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My urologist sent me for bloodwork, CT and wanted me to do a 24 hour urine analysis. I did all of those and my blood work came back normal. Originally I had an ultrasound that said I had a 7 mm stone, the CT corrected that and said that the stone was actually 2 mm and I did do a urine analysis and everything came back fine but My Doctor did say to drink water before I go to bed, include 4oz of lemon juice or raise my citrate level due to it being low. She was going to prescribe me citrate pills to take but because I’m on a weight loss shot, she said that she couldn’t due to my digestive system working slower. Are there any kind of items that y’all recommend that gives you more citrate in the body other than lemon, grapefruit, or orange? Open to trying new things to incorporate more citrate in my diet.

Unfortunately I hate lemonade and I hate lemon water but I will drink it if I have too :(

So, I currently have a 2 mm stone, I’ve KNOWN about it since may. It’s sitting in my kidney and I worry because I have a vacation to Disneyland in January. Im interested in everyone’s answers with the two questions I have

P.s- i do understand everyone’s experience is different.

1. how long were you aware of a stone/stones in your kidney?

2. how long did it take for you to pass the kidney stone from the moment it hit the ureter to the moment it left your body?

Today is Saturday. I wanted to do my 24 hour urine test but in my kit I had a paper that looks like they would pick up the urine from me. I don’t think they pick up on Sundays and Monday I’m back at work. Can I drop off at any FedEx tomorrow morning? What was y’all’s experience?

I have a 12 MM stone in my left kidney. Has anybody had any experience where they left the kidney stone in there? And for how long? My urologist says that there’s no way that it’s able to pass and now I’m about to start getting CT‘s done, urine analysis, and lab work. and I’m wondering if it’s something that I can just not think about and hold
Off on?

Well, about 2 years ago I had a stone that was stuck and on my page if you scroll I talk about that whole experience. Well, the other day I did a abdomen ultrasound for some pain that I was experiencing not kidney related, but because it was abdomen ultrasound they were also gonna look at my kidneys since I have produced two kidney stones in the past. Well, I got my results tonight and I do have a 1.2cm stone, which is approximately 12 mm I believe. My last stone I believe was 5 mm and at the time they told me that there was a 50% chance I would be able to pass it well, I wasn’t able to pass it lol I became septic and had emergency surgery. So basically, why I’m here is because I wanna know your experience with a stone that is that big. I am a female 29 and I currently do not have any kind of symptoms. Because the stone is big, can it pass through the ureter? Any thoughts? Anything you think I should do in the meantime? I’m interested in any kind of feedback, stories or encouragement. This page was the first thing I thought of because at the time when I had my last stone, this page brought me so much comfort so yeah, please feel free to reply under this post. Thank you.🩷

Ps. Pls tell me how you’re doing and where your headspace is at during this time in your kidney stone journey. I want to hear everyone out and let this post be an outlet for you as well as for me :)