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I get one to two stones per year because my kidneys are over efficient. I'm fairly used to it now and can usually pass one with minimal discomfort, but every now and then it destroys me. The only beautiful thing about them is when they exit.

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Can you please elaborate? I am 33, still getting those, precisely 12-18 months apart. Left and right kidneys. My father has them too. I changed my lifestyle a bit - gettnig mode vitamin d3 + vitamin k2 - supposedly that way you get the calcium where it is supposed to be - in the bones and not in the kidneys. I am pretty clean now, maybe for the first time in my life - regular check did not show any stones. But interested in finding what exactly do you mean by over-efficient. edits: Changed my age. Can't believe I was thinking 32, when I am 33 in fact. Duh.

Someone I know swears by rowatinex https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/1431192

I pray that I won’t ever need to consider taking it though (passed one stone last year)

I take this one as well. Makes you pee more often and has a good effect on me in general! Thanks for sharing.

Sorry, I missed this - Quite simply my kidneys filter more than they're meant to, it's hereditary, as you've discovered. I've found that a cup of stone breaker tea once or twice a week keeps them at bay so that's well worth looking into. Look it up on Amazon.

Not sure if this helps, hope it will

"An apple a day keeps kidney stones away" https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-08/ason-aaa0810...

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