although i am quite sure i am in early stages (and beating it back) of developing type 2 diabetes, i have a very strong suspicion that i have a bit of a kidney stone in my right kidney

looking at all the symptoms and the notable frequent pain down that part of my body (just above the back of the hip bone) combined with the fact that some of the symptoms of diabetes itself are overlapping with kidney stones, i am now going to eliminate this... i was basically forced to, by way of the cramp problem, and now am guzzling upwards of 1.5L of water a day, this is going to continue, but i'm now going to institute the addition of citrus juice and stevia, which conveniently is available in a single package in a locally available juice - yes, stevia can help a little with kidney clearance, as it turns out

i'm not against actually safe non-sugar sweet things, and i don't even really like sweet taht much, i prefer sour, but sweet makes it easier to take a lot in, and if it mitigates a little of the pressure on my kidneys, so much the better

i've felt pretty bad this last year... let's hope that i've identified the main causes and with the anti-diabetes and anti-kidneystone measures in place by christmas i'm feeling like a million bux and have a washboard stomach

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 Check Rudolf Steiner on diabetes and kidney stones. Wish you all the best! 

 i'm good, every time you pause and see that there is a path to better in front of you it's a good time 

 That all sounds good.  You also might want to avoid, or at least limit foods with oxalate, like spinach (and other greens) and some nuts.  I forget what else is high oxalate.  You can find it with a quick web search.

I've also recently read about some specific gut bacteria that help your body process oxalates so they aren't a problem.  I don't have more information than that, but it could be worth researching. 

 well, i know that cooking it helps, and the entire brassica family has oxalates, cabbage, spinach, etc

i only eat a bit of lettuce, which has very little of such

it's mostly been from chronic dehidration for many years running

i am paying extra attention to claring them out, drinking lots of water, and i'm now adding some citrus juices to the mix as these help dissolve, citric acid attacks calcium oxalate and the citric acid it forms is much more soluble

since it's probably been a big part of my issues this last two years, certainly it will help my kidneys recover from long periods of maltreatment, and that should have me feeling a lot better

i must have also developed other related things to it as well, from low kidney function, fluid around the heart, that has been building up for about 5 years