The Absolutely Massive Kidney Stone I passed yesterday

[u/Bronxanator]

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.

[u/Bronxanator]

Damn that's terrible. I hope you were comped the treatment after threatening a malpractice suit.

[u/n1shh → u/Bronxanator]

Only in the US would your first thought be ‘I hope they comped you that one when you threatened to sue’ just two very American things.

[u/Bronxanator → u/n1shh]

It's the system we live in unfortunately.

[u/flying_broom → u/Bronxanator]

For sure, and for that you would have deserved compensation for medical malpractice in any country. It just makes it so much more horrifying that you had to suffer through that and you also have to pay for it

[u/little_missHOTdice → u/Bronxanator]

Can’t do that in Canada unfortunately. My mother called and they said it was a misunderstanding and that we should be happy it was all free.

This hospital has a bed reputation. There was a huge scandal when a child died under their care. Parents weren’t even able to do anything. I guess that’s the price of “free health care”.