[gearmesh, inc.]

Originally Posted by WWhittle

Same info they gave me- green vegetables, soft drinks, chocalates, etc. My cause is definitely the soft drinks. In my profession, I am running around all the time from place to place so i am always stopping getting soft drinks (mostly Mt Dew) from the gas stations. I also have one of those Kangaroo 25 cent cups so that makes it even easier to stop and grab a drink. I'm all about some water right now, believe that! I'm thankful I didn't have to go your route. They told me if it was bigger, I would have had to stay at the hospital and get it out.

What I don't understand and I need to call my doctor today is this-
I was in extreme pain yesterday, and now I'm fine. What was happening yesterday to make me feel like I had a knife in my back? Will I feel that pain again? Do I just go on about my normal life and wait to piss a rock?

Still scared every time I piss......Lol!

Reportedly, the pain starts when a stone starts to leave a kidney on its way to the bladder. The stone becomes a pathway restriction causing painful backpressure on the kidney. Stones seem to have the hardest time completing this journey when they reach the attachment point at the bladder wall, because there isn't as much elasticity there. Enough backpressure has to form to give that last "kick" to push the stone on into the bladder. A lot of people feel instant relief once this happens, but watch out later as it still has to complete the journey out of the body. A lot of times a urinary tract infection accompanies stones on the move which will cause a burning sensation as you urinate. Cranberry juice is a natural way of keeping urinary infections in check.