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I had my first kidney stone 38 years ago, a year after my colon was removed for UC. The first stone was 100% uric acid, but since then they've been calcium oxylate. Both my kidneys are rock quarries. I've passed many many stones, had them blasted, and had them removed by ureteroscopy with laser lithotripsy when they were too large to pass through the ureters and got stuck. There are still too many to count in both kidneys. I took hydrochlorothyazide for years, which slowed down the rate of stone production, but it drained me of my potassium, which could only be replaced by taking Slow-K, a prescription potassium supplement. When they stopped making that, I could not find a potassium supplement that I could absorb, so had to stop the hydrochlorothyazide. I tried Potassium Citrate but couldn't take it because it gave me severe diarrhea. I drink a gallon of water a day, but still form them. Such as it is... Debbie

4/13/153:06 AM

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