Kidney stones and lithotripsy

[rzemanfl]

6. This is really no big deal. You probably know someone who has or

knows someone who has a urologist. Word of mouth is best IMO. The first time I had lithotripsy they put me in what amounted to small swimming pool. That was over twenty years ago. I had two stones the size of jawbreakers (seriously). It took two immersions in the pool to break them up into sand. The second time (about ten years ago) they used a water filled mattress or something. I had some bruising that time, nothing terrible. You are out cold and don't feel a thing. I did not get stones until I was around fifty. An enlarged prostate caused them. Drugs, including one that is relatively new, have that under control now. Some types of stones can be prevented by controlling the PH of your urine with potassium citrate, which sounds like it should be in a Gilbert Chemistry set, but costs a small fortune.

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