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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Apr 27, 2013 - 12:37pm PT
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No advice other than HEAL UP, BRO!
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Deekaid
climber
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Apr 27, 2013 - 01:23pm PT
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Back to school for you, otisdog
No kidding...what gets me is the certainty.
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phylp
Trad climber
Millbrae, CA
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Apr 27, 2013 - 02:06pm PT
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Hope it's the LAST one you ever have to experience, Cragman. Some people do seem to be more prone to them than others. My husband has only had one in his life, while one of my brothers-in-law has had one every couple of years, it seems.
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perswig
climber
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Apr 27, 2013 - 03:30pm PT
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Was it this little bastard, Dean?
Or did it feel like this?
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Ouch!
Hydrate, dude, hydrate.
Dale
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Apr 27, 2013 - 05:39pm PT
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Magnesium & B6 combo supplement is supposed to help as well.
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Brian
climber
California
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Apr 27, 2013 - 05:57pm PT
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Ouch. Sorry to hear about that Dean, I've I've heard the pain is intense (from Bruce, upthread, and others). Glad to hear you are on the mend, and glad to hear that beer and physical activity seem to be indicated. I'll do some preventative work this week!
Brian
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lubbockclimber
Trad climber
lubbock,tx
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Apr 27, 2013 - 09:19pm PT
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Last year when I was 23 I ended up in the hospital. It started whith a trip to the e.r.. Then another trip to the e.r. two daysater. Then a third the next day. Spent two more days in the hospital in horrible pain. Narrowly missed surgery. I drink more water now. Funny enough the stones were likely caused by my dropping the water off the top of our first rap of five six miles from the car in 90 degree heat. Little dehydration going on that day.
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Apr 28, 2013 - 09:42pm PT
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Check out the microscopic image of the surface texture, looks painful.
Edit: I've had to sit with my dad in the ER 3 different times as he passed stones and can empathize with how painful it must be.
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rlf
Trad climber
Josh, CA
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Apr 28, 2013 - 11:03pm PT
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My wife had this problem once. It landed her in the hospital for three days. It was very "unpleasant".
Heal up!
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Apr 28, 2013 - 11:55pm PT
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As long as you can still pee, that's a good sign. If suddenly you can't, the thing really is big and you really have an emergency.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Sport climber
moving thru
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Apr 29, 2013 - 12:04am PT
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Good Grief, Dean, I read your post about you and Flanders and wished the heck I was up there to play a pleasant Nurse Rachet.
What is going on with two of my best friends.......? Dudes, Please get well. God willing I will see you both @ May 20th. Praying for each of yo. Heal up.
I want to climb with you both...the three of us on some nice little route.
Cheers, Peace, Prayers
Lynne
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SCseagoat
Trad climber
Santa Cruz
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Apr 29, 2013 - 12:21am PT
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Oh man Dean, I thought they ultra sounded them to pulverize them..
You and Doug... "Grumpy Old Men"...for good reason!
Susan
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Apr 29, 2013 - 03:20am PT
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hey there say, cragman... oh my, i am late...
prayers that you can avoid all this again, in the future...
good that flanders was able to help...
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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Apr 29, 2013 - 03:45am PT
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Yep, emergency med kit's gotta always be close by and once you know an attack has started it has to be on your person for sure. Tough go regardless.
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Jan
Mountain climber
Okinawa, Japan
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Apr 29, 2013 - 10:05am PT
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How big was it finally?
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can't say
Social climber
Pasadena CA
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Apr 29, 2013 - 10:07am PT
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Did you put it with other bodily purged relics, like teeth, nail clippings and naval lint?
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Apr 29, 2013 - 10:12am PT
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Frodo?!
Why not Sauron?!
Damn dude, I'm so sorry to be laughing at your misfortune, but you really cracked me up with the Dean/Flanders tale!
Glad the little Satan Jr. is gone!
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pc
climber
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Apr 29, 2013 - 10:27am PT
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This thread is really making me unhappy ;( Glad you got the sucker out.
Through an unrelated investigation my doc found I have a kidney stone 8mm waiting for its "day". I'm terrified of doing nothing and terrified of taking proactive measures... And trying not to fall on my back or bounce around... Maybe someday when I can find the humor I'll post a TR on how the sucker was found...
Brutal business,
pc
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otisdog
Big Wall climber
Sierra Madre & McGee Creek, Ca.
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Apr 29, 2013 - 11:29am PT
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Okay, I flunked the centimeter thing before...but 5 mm equals .19685 of an inch, about 1/5 of an inch. Either that is an awfully large pen or...
Either way, it's amazing how painful those little suckers can be!
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troutbreath
climber
Kanada
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Apr 29, 2013 - 12:01pm PT
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I had a 11 m.m. one that I couldn't pass. So they sent 17 inches of plastic up you know what, to nudge it out of the way so my kidney could drain. After three trips to lithotripsy the broke the back of the beast. Then removed the plastic intruder that was slowly becoming part of my body after seven months. That was 18 years ago and I still occaisonally pass some carnage. I eventually found that when I was in pain and had no pain killers, that getting into a hot as you can handle it bath helped to relieve the pain. Takes about 15 minutes of soaking the back.
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