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Pain in flank, impending stone attack?

Last year I went to the ER with intense pain, to find out I had a lodged 1mm stone in my right ureter. I ended up needing lithrotripsy twice because the bugger was being stubborn. When I had the MRI they said I have a 5mm stone in my left kidney, my urologist said they typically won't do anything about it unless it's causing problems. Today I have flank pain and pain in my left side. It isn't coming and going like my attack last year, but it definitely feels different than general back pain. I inquired with my urologist but haven't heard back from him yet. I don't know if this pain means I am about to have an attack, or what might be going on. I certainly hope it's not an attack because I would have rather given birth all over again than go through that again. Has anybody had this? if you did was it signs of an attack? Any input would be helpful an appreciated!
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Kidney stones can be cure by making some changes in the regular diet and day to day activities:

1. Drinking required water to maintain good urinary flow.
2. Diet should have adequate amount of calcium.  Milk, yoghurt, lentils, oranges and other dairy products are rich in calcium
3. Eat right amount of protein- daily protein needs are usually met with 2-3 servings per day.
4. Reduce amount of sodium in diet to 2-3 gms. Limit processed foods like hot dogs, sausages, dry soup, pickles and various convenience mixes as they contain excessive amounts of salt
5. Avoid excessive vitamin C supplements as oxalate is produced from vitamin C and large amounts may increase amount of oxalate content of urine.
6. Avoid foods which are high in oxalates like spinach, almonds, peanuts, nut butters, blueberries.
7. Do not take Vitamin D supplements without prescription of a physician
8. Controlling blood sugar, blood pressure, body weight by regular exercise are all helpful to reduce stone formation.
    10.Consultant Nephrologist and Chief of Renal Transplant, at Narayana health, best Hospital in India.
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I just realized I made a mistake in my post, I had a 1cm stone, not a 1mm stone. I can't figure how to fix it! :/
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What you are describing is something I have gone through many, many times over the past 30 some years. If you can handle the uncertainty of when that pain, light or unbearable, will hit you again, go ahead and ride it out. If not, ask your Urologist to go remove it. The problem with waiting is that until it passes, you can't plan anything because you never know when and where the pain will hit you or how bad it will be when it hits. If you were driving in traffic and got hit with that unbearable type of pain, you could be in trouble.Either way, to answer your question, YES it sure sounds like is a prelude to an attack, but how back the attack will be is the question. Good Luck and please let us know how you are doing and what happened.
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When I asked about the stone sitting like a duck, he said he's had patients have stone 20+ years that have never caused any issues, and that's why they leave them until it causes issues. I thought it was weird, because like you said it's like you're chancing it to happen anywhere, anytime. The last stone occurred a few months before family vacation. Since I ended up needing the procedure twice I didn't get the stent removed until a week before vacation.
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