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.

1
http://jmelanson.smugmug.com/photos/239028705-O.jpg

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
http://jmelanson.smugmug.com/photos/239028804-O.jpg

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

3
http://jmelanson.smugmug.com/photos/239758361-O.jpg

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
http://jmelanson.smugmug.com/photos/239028881-O.jpg

Here is a crop of above.

5
http://jmelanson.smugmug.com/photos/239028921-O.jpg

Those of you that don't get Kidney Stones, count your blessings! :D 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 :thumb
I don't even want to think about the fact that they were/could be inside someone; Look at those sharp edges :uhoh

Lucky. They wouldn't let me keep mine. After all that work, too:lol3

[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

[AaronNelson]

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

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

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

[Skippy]

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.
5
Those of you that don't get Kidney Stones, count your blessings! :D 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 :thumb ..... Skippy :D
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[jonh68]

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