Went to the ER this morning because I'm sick of constantly being nauseous and vomiting. They took a urine sample, and it came back that I had blood in my urine, so they sent me off for a CT scan. Turns out, I've got kidney stones. They're still tiny, but they're there. And they believe I may have already passed one, hence the blood in my urine.

What advice should I follow? I know "don't drink tea!" is one of them, but sweet tea is my first choice of a beverage...

My sister gets them, in fact, kidney problems run in my family. She's big on sweet tea as well and absolutely hates water as well as most juices. You really should make water your go to drink. If you like juice drink that on occasion but beware how much you drink, juice even natural juice, has sugar in it. The advice her doctor gave her was 'avoid all brown liquids.' this means teas, coffees, and sodas. Sometimes when she's over or out to eat she'll indulge in a sweet tea or soda but usually if she's drinking soda she goes for sprite or mountain dew.

Really, I'd just stick as much to water and fruit juice as possible. Maybe Gatorade and Powerade. Make tea and soda an occasional treat. If water is just unbearable to you, add a splash of fruit juice to a glass to make it easier to down?

I drink water while I'm at work (which is usually 7-11 hours a day, six days a week [minus today, I called off]), but it's only during my breaks...one fifteen minute break if I'm working 11 - 6; two if I'm working 11 - 7 or 11 - 8; three if I'm working 11 - 9 or 11 - 10. I usually don't get much time to sneak off for a drink. If I'm not drinking tea, I'm drinking Mountain Dew...not much for cola. I do enjoy Berry Rain Gatorade, but I can only handle so much of it.

I don't know. There's a lot of changes to my diet that are going to have to be made, I suppose.

I've been nagging at her to change her diet for a long time. It's a big decision and a personal one. There's no need to make a whole lot of big changes right away, it's harder to stick with it when you do it like that. Just watch what you drink, everything in moderation, try a live a little healthier. Her diet isn't perfect either but she's cut back on the tea a lot since the whole 'no brown liquids' thing and I'm pretty sure it's been about 2 years since her last stone.

Since I started working, I've been doing a little better with my eating/drinking, but when I'm home, I'm usually drinking tea. I'm about to go to the store to get some sparkling water or Gatorade. So thirsty even though I had two bags of saline today.

Lemonade helps with kidney stones, FYI. I can't speak for any weird funky brands, but just plain old lemons+water+a little sugar.

drink tons and tons of lemonade. don't drink any soda's. drink tons and tons of water. have a heat wrap on.

i have had a kidney stone before and it took about a month for it to pass

I've suffered from kidney stones for nearly 5 years straight, getting one or two every 3 months. I've had surgery to remove 2 because they were impacted and have had kidney & bladder stents placed as well.

The doctors told me to stay away from dark liquids [coffee, soda, iced tea etc], as well as anything with red dye in it [Kool-Aid or any red-colored drinks including Gatorade].

They also said to cut down on the amount of chocolate I consume. Cut down on my sugar and calcium intake, plus I can't have much to do with any kind of nut [peanuts, cashews, walnuts, etc] or things made from nuts, this includes peanut butter. They also told me to cut way back on my alcohol consumption too.

Increase your intake of water, they recommended me to drink nearly a gallon a day. Pure cranberry juice, not the cranberry juice cocktail or the mixed stuff, works wonders if you can stomach it. I can still have soda, the clear ones like Sprite, 7UP and Sierra Mist but in moderation.

I hope you feel better soon.

no advice as to what to drink, but i'm sorry. hope everything passes without too much trouble and you feel better. gl~

I get kidney stones often. Cranberry juice helps a lot. It kills the bacteria that gets in your UT and it also flushes out your kidneys.

Drink water. Cranberry juice also helps. I agree with . Also.. avoid excess salt and keep the amount of protein and calcium you eat in moderation. Of course, that's assuming you have stones made up of calcium. Did they tell you what stones you had? Struvite stones are more common in women and they're due to recurrent urinary tract infections, so it's important that you know. :3

Might be struvite because I've just been treated for a UTI not too long ago.