Comments on: Kidney stones anybody??

By: Adeline Babara

Adeline Babara — Sat, 02 Sep 2006 20:45:44 +0000

Geesh it has been so long since I have posted. Barb I wanted to tell you though
that you have just met one. A gastric bypass patient who takes calcium citrate
and had my first kidney stone. I passed it in June. Had two more and had to have
the lithotripsy to break them up in August. This caused a bleed and hematoma
around my kidney that caused me to be severly anemic. I am going this morning
for a cat scan to make sure everything has healed now. Oct 1 2003 was my one
year anniversary from my surgery. I have lost 119 pounds and I feel great. I did
ask my surgeon if the stone(s) were related to the surgery. He says not and also
said the calcium supplement I take is not the kind to cause kidney stones.
Though my stone was a calcium stone. Who knows I just know it was the worst pain
I have ever ever been in and I have had numerous surgerys and gave birth to two
children.
My urologist did say that I need to drink plenty of fluids. Lack of fluids is
what can cause the crystalization of stones.
Thelma

oct 1, 2002 surgery wt 307
Oct 26, 2003 wt 188

By: lavern_1200

lavern_1200 — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 12:31:37 +0000

I’ve seen a chewable calcium citrate at GNC. Haven’t tried it yet. Has
anyone else?
Judy
Lap RNY 7/23/02 Drs. Rabkin/SF
54/5′3″/257/141/1??
size 22/XXL - 8/S
bmi 46/25
-66 inches

By: Jolene Paola

Jolene Paola — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:19:34 +0000

Hi folks –
About a year before my RNY (7/16/99) a kidney stone emerged from my right
kidney while I was on a business trip. It was too large to pass, so I had to
have surgery to get it pulverized and out of there.
The kidney specialists back home in Orlando told me that yes, a buildup of
calcium was definitely causing the crystals and stones to appear, but that
the real problem was that I wasn’t drinking enough water to flush my kidneys
of the extra buildup. (They were right — at time I was severely
dehydrated — all I drank was diet sodas!) The doctors went on to say that
the greatest aid to the kidneys is water…not to mention the body.
After that I started forcing myself to drink water…and then after a while
I was drinking a gallon of water a day and that wasn’t even enough, although
I was never thirsty at that point. Even now the right amount of water for my
weight is to drink 120oz a day. *grin* So, be sure not to forget about
drinking water…

Good luck folks!
Marlene
Holy crow!! Kidney stones???!! I don’t use tums much anymore, I’ve
been using Viactive… is this calcium carbonate? Nobody mentioned
anything at my doc’s office about kidney stones! But it does make
sense, I had heard in the past that too much calcium can “calcify”
(if that’s a real word) your kidneys.

By: Lois Lancaster

Lois Lancaster — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 22:32:14 +0000

Kay,
Viactive is Calcium Carbonate. To my knowledge I’ve not found chewables (at
least those soft kinds) in Citrate. I did try a chewable wafer (huge) and now
use Vitalady’s Super Calcium. 500mg in a small capsule so we need to take fewer
to get in out quota. E-Z to swallow too!
Rev. Pam
Open RNY 12/11/02
318.5/199.5