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Re: "Pissing into a jar, installing Linux"
@codewrx: the stone I passed was only 3mm, but ripped me a new one!
Jan 23 · 7 months ago
🚀 stack [OP] · 2024-01-23 at 19:18:
The ER doctor misspoke and told me I have a 5cm stone! I nearly passed out again!
✈️ coderwx · 2024-01-23 at 19:28:
the stone I passed was only 3mm
so this is a surprise! I pass these frequently with no problem :) But maybe it depends on the different kinds of stones...
told me I have a 5cm stone!
hehe :) yeah, a nice one (for an elephant maybe :)
🚀 stack [OP] · 2024-01-23 at 19:53:
@coderwx: the stone was small, but maybe really sharp! Of course I may have a very narrow ureter! Wasn't there a 'King of the Hill' episode with Hank's narrow ureter?
✈️ coderwx · 2024-01-24 at 07:48:
Yes, that is what I thought. I think acids one drinks do not 'dissolve' a stone completely, but maybe make it smaller and softer on the surface. The width of urether would also depend much on the muscle tension.
🚀 stack [OP] · 2024-01-24 at 16:38:
There are all kinds of acids! The most common stones are formed by oxalic acid. Citric acid counteracts it prior to stone formation.
🚀 stack [OP] · 2024-01-24 at 18:42:
Speaking of acids, I did abuse Vitamin C over the years. Thinking (incorrectly) that it was benign, I would take 5 and sometimes 10 grams when feeling under the weather. I would pop the chewable 500mg and 1000mg tablets like candy! I knew that my body would absorb what it needed, and I would pee out the rest -- without considering that first it would go through the kidneys.
VItamin C is known to be something to avoid when you have stones...
✈️ coderwx · 2024-01-25 at 06:36:
Ah, so now it is getting clearer even for me :) :
✈️ coderwx · 2024-01-25 at 06:42:
I don't think you have been abusing vit.C. For a person with perfectly healthy kidneys up to 10g per day should be bearable and may save them from infections. Now people like us need to be careful with vit.C
✈️ coderwx · 2024-01-25 at 06:47:
On the other hand vit.C is absolutely necessary for the health. Personally I get 300mg per day, each day (actually I am putting it in my morning ACV, don't know if a good practice) and I hope it will be absorbed prior reaching the kidneys.
✈️ coderwx · 2024-01-25 at 06:59:
... and about relaxing the "smooth muscles" (which urethra consists of) I know 2 methods:
I am sure there are many more methods though
🚀 stack [OP] · 2024-01-25 at 17:11:
@coderwx, I wouldn't say kombucha 'worked', and maybe the opposite, only that I drank a lot of it, and then wound up at the ER. I still drink a lot of it, and it is likely not very relevant...
✈️ coderwx · 2024-01-25 at 20:13:
Maybe not relevant, maybe yes... In kombucha there is also some acid after the fermentation, I just do not know which type. My angle of view on ER is: you ended up there, but you managed to pop out the stone without medical intervention, so I count it as a success :) Anyway, the goal is next time not to end in ER...
🚀 stack [OP] · 2024-01-25 at 20:57:
Let's call it a success. If you missed my previous posts, I dehydrated myself for several years prior, have no kidney stone history before or after the ureter rupture.
There are many potential benefits of kombucha, but to be honest I drink copious amounts because I love the taste and it's low in sugar, so I don't feel too bad about drinking a lot of it. I think sugar is probably the biggest problem in modern diets.
✈️ coderwx · 2024-01-26 at 11:49:
Ah, sorry, eighter missed or forgot what I've been reading :) From too much work I am not focused on my leisure time :) But good thing you reminded me of kombucha! We have the kombucha culture at home, but it is now "parked" for few months (did U know it can be "parked" and sleeping? ) Now I am un-parking it and will start brewing some kombucha! Thanks! (about the sugar I agree with you also)
Pissing into a jar, installing Linux — The two activities are surprisingly compatible. You can't leave the house. It takes the whole day. It is stinky and sometimes embarrassing. You feel inadequate. I succeeded in installing void on my 'main' machine. I collected not quite 2L of piss. Why am I collecting urine? I am long overdue for a 24-hour test to see what kind of stones my kidneys are making, and hopefully, return to a diet which contains spinach, beats, soy, and tea. I may be better at...