I don't think staying hydrated prevents stones from coming out. I don't really know how staying hydrated would prevent a stone from moving.

My urologists have always told me to drink, drink, drink to STAY hydrated. I would think that in most cases, you would want to drink enough fluids to keep the urine from becoming so concentrated that you form stones in the first place, and that staying hydrated might help prevent them from growing larger, or at least to get them moving and KEEP them moving before they get too large to pass easily.

And once you start passing a stone, building up the pressure behind the stone can help it move along, if it can.

thanks for the information. i drink a lot of water anyways. it has a lot of health benefits!

do you or anyone else know when and why a stone will begin to pass?

I'm afraid I have no answers for that. I know I had lithotripsy on the stones in my kidney last week, and have been passing "gravel" all week. It has been mostly when I first get up and go to the bathroom first thing in the morning, which may just be a coincidence or may have something to do with the fact that I have spent the past seven or eight hours horizontal and stirred things up and made it easier for the gravel to move from the kidney and drain down into the bladder???

As far as why a stone actually moves in the first place, I don't know. I know that I had my first kidney stone attack after participating in my first "clogging" (dance) performance--but I don't think there is any kind of causal relationship there! I think maybe they just choose to move because and when you've got better things to do!

Well usually in the morning everything is the most concentrated because our bodies have pretty much been dormant throughout the night as opposed to all the activity (eating, drinking, moving, etc.) we experience throughout the day. So that makes sense to notice more in the morning.

My doctor told me mine passed because I was dehydrated. The night before I had one, I did feel different. Eating and drinking dinner was a challenge. I thought it was my neighbors cooking (lol), but I realize now that it was related to how my body was responding to either dehydration or some kind of kidney stone effect.

Perhaps that's what happened to you after your performance. Were you exerting a lot of energy in the weeks before your performance? Were you drinking a lot of water?

Also, what time of year did this happen? Mine occurred in early November. My doctor said that fall is a common time to have stone problems because the summer dehydrates you.

Sorry for the delay in answering, Vivi--the holidays have been pretty hectic, so this is my first time back here in a while.

Yeah, most of my stones have begun causing problems in the fall or early winter. I'm like a four-year-old who hates to take time out of their busy day to go to the bathroom, so I don't drink enough...dumb, I know! I've also had jobs where I am either traveling or needing to be present with the people I'm working with 100% of the time, so tended to restrict my fluid intake. Now that I'm not working, I do much better at drinking enough.

Love the comment on the dinner! I had been shelling and eating peanuts during the evening prior to the kidney stone pain beginning, so I was very hesitant to eat any more peanuts afterwards. It was probably a good thing that I associated the episode with clogging, as I was never very good at that anyways!