[livingwith]

I am a 47 woman living in the “stone belt” which is in the Southeaster USA. I have had kidney stones since I was 23 years old. I have passed on my own at least 20 -30 stones of various sizes over the years. I have had numerous (10-15) lithotripsy proceedures and cystoscopies to remove larger stones.

The doctors recently removed a stone the size and shape of a large baked potatoe from my bladder by cutting it open and removing it. Usually my stones range from the size of a grain of r...Read the full article

[tmonleon]

I am a 49 Mexican citizen who used to have kidney stones back in the 80's. I have been healthy since 87 with only one extremly simple remedy: regular excersise.

The last time I had the problem, I was crying in pain, so I have to run from my car to the doctors office, just running 40 feet and the pain was gone, so I decided that running was the only and the perfect medicine.

I understand that my kidney stone forming habits can be very different from others, but I strongly recomend what worked so well for me (and maybe for you).

Good luck and saludos desde Monterrey, Mexico