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June 2010

JQ - by JQ - (Wed, Jun 23 2010)
Had my first encounter with kidney stones when I was 12…yes 12. After months of antibiotics, pain, being very sick & investigative procedures the hospital, unexpectedly for a 12 year old, found 5 large kidney stones in my left kidney. These were removed leaving a scar about 8 inches long around my left side & I was in hospital for just over a week. [more..]
My First Episode - by Wolf - (Wed, Jun 23 2010)
It began about a month and a half ago with a slight ache in my left lower back. I did not think much about it has I had been doing some lifting, figured I had done too much. A month ago the ache was back with a bit more than an ache. I went to the dr thinking I had a kidney infection. [more..]
stone maker - 4 years - by DJ - (Wed, Jun 23 2010)
My daughter got her first stone at 16, she is now 20. she has passed well over 200 stones - she has gone through 4 lithotripsys and parathyroid surgery. guess what? she is still passing stones every month. [more..]

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