Ooops! I conflated my multiple dietary restrictions, which makes things far worse than just needing low oxalates. The Shrimp Louie? It coulda been a Cobb Salad, too. But that’s because I’m also supposed to avoid things like onion, garlic, tomato, anything with seeds, etc. So, my bad! Sorry.Ok spiky... you'going to hve to deconstruct the joke for those of us slow on the uptake
what I want to hear is that if my body was likely to make stones I'd already know about it.....
bearmom, how much calcium do you take? there is calcium in my urine, so my urologist is suggesting i cut back on my calcium to 1000 mg /day. I am currently taking 1500mg daily, per my bariatric's advice. everything i've read on kidney stones says not to cut back the calcium...I'm another stone former that was this way long before my DS, but the link from Spiky above pretty much sums up what my nephrologist says, as well as my having low citrate. I take a prescription for raise the urinary citrate to make it harder for stones to form in the kidney. My kidney stone issues were likely hereditarty, and several generations have had them, and have even died from complications with them, but I was told my DS most certainly exacerbated them. We know more about them than previous generations, and the the increase in the calcium (ALWAYS taken with any food eaten) and the potassium RX have made a huge difference in reducing mine (and the low oxalate diet did absolutley nothing to help).
on this chart.. am i understanding correctly on the calcium, vit D, vit C.. don't take more than those dosings daily?Ooops! I conflated my multiple dietary restrictions, which makes things far worse than just needing low oxalates. The Shrimp Louie? It coulda been a Cobb Salad, too. But that’s because I’m also supposed to avoid things like onion, garlic, tomato, anything with seeds, etc. So, my bad! Sorry.
Something else then...I want a big ol’ bowl of bean soup with ham, some nice high protein nuts, some spinach in a quiche or frittata or omelette, a potato with those steaks, a peanut butter sandwich, chocolate anything and a glass of iced tea in the summer.
Tomorrow, we will have split pea soup with ham. It’ll do. But I wanted bean soup.
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do you also have to watch your sodium intake?I am of the opinion…based on ZERO scientific training or education…that the DS can exacerbate a pre-existing kidney stone issue.
I didn’t have stones pre-DS. But now I do get stones...in my left kidney. If it were JUST the DS, the problem ought to be bilateral. Having a mess on one side suggests that, like you, I had issues pre-DS, but in my case, I was unaware.
My guess is that you will need to adjust to the idea that you will need to be constantly vigilant, take the supplements, avoid the oxalates, and…maybe…remind yourself that this is the price you are paying for not being morbidly obese and having a shortened life.
sorry... do you have to watch your sodium intake too? and how much D and calcium do you take daily? and when? i know you said everytime you eat, you take calcium... so that it binds any oxalate before heading to the kidneys?I'm another stone former that was this way long before my DS, but the link from Spiky above pretty much sums up what my nephrologist says, as well as my having low citrate. I take a prescription for raise the urinary citrate to make it harder for stones to form in the kidney. My kidney stone issues were likely hereditarty, and several generations have had them, and have even died from complications with them, but I was told my DS most certainly exacerbated them. We know more about them than previous generations, and the the increase in the calcium (ALWAYS taken with any food eaten) and the potassium RX have made a huge difference in reducing mine (and the low oxalate diet did absolutley nothing to help).
You will absolutely have no advance warning.
All the “signs” can tell you is that you probably already have one or more stones.
you'll have mild to moderate lower back pain, blood in your urine, the urge to wanna pee. and a lot of times for me, it feels like something wants to come out... my uterer, but it's because the stone wants to pass. these are the signs that i have... and when i get back pain, and i haven't done anything strenuous, then i know it's a stone that's wanting to pass. when you feel the pain, it's because the stone is moving.
what signs?