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07-27-2018 , 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by chopstick
oT - I was thinking about the chess set 2-3 days ago lol


lbr - sorry to hear that, dude. Not much worse than kidney stones. Bad news is that once you get one stone, you are far more likely to get another. Good news is that your definition of pain gets redefined to grouping things into either kidney stones or not kidney stones, and everything in the second category is meaningless. I also know what it is to lay on the floor puking purely from pain and being unable to do anything else. The worst part is when the puking prevents you from taking pain meds because they just come right back up. Which means the pain continues, which means you can never get the meds down. My pain tolerance is extremely high but I wouldn't wish kidney stones on anyone.

Gotta echo the advice to switch to water & lemonade/limeade as your primary drinks, and maintain intake volume of >2.5L/day. Depending on the stone composition (usually calcium oxalate), citrate inhibits stone formation by binding with calcium. This prevents the calcium from binding with oxalate, which means less chance of calcium oxalate stone formation. SCIENCE, bitches! Note that citrate is not as relevant for non-CO stones.

The issue with lemonade is if you drink one with high sugar content, you get the downsides of sugar. You can take potassium citrate tablets instead of lemonade to get the citrate without the sugar.

Reducing salt intake is also helpful. Drink a lot to constantly be flushing the kidneys.

Since I'm just some random on the internet, here is a link to a double blinded study:

POTASSIUM-MAGNESIUM CITRATE IS AN EFFECTIVE PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST RECURRENT CALCIUM OXALATE NEPHROLITHIASIS

and if you want to learn more about stones and prevention techniques, here is an excellent website run by a doctor at UoChi who specializes in kidney stone research. He has a lot of useful advice and has a fun writing style as well. He's not as much on #teamlemonade due to the sugar issues - both general sugar issues as well as stone specific issues like how they raise urinary calcium levels. This article where he hates on sugar while also talking about how much he loves it is pretty funny.


de cap - remember how I loaded up on all those simply lemonades in Hawaii? Don't recall if I ever explained it to you but yeah this was why.

Dodger - read this. Oxalate hysteria is pretty overblown in the media re: stones, because most journalists don't understand concepts like bioavailability, chemical binding, etc. High oxalate foods like tea are not automatically "bad".
The only thing I drink is Clear American Sparkling Water, 3+ liters/day. I eat way too much salt but I can fix that easily. I hope it's not the aspartame in the water because I'm addicted to the stuff.
07-27-2018 , 11:03 AM
I am here in Dutch-land. It is very pleasant, albeit hot as ****. I have noted a fair number of people at outdoor cafes totally barefoot.

I have a hot date tomorrow!
07-27-2018 , 11:07 AM
Blaze up homie
07-27-2018 , 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by LKJ
Pacino, but good reference nonetheless.
OMG! I don’t know if I am more upset with myself about this embarrassment, to which I will add I had to spell check myself on De Niro, or that I had no idea I was entitled to the good pain meds had I visited a doctor rather than wore a groove in the floor pacing around my kitchen island scaring my little dog with groaning and moaning.
07-27-2018 , 11:21 AM
Howard,

Fabian?
07-27-2018 , 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by 27offsuit
Howard,

Fabian?
Rather Yak.


edit. No. I am basically sure it is gmlaw.
07-27-2018 , 11:27 AM
Cliffs on little dick Larry and chop spat in J's blog pls.
07-27-2018 , 11:38 AM
Actually, I have TWO hot dates.

I’m meeting my daughter for dinner tonight; she is dancing with the Netherlands dance theater. And, as ever, lapka is on the money.

I think lapka is a tad smarter than that dude who started the IQ thread!
07-27-2018 , 11:39 AM
27,

I'm happy to report I'm back in Sweden, far away from Dutch-land.
07-27-2018 , 12:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Rexx14
Blood moon tonight! Let the drumming begin.
That one gets not enough attention.
https://www.space.com/41007-blood-mo...pse-guide.html

And I am reading-up on all esoteric stuff about it and thinking if I can call Maxwell demons to my windows with help of blood moon.
07-27-2018 , 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Banned4lyfe
Cliffs on little dick Larry and chop spat in J's blog pls.
I heard that Larry combusted and it was artful and Chop agreed.
07-27-2018 , 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by lapka
That one gets not enough attention.
https://www.space.com/41007-blood-mo...pse-guide.html

And I am reading-up on all esoteric stuff about it and thinking if I can call Maxwell demons to my windows with help of blood moon.
My bf was underwhelmed and went back to bed but it's been pretty cool Imo.
07-27-2018 , 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Fabian
27,

I'm happy to report I'm back in Sweden, far away from Dutch-land.


Fabian,

As Neuro-brothers, and might I add, both swingers of a big D, I feel this comment was unappropriate.

All,

Indeed, Howard and I will meet up tomorrow for a HOT date. I’ll be sure to remind him to check out of his (superfancy) hotel.
07-27-2018 , 04:42 PM
I don't think this is thread worthy on its own since I am not that invested in getting actual advice, but I am curious what others think about it.

Went out for a dinner with my fam, another family and a friend and when we sat down in the crowded restaurant my daughter told me she saw the father of one of her friends. He is another dad associated with a mother's social group my wife is involved with and their kids and mine spend time together. His wife and mine are slightly closer than acquaintances getting our kids together for playdates outside of the group a couple of times.

Because I am kinda antisocial, I don't know any of them and never remember their names or faces in person though I recognize the kid's names from conversations.

To cut to the chase, my wife sees him too and as you probably expect at this point, the woman he is with is not his wife, who I find out later often talks about him working out of town during the week. It is clear it is not a casual relationship. He does not see us at all AFAIK and may not recognize us if he did.

So now what? My daughter is 6, so she did not catch onto the dynamic, but she also may tell her friend that she saw her dad out next time they see each other. My wife is torn, as she would hope the other wife would tell her if she saw me with my goomah in public, but she also is not terribly close with this woman and doesn't feel like she really knows enough details to know how to approach it. There is certainly an element of MYOB that is the easiest path to stay out of drama, but that seems level-headed in some ways and cowardly in others. To continue down the path of cowardly motivations...if it does come to light that we saw him there through my daughter and his wife asks my wife about it, the way my wife would feel at that point kind of illuminates that keeping quiet is a questionable moral choice.

What you do?
07-27-2018 , 04:51 PM
My dear fellow big D friend,

How is it inappropriate to point out that Sweden and Dutch-land are far away from each other?

To be clear, I'm not saying I'm happy to report I'm far away from Dutch-land (I in fact think Dutch-land is a very cool place), I'm happy to report that I'm back in Sweden.
07-27-2018 , 05:04 PM
Johnny,

I make a gabagool sandwich and mind my own ****ing business.
07-27-2018 , 05:08 PM
Lol at ever saying anything
07-27-2018 , 05:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Fabian
My dear fellow big D friend,

How is it inappropriate to point out that Sweden and Dutch-land are far away from each other?

To be clear, I'm not saying I'm happy to report I'm far away from Dutch-land (I in fact think Dutch-land is a very cool place), I'm happy to report that I'm back in Sweden.
Swede with the XL D,

Cleared that right up for me. Neuro-brethren we remain.
07-27-2018 , 05:10 PM
absolutely none of your business.
07-27-2018 , 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by 27offsuit
Johnny,

I make a gabagool sandwich and mind my own ****ing business.
This
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Originally Posted by grando1.0
Lol at ever saying anything
And this
07-27-2018 , 05:17 PM
TBC, I am for sure staying the **** out of it, my wife is making her own decision which at this point seems to be never say nothing to nobody, but it's gonna be awkward in the future for sure. She has the choice to either be nosey and disruptive or probably complicit in it when natural topics of conversation come up between her and the other wife.

**** that dude for complicating my life at all by going to a busy restaurant in town like I don't have enough moral dilemmas to beat myself up with. I should drop a dime just for involving me at all.
07-27-2018 , 05:18 PM
If you're looking to avoid being the scapegoat (via being held accountable for a lie by omission): you're more likely volunteering for it.
07-27-2018 , 05:22 PM
Dodger,

I feel like N1 right now but what are you saying? =)

ETA: I get it from the parentheses edit, and agree. That's why I included that part in my first post--and not so much because being held accountable is a real concern as much as the concern for how that would feel illustrates something about what is right and wrong here.

Last edited by Johnny Truant; 07-27-2018 at 05:29 PM.
07-27-2018 , 05:25 PM
If your wife would want to be told then she should tell the wife.
07-27-2018 , 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Larry Legend
If your wife would want to be told then she should tell the wife.
Would anyone here who is advocating staying out of it not want to be told?

I would also.

      
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