Why are you in Hong Kong?

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May 12, 2024
7:36:07pm

ldssdl All-American

Why are you in Hong Kong?

I was just there two months ago.

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ldssdl

Bio page: ldssdl
Joined: Mar 3, 2013
Last login: May 23, 2024
Total posts: 29,256 (3,836 FO)

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I’m in a hospital in Hong Kong with a kidney stone. Makes me so grateful for the

BYU-Ite

May 12, 7:11pm

The bigger they are, the longer it takes

PhilPete

May 12, 7:16pm

I had one take 7 hours to pass.

PhilPete

May 12, 7:16pm

So sorry. I get them at least 2 times a year.

Malcolm Reynolds

May 12, 7:20pm

I started allopurinol and gout, stones gone

Fifty Shades of Blue

May 12, 7:37pm

Allopurinol also stopped my kidney stones.

Lance71

May 12, 7:43pm

Under treated problem in medicine

claw

May 12, 7:58pm

Did you take it orally or by injection? Wikipedia says that common side

May 12, 9:21pm

I've had no noticeable side effects at all.

Lance71

May 13, 7:06am

Had a 6mm stone hung up for about five weeks while I waited for a lithotripsy

May 12, 7:32pm

Mine never passed, eventually required surgery. The surgery is WAAAAAAAY better

Lance71

May 12, 7:34pm

Why are you in Hong Kong?

ldssdl

May 12, 7:36pm

Vacation - visiting my son’s mission.

BYU-Ite

May 12, 7:53pm

Mine took 3.5 weeks to pass naturally. At some point, I just treated with ibuprofen, Tylenol, and heat. I hated the

WDaddy

May 12, 7:42pm

I have kidney stones about once per year now, and they don't hurt as much any more, but the blood in the

Ssebo

May 12, 7:48pm

Sometimes it takes me a few days to get it to pass

mudpupper

May 12, 7:54pm

Two days to go from the kidney to the bladder. Another week to pass.

DubuMfalme

May 12, 8:07pm

Yeah, when that pain hits, it is the most pain I have felt in my life. Then, 30

BYU-Ite

May 12, 8:19pm

Easily the top pain. Second worst an infected cyst in my jawbone.

DubuMfalme

May 12, 8:24pm

Yeah, at one point, I was on my side on a bench in the hospital, sweating and

BYU-Ite

May 12, 8:32pm

I’ve had them about 14 times, including now. Not sure any have passed naturally, maybe once. Rest have needed to

hamaca

May 12, 8:31pm

That sounds horrible. So what do they do for the pain for you in the meantime?

BYU-Ite

May 12, 8:34pm

This is the first time I didn’t have the pain—they found the stones via X-ray before they tried to pass. I think the

hamaca

May 12, 8:54pm

1 month, 2 ER visits, 2 nights in the hospital, and 2 surgeries for 1 stone.

craigman

May 12, 8:39pm

My wife naturally passed one of the largest kidney stones known to have ever been passed (worldwide). 15mm. Done without

HarlemCoug

May 12, 9:07pm

👀 👀 👀

WDaddy

May 12, 9:17pm

Whoa...your wife is a trooper to say the least.

May 12, 9:26pm

That is NUTS! I honor her pain tolerance and think it must be a superhuman power

BYU-Ite

May 12, 11:39pm

See if they’ll let you out to go to Hong Kong Disney and ride the Grizzly Gulch coaster a bunch of times? It may not be

Mike Honcho

May 12, 9:37pm

I did ride that several times this week- maybe that’s what started it!

BYU-Ite

May 12, 11:40pm

If this is similar to gout, the amount of water you take in is very important.

Roadrunner70

May 12, 11:12pm

I never knew when it actually passed, but life sucked for several days.

TailgateU

May 12, 11:43pm

About 2 weeks to pass an 8 mm stone. Relatively pain free after the first day

NYC and Japan

May 13, 8:38am

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