Will drinking 4 cups a day of green tea, and taking calcium supplements with it give me kidney stones? From what I understand, most kidney stones are caused by oxalate (some in green tea) and calcium combining. But there is much confusion on the nets on this topic.
posted by parallax7d on Nov 11, 2008 - 8 answers

I seem to have had kidney stones continuously since January. Should I be going to my doctor? And how do you manage to collect them for analysis? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 23, 2007 - 8 answers

Last week I went to the emergency room with massive bladder/stomach pains. Six hours later after a bunch of x-rays and CT scans the doc said I had a kidney stone. He gave me a vicodin perscription and told me to pee in a strainer to catch it. When I left the hospital, the pain was gone. It's now nine days later and apart from occasional but more frequent urges to pee little amounts I have not experienced the hell like pain that i've read about here and else where around the web. Everyone Kidney Stone victim I've spoken describe constant pain from the beginning until the stone comes out. I assume my stone has passed my urethra and it's just swimming around inside my bladder. Is it normal for stones to hang in your body pain free for days? Is there any way I can force it out any sooner? I've been drinking plenty of water and all my pee has been pain and stone free. I'd rather suffer now than wait for it to strike randomly. I called my doctor but he's on the vacay. I'm freaking out, living in fear, clutcing my vicodin bottle, waiting for the apocolypse of doom to strike down on me at any moment.
posted by sammich on May 31, 2006 - 23 answers

SeeAnMDFilter: I have the nagging dull ache in the lower right hand side of my back that tells me I'm possibly going to have another bout of Kidney Stones coming soon. Other than drinking lots of water (which I do) and staying off the soda (which I do), is there anything I can do/eat to help prevent/postpone the inevitable agony? Or am I just doomed?
posted by anastasiav on Oct 20, 2005 - 6 answers

I've just returned from a renal ultrasound where I learned that I have a whopper of a kidney stone (.8 centimeters or something sitting just above my ureter, which explains my oft-complained of back pain (and testiness). I'm seeing my doctor tommorrow about my options, one of which was mentioned was surgery. But I'd like to know some more about what I'm in for and what questions I should ask. Thanks.
posted by jonmc on Sep 27, 2005 - 21 answers

Psst. Been on a Narcotic long? I could use your advice. [more inside]
posted by filmgeek on Jul 23, 2005 - 13 answers