I’m working on trying to pass one now, the doc gave me flowmax and hydrocodone, drinking a lot of water and remembering why the suck.

Prayer sent….that’s no fun at all…been there

Couple shots of Wild Turkey …might help

If I didn’t have the hydrocodone it would some JB scotch.

I have had them 5 times. Last time I started to begin each day with 2 12 oz glasses of water EVERYDAY !!! No more stones for me.
I passed them all 17 total... My remedy was get you 2 red solo cups Put one in the bathroom to pee in. THey are white inside so you can see them when you pass them. Take the other one and fill it up . Chug it until you think your going to float. Wait 20 minutes chug another one. Keep doing this until they pass room temp is easier to drink. You will feel them move and get sick to your stomach until they hit the bladder then instant relief !! BUT make sure you are about to bust before you pee after it hits the bladder. Urologist warned me you don't want to run out of urine when it starts out the last part .LOL

Blessed man hood is over rated especially when you are passing stones !!!!!!

I think I’ve had 7-8 and none have ever passed because they were all around 5mm. All have been stuck and had to be taken except a couple they blasted in the kidney. I went a number of years free of them until a year and a half ago and had a 8mm. Wound up having 2 surgeries to get it and had to have a catheter in with a pee bag strapped to my ankle for 2 weeks. Had blood clots plug the catheter so a couple trips to ER to be back flushed! This last stone made me a believer now the only water I drink is 2qts of lemon water a day now and have been free of stones.

I always found pain killers to be a lot more effective with a .......Well, you know.

All of mine I’ve been able pass on my own a couple were close but they came out, I drink a gallon of water a day I fill a gallon jug at night and make sure it’s gone by the next night, and as far as helping the pain killers I will need to get up in middle of the night and I don’t want to sleep through the trip to the bathroom that would be messy.

If a woman tells you that now you know how it feels to have a baby tell her this.
I had couple nurses over the years storm out. "honey a woman having a baby is a natural act. A MAN pissing a rock ain't"

Have a whole bottle of them all different size's and shapes, have passed them all and everyone gets easier as the pain threshold climbs, I only take a pain pill now if they last more than two weeks to pass and if there is a lot of blood which can denote either a very large one or a very nasty pronged one, which some times have to be removed by sonic blasting or surgery.

Drinking water and keeping moving helps, once you stop or lay down nothing moves the stone around, it just sits until pressure makes it move, you feel this in the tube from the kidney to the bladder, after it enters the bladder, the pain stops unless its a stickery one then the urine stings as it passes to the bladder, it's a guess when it pass's as you don't feel it again until it's flushed out. Some times you get an itch or a ping when it enters the chute though.

Had my largest one stop on the way out just about half way down the chute, that was not pleasant and I poured in the liquid to get it moving again. You don't realize how much you have to push to move them things, fear of having a blockage usually helps ! Have a strainer now after the first two at the ER's, now they are trophy's saved and show and tell to help others with their diets and fluid intake.

It's a lot more than just keeping fluid in ya folks, you must change your diet as well, what type of fluids make a difference to, I shut off all carbonation, all of it, and it helped immensely, toned down the red meat intake as well which also helped.

Every one is different you should take the stones to a urologist to have them analyzed, it will make a difference in your change of diet, knowing what they are made of. One other thing affects having them made as well, mental stress activates some different chemicals in our system's that help bind things together in your kidneys, the more you can control heavy stress the less binders you have to deal with.

I would not wish these stones on my enemy knowing what tiny little things can cause so much pain, I'd just knock them out first, LOL

When I had one it bent me over right in my tracks. I thought it was back pain at first but no body position helped. Was at a construction supply outfit and laid down in a guys office until someone came to bring ms to the hospital. I don't take ibuprofen, aspirin, or even allergy meds but was ready to get whatever drugs they had to end the pain. It was unbelievable. Couldn't imagine doing it without the pain killers.

I don't smoke, or drink carbonated drinks except a root beer every other month. Best thing I can think of is work stress.

There wonderful I've had them 3 times,7 the first time 9 the second go around and now currently 3 this week.I had a 25 month period without them,but they figured it was time to make another showing.First two time they were on my right side this time there on the left and are worse this time around more nauseous.Good luck my rock star friend.

My thoughts are with you did it twice did they discuss ultrasound for breaking them up??

Hope you pass it and get feeling better.

Oxycodone is much more effective on kidney stone pain. Hydrocodone doesn't even take the edge off on a bad one. Unfortunately, it's hard to get them to prescibe it to you nowadays. I usually don't have to take painkillers for them anymore. If I do, it's a bad one. I've had 5 lithotripsy procedures over the years, and I believe that has made it easier to pass the smaller ones.

Good luck. Keep drinking that water.

My son-in-law gets so many of them that they have to blast them about twice a year. I think twice, they've had to remove them surgically.
Best of luck to you.

Apple cider vinegar, diluted, 1Tbl sp vinegar to 1cup water good maintenance. Some think it helps relieve existing stones. I've personally have never had kidney stones. But my gul was removed and the dock gave me that advice. Along with a dozen or so more things.

Thank's that will be something to try,not much sleep last night passed 7 last night.Hope their done now,in the last 3 week I've passed 9.Sure hope the OP can pass the stones quickly,good luck.

I’ve never had kidney stones. But was told the more beer you drink the less likely you would have stones. True or false?

Been there,done that!
I actually considered purposely running into my Reese hitch to get my mind off of my back pain!🤣