters, seltzer water, tonic water) encourages the stones formation AND growth!!!!


Good luck in them not happening again! :hug:

RuLyn

I'm glad you hear you're back!

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:whisper: As long as you do it sloooooooooooooooooooow :whisper:

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mm just the way I like it....


And yeah Mike the cats did get stones :( Although theres were HUGE compared to mine..they did have to go in and remove theres...way to big to pass...like the size of a pea almost.

And yeah I to puked like crazy..it started on a Saturday..I wasnt hungry or thirsty all day...well that turned into a week....I took myself to the E.R. alone at 3:30am Friday I could hardly bend at the waist...and couldnt stop throwing up..the worst part was there was nothing to get out...just dry heaving.. :(
Waited forever crieing my eyes out in the waiting room and finally got pumped full of drugs...they said I had a bladder and urinary track infection along with the stones and of coarse was dehydrated. I fought like hell to be sent home..because they wanted me to stay...I prefer to suffer in my own home thank you. :P Hospital's give me the creeps.

It was nice to fast for a week and not feel hungry or thirsty (actually didnt crave anything..smokes..gum..nothing but sleep)...didnt realize I had stones though..I woke up with shooting pain and thought for sure I was one of those woman who carry a child to full term with out knowing they were pregnant in the first place...honost to god...all I could think was...oh freaking great...I'm in labor lol. After yoga, a hot bath and some rubs with essential oils I realized uhh I must be giving birth to a jagged piece of metal because this is god aweful.
Drove a 100 to the hospital unable to sit all the way because the pressure was killing me and then got the good news...your giving birth alright...to a jagged stone...I think it has my eyes personally. :D


but yes all is well now...i'm afraid to eat or drink a damn thing that's for sure...
Glad to be back .. what did I miss?

And Mike thanks for calling me cutie..how sweet..:love:

Well unless the kitties are raiding the fridge to slug back sodas I'd get that water source checked since it's likely one of the few things you and your cats ingest in common.

Hope you feel better. When my brother-in-law has those stones it was awful. Never seen such tough guy go down like that. The ER nurse said it's the worst pain a man can have close to a woman's labour but at least we get a pretty baby out of it.

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Originally Posted by TheAudOne

maybe Adam a bit more :wuv:

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Welcome back sweety! :love: :D

-adam

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Originally Posted by TheAudOne

mm just the way I like it....


And yeah Mike the cats did get stones :( Although theres were HUGE compared to mine..they did have to go in and remove theres...way to big to pass...like the size of a pea almost.

And yeah I to puked like crazy..it started on a Saturday..I wasnt hungry or thirsty all day...well that turned into a week....I took myself to the E.R. alone at 3:30am Friday I could hardly bend at the waist...and couldnt stop throwing up..the worst part was there was nothing to get out...just dry heaving.. :(
Waited forever crieing my eyes out in the waiting room and finally got pumped full of drugs...they said I had a bladder and urinary track infection along with the stones and of coarse was dehydrated. I fought like hell to be sent home..because they wanted me to stay...I prefer to suffer in my own home thank you. :P Hospital's give me the creeps.

It was nice to fast for a week and not feel hungry or thirsty (actually didnt crave anything..smokes..gum..nothing but sleep)...didnt realize I had stones though..I woke up with shooting pain and thought for sure I was one of those woman who carry a child to full term with out knowing they were pregnant in the first place...honost to god...all I could think was...oh freaking great...I'm in labor lol. After yoga, a hot bath and some rubs with essential oils I realized uhh I must be giving birth to a jagged piece of metal because this is god aweful.
Drove a 100 to the hospital unable to sit all the way because the pressure was killing me and then got the good news...your giving birth alright...to a jagged stone...I think it has my eyes personally. :D


but yes all is well now...i'm afraid to eat or drink a damn thing that's for sure...
Glad to be back .. what did I miss?

And Mike thanks for calling me cutie..how sweet..:love:

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My uncle had stone and they but him in this tub that pushed water like waves at the beach at his body to break up the stones. But he was in major pain too along with nasty internal bleeding. Btw np on the compliment. You are beautiful ... stones, tears and all :D

glad to hear your doing better, welcome back.

Glad your back and glad your feelign better.

You were gone? Weird...


I keed!! Welcome back to the living!

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You are beautiful ... stones, tears and all :D

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And thanks Jamie..missed you to :fishslap::groinkick

I'm so sorry. If you were going to be gone, I was hoping it was a wonderful vacation that was keeping you occupied. Although, all that pain makes it easier to forgive you for leaving us. ;) :hug: Glad to have ya back. :gj:

aud, there's a product you can get in the health food store. the exact one i use is:

rainforest botanicals
CHANCA PIEDRA
90 capsules 500 mg.

i take 2 every night before bed on an empty stomache. this stuff actually breaks down stones to dust... so you pass them without any discomfort at all. perhaps it's time to put yourself on a month of these? then every 3 months... do another month again.

the cost is minor... i think it was $10 canadian or something... nothing really.

i had a gallbladder packed full of stones... took this and i'm fine now. i did pass some... but it was no biggie at all.

:D
Aleesha

http://www.wholeworldbotanicals.com/...reakstone.html

My stones were calcium. I was put on a cal free diet. That didn't work cuz I suck at diets. They did tell me that I could have all the homemade lemonade I could drink. :P