Kidney Stone Disease

Section A. My personal encounter with the Medical Profession, Surgery and Pain
1. Room #2: The test I could not study for
2. Visiting the other side: The roller coaster ride continues!

Section B. The significance of Stone Disease
3. The Urinary Tract: The Inside Story!
4. Rock of Ages: Stones have stood the test of time!
5. Facts and Figures: Stones by the numbers!
6. Urinary Tract Stones: From the invisible to the clearly distinct and discernible stone!
7 Stone Characteristics: Not all stones are created equal!
Section C. Risk factors, Risk Group
8. Metabolic and Hereditary Factors: Are you stone prone?
9. The Stone Belt
10. Sex and Stones: Sex and stones may break your bones, but water will not harm you!
11. Pregnancy and Stones: Stubborn Stone Situations
12. Children and Elderly with Stones: Stones for the Ages!
13. Obesity and stones: Losing the waist is more than weight!

Section D. The Work-up
14. Symptoms: Listen to how your stone is communicating with you!
15. The incidental Stone- It may not be so insignificant!
16. Stone Disease Imaging: There is more to x-rays than what we see!

Section E. Treatment
17. Who, what, where and when to treat: Who should be my Urologist? Pick your doc to break your rock!
18. Meeting your expectations: What to anticipate before, during and after treatment!
19. Medical Therapy: Mind your Medicines!
20.The Surgical Procedure: No Doc, No Shock!
21. Treatment of Complex Stones: Location, Location, Location!
22. Ureteral Stents: To stent or not to stent, that is a great question!
23. Managing your pre-operative and post-operative pain

Section F. Prevention
24. Stop the Stones! Necessary tests to determine your risk for stones
25. Hydration: Why we drink, when to drink, what to drink, and how much to drink, that is the question!
26. Complimentary Medicine: A Natural and Healthy approach to Stone Prevention
27. Nutrition Recommendations to Prevent Kidney Stones: Realistic dietary goals and