Hi Kelly.
Just a few things you can control:
Drink lots of water, flat not fizzy
Hot water with a squeeze of lemon juice in every morning.
No carbonated drinks, Coke is the worst offender. Something in it draws calcium from the bones into the kidneys if drank excessively.
The rest, trust the science folk.
Hope you recover quickly.
Thank you dearest @Tragicfarinelli
I dont really drink carbonated drinks…very rarely if i do…i love lemon so il be happy to do that…i know i dont drink enough water so il get on that. Ive not had much pain apart from a while ago i got a burning sensation when peeing and im needing to pee alot more often…i thought i had an infection but i didnt…blood was found in my pee though hence all the testing…now i feel like im a ticking time bomb where all of a sudden its going to start hurting…alot
I get stones. My mum had them too but I don’t get the pain she had it seems. I had a 25mm one (more of a boulder than stone lol) removed via surgery last year (too big to do laser surgery). It all went well 
Proper perspective is the precursor to gratitude.
Have you had the laser before the boulder though?
8cm !!! They said 8mm.
Lol yeah its 8mm
Imagine trying to piss out an 8cm. You’d have to have the flow rate of a fire engine
Im already stressed to death about the 8mm nevermind 8cm - you did lighten the mood for me though 
, i had realised Jens mistake but i knew what she meant
It is stressful but try not to worry cause it won’t help you!
Are there foods and drinks you can avoid or consume to help?
And you gotta try to sit back and let the docs work their magic.
It’s good that you know what was causing the symptoms.
Ive heard that should it move and travel then it can be worse than labour pain 
No, they just monitored. I still have some. At one point before my boulder got to 25mm (which is pretty uncommon by the way!) it was smaller. They just monitored it since it was non-obstructing (not in my ureter; stayed put in kidney) and not causing major issues (but please don’t fear yours will necessarily even grow! Some can dissolve on own too). There was discussion of laser but then ended up having PCNL surgery as it grew larger. I know lots who’ve had laser though (I’m also in healthcare).
Ive read that the laser is painful thats all…honestly before i had my daughter i always thought i was pretty tough and no sissy for pain…i was definitely very wrong lol
Happy to pm you some more info (only if you’d like, of course) so I don’t over share too much on the thread 
yea I totally misread that!!
I have never heard a woman say that. 
My Dad has had lots of them. Some he passes. Some medication assisted to pass. Some they went in and broke up.
I know it is hard to not know. Hopefully you will get a chance to speak to your doctor soon.
Thanks everyone…im such a worrier…i wish i wasnt as i know it doesnt do any good…im venting on here because it helps me to get out how i feel…just stupid life being lifey i guess
Ok…knee jerk reaction and intial freak out over…
Although im worried ive now managed to come up with the positives…
It is not possible to like this post too much! 
Thanks Dan i need to work on the initial freak out but i get there eventually