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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