Re: Calcium & Kidney stones

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Boy I tell ya..it's like you are dammed if you do and dammed if you don't

sometimes.

good luck! Keep us posted on what your docs find out. Joanie, what calcium

are you taking out of curiousity?

Sherra

Calcium & Kidney stones

> I just had the wonderfully painful experience of kidney stones. They went

> in with a basket and took them out and I got to stay overnight in the

> hospital to boot!

>

> Thanks for letting me get the whine out first.

>

> The urologist just removed the stint today and in about 2 weeks he is

going

> to have me do a 24 hour urine collection. When I told him that I take

> calcium he told me that I could continue for now, but that more than

likely

> the 24 hour urine collection will come back with too much calcium. If

that

> is the case then he said I have to stop taking calcium.

>

> I've just got to find the research on this, because I thought that if the

> calcium was showing up in your urine, then there was a problem with your

> body stealing calcium and you should take more? Maybe I have that

confused

> with blood levels (good thing I'm not a doctor!)

>

> Also, he had me go through about a 2 hour x-ray shoot, as I have so many

> calcium deposits on my bones that it was hard for him to see exactly where

> the stones were stuck. So maybe I have too much calcium and he is right?

>

> I trust the doctor, I am just concerned about the no calcium thing. If I

> don't take calcium I get nightly leg/feet cramps that are horrid. My last

> dexa scan had me at 118% bone mass for an 18 year old female (I'm 42).

>

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[Guest guest]

Sherra,

I take 3 different kinds, just because it depends on how I'm feeling

(ulcer wise)

Citracal Plus

Twin Labs chewable citrate

The UpCal without protein

I have not taken as much calcium has I should, I generally only get in 2

doses a day. I prefer to dose up on calcium towards night time, start at

6:00 and then last dose before bed. However with the ulcers that I have,

I'm also taking carafate 4x a day and Nexium 2x a day. If I take anything

too close to the carafate, they bind together. And I'm supposed to take the

nexium on an empty tum. hmm in the middle of this, I just thought, this is

perhaps too much info! LOL

Joanie,

who can provide the longest short answer you ever did hear! ha

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Calcium & Kidney stones

>

>

> > I just had the wonderfully painful experience of kidney stones. They

went

> > in with a basket and took them out and I got to stay overnight in the

> > hospital to boot!

> >

> > Thanks for letting me get the whine out first.

> >

> > The urologist just removed the stint today and in about 2 weeks he is

> going

> > to have me do a 24 hour urine collection. When I told him that I take

> > calcium he told me that I could continue for now, but that more than

> likely

> > the 24 hour urine collection will come back with too much calcium. If

> that

> > is the case then he said I have to stop taking calcium.

> >

> > I've just got to find the research on this, because I thought that if

the

> > calcium was showing up in your urine, then there was a problem with your

> > body stealing calcium and you should take more? Maybe I have that

> confused

> > with blood levels (good thing I'm not a doctor!)

> >

> > Also, he had me go through about a 2 hour x-ray shoot, as I have so many

> > calcium deposits on my bones that it was hard for him to see exactly

where

> > the stones were stuck. So maybe I have too much calcium and he is

right?

> >

> > I trust the doctor, I am just concerned about the no calcium thing. If

I

> > don't take calcium I get nightly leg/feet cramps that are horrid. My

last

> > dexa scan had me at 118% bone mass for an 18 year old female (I'm 42).

> >

> > Joanie

> > Lap RNY 08/13/02

> > 284/152

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> > Homepage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Graduate-OSSG

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