Forget Sammy! I want to know how that guy he knows is doing! :p

Yea we were all surprised to find out that he had a friend. ;)

Sammy I hope you dug into the enzymes issue. It's not comforting to see your post that implies you just shrugged it off or didn't take the time to understand what it meant.

You need to be your own advocate in the health system these days. Nobody is looking out for you but YOU.

Pretending to be Clint Eastwood in Gran Torino, 24/7 in a PARF forum, would wear anybody out.

You're a class act dipso.

Hey Sammy did your docs do an EKG?

Sammy,

Get that taken care of. I couldn't even imagine being on PPOT with you gone. We would be overrun by *******s and poopie heads in a matter of days.

Get well soon ya cranky ole bastard.

Glad all is O.K. Sammy. Enjoy your Thanksgiving dinner, changes are coming soon for sure. You've worked hard and saved, make sure you're around to enjoy the spoils.

If the doc tells you that you're going to have to give up bacon, I'd get a second opinion.

Try this diet. It works. My BP used to be 170-180/ 80-90 now it rarely gets over 140/70-80. Most times it sits around 120-130/65-75. Lost some pounds to boot.

DASH Diet for healthy weight loss, lower blood pressure & cholesterol

buhahahaha!

Sammy, I am pleased to see that you are not dead.

Ian, renal calculi are no joke, about as bad a pain as a man can get. Drink plenty of fluids

Such timing, I aphibbed last Sat night while a a convention for work, doc confirmed on /Monday. Life goes on..

No worries, I am an expert on renal colic. :eek: 10mg of Oxycontin + 10mg of Buscopan. And get horizontal & on heat or in a hot bath asap. 4 weeks ago, I had an incident on the road in front of a new customer in Naples, Florida & my drugs were 1 1/2 hrs away in Lauderdale. Luckily, an employee at the store just happened to have some Percocet on hand. I have had near-daily pain for 8 weeks so I have an upcoming appointment with a Lithotripsy machine - my 3rd over the last 15 years.

Ian

Me too. I had lithotripsy on the 12th and I'm still peeing out stones! I was in the ER last Friday night because it was so sore. I wasn't sure if it was a stone because of the lithotripsy, but that's what it was. Spent the month of September in pain because of a 7mm stone on the right side and the first ER urologist said come back in a week as it should pass. It didn't and they had to go in and remove the stone and I had to live with a stent for a few days. Come back in October and the new uro said I have more stones and what I want to do. I said take them out! lol

I can certainly sympathize, Bryan. Note that i changed the Buscopan to 10mg. My 1st urologist years ago was some big cheese in stones & he added that drug to my recipe to stop kidney spasming which can prolong the event.

With Ontario's regional view of treatment, there is only one litho machine local now. My 'consultation' app't is not for another 2 months but I am working to have it moved forward.

Ian

What size stones are you guys talking to create this pain?

Mine is over 1 cm (0.4 in) in all dimensions. Impossible to pass without being broken up first. I have never knowingly passed a stone without electronic blasting.

Ian

They don't have to be big to cause pain. I've had some small ones that crank up the pain when they start moving around. You'd be shocked something so small could cause such pain! Btw, Ive never had Buscopan.

Back on topic. I hope Sammy is doing better and getting the proper medical care.