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Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on May 11, 2013, 01:13:01 AM

Self-employer, thus opted to be non-insured....

Perhaps time to cash in a few coins from the Bit-stash and pay a private hospital to remove the offending stones?

You could just move to a country that really cares about their people and provides national health insurance.

Like Canada? Roll Eyes

Quote from: justusranvier on May 02, 2013, 12:19:18 PM

Stefan Molynuex announced today that he's been diagnosed with lymphoma. Apparently the prognosis is good (as far as those things go) but he was unable to obtain an accurate and timely diagnosis within the Canadian medical system and had to travel internationally in order to purchase effective care.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwmr1elnxjg

Sell it on the road homie. It happens everywhere. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/11856.php

Well, almost everywhere:
http://www.kpbs.org/news/2010/may/19/why-americans-choose-health-care-mexico/

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Quote from: myrkul on May 12, 2013, 09:57:56 AM

Quote from: QuestionAuthority on May 12, 2013, 09:56:01 AM

Quote from: solex on May 12, 2013, 02:15:26 AM

Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on May 11, 2013, 01:13:01 AM

Self-employer, thus opted to be non-insured....

Perhaps time to cash in a few coins from the Bit-stash and pay a private hospital to remove the offending stones?

You could just move to a country that really cares about their people and provides national health insurance.

Like Canada? Roll Eyes

Quote from: justusranvier on May 02, 2013, 12:19:18 PM

Stefan Molynuex announced today that he's been diagnosed with lymphoma. Apparently the prognosis is good (as far as those things go) but he was unable to obtain an accurate and timely diagnosis within the Canadian medical system and had to travel internationally in order to purchase effective care.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwmr1elnxjg

Sell it on the road homie. It happens everywhere. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/11856.php

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My suggestion for health insurance would be to get a high deductible policy and a Health Savings Account. The deductible will be $1,200 or higher, but the monthly premiums will be low (I think under $100 a month), and deposits to HSA are tax deductible. This was the option I used years ago when I was self employed too. It sucks not being able to go for routine checkups or minor things, but it's a good peace of mind for major issues.

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Quote from: QuestionAuthority on May 12, 2013, 09:56:01 AM

Quote from: solex on May 12, 2013, 02:15:26 AM

Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on May 11, 2013, 01:13:01 AM

Self-employer, thus opted to be non-insured....

Perhaps time to cash in a few coins from the Bit-stash and pay a private hospital to remove the offending stones?

You could just move to a country that really cares about their people and provides national health insurance.

Like Canada? Roll Eyes

Quote from: justusranvier on May 02, 2013, 12:19:18 PM

Stefan Molynuex announced today that he's been diagnosed with lymphoma. Apparently the prognosis is good (as far as those things go) but he was unable to obtain an accurate and timely diagnosis within the Canadian medical system and had to travel internationally in order to purchase effective care.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iwmr1elnxjg

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Quote from: solex on May 12, 2013, 02:15:26 AM

Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on May 11, 2013, 01:13:01 AM

Self-employer, thus opted to be non-insured....

Perhaps time to cash in a few coins from the Bit-stash and pay a private hospital to remove the offending stones?

You could just move to a country that really cares about their people and provides national health insurance.

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I did pass tiny stones/calcium deposits twice. First time the pain was terrible. In Emergencies they thought it was a stroke (I was vomiting and almost collapsed of the pain). Later told me may be I was treated by very young doctors... It seems it is really easy to prescribe Tongue

Good luck!

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Quote from: solex on May 12, 2013, 02:15:26 AM

Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on May 11, 2013, 01:13:01 AM

Self-employer, thus opted to be non-insured....

Perhaps time to cash in a few coins from the Bit-stash and pay a private hospital to remove the offending stones?

Very funny!

Hello, Boussac? I like to have some of my coins back, for... Hello! Boussac. You there? Hellooo! Looks like I'm still on his ignore list. Can't wait till July where EVERYBODY gets their coins back without one iota of an issue.

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I strongly recommend picking up a Reverse Osmosis water filter, that's about as powerful as you can get for home solutions. Drinking pure water helps with all health ailments really.

Nice explanation Rassah, thanks!

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Quote from: Phinnaeus Gage on May 11, 2013, 01:13:01 AM

Self-employer, thus opted to be non-insured....

Perhaps time to cash in a few coins from the Bit-stash and pay a private hospital to remove the offending stones?

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Salt suggestion depends on the types of stones you're getting. If they are uric acid stones, you're proper fucked, and there not much that can help.
If you are getting calcium stones, then yes, reduce your salt and/or increase your water intake. Reason: your body dumps all fluid into your kidneys, which then filter it and try to figure out what to keep and what to piss away. Like transactions with various fees and coin ages, the various fluid components that kidneys decide to keep have different priorities. Kidneys know that water, salt, and calcium are important, but water and salt have much higher priorities than calcium (which is a cheap fuck that never pays any mining fees). So, when the kidneys get a lot of salt, they concentrate on reclaiming that first, and don't have enough room in the liquid reclaiming block to include all the calcium. So calcium builds up, and you get a stone. Solution is to eat less salt so the free-transaction calcium gets included, or drink more water to increase the size of the reclaiming block, or reduce free transaction calcium, though that last one may not be a good idea when you are an old fuck with brittle bones.

Going to miss you at the con BTW Cry

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Does coffee with cream and extra sugar = water?

Less salt! Interesting!

During the 70's when my dad had to go to the hospital for them, he emerged with horror stories. The insertion of a catheter, a crusher, and...wait for it...a camera, and I'm not talking about the micro ones we have today, all through the opening of an uncircumcised penis.

He also said that the medication of choice was beer, served to him in the hospital.

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Try drinking more water and throw away your salt shaker. I had one small stone and that was enough to make me give up on salt and drink a ton of water every day. They are extra painful for me because the tube they have to travel down is really long. Wink

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Good luck!

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Shit... I understand this. Runs in my family hardcore. I've been getting them since I was 17. My first attack was at 17. Saw a doctor for it who golf me how uncommon it was at my age. At the time the blame was set on the city water supply. I started drinkin bottled water then had a HUGE attack st 23. It all but crippled me for a few days. Nothing felt good not even pain killers. Pissed a nice pink color for about a week before the stone passed. When it did I noticed it has shattered and become like a small claw. Had a hook .. sucked . Horrid shit. Your dick hates you when that shit happens.

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Quote from: naypalm on May 11, 2013, 08:27:42 PM

OW OW OW. Good luck with the passing good sir!

It's Sire!!! Unless you're some eliterate serf, or worse, an e hoarder. Roll Eyes

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OW OW OW. Good luck with the passing good sir!

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Quote from: pekv2 on May 11, 2013, 11:38:21 AM

Quote from: Rassah on May 11, 2013, 11:34:30 AM

No laser removal for kidney stones.

http://www.ocurology.com/stones.html

Well I stand corrected. I wonder how much that is compared to the ultrasound method?

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Quote from: Rassah on May 11, 2013, 11:34:30 AM

No laser removal for kidney stones.

http://www.ocurology.com/stones.html

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3. Endoscopic treatment (ureteroscopy, with or without laser stone fragmentation): A urologist can look inside the bladder and all the way up to the kidney with a small scope and either remove the stone or break it up with a laser and remove the pieces. It is minimally invasive. There is no incision as the instruments go through the patient's existing "plumbing." Patients can go home the same day. In experienced hands, the stone free rate is 90-95% for stones in the ureter. The stone free rate is 80-90% for stones in the kidney depending on size and location.

Well, laser break it up, and then remove them, would seem easier to do than passing them.

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No laser removal for kidney stones. Typically ultrasound smashing them up if they are too big to pass, but passing them is the only way. Had them twice before. Yeah, they suck ass. Are you still going to try to make it to the Bitcoin Conference next weekend? Let me know and I'll hook you up with some semi-expired perkaset from my last kidney stone attack Grin

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Quote from: pekv2 on May 10, 2013, 08:40:38 PM

I'm not sure, from what I heard, I think you can get them "kidney stones" lazer removed. If you have insurance coverage, do some research. Might help you out, rather being in such pain.

Self-employer, thus opted to be non-insured. Stubborn like my old man was. Deal with the pain, taking over-the-curb meds, but if it becomes too unbearable, seek out a duck (or something like that).

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I'm not sure, from what I heard, I think you can get them "kidney stones" lazer removed. If you have insurance coverage, do some research. Might help you out, rather being in such pain.

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