r/mildyinteresting • u/Bronxanator • 10d ago

humankind hiccups 😅 The Absolutely Massive Kidney Stone I passed yesterday

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A let's say... interesting thing to witness come out of your body.

Edit to address some FAQs:

I am okay. Honestly I was only in severe pain one day.

Yes it hurt. Mostly when it was moving from the kidney to the bladder

I hydrate well at a minimum of 64 oz of water per day.

I had a full metabolic work up after my first kidney stone and the best the urologist could tell me was it's stress related.

I used a strainer, I didn't reach into the toilet.

Dimensions are roughly 15mm x 5 mm x 4.5mm at the thickest region.

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u/Sombracuriosa 10d ago

Watch out for your vitamin D levels if you're supplementing. High doses can cause hypercalcemia, which significantly increases the risk of kidney stones 🥺

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u/WhiskersCleveland 10d ago

So there's a benefit of having a really bad vitamin D deficiency hell yeah

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u/Tichrom 10d ago

Yeah vitamin D is shitty like that. Bad if you don't have enough, but also bad if you have too much.

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u/Sombracuriosa 9d ago

It really takes a lot of balancing.

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u/Kiralalalere 9d ago

"the dose makes the poison"

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u/time2sow 9d ago

But isn't it less a thing if you take d with k?  I feel like thats a thing i read

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u/Wenital_Garts 9d ago

As long as you take i and c in between. 

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u/Sombracuriosa 9d ago

Yes! It's important to take vitamin D3 with vitamin K2 and magnesium, so your body can properly use calcium and phosphorus.