Tajik (Kenosha, Wi) on 02/20/2016
A full week had passed and she got ready to return to school on a Monday morning, but woke up with a horrible pain in left side and began vomiting, not stopping until I finally gave her ondansetron (prescription for nausea). She calmed down, slept, went back to school. We first thought food poisoning. In any event, she got little sleep that night for pain and nausea, went to classes the next day, then saw the school nurse, who suggested ulcer. Found herself in ER again that night (Tues.) with bawling pain, and was more quickly and accurately diagnosed with kidney stone, 4mm at about 6 inches up. They gave Toradol shot, which helped immensely. Sent home with prescrip pain meds, Flomax and told her to drink a gallon of water a day. Most days after that she dealt with debilitating nausea and missed classes for several days. That Fri the xray showed stone at 1-2 inches up and the ultrasound tech said she doubted my daughter would be able to pass the stone. Doing a web search I came across earthclinic and read for two hours about results from some homeopathic treatments. I had a friend of hers get to a health food store and pick up organic lemon juice, organic apple juice, extra virgin cold pressed olive oil, and a kidney stone break up pill. She began taking more of the lemon juice with her water, did the oil and lemon juice (2 TBSP total combo) once a day - could not tolerate the oil as burped it up all day, and began the pills. I don't think she did much apple juice. Another factor was constipation - Dr. said from the stone more likely b/c she wasn't taking the pain med. She ended up using suppository, which seemed violent, on Sunday. Her Dr. was in communication with her over the weekend and was talking surgery on Monday. Whatever worked from Sat to Mon morning, she had no nausea waking up Mon morning and could return to classes, though still had some fatigue. I suspect one of the remedies worked and popped the stone down into bladder.
On Wed - two days later, she kept mentioning urgency to pee, which is normal when drinking a gallon a day, but I also knew could be stone in bladder. She passed stone late afternoon without further pain. SOOOO thrilled to have come across this site and my daughter, once they test her stone, is going to find out how to maintain, as they've said she has more stones in both kidneys. We have no doubt these methods were worth the try. Only wish I'd thought of searching for health methods earlier! She did not even do the oil mixture full out, but between that, the lemon juice and the kidney stone break up pills (perhaps even the suppository force! ), she is doing great. Thank you to all who post!!!! (Her diet is filled with nuts, spinach, sweet potatoes, etc. - thinking she eats too healthy - guessing her stones might be from too many oxalates?) ER told her to eat more carbs, less protein. We'll see.
Replied By Patrick (Russia) on 05/05/2016
Replied By Ann (Connecticut) on 08/23/2023
On this round, it took a month to get an appointment with the urologist and another month for an ultrasound...which is now 8 days away. The pain wasn't bad, just noticeable more as a tightness/pressure until today, when it became constant pain that hurt to move at all. I called for a prescription for the pain but all nurses were with patients and someone would be calling me back. In 5 hours, I called 3 times. The 3rd call got me through to a nurse who told me doctor was in surgery and there was no other doctor, no PA with prescribing privileges. Ugh! Next call, my primary care who had recently moved to a different practice and wouldn't be available for 2 days. Next call, the practice my PC had left and they wouldn't prescribe without seeing me. (It's a half hour away and I honestly couldn't see myself driving that long) Called another doctor who is familiar with me and was told they do not prescribe pain meds period. After a grueling 6 hours, (drum roll), Apple Cider Vinegar suddenly popped into my brain. It's been an hour since taking the first dose with olive oil and lemon juice and, while the pain isn't completely gone, it is now so much more bearable. I'll take another dose at bedtime. I've also read that drinking 2 tbsp of Apple Cider Vinegar daily can prevent the formation of new stones. Hope you see this reply, perhaps it will help your daughter to avoid future problems. Again, thanks so much for sharing your story...it has really encouraged me. It's nice to have validation from someone with firsthand experience.
Replied By Sara (Texas) on 08/25/2023
The herb called Chanca Piedra which means stone breaker worked to get rid of my father's kidney stones. When he went to his Dr. Appt after using the herb, they found no kidney stones.