I've got a kidney stone. It's really, really, painful.
I tried a half bottle of whisky to dissolve it. Someone said it would. It hasn't. Now I have a hangover, and the feeling that an alien is eating its way out my side.
Getting old is rubbish.
You can get stones at any age - my first was when I was 12, my second was a few months back, and nothing short of morphine ever kept the pain away. Drinking seemed to make things worse for me, presumably because urine was backing up in the kidneys/urethra behind the stone/blockage, though taking fluids seems to be the general advice people get.
Best part is yet to come - pissing out bits of stone that shred the pipes of your old man on the way out, though you might get lucky if the stone or its pieces are small enough.
Had them twice in my twenties, horrific stuff, my sympathies.
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Jovis help you, Dr X. My - please Grud - only kidney stone was the worst physical pain I've experienced, and yes only morphine or (even better) diphene helped in any way: not even a mature Greve` was of any use. I was in such a state when I crawled into A&E at 3am that I was prepped for surgery and sat waiting in my paper pants for a whole day while the fucking thing clawed its own miserable way out. It's the only time that the women in my life have suggested there may be something worse than childbirth. Hope it goes better for you! I
Grud on a greenie! Had one a few years ago, was most unexpected at only 18, a truly terrible experience I would wish upon no one.
Quote from: The Enigmatic Dr X on 26 August, 2017, 12:27:28 PM
I've got a kidney stone. It's really, really, painful.
I tried a half bottle of whisky to dissolve it. Someone said it would. It hasn't. Now I have a hangover, and the feeling that an alien is eating its way out my side.
Getting old is rubbish.
How old are you?
Not that old I guess if you think the solution is to drink half a bottle of whisky/
I dunno, half a bottle of whiskey cures most things, albeit temporarily.
Make sure and leave me all your Nintendo gear in the will ;)
I feel left out now. I never had a kidney stone. Couple of kidney infections is all, which are not painful, just very, very uncomfortable (essentially being in a permanent state of dying for a piss, and not being able to have one).
Quote from: JLC on 28 August, 2017, 10:59:27 AM
Quote from: The Enigmatic Dr X on 26 August, 2017, 12:27:28 PM
I've got a kidney stone. It's really, really, painful.
I tried a half bottle of whisky to dissolve it. Someone said it would. It hasn't. Now I have a hangover, and the feeling that an alien is eating its way out my side.
Getting old is rubbish.
How old are you?
Not that old I guess if you think the solution is to drink half a bottle of whisky/
Old enough to know better, young enough to do it anyway.
You should try one of those long twisty spoons, that should do it :D
That or work it out with a pencil!
Shockwave Lithotripsy is the way to go - they disintegrate the stones with ultrasonics. Not sure how easily available it is on the NHS but ask your doc.
My flatmate at uni passed a kidney stone once - we heard a blood curdling scream from the bathroom and found him passed pout on the floor in a puddle of blood and urine.
Quote from: Dandontdare on 28 August, 2017, 06:22:04 PM
passed out on the floor in a puddle of blood and urine.
Yeah but we've all done that!
Quote from: Dandontdare on 28 August, 2017, 06:22:04 PMMy flatmate at uni passed a kidney stone once - we heard a blood curdling scream from the bathroom and found him passed pout on the floor in a puddle of blood and urine.
Yeah, some of them can break up and get jaggy edges that snag bits of skin on the way out. A mate described one that had what looked like pasta strips hanging off it by the time it finally plopped into the bowl.
Guys! Just the thought of this made me feel a twinge.... :lol:
I'd just like to thank you for all the support. I wish it was you. Really, I do.
TBH, I think the worst is passed.
Call yourself a real pretend Doctor ? ;)
Reading this thread has filled me with abject terror. :o
Doc, you have my sympathies.
I'm surprised IDW didn't base a Dark Judge on this...
Quote from: Woolly on 29 August, 2017, 10:03:21 AM
I'm surprised IDW didn't base a Dark Judge on this...
Well they got as far as taking the piss...
My brother-in-law has had kidney stones several times. It reduced him to tears every time. I do hope the worst is over Dr. X.
My eternal sympathies to all sufferers- I hope to Grud, Jovus and Ka never to be in a similar position.