Thanks to everyone who prayed for me this week.   I have been diagnosed with kidney stones in both kidneys.  This didn't really surprise me because I am so BAD about drinking water, or anything really.  I have to consciously make the effort to drink throughout the day because I just don't think about it.  In another way it was a surprise because I really should have been in much more pain than I was.  My dh and brother have had kidney stones and are in tremendous pain with them.  My back never hurt at all like Keith's does; however, my brother's never hurt him.  Except for the soreness in my side and the big huge pain that I had on Monday morning that caused me to nearly faint, I really haven't been in that much pain.  Praise the Lord!  Needless to say, I have been drinking A LOT.  I have done some research and this is what I am doing to try to dissolve and/or pass them:

1.)  I am taking two Hydrangea Root capsules and Marshmallow Root capsules twice a day.  I may up the Marshmallow Root to three times a day.  Hydrangea Root is known to dissolve stones and Marshmallow Root is mucilaginous and soothes and softens tissues, helping with inflammation and easing the stones out.

2.)  I am doing a three day apple juice/steam distilled water fast.   You can drink up to one gallon of organic unsweetened apple juice a day and up to a gallon of steam distilled water.  However, my little body could never take that much and I am not going to push it to!  So, I have been drinking two quarts of apple juice and two quarts of distilled water throughout the day.  Believe me, this is not easy!  I do well on a good day to drink one quart of anything!

Yesterday was my second day of the fast and I felt that I just had to have something to eat, so I have been eating watermelon throughout the day.  Watermelon, as you know, has a high concentration of water in it, so it is a natural diuretic.

3.)  Tonight will be the hardest thing to do, I think.  When it is time for bed, I am going to drink 1/2 cup of olive oil and 1/4 cup of fresh squeezed lemon juice.  Gag!    This is supposed to expel any kidney stones and/or gallstones if you have them.  After I drink it, I am to lie on my right side with pillows under my hip for four to five hours.  I expect sometime to probably be sick, but hopefully not!  Tomorrow sometime I should be able to pass any kidney stones that I have left. 

As you can see, I have done a lot of research.  I believe strongly that everyone should be in charge of his/her own health.  I'm obviously not perfect, otherwise I wouldn't be having kidney stone problems, but it is very important to me that I try natural remedies.  I believe with all my heart that our amazing God has provided us the answers to all our problems through nature.  It's just a matter of learning (and lots of prayer!) what we need to do to take charge of what ails us.  I still plan on making an appointment with an urologist sometime to make sure I am on the right track and that my body is making the right responses.  Please don't get me wrong; doctors are wonderful, but they are not God!  If you are having any kind of health related issues, pray for direction and research your problem.  That is one reason I absolutely love the internet - there is so much information right at your fingertips.  I honestly believe that there is a reason for every health issue out there, and it is up to us to find out what we need to do to correct it. 

God bless!

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Posted by TheWedhornFamily

hOPE YOU ARE DOING BETTER:)


Thank you so much! I am doing much, much better. :)

Edited by SongofJoy on Monday, September 3, 2007 at 01:49

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