• bighatchester@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    13
    ·
    2 days ago

    I hate kidney stones. Last time I was in so much pain I couldn’t feel my hands or feet and started to get tunnel vision. Even fentanyl didn’t fully get rid of the pain.

    • Dharma Curious (he/him)@slrpnk.net
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      2 days ago

      My brother went into renal failure because of one that wouldn’t pass and they had to do emergency surgery. He’s had like 5 now, all of em pretty freakishly large. I’ve passed 2, but they were small enough that I didn’t know I had them until they came out and it hurt like I never knew my penis could hurt. Like pissing a razor blade.

      • PotatoesFall
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        edit-2
        2 days ago

        don’t people start drinking more water after the first one? Or maybe stop drinking snow globe liquid?

        (jokes aside, I’m sorry that sounds fucking awful)

        • lorty@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          2 days ago

          There are other causes for kidney stones that more water can’t solve (it will help though)

      • bighatchester@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        2 days ago

        I’ve never been able to pass mine and have had a bunch of lithotripsy to turn the stones into tiny pieces for me to pass . The pain for me is all in my kidney. Like someone stabbing me in the kidney and twisting the knife around on the inside.