I hope I don't need to post about my health and kidney stones much more, but I haven't been able to get much else going on. So, for those who are concerned for my health
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You've probably heard the thing about iced tea causing stones and lemons preventing them a million times but if not, this was how the Arnold Palmer drink was born. He didn't want to give up tea but kept getting stones so he started mixing it with lemonade.
No, that's interesting, I have never heard that... not that ice tea causes or lemons prevent, definitely not that that was the birth of the Arnold Palmer. I'm definitely desperate enough to start sucking down lemonade on the regular.
I wonder if caffeine is the issue? I've got my caffeine consumption at a reasonable level, though.
I'm pretty good about hydration and don't think I get too much calcium (the most common causes I've heard) but I probably eat too much salt, which I'm trying to correct... didn't know that could cause stones until the urologist suggested it. There's also a genetic factor, which I can't do anything about but I'm cursed with (almost every single member of my family two generations back have had them).
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Get well soon pain sucks.
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I wonder if caffeine is the issue? I've got my caffeine consumption at a reasonable level, though.
I'm pretty good about hydration and don't think I get too much calcium (the most common causes I've heard) but I probably eat too much salt, which I'm trying to correct... didn't know that could cause stones until the urologist suggested it. There's also a genetic factor, which I can't do anything about but I'm cursed with (almost every single member of my family two generations back have had them).
Thanks for the thoughtfulness.
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