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Reply to "diet soda and pouchitis"

Yes once in my life.  About 4 years ago I was playing the piano and suddenly felt some of the worst pain in my side I've ever felt.  A couple weeks later I had surgery to break up/remove 2 stones in my kidney (luckily they were able to do it by going through the urethra without cutting me).  The surgery was successful but the surgeon left a stent in me for a couple weeks and until I had it out I was in complete agony.  Once the stent was removed I was good as new.  Went right back to drinking about a liter of diet soda a day and haven't had another problem since.  I'm 47 years old and that's the only time I've ever had kidney stone issues.  I don't know if it was related to the diet soda - there's probably no way to know.  I also eat meat 3 times a day and have my whole life.  Also eat a lot of fast food.  So there are a lot of potential reasons.  I personally attribute it to a 3 week fast (not eating or drinking during the day) I did prior to the kidney stones when I was dehydrated a lot of the time (I'm missing my colon so obviously am more susceptible  to dehydration).  Now when I fast I don't eat but keep drinking plenty.  I also drink a ton to the point that I'm constantly pissing before hitting the gym.  I'm more careful to avoid long periods of dehydration (using diet soda as much as water lol) and no problems for the last 4 years knock on wood.

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