KIDNEY STONES, GALL STONES AND CPPS?

[bbdave]

This may have been a thread some time in the past, but I'm curious to know if anyone has had a run of stones since the onset of their chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome symptoms.

I was symptom free until the beginning of this year....but within a two month period I had two awful kidney stones, gall stones that required removal of my gall bladder, and the onset of my chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome symptoms. Doctor Anderson at Stanford said they are always looking for commonality of symptoms, but that there's not necessarily a correlation between these events.

I have a hard time believing it's all just coincidence. I was perfectly healthy until all of this happened. Anyone else have similar experiences with stones?

[CppsDad]

I just had an ultrasound last week for gall-stones. My IBS the last 6 months has been horrible, so bad that I finally got them to order the ultrasound. We'll see what turns up.

For me, my testicular pain was caused in no small part due to abdominal trigger points. I don't think it's a coincidence that my IBS and abdominal trigger point pain both happened around the same time. My abdominal region is far too tense, and cause many problems. So I think you are on the right track.

Mike

[treynor33]

I had a bout of IBS for 3 months in 2000. About 4 years before the chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome came on. Then after about 15 months of CPPS, the IBS became an issue again. Lately the IBS has been an issue about half the time and the other half the chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome is the issue. But the chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome is always there, just not as bad when the IBS is kicking. I had an abdomenal CT Scan when the IBS was bad, and all was normal. IMO it's all about Anxiety my friends, ANXIETY.

[dshoskes]

I have seen patients whose chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome began after passing kidney stones, but patients who developed a first stone after chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome are uncommon in my experience. I can't remember any patients developing gall stones. Of note, nanobacteria have been associated with both kidney stones and gall stones.

This may have been a thread some time in the past, but I'm curious to know if anyone has had a run of stones since the onset of their chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome symptoms.

I was symptom free until the beginning of this year....but within a two month period I had two awful kidney stones, gall stones that required removal of my gall bladder, and the onset of my chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome symptoms. Doctor Anderson at Stanford said they are always looking for commonality of symptoms, but that there's not necessarily a correlation between these events.

I have a hard time believing it's all just coincidence. I was perfectly healthy until all of this happened. Anyone else have similar experiences with stones?

[bbdave]

Thanks, Dr. My kidney stones predated my chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome symptoms by about two months. And I just had another surgically extracted....big fun.

I've also had a history of IBS, and the results of having the gall bladder removed seem to create a new set of IBS like symptoms. I.E. no normal return to bowel function.

I'm convinced that my chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome symptoms and trauma that my GI system goes through have to have some relationship.....they're both about some muscular dysfunction.

Dr. Wise pointed out that 40% of chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome patients have IBS.....

[PainInPA]

I had posted back in 2004 that I was having a very difficult time with both chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome & a completely seperate experience with my Gallbladder. Turns out that it had "sludge" in it (which is a pre-cursor for stones) and/or was sluggish. I was extremely stressed out and have a feeling that both situations were a direct result of the stress.

I began having symptoms of chronic prostatitis / chronic pelvic pain syndrome years before the worst symptoms/pain, now that I look back. The same goes for the gallbladder symptoms.

I still have my gallbladder, because it was determined that it didn't need to come out quite yet. I immediately changed my diet and took out almost all fattening foods. I lost about 15 pounds and felt great. Now, I've gone back to my bad eating habits and I notice that my gallbladder doesn't care for my sweet tooth. I know what/when my gallbladder is giving me problems.

As for the CPPS, I still get pain from this and it seems to go through a weekly to bi-weekly cycle where I seem to get better. For a couple of days, my flow is better and I can comfortably hold urine longer between bathroom visits. Then suddenly, bam - I have extreme pain that basically renders me useless for a day. I just take a lot of Ibuprofen to help with the pain and usually the next day I'm okay - but the frequency, weak flow and dripping is back and the cycle begins again.