r/AbsoluteUnits • u/therealmintoncard • 2d ago

of a kidney stone (dime for scale)

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u/Divine_Feminine5 2d ago

The only rock you find in nature that tells you to drink more water.

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u/Blu3Raptor_ 2d ago

starts chugging a gallon of water

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u/therealmintoncard 2d ago

Passed all three today. Merry Christmas. (Sorry for the blurry picture. I'm not good with closeups.)

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u/Dmau27 2d ago

Your pee hole got plenty of closeness with these so you get a pass.. Sorry, that wasn't a very nice burn. Oops sorry.

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u/Daigon 2d ago

Oooof I’m so sorry. How are you feeling now?

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u/therealmintoncard 2d ago

Much better. Thank you. (I'm fortunate enough to have a high tolerance for pain.)

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u/Real-Swing8553 2d ago

How long did it take?

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u/therealmintoncard 2d ago

All day. ☹️

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u/ReggieHallett 2d ago

Oh no, this is my biggest fear. I hope you're doing well after that.

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u/darbs-face 2d ago

You made the right decision. As a fellow kidney stone sufferer it’s best to pass then get cut open.

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u/1RickSanchez 2d ago

This is a great example of why grammar is important

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u/darbs-face 1d ago

Holy fuck I am so sorry. This is incredibly important so glad we have people like you scouring Reddit and correcting people’s grammar. You are doing the world a great service indeed!

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u/MarshalNey 2d ago

Then ≠ (rather) Than

And if it's not clear, I'm agreeing with you.

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u/JROXZ 2d ago

Jagged little fuckers too. 🍻

Stone survivor x2

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u/clubted 2d ago

Dude, acceptable blurry picture after what you just went through! My god!

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u/00Koch00 2d ago

... How the fuck... What? ???

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u/GM_PhillipAsshole 1d ago

As someone with a 2 cm inoperable stone stuck in my right kidney (at least it doesn’t hurt anymore) I am so sorry for you. I feel your pain.

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u/Blu3Raptor_ 2d ago

Dude, are you good?

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u/therealmintoncard 2d ago

Better now. Thank you.

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u/Quiet_Molasses_3362 2d ago

Ouch, drink water

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u/Ektojinx 2d ago

Jesus.

I had a 13mm surgically removed. Fuck trying to pass that.

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u/trashbilly 2d ago

I had a 12 mm that I had to get blasted. Caused kidney failure

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u/Busy-Schedule281 2d ago

Rate the pain 1-10

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u/therealmintoncard 2d ago

9

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u/Dmau27 2d ago

Did you get any good painkillers to help? Personally I think you should get 9 2mg bottles of diulodid when you get kidney stones.

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u/FocusIsFragile 2d ago

looks down at pee hole

GULP

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u/kanaka_haole808 2d ago

that's not actually the painful part. It's when it passes through the ureter (tube that connects kidney to bladder) that causes unimaginable pain. Hope OP is feeling okay now.

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u/FocusIsFragile 2d ago

I’m staring at my steak and Cabernet in front of me, and my tiny water glass, and feeling a little nervous.

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u/cornedbeef101 2d ago

I really have no concept of the true size here. Do you have a banana nearby?

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u/Dmau27 2d ago

Probably doesn't want to think about bananas after his just got wrecked.

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u/BalanceOk6807 2d ago

I passed one two weeks ago,the day after my birthday

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u/TheWalrus101123 2d ago

Do you mind if I ask what your diet is like? No judgement or anything just pure curiosity.

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u/therealmintoncard 1d ago

About 5-6 bottles of water a day and mostly protein.

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u/mcirillo 2d ago

Ima drink a glass of water

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u/AOE_anthrax 2d ago

Holy fuck

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u/Kevinty1 2d ago

That’s why I piss blood on company time

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u/VegetableBusiness897 2d ago

Holy urethra batman!!

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u/Vyansbane 2d ago

Holy fuck! My wife has had some serious chonker stones but that is scary big.

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u/MtOlympus_Actual 2d ago

I had one that size this size that wouldn't pass in over a year. Finally had it surgically removed.

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u/Bitter-Try5610 2d ago

Thanks, but bananas are the only acceptable unit of scale on Reddit

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u/Doggcow 2d ago

How's your peepee?

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u/Perenium_Falcon 2d ago

I can feel that in my pee-hole.

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u/DadVap 2d ago

Ouch.

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u/GTCapone 2d ago

fuck, just kill me if this happens to me.

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u/dasuglystik 2d ago

Mine looked just like a peppercorn.

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u/try2bcool69 2d ago

My dad had a stone in his bladder that was the size of small orange.

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u/SPAKMITTEN 2d ago

Someone post a gif of Swearengen struggling with his stones

Whew boy !!!!

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u/cantman1234 1d ago

I passed 3 stones within the last three weeks…..one measured 8mm x 4.5mm, the others were smaller. Thanks Obama….

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u/Snarglefrazzle 1d ago

My partner has kidney stones right now as well. Do you know the diameter, for context?

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u/Due-Assumption6765 1d ago

fuckkk, that sounds so painful😭

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u/safetypants 19h ago

Had to drive myself to the ER Christmas night for my first kidney stone. Not the best idea. Barely remember those 8 mins.

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u/UHaveBabyDic 2d ago

That doesn't look that bad. Why do men whine so much about these lol

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u/billymcbobjr 16h ago

Username checks out... Generalizing and then hating on strangers is not a personality btw.