A patient’s perspective: Dealing with Fatigue as an MSK Patient
Let’s talk fatigue. More often than not, I’m completely exhausted. Even healthy people get tired at times, so they think they know what we mean when we say we’re exhausted…. Read more »
Category: Patient’s perspective
Op-Ed: My Experience with using Cannabis to manage my Chronic Kidney Stone Disease.
*Disclaimer: The opinions in this post are mine alone and publishing of this post is not an endorsement by this website for this treatment approach* This post is my story… Read more »
Everything you need to know as a new stone former in 8 minutes from Yahoo’s David Pogue
Being a new kidney stone former can be a frightening and confusing experience. Even if you manage to get medical care promptly, you may be left with a number of unanswered… Read more »
A man’s perspective on being an extreme stone former.
Something I have noticed over the last several years while reading up on kidney stone formation, living with stones, and generally how to prevent stones is: almost everything is written… Read more »
Living, Struggling, and Advocating with Medullary Sponge Kidney: An Updated Patient’s Perspective
It has been a long time since I’ve written for kidneystoners.org; almost three years. Reading back through my first article, it seems like a lifetime ago. A lot of… Read more »
Living with Medullary Sponge Kidney (MSK)–the Patient’s Perspective
My how time flies when you’re having fun… or is it when you’re in pain? My last post almost two whole years ago touched on my experience with MSK and… Read more »
Passing the family stone – A mother’s perspective on her daughter inheriting medullary sponge kidney disease
Passing a kidney stone is more painful than childbirth, I’ve heard. I’ve both given birth and passed a stone without pain killers. But I’ll tell you worse pain than both:… Read more »
Kidney Stones and Science Fantastic: A Patient’s Perspective
A few weeks ago, I found myself in the emergency room of the University of Arizona Medical Center under excruciating pain. I was pretty sure, but far from certain, that this… Read more »
Pain Management and MSK: A Patient’s Perspective
Editor’s note: Kayla contributes posts on her experiences as a patient with medullary sponge kidney, a condition that causes a large amount of kidney stones to form and which can… Read more »
From a Patient’s Perspective: The Ureteral Stent: Friend or Foe?
Even though different people respond to stents in different ways, I suspect anyone who’s ever lived with a ureteral stent remembers the experience. I have had two, and both were,… Read more »