I know there are some here with experience in this area. I have been relatively healthy my entire life until
maybe a month ago when my lower back started hurting and now it is my left side below my rib cage. I have
been having a pretty stressful summer and out of my regular routine so not sure if that was playing any role
but now that I am back in the office for the foreseeable future I was going to make a doctor apt to rule out
anything else that could be more serious. Based on Dr. Interwebs my symptoms could point to possible
kidney stones. The pain is kind of a dull constant pain, it was described many ways online. I don't have
any of the other symptoms they talk about in the articles I read. Anyone else who has been this that can
explain the symptoms and pains? I just plan on drinking a lot of water this week and see how things feel
on Friday before picking up the phone.

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Paging Dr. Gatum Gupta

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Mult HOF'er right there. MANY could take lessons from him.

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Everybody I know that has kidney stones has one thing in common, they all don't drink nearly enough water.

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Didn't shakes take a lesson from him once?

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What's more annoying, having kidney stones or having to read this writing style. 4 out of 5 doctors recommend occasional paragraph usage to prevent kidney stones.

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I'll admit it took me a few minutes to get the joke.

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oh, and keeping with new board policy I give Tbone a score of 4% on the "whiny little bitch" meter.

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Far from how I would describe the feeling of passing kidney stones. I passed several that were 4mm - 6mm, and the pain was more like 'please let me die right at this moment.'

Anyway, just drink a ton of liquids. Any liquids. Water is best, but any fluids passing through your kidneys can help remove the deposits from your kidney linings and break them up to help them pass better. I assume very small, broken kidney stones could be a mild pain or even go unnoticed.

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Thanks for the info. I'll just keep pounding the water.

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Yikes, someone is a little sensitive today.

Is a low percentage a good score or a bad one? 4% doesn't sound too horrible.

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I had a "dull constant pain" in my right side for 6 months before they took my kidney out.

See a doctor.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

low is good. For reference, Darkside scored a 92% earlier today.

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I'm going for 99% by the end of the day. Give me some time.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

Please control yourself, I don't want to have to give out the donkey kong kill screen on the very first day I introduce the Meter.

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There is nothing that hurts worse than kidney stones. Absolutely nothing!

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Weekly columnist for the Northwest Herald
Bi-monthly columnist for Illinois Outdoor News magazine
Former host of The Outdoors Experience on WIND and The Great Outdoors on CLTV
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Ever had a Kevin Ware style tib/fib fracture?

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

What about munching on the Chaunce-sack?

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You're having a rough year.

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I don't know anything about that.
Please explain it to me.
Is it painful?
For you or for him?
I guess you have quite the history of sack munching, don't you?

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Host of the weekly "We Fish ASA" podcast
Weekly columnist for the Northwest Herald
Bi-monthly columnist for Illinois Outdoor News magazine
Former host of The Outdoors Experience on WIND and The Great Outdoors on CLTV
http://www.wefishasa.com

Yeah, it has been one to forget.

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Move

Have they done an ultra sound yet?

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

Yep, I've passed several. I can't imagine how bad it would be if it took a month to pass- all mine were six hours or so. Walking made them move and made the pain better.

My experience with pain located like that for that long has been a pinched nerve- a doctor can check your urine for microscopic blood caused by the stone, should answer your question.

Never had Kidney stones but a few weeks ago,developed a pinch nerve in my neck.
Only hurt when I turned a certain way. I have been through Hell and back but that pinched nerve was the greatest pain I ever felt except for a few instances of the gout about 18 years ago.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Kidney stones are like everything else ... eventually, this too shall pass.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

As someone who has had both, I think it's a toss up between kidney stones and gout for most painful.