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/NoPaleontologist9054 9d ago

No wonder you guys are in so much pain with these awful things. This is what the bastards look like under a microscope.

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u/Vusstar 9d ago

Passing a kidney stone is considered more painfull than childbirth.

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u/UniversityDismal666 8d ago

Having done both, it is not.

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u/CptBDick 7d ago

I believe it depends on the stone. My mother didnt pass out because of pain while giving birth to me. But she did when giving birth to a kidney stone.

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u/Opening_Sun8018 7d ago

And the birth. My mom had 4 kids and always says the births were not bad at all and she really enjoys it

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u/sleepwami 7d ago

Been through sciatica, which i've heard is even worse...tbh it was a NDE in the nervous system level, but Travis Pastrana's x-ray is still among the gnarliest

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u/upbeatmusicascoffee 6d ago

How about passing a kidney stone through a penis?

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u/zenporchgarden 9d ago

Ok 🙄 Men would make this stat up.

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u/Sea-Machine-8989 9d ago

You know women can get kidney stones too and have reported on it being more painful?

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u/FabulousFootball9690 9d ago

There are actually many more things more painful than childbirth, as someone who's had a child. People also have different levels of pain tolerance.

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u/Nearby-Assist-2490 7d ago

my uro who is a woman told me so. I was rolling on the floor screaming and puking from pain.

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u/phoenix0153 9d ago

Every woman I've talked to when I had my stone said they'd rather give birth than pass another stone

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u/DigitaIBlack 9d ago

Because only men get kidney stones?? Yeesh

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u/zenporchgarden 9d ago

Did I say that??

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u/henkdevries365 9d ago

You clearly just came to piss on men but got your facts wrong.

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u/DigitaIBlack 9d ago

My point is it's not something men have made up. It's also been said by people who have given birth.

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u/Funblock 9d ago

That's right, us men all got together to brainstorm methods to downplay women's pain. Did you know that stubbing your toe is more painful than opening a box of tampons?

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u/Princess_Parabellum 9d ago

I was going to post this if no one else had. 

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u/alien_placenta 9d ago

I mean, it doesn’t look great to the naked eye either. Super rough/ crusty.

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u/darkmykal 9d ago

It looks like that in the picture already lmao poor guy

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u/momo26262626 6d ago

What zeee foook!