for those of you that get em...how often do you get em?

see i have a coworker, and i swear she gets them almost as often as most women get there periods.

there is a story with the girl, but its just too much drama to fill everyone in on. so lets just say she's a drama queen too.

I only had them once 13 years ago. I had an upper respritory infection ( I thought it was just a cold, silly me) and continued to work out at the gym...while sucking on a Hall's menthol cough drops. I dehydrated my body so much, I ended up with them shortly afterwards.

Never *crosses fingers* had them again. =)

fun facts:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kidney_stone

Causes
Kidney stones can be due to underlying metabolic conditions, such as renal tubular acidosis, Dent's disease and medullary sponge kidney. Many health facilities will screen for such disorders in patients with recurrent kidney stones. This is typically done with a 24 hour urine collection that is chemically analyzed for deficiencies and excesses that promote stone formation.


I'm surprised, mayo Clinic has much less info than wiki!! /boggle:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/kidney-stones/DS00282

'Some of the underlying causes of kidney stones can be treated to prevent new stones from forming.'

My stones passed without being collected, so I never had them analyzed. Doc said cheese, chocolate and coffee can cause them, so limit intake. The only change I made was to stop drinking ice tea as much. cheese 4 life!!!

Anyway, most females get UTI though, not chronic kidney stones. If she doesn't, she needs to drink alot of cranberry juice. And if she's not on strong meds, she'd be screaming in pain. I know I did in the ER and then passed out. A quick way to get a bed there.

thanks loreleli =-)

if my parents have some cranberry juice, i'll put some in her locker and see her reaction.

she usually calls me into work when she has a stone(supposedly) or some kind of drama going on, which is quite a lot. i'm trying to cut down on working for her as not to get used so much.

I got my first one the day after I turned 18 and have pretty much gotten them annually since. I just had my last bout this past November.

The first one was the worst pain I've ever experienced in my life. I took every suggestion the doctor had to heart on how to prevent it from occurring again (I went from drinking only pop to having 1 a day, at most, for example). While it hasn't stopped me from getting kidney stones, it has made it so they're nowhere near as painful.

If I were getting them so often that I kept having to miss work, I'd definitely be looking into medical help.

i think she is mostly just taking drugs to ease the pain. i did actually see her for once(we have different shifts) at work yesterday, said she was feeling better. i know she doesn't go to the emergency room for them though.

i was just mostly curious if they can happen that often.