My kidney stone did not come out through urinating out. I had the surgery because I was going overseas and doctor felt it better to take care of it before leaving. He did wait three weeks to see if it would come out naturally.
Were you experiencing pain before going to see the doctor or had your stone shown up on a scan during a check up? Which hospital did the surgery? Can you let me know what it entailed? Thanks
Hey, past me! Fever, chills, nausea, ask me how I know.
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How do you know!
The doctors at Mackay have saved my sorry &ss more than once.
Did you have trouble at their Taitung outpostâor in Danshui, Taipei, or Hsinchu?
Iâd really like to know.
Guy
Suspected kidney stone passed yesterday. Very mild pain relatively speaking, though, and not a lot of blood, but my insides do feel like theyâve been grazed a bit. Awaiting urine test results to eliminate causes such as infection
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Ok. 
Letâs never talk of this again. 
Every time I get a physical and they do an ultrasound, kidney stones are found. Very small. Iâm told to drink lots of water, which I do, but I guess I need even more water.
But is it warm water youâre drinking?!
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No, itâs ice cold water. All year round! I always ask for ice water at restaurants and am amused at the look of surprise I often get.
There you go! Itâs the wrong type of water youâre drinking, no wonder youâre ill!!!
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For kidney stones? The closest one. Get that sorted asap before youâre in a world of hurt.
Define âwarm waterâ - out of the tap, or heated slightly/tepid?
What difference does the temperature make? Iâve heard it makes a difference drinking cold water with a meal because it solidifies the fats in your stomach, but body heat would offset that fast enough for the downstream organs, I would have thought?
The warm water part is, as I understand it, a sly remark about âcommon senseâ in Taiwan and the sorts of advice people are likely to give and receive.
Guy
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Good thing this isnât a medical advice thread⌠
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Yes
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Taitung. Quite bad. I will say, though, I have recently found my first decent doctor there for nerve damage. He was actually spot on, ear, chest ked properly, used words to explain etc. A VERY refreshing change of pace! At least they arenât at zero anymore. To be fair, itâs still the best hospital in the county it seems 
To be honest, I havenât had many great experiences with doctors throughout Taiwan. Not unique to southern Taiwan. There are good ones, but the shitty ones far out number them in my experiences.
As an aside, the doc gave me meds for inflammation (deflam k) a few months back (torn ligaments) which made me piss blood and crystals (I took videos of the pretty crystals for them to see). The kidney doc dismissed that concern and the pee test showed no crystals apparently. I wanted to know what kind they were but everyone seemed to deny the medication issue and the blood and crystals. This was the kidney doc as i wanted to check for stones and damage as well. They wouldnt even book me to check liver despite those meds being known for liver damage. Less than impressedâŚ
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Feels like my balls have been twisted around about sixteen times, pain is less when I lie flat. Weird. Waiting for an ultrasound appointment.