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I am a chronic stone maker, the first stones I experienced were the size of quarters and there were three in each kidney. The stones had formed a membrane around themselves for protection i guess. I had a lapeticomy on the right kidney which failed, this is how the membrane was noticed. I received a blood transfusion at the hospital at the time of surgery and guess what, it was 1985 and I got Hep C from this surgery and a Jackson prep (external kidney bypass thing), for a few weeks and on top of...Read the full article