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[–] _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Green tea can be high in oxalates and most likely was responsible for my first kidney stone.

But when think the comic is pointing out hypocrisy as opposed to the heath benefits of one product vs another

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I remember when I was young I worked outside in the heat and drank just iced tea all summer long.

That also led to 12 hours writhing on the floor of the ER and my first experience in understanding how death can be preferable to life. The stone passed fine eventually once it got to the bladder, but the path from the kidney to bladder was some of the most violent, life-shattering pain I could have imagined.

[–] _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I relate so much except mine shattered and I required a ureteroscopy to go pull out the 3 fragments, after 48 hours of intense pain.

You can look up ureteroscopy as a procedure if you like, but I can assure you it is just as much fun to have done as it is to spell

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

I think I'm good on that. They gave me all kinds of warnings and preparation for crazy shit they were prepared to do if it was "bad" but I don't remember a word they said, either before the morphine or after, for opposite reasons.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 2 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

If you drank it with milk you'd have been fine

[–] _thebrain_@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks .. I'll let my self know that 4 years ago.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 0 points 2 hours ago

You are welcome