Hi, Mark...

MH>Has any of your doctors ever linked your IBS to the kidney stones?  My
  >thinking is that if there is more liquid being released in the bowe, it cuts
  >down on the liquid in the kidneys and could increase the changes for stones.

  No, but that's something I'll have to ask the urologist later this month
when I go in for the IVP.

MH>I had a kidney stone back when I was 30 years old and it was no picnic.  It
  >still the most pain I have ever felt in my life - enough to cause non-stop
  >vomiting until I was injected with morphine.

  Three of the main symptoms of kidney stones are blood in the urine,
extreme pain, and vomiting. Once I start, I can't stop...and have to go to
the ER.

MH>My urologist said that they really don't know exactly what causes kidney
  >stones, the best way to prevent them is drinking lots of water on a regular
  >basis.  Ever since, I make sure I drink a certain amount of water each day a
  >bring water bottles with me everywhere.

  I can't handle regular water...it's too bland, and it upsets my digestive
tract. With the IBS and extra water, I get severe diarrhea, which leads to
dehydration...then severe rectal bleeding from the hemorrhoids, which leads
to anemia. However, I can handle either the flavored water (for clear
liquids), but the urologist recommended Gatorade. I can drink 3 liters of
that a day...my favorite is the grape flavor...it reminds me of the
"punch" I used to drink in school over 45 years ago (yeah, I'm
dating myself now ).

MH>I really think mine was caused in part from getting dehydrated multiple time
  >while playing softball that summer before getting the stone.  It is also
  >hereditary - as my father has had them, too.

  It is hereditary...my late father, my brother, my uncle, and my cousin
(that I know of) all have had them. It is the closest thing a man can get
to the pain of childbirth.

  I know a young lady, who with both of her pregnancies, she also had
kidney stones...as if the pain of labor wasn't enough!!

Daryl
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