Dang! Another freaking kidney stone

There are different types of stones (3 I think), one of them is caused by tea. Another is caused by dehydration and the other is caused by bad luck (genetics). I'm not a doctor and I don't play one on TV, so I can't remember the names, but if you get one, try to catch it, fish it out or what ever you have to do to get it analized to find out which level of hell you are currently in. Mine were the dehydration kind (with a little of the bad luck mixed in), but it was enough to make me give up drinking tea, gatoraid, soda, almost anything with sugar and make me hyper-aware of the color of my urine at any given moment! Spending a few days curled up sleeping around the base of the toilet will certainly give you the motivation to change your lifestyle!!

Also, Flowmax helps. See if your dr will give you a sample. When I took it there was no generic, so it was like, $90 for a month's supply, but you only need to take it when you feel a stone, it "opens you up" and helps it pass.