Robin Williams... and another kidney stone

Dude!  That guy is soooo freakin' funny.  I wouldn't be surprised to learn that all that laughing jolted stuff out of little hiding places!

My wife gave birth to 3 kids.  Our first son, natural with a local.  The 2nd, a C-section due to complications, and the 3rd an emergency C-section after suffering almost 6 hours of labor with baby stuck in channel because they didn't know he was too big to complete the travel (now think bowling ball in a straw - isn't pretty and doesn't tickle).  She had a kidney stone once and said it was THE WORST pain that she EVER felt!  If she claims that, then THAT is something you don't EVER want to get.

Hoping all is well with the OP!

wow that is alot of kidney stones?  do you go in for a regular physical?  have you had a blood test lately?

holy crap!!...that is ALOT of stones!  The only reason I ask... and don't gasp.... is that I went in for a physical in Feb 2007 and they found a 1" benign tumor in my neck (parathyroid gland to be exact).  This gland is responsible for calcium distribution to the blood from the bones.  Since it was a tumor gland... hence fvcked up... it wasn't monitoring the calcium very well and was sucking too much calcium from my bones and then putting too much calcium in my blood.... causing all kinds of problems that I wasn't aware of, LOL!!  So...... only through my physical did I find this... and they were VERY surprised that I had no kidney stones because I guess high calcium in blood causes kidney stones.  I had the tumor taken out in June 2007... and I feel no different, except my blood tests are normal and I guess I won't be dying from kidney failure like I could have been... unbenowhnst to me!!

So when I read you had alot of stones, I immediately thought "tumor in neck"... sorry... guilty by association, LOL!

... p.s... just make sure those blood test include calcium levels... not all do.

that's great... yes you should pass it on.  Calcium levels being tested in blood is somewhat new... and not all doctors are performing it.  Yes be sure your FIL is having the calcium checked.  I was 'sure' that nothing was wrong and that "I" did not have this thing.. this tumor... but I did... and just a small surgery corrected it.

Here is an article on hyperparathyroidism... which is just another word for a "fvcked up" parathryoid gland.  If you do a keyword search on "kidney" you will see how this disease (or tumor) is often found from patients complaining of kidney stones.

http://parathyroid.com/parathyroid-symptoms.htm

good deal!!  Yes lots of things can create stones... and as long as you are having physicals, that's good!!  I'm such a physical advocate.  I work for a hospital and I can't tell how much is caught during the annual physicals... good to hear you are keeping up on them