Kidney stones after illeostomy surgery

I had step one of j-pouch surgery last February. Today while at the doctors office for a separate issue, I was told that I have a kidney stone. I haven’t had one before and after reading up on it a bit, it sound like these are somewhat common for those that have had their colons removed. My question is what type of diets have you found work to prevent them? I’m getting mixed signals. Some sources say to reduce salt (which Fly’s in the face of what I was told after getting the colectomy). Is there a balanced way to prevent kidney stones and still get adequate salt, etc?

I was told I most likely passed a kidney stone and didn't even know it! I did have some pain in my back and felt a bit sick to my stomach, but that's about it. I thought I had a UTI, which I do get quite often. My biggest problem is staying hydrated. I try to drink more water now. I also cut down on my calcium tablets. I used to take two, because I have osteoporosis due to my long use of prednisone, but now only take one. Sort of a catch 22.

I realize this post is quite old but thought I'd chime in. I had my colon removed in Feb 2013. Around Dec 2014/Jan 2015 I started noticing a million little gold flakes in the toilet after I'd pee. Fast forward to Sept 2015 I had just had my rectum removed and was peeing into a glass pyrex measuring cup as it was easier than in the toilet (catheter damage from the surgery...ouch). I noticed a big spiked looking rock in the pyrex. Then realized it was a kidney stone. Never had them before in my life. Some how didn't feel any pain. I saw a Urologist a few weeks later. And long story short his recommendation was to just drink as much water as I can. So, since Sept 2015 I have been drinking 1 to 1.5 gallons of water a day. Rarely have I not hit that amount. The stones never stopped. Every single time I'd check by peeing into a container there would be tons of tiny stones. Again, some how I never had pain.

So, within the past month something has changed. Most days I'm not seeing any stones at all. Some days just 1 or 2 very tiny ones. No clue why. I've never had a stone analyzed so I can't say for sure what type they are. But I have done 3 24hour pee tests in the last couple years. Nothing stood out as particularly concerning.

No real solutions here. Just putting my story out there in case anyone else experiences this.