Kidney Stones.

Jody Melanson

Some of you may or may not know, I just went through a recent bout of nasty Kidney Stones. Anyhoo, I had 5 surgeries in less than 2 months. Here are some of the stones I passed.

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These were shot with the reverse 50 setup I use. These Stones are small as a result of Lithotripsy. Lithotripsy is a surgery where they blast the Stones with shock waves while they are still in you.

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You can see by the jagged edges why they cause so much pain! :O

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This bad boy I just passed last weekend, early Saturday morning. From the 0 to the first line on the right is 1/8th of an inch. This image is a stack of 5 images to get the DOF I needed. I wouldn't wish Kidney Stones on my worst enemy.

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Here is a crop of above.

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Those of you that don't get Kidney Stones, count your blessings! Those of you that do get them, I feel for you.

Lord Vetinari

I can almost see the pain these would cause Jody - amazing shots.
many moons ago I was working in a Tetanus vaccine production lab when the lab manager went into a state of tetanus (all muscles locked) whilst sitting in his chair - the ambulance people had to take him out by carrying his chair. You can imagine the shock this caused (ie did he have tetanus ?) - turned out he's gone into total muscle lock from the pain caused by exactly these things- kidney stones.

brian v.

kundalini

*touches wood* Fortunately I have not had this condition. However, friends have told me it's like passing a softball sized ball of barbed wire through the urinary tract. Now I have a better understanding. *shrinkage effect*

Awais Yaqub

OMG i heard about them a lot and saw people suffering but never saw these stones. What a pain i hope and pray for your health

Regards thanks for sharing these

DavidTO

Lucky. They wouldn't let me keep mine. After all that work, too (this was 20 years ago, when the main cure was waiting it out.)

ivar

Great shots, Jody
I don't even want to think about the fact that they were/could be inside someone; Look at those sharp edges :uhoh

DavidTO wrote:

Lucky. They wouldn't let me keep mine. After all that work, too

SloYerRoll

Counting my lucky stars. Shooting them macro probably puts what size they really feel like into perspective.

Hope you don't have to suffer through that anymore.

-Jon

Tango

hey one of those look familar, (twice ):D

i thought 1 was going to kill me:D
you did all of them

ABCaptures

those were some pretty cool shots, i can only imagine what you went throgh to get the photos, let alone getting them to pass. i have had to deal with them on a number of occations and i too wouldnt wish them on my worst enemy.. they are literally as painful as childbirth

Elaine

Good grief! I hope you're ALL done with that! Only a photographer would think to take some incredible pictures of the culprits.

Skippy

Jody Melanson wrote:

Some of you may or may not know, I just went through a recent bout of nasty Kidney Stones. Anyhoo, I had 5 surgeries in less than 2 months. Here are some of the stones I passed.
1
These were shot with the reverse 50 setup I use. These Stones are small as a result of Lithotripsy. Lithotripsy is a surgery where they blast the Stones with shock waves while they are still in you.
2
You can see by the jagged edges why they cause so much pain! :O
3
This bad boy I just passed last weekend, early Saturday morning. From the 0 to the first line on the right is 1/8th of an inch. This image is a stack of 5 images to get the DOF I needed. I wouldn't wish Kidney Stones on my worst enemy.
4
Here is a crop of above.
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Those of you that don't get Kidney Stones, count your blessings! Those of you that do get them, I feel for you.

Ouuuuuuuch, I know that these things can bring anyone to their knees in pain.

I don't know why some people produce them and others don't,
I'm glad I have never had them.

You sure had a lot of the them Jody, hopefully you won't produce any more.
Wishing you all the best as you continue to recover.

We missed you ..... Skippy
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jonh68

I past one about 4 years ago. I feel your pain.