On a rant!

**El_Squid** · May 10th, 2006, 09:30 AM

Just spent the weekend passing a kidney stone, so now I am in a mood for ranting! Life is great when you are finally pain free for a while! Bwa ha ha!

**TechZ** · May 10th, 2006, 11:52 AM

An entire weekend for a kidney stone, wow.

**Guts3d** · May 10th, 2006, 12:54 PM

421 kidney stones removed from 60-year-old! She got ya beat!

**Mayet** · May 10th, 2006, 12:58 PM

I dunno and I may be wrong but i think it would be much more agonizing to pass it out the end of an "oldfella" than a female...

**Guts3d** · May 10th, 2006, 01:06 PM

Prolly not a picnic for either sex, I would think, but you are undoubtedly correct!

**El_Squid** · May 10th, 2006, 03:12 PM

Originally Posted by TechZ

An entire weekend for a kidney stone, wow.

Prolly would have gone faster if it hadn't got stuck somewhere on the way out. Spent most of Sunday waiting for it to tear it's way on out.

**slgrieb** · May 10th, 2006, 04:09 PM

AARGH! Never had one myself but one of my employees has had five or six. Ugly business. He would occaisionally do things like pass out in the middle of work when he was badly blocked. He has had a couple of lithotripsies recently at V.A. expense, but they appear to only slightly less unpleasant.

**El_Squid** · May 10th, 2006, 04:17 PM

It is the only pain I have ever had that actually makes me physically nauseous. Particularly when the stone starts to move and the pain migrates from your lower back to your testicles.

The great thing about it all is, when the pain goes away, you feel absolutely wonderful!

**street1** · May 10th, 2006, 04:37 PM

Yes Sir!El Squid the 2 times I took my father- in -law to the hospital to pass a
stone.....Several stops on the side of the road with the nausea.

May a superior being to your liking,have mercy on you and you never get another one.

I only have experience from watching a grown man who never complains about anything humbled down to a whimpering baby.

Best to you.

**Mags** · May 11th, 2006, 05:27 AM

Gosh, so sorry for the awful pain .. in the ..er..nether regions.

Indeed, hope you never get that again.

**TechZ** · May 11th, 2006, 02:40 PM

Originally Posted by Mayet

I dunno and I may be wrong but i think it would be much more agonizing to pass it out the end of an "oldfella" than a female...

I had no idea thats how kidney stones were passed

**ADS_Tech** · May 11th, 2006, 05:29 PM

I had to have my right nut removed last year after an accident (I walked into a sharp edge on a supermarket checkout), so can symathize with the pain. Tackle related agony is no fun.

**street1** · May 11th, 2006, 05:45 PM

You folks did have the correct icon for the condition.

**ADS_Tech** · May 11th, 2006, 05:52 PM

Thing was though, I had a stiffy like a steel rod for about 3 hours after the op despite the pain and all.......

The wife was not impressed, and I had to use a strategically placed magazine when the kids turned up to make fun of me.

**El_Squid** · May 12th, 2006, 10:31 AM

Ye Gods, man! OUCH!

Do you have any phantom pains, or sensation, from your missing jewel? I have read case studies on amputations, where the brain rewires itself to "feel" the missing part through other nerve centers, i.e. a sensation of pain in an amputated leg caused by wind on the face, etc.

In any case, my deepest condolences.