Kidney Stone Pain Tool Kit

Jill Harris, LPN, CHC

April 5, 2024

Over the years, patients and students have shared with me what they keep in their kidney stone tool kit while away from home. I thought you might find this handy for when you travel, too.

Being sick can leave us all feeling out of control, but when we make a plan, we can regain some of that control.

Kidney Stone Travel Tool Kit

Here is a list of recommended items from kidney stone patients to have on hand when traveling if you have current kidney stones.

Heating pad
Prescription Pain meds (talk to your doctor)
Antinausea drugs (talk to a doctor)
AZO (talk to your doctor)
Advil, Tylenol, Naproxen, etc. (make sure these OTC meds are ok for you and your existing medical conditions)
Nausea bags
Flowmax (talk to your doctor)
Trip Insurance
Always know where close the ER is to your vacation stay
Lots of water
Adhesive heating pads
Sit in a hot bath if you have access in a hotel or Air B and B
Movement is always helpful when trying to pass a stone

Did I miss anything? Let me know what has helped you, and I will add it to our list.

Your friend and advocate,
Jill

About the Author

Jill Harris is a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) who specializes in kidney stone prevention. Her goal is to teach you what you need to know and, more importantly, how to put that knowledge to work so you can stop forming stones. For good.

Anita J.

April 10, 2024

Hi Jill, I just want to thank you for helping me more than anyone else ever has. I’ve been following you for many years and your list of calcium oxalate foods was a lifesaver for me. I started out by always checking your list to know what I could or could not eat before going to the grocery store. The first kidney stone I had was in 2005, I did
Lithotripsy twice on it and still it would not bust, so I ended up having surgery and taking it out of my kidney in one piece through my back which sounds horrible but really it wasn’t all that bad. But something I would not want to do again. After that, I had three more kidney stones About six years apart. The last ones I had, I had one in each kidney. Which I didn’t even realize was possible! After having the second stone, that is when I found your list online. You may not think of yourself this way, but you are truly a hero to me. I really don’t know what I would have done without that list. So thank you again.
So far I have been kidney stone free since 2018.As far as your list above of things that can help when the stone is moving and causing excruciating pain. I know is spot on because I have tried many of them myself, and those tips will definitely get you through the worst of the pain until it stops moving. Also, three days ago my son started having pain and went to an urgent care the doctor there did a CT and told him he had a kidney stone 2 to 3 mm in size. So he is at this time trying to pass that! Like mother like son. Unfortunately!!!

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1. Jill Harris, LPN, CHC
  
  April 19, 2024
  
  hi Anita,
  I suggest you do a 24 hour urine collection and you son should do one too. You guys could have a gentic issue and you wouldn’t know unless you did the urine collection. I hate hearing he has one.
  j
  
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