My cardiologist and my urologist were debating about my diet. At the moment I wish I listened to my Urologist. Unfortunately a lot of med foods are bad if you're prone to stones. Now I've been a huge med proponent but I do find it funny. Struggling with 1CM stone.
by ryancunninghamcomedy
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Oxalates are a major problem with vegetable heavy diets. One way to mitigate kidney stones is to cook the vegetables, which lessens the oxalate content, and also eat vegetables with calcium, so the oxalates turn into calcium oxalate
Is this your first kidney stone? I hope you feel better and I know it sucks.
I don’t know if you’re going to be able to pass your stone. I’m being honest with you because 1 cm is 10 mm and whenever my husband had stones that were that size or larger or even I think a 8 mm they went in and did the shockwaves to break them up so that they can be passed.
Please make sure that you have them check the stone to see what kind it is. It’s very important to know which type it is this way it will help you in the.
I put a list below of the different types of kidney stones.
Have your doctor check you for renal calculi as well. These are crystals that are embedded in the walls of the kidney.
My husband has kidney stones. For 10 years. He’s has had 2 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsies and 2 Ureteroscopy with Laser Lithotripsies. He’s been in the ER at least once a year or so.
We discovered the first kidney stone after we were both on a healthy green smoothie plan to give us more energy and we were eating a lot of kale and spinach in the smoothies and that’s when the first one popped up.
He takes liquid potassium and another pill to help minimize the growth of them and greens that are oxalate high need to be eaten way less and cooked.
His urologist told him to drink a gallon of lemon water or lemonade often. You also need to watch your intake of black tea and possibly green tea. You can check online oxalate levels of different kinds of tea.
My grandparents used to drink a small shot glass of olive and lemon juice every evening as I think they each had a stone at one time.
Calcium Oxalate: The most common type, formed when calcium combines with oxalate or phosphate.
Calcium Phosphate: Another common type, also involving calcium and phosphate.
Uric Acid: Formed when there is too much uric acid in the urine.
Struvite: Often associated with urinary tract infections.
Cystine: A rare type caused by a genetic disorder called cystinuria.)
Try Royal Chanca Piedra tea. My gp recommended it, but my urologist said it wouldn’t do any good. I drank it cold, (it has a pleasant flavor. ) After the initial pain, I was fine. 6 months later I had another cat scan, and the stone was gone (6 cm) . I was never aware of it passing. The tea is also known as “stone buster” . I bought it from Vitacost on line, great company. It supports kidney function and can help prevent stones.