[MYRONARL1119]

Dean, Your doctor gave you part of the story. Let me tell you about the other possibility for kidney stones. I have had probably 30 in my life time and can only agree that they are very painful, and pain medication is your freind. The other thing that causes stones is something called Oxalate. More than likely most of your favorite foods are high in oxalates, and a low oxalate diet is difficult at best. Some foods high in oxalates are berries, fruit salads,grapes,lemon,rhubarb,beetroot,chard,parsley ,spinach ,and nuts. Also soy products are on this list. My kidney stone doc put me on moduretic, and take a 600 mg calcium tablet with each meal. Hopefully your stones don't fall in this group. We had a test that was about 600 dollars and this was the result of that test. I can tell you that the "breaking up" of stones with ultrasound isn't exactly painless, and that procedure can only be done so many times. Good luck to you and keep the pain pills handy. Myron Stutes