Back pain / kidney pain???

HI,
So I have been treating my lyme since November. I have been feeling better, in fact we went on vacation at the end of December and I felt great while on vacation. I finished up my abx in the beginning of January. My doctor has me on herbals now and I can feel them working. So many of my symptoms are gone or so small that I don't notice.

Except 1 that seems to come and go, but now I have had it for about 3 weeks. It is a deep ache in my lower back that travels to my hips and sometimes to my lower stomach. This symptom has come and gone several times over the last year, usually lasting for a month or so. I have been to my OBGYN and she said that it is not OBGYN related. I have told at least 3 doctors about this. My LLMD took some urine at my last appointment to run some tests. I also am not sure if it has anything to do with SIBO. Does anyone have any insight in this?

Thanks

I have dealt with my fair share of kidney pain, stones and UTIs. The pain feels very similar to what you described. You very well may be passing stones.

If it is just stones without UTI issues, I have found that Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar can help dissolve stones, or at least break them down enough that they are easier to pass. Also, I found that drinking lots spring water instead of reverse osmosis water or tap water helped. Definitely no soda or coffee (anything that is a diuretic). Pure cranberry juice without added sugar will help keep the bacteria from sticking in the urinary tract and bladder.

Also, for me while I was having stone and UTI issues with lyme, detoxing really strained my kidneys. After I took Cipro for 3 days for the infection, detoxing no longer is an issue.

I hope you get some lab results you can work with, good luck!

Hi Dancingbear-

The stones may be tiny enough that you don't see them in the toilet or "feel" them exiting your urinary tract. When you have the pain that starts in your lower back and then wraps around your hip and heads to your lower stomach/bladder area, this is usually a stone that has broken loose from the kidney and is making its way out. As it is doing this, it is causing pain and inflammation.

I never "caught" a stone in the toilet (I have read that you can capture with a strainer and take it in to your Dr to have it analyzed as there are different types) but I do notice lots of cloudy urine with stones.

The diuretics like coffee and soda are bad not only because they do not help keep you hydrated, but they are acidic. An acidic diet is hard on your body, but especially those with lyme and/or kidney issues.

For me personally, I have noticed the most success by cutting out all soda and coffee, no dairy, no sugar, and I cut back on meat. For a while last year, I even went entirely vegan just to help my kidneys and this was before I knew I even had lyme.

I never had kidney stones or issues until after my tick bite. They say the lyme bacteria attacks the weakest areas of your body first. Not sure if this is actually their "game plan" or it is just that lyme is everywhere and you notice it first in your weakest areas. Either way, the kidneys play an integral part in healing from lyme- from a detoxing perspective especially. You really need to get your kidneys healthy to help with all of this.

It sounds like you are doing the right things with the juice, water and ACV. Have the test results come back with any results?

Thanks to you both for this great information. If it is kidney stones causing the pain, this should help. I will get my results from the urine test in a week or so.