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/belac4862 9d ago

Seriously, drink more water people. And dont stay out in hot weather too much either.

It can always be worse. Ive had worse, and i dont want anyone to experience what I went through.

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u/Ok_Nectarine_4445 9d ago

I never drink water and always probably slightly dehydrated, just coffee and sometimes cola but never had a kidney stone.

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u/belac4862 9d ago

How old are you.

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u/Ok_Nectarine_4445 9d ago edited 9d ago

Just forget it..not going to say.

But ya know, bladder stones used to be the common one. Bladder stones all over the place, Napoleon ben Franklin but then the switch went to kidney stones in modern times. Extra meat and minerals.

Did you know that the original ancient Hippocratic Oath had as one of its oaths "you will not cut for the stone." Which is, even if someone was loudly demanding you to "just cut it out" you didn't and left that to the traveling stone cutting out guys. Because more likely the person would get infected and die or bleed out and would not help the patient overall and also sully your healing reputation.