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They mention this in the article, but bears repeating - if you don't want to get a kidney stone (and believe me, you don't) 8 glasses a day is probably not a ba

• inaccessible 11y ago
  ^ This. I have had kidney sand which bothered me a lot (because of stomach aching), until a doctor said that I should drink more water. I haven't had any problems since.
• hga 11y ago
  Bingo; in the middle of perhaps the highest stress period of my life I got sloppy about making sure I drank enough water and got a kidney stone or two as a reward. So I say: No, You Do Not Have to Drink 8 Glasses of Water a Day. You Also Don't Have to Get Kidney Stones.
• jedberg 11y ago
  > if you don't want to get a kidney stone (and believe me, you don't) To put some perspective on that, I recently had one and it was the worst pain in my life. I asked some women who have had both a stone and a natural childbirth which was worse, and they said the pain is about the same. The difference is that at least you know +/- about a month when you're going to have a child and can prepare; with the stone, you're just suddenly in excruciating pain.
  • bkmartin 11y ago
    And, at the end of childbirth you get the joy of having a baby... no one has cake every year to celebrate the birth of their kidney stones.
  • jtolj 11y ago
    I had some warning. Mine had shown up in an x-ray and CT scan for an unrelated issue. Every nurse I talked to seemed to take sadistic pleasure in describing how painful it would be when it came out. Still nothing could have prepared me for that amount of pain. It was truly horrifying. This is why when given the opportunity to tell people to drink more water, I do it. I wouldn't wish that experience on anyone.