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Please Drink More Water

  • By Peter Sanders
  • 09 Aug, 2017

After Margaret had passed her first kidney stone the advice she received from her specialist was, "drink plenty of water".

Quite how much importance was attached to that advice by Margaret I can only guess at but I do know Margaret when realising any advice was important, would act on it.

I also know that Margaret knew the whereabouts of every public loo in her local town of Barnstaple, the county City of Exeter some 40 miles away & everywhere in between the two.

Margaret once said that to pass her kidney stones she needed fluid to wash the stone through the Ureters and Urethra. So to help herself she was always drinking water, why wouldn't she?

I do know that over the years Margaret's kidney stones became smaller and smaller.

By Peter Sanders 24 Oct, 2021
Last week a number of sufferers asked if it was ok to still drink what the like as well as the water or in place of the water? 

Please remember those drinks you like might have been contributing to your present stone but water will not add to your stone but help in flushing out your kidneys 
By Peter Sanders 22 Aug, 2019

Kidney stone sufferers have told Beat Kidney Stones to raise money to fund the NICE recommended research into finding the fastest effective administration of first stage pain relief.

Pain relief is uppermost in all sufferers minds because they all experience extreme levels of pain. Pain cannot be measured but to lose consciousness is a good indicator of seriousness and nearly all sufferers will lose consciousness at least once during the first slight movement of a stone.

If you would like to help then please use the donate button or contact the Charity directly.

By Peter Sanders 17 Feb, 2019

For family and friends of a sufferer; be prepared for your sufferer to suddenly collapse or to suddenly stop moving mid movement. They will not talk because that makes the pain worse. Do not move them and just keep them warm and safe. Very soon they will talk and give you instructions, like, get my pills!

By Peter Sanders 03 Feb, 2019

Acute pain is experienced by all sufferers and Beat Kidney Stones is now raising money to support the following research recommended by NICE: 

“What is the most clinically and cost effective route of administration for non-steroidal anti inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in the management of acute pain thought to be due to renal or ureteric stones?”

The routes of administration for NSAIDs are: intravenous, intramuscular, oral or rectal.

Acute pain is bad enough but if the administration of NSAIDs by one particular route causes a quicker reduction in the pain then that needs to be known about and published for all to act upon.

This Charity intends to support all of the 5 research recommendations made in the NICE Guideline published on the 8-1-19. If any of the other research proposals is your preferred choice for support and you tell the Charity which it is, then the Charity will allocate your donations accordingly.





 

By Peter Sanders 12 Dec, 2018
To all who have had a kidney stone, it is so easy to gradually ease off the diet, the exercise and especially reduce the amount of water you drink to get a good night's sleep. This Charity would urge that you keep at it. Even years later and thinking why bother, remember the pain !  
By Peter Sanders 08 Nov, 2018
This Charity was formed to help sufferers of kidney stones who experience so much pain that it causes them to lose consciousness. No treatment exists to stop a stone forming or to stop another stone being created. 
A no risk or a no pain stone removal exists either!
By Peter Sanders 07 Nov, 2018
The Trustees had a difficult choice because all 5 areas of research listed in the NICE draft guideline had merit and would benefit kidney stone sufferers. However after a long discussion they decided to champion in the first instance:
Preventative treatment following shockwave lithotripsy and Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs - route of admission.
By Peter Sanders 17 May, 2018

This Consultative Guideline's title is Renal & Ureteric Stones: Assessment & Management. 

It would seem it is about the sufferers pathway through Hospital. The steps and time taken to diagnose, treatment options, accessibility of treatment, possible sufferer transfer out of area for treatments, actual treatments, success of treatments and long term condition of the sufferer after treatments.    

If you think I have missed anything then please email me at Peter@beatkidneystones.co.uk

By Peter Sanders 12 Mar, 2018
Beat Kidney Stones would like to say a massive thank you to "Tetractys Partners LLP" a boutique compliance and governance consultancy who donated a Laptop and then a General Data Protection Regulation briefing to the Charity. 
By Peter Sanders 29 Jan, 2018
When Margaret was feeling low due to the inevitability of having to pass yet another kidney stone she would trawl the internet looking for advice, support and help.

Nevertheless very little was out there. Sadly only anecdotal treatments were found and those were not based on scientific facts but science fiction or folk lore.

This was another reason why Beat Kidney Stones was formed.  
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