On October 8, 2000 during my first trimester with Caleb, I went in for my initial ultrasound. During the visit we learned that the baby was developing beautifully, but in addition to giving birth to a boy, I would soon be delivering 2 very large kidney stones (1cm and 2cm.) For those of you who have suffered with this ailment you know that these “stones” should have been labeled “rocks” instead because they were so large. It was like Plymouth and Gibraltar were growing in my kidney. Needless to say, the pregnancy and delivery were complicated and very arduous as a result of the stones. When Caleb was 11 days old, I was back in the hospital for my first ESWL (extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy – a procedure that uses shock waves to break up a kidney stone into small pieces that can more easily fit through the urinary tract and pass from the body.)
Over the next four years I was in and out of the ER and hospital for a total of 7 lithotripsies and thousands and thousands of dollars. I changed my diet drastically and began consuming buckets of water, but because of an abnormal type of kidney (medullary sponge kidney) my body continued to make stones. This was getting old fast, and very expensive. There had to be a better way, so I began educating myself about urology and nephrology. I read everything I could find about kidney stones, their prevention and cure, including home remedies.
One Sunday at church, I casually mentioned one of the home remedies I’d read about to a friend and he said, “Yeah, I know about that cure, it worked for me – twice.” I was stunned, a home remedy given credibility by a trusted friend. With a bit of skepticism, I considered giving it a try. So during my next attack, I sent Wade to the grocery store to purchase the two common ingredients for the remedy. I followed the instructions of the remedy and waited. I only had to wait about 45 minutes before the 4mm stone passed. I was shocked, giddy, elated. It worked!!!! I had been relieved of the pain and hassle of a kidney stone with about $5 dollars worth of supplies and 45 minutes. This was revolutionary for me. Could this mean no more ER visits, no more huge sums of money spent on ESWLs, no more senseless pain? The answer for me has been YES !!!! I have not visited the ER due to kidney stones nor had an ESWL or any real stone pain for the past 3 years.
I continue to visit my family physician every 6 months for a KUB (kidney,ureter, bladder) x-ray for extra measure. When I do have a stone, I rush home to perform the remedy. When I return to the doctor’s office for a follow up x-ray they are always baffled about the expediency of the home remedy.
Like 80% of stone formers, I make calcium oxalate stones. Our kidneys are the cleaners of the body, they filter blood to remove excess mineral salts and other wastes. Part of the cleaning process is to produce urine that excretes the waste from the body. Kidney stones form when your urine becomes so saturated with calcium oxalate and other minerals that no more of it can dissolve into the urine. Its kind of like trying to dissolve too much sugar in your tea. So, the undissolved portion of the mineral develops into crystals. These crystals bunch together to form barbed stones that hurt like the dickens when they travel from the kidney, through the ureter, down to the bladder and out through the urethra. This process can be more painful for men (so I’m told) because the urethra in males is longer than in females. Up until the urethra, kidney stones are equal opportunity pains in the……you know where.
The remedy is simply chemistry in reverse. Chemistry forms stones in the first place, so it makes sense that chemistry can destroy them. For the low, low price of $49.99 you too can be kidney stone free and I will share with you the two ingredients you need for this home remedy. Just kidding. All you need is a 2 liter of Coca Cola and a bunch of asparagus (8 ounzes.) Within a 15 minute period, drink the entire 2 liter of Coke, wait 10 minutes then consume the pureed asparagus. It is important to puree the asparagus and eat this like a soup. I put lemon juice and a little salt for taste. Follow this by drinking several glasses of water. You will feel miserably full for about an hour, but relief should come quickly. During this time, I can actually feel the stone moving from my back and around my side. I have only minimal pain during this process. It sure beats the ER and $4000.
Please be smart about this. If you know you have a stone and it’s under.5cm then you might want to try the remedy. What can it hurt? But if you’re experiencing excruciating pain and you’re not sure what’s going on, GO TO THE DOCTOR!!!!! I’m not a physician, I’m just a kidney stone former who has found a home remedy that works for me.
So how does it work? From what I understand, the phosphoric acid in the Coke begins to dissolve the calcium oxalate stone, then the asparagus (which is a natural diuretic) helps expel what’s left. GROSS ALERT: (I guess if you’ve read this far, you don’t really care) I’ve actually done a little research of my own and put a previously passed stone in a bowl with Coke. After about 3o minutes it was a mushy mess. It had been dissolved. I did the same experiment with lemon juice and got the same results. During one particularly painful episode I knew I was facing a large stone, so I drank lemon juice and real lemonade for a week, when I did the home remedy I passed a smooth stone. It looked like a baby river rock. The lemon juice had knocked the edges off and had actually shrunk the stone so it could pass. Since then I have combined lemon juice with my 2 liter of Coke and have gotten very good results.
Once again, I’m not a urologist, nephrologist, or any other kind of “ologist.” I’m simply telling a story about my journey with kidney stones. To date, I’ve passed nearly a dozen stones with this remedy ranging from 1mm to 5mm in size. After hearing about a close friend who was in the ER because of a painful stone, I wanted to share my story. I merely hope that reading this will help someone else avoid the pain of kidney stones. It’s too gross and embarrassing to tell it for any other reason. Yuck.
Your stone-free friend – Heather.
Jay (the scared guy),
I will tell you this, the doctors would have to CATCH ME before they ever put another stint in me again (and I can run pretty fast. Ha.) I had the most terrible experience with several stints and was on large amounts of pain medication to be able to just function. I couldn’t walk very far or even sit up comfortably, and I spent most of my time in the tub letting the water take the pressure off my bladder and kidney. For the first stint I was 7-9 months pregnant. But after the delivery, they left it in for 2 weeks before I had the ESWOL and they removed it. Even with the baby off my bladder, I still had a lot of pain from the stint.
I want to reiterate that I CANNOT give medical advice, but if I were you I would not have the procedure. Why put yourself through it if you are not having any pain? The stone is not moving and it is shrinking with the treatment you are on. It might very well get small enough to do the remedy and pass it on your own. I did not have success with the Uricit K (I was nursing my first child and it reduced my milk supply so I quit.) But I have had GREAT SUCCESS with lemon juice. I’m not usually the kind of person to slam traditional medicine, but they do want you in the OR so they can get paid, and they do not recognize natural remedies like the Coke/asparagus one. I would stay on the path you’re on and see what happens. But I usually choose the option with as little pain involved as possible. Let us know what you decide to do.
Best of luck.
Heather
Ok Ladies, here is the up date. I am taking your advice. At 7:35 a.m. I started drinking 2 liters of Classic Coke. I finished at 7:57 a.m. I have not had any caffine or suger in my diet for 3 years. I did not get sick to my stomach BUT I started to shake like I had the chills. I found that folding towels for my wife
(which I hate) seemed to take my mind off of it as I watched the bad ecomonic news on CNBC.
At 8:25 she served me a beautiful bowl of puree asparagus. 16 ozs with one fresh squeezed lemon and a little sea salt. It did not taste like asparagus. I just did not look at it and convinced myself it was oat meal and I finished it by 8:40.
Ok, I am now starting to drink the distilled water in a two liter bottle with four fresh squeezed lemons in the water.
This program is really was not so bad so far. I think doing this on an empty stomach helped. Also, I know for sure it helps to not be having any stone pain. I don’t think I could have done this if my hugh stone had been hurting me. I know from the past four stones I have had over the years that I can not even think about putting anything in my mouth while I am hurting.
I will strain the urine today and let you know the results of this experiment.
Thank you for your information, your support and those prayers. May this work and insprie others to at least give it a try.
Jay
Heather, thanks for posting all this. I’ve been battling these pests for about a year now and they won’t go away. This is some of the most practical information I’ve seen.
All the best to you and your family with your new adventures in Austin!
Mark Moeller
Hi Heather, I sent an email along but thought maybe I should have posted here instead. Anywho thanks for the reply and clarification on how much coke to drink. I was wondering if you could go over the order in which you should down these things, coke and asparagus and water and lemon. I am a bit confused about that. I am getting low back pain – just mild and wonder if it’s from that stone stuck in my bladder or is this another one on it’s way down? OH NOOOOOOO say it isn’t so. Does anyone know what that dull pain is? Just started yesterday. Thanks
I have read the comments by many and do thank you for this tip. I tried this about five years ago because it was publish in an online site and tried this. It did releive my pain some but I had to get surgery as many. Sites show that many people have same pain afterwards. Is this true or is this kidney stones. I am again in severe pain but do not have my insurance card which has changed so therefore I am not going to the hospital. Can anyone give me a little advice? My pain is on the right side under the pevic bone and I scream each night!
Heather,
I have now done the treatment of coke and asparagus four times since Feb. 3rd. I know there is no set amount of times for this and it depends on the size of the stone, but I wanted your opinion on how often and how many times I should do this? I am starting to hate coke. I still have felt nothing move or no pain. I just want it to at least get smaller so I will not have the stint. I am not sure when to go have another CT Scan. Can this be reasonably done in two weeks if I do the coke and asparagus four times a week? Thanks for your comments.
Jay
Heather ,
I want to thank you for sharing this home remedy i just wish i would of found it before i had surgery to put a stent in my ureter just 2 days ago!Im just 17 and i have a 7mm stone i cant even imagine the pain you had to go through with a 5cm stone.I just cant wait till march 2nd to get this thing out of me,all the medication the doctors gave me makes me puke and i cant keep any food down so i am going to try your method tonight,thanks so much again!
Jennifer
Dear Heather,
I just downed the coke and worked through the Asparagus.
I missed the steamed part and did it raw. I hope to hell this does not null the cure..
I have not had a coke in years and 2 liters is quite the task..
I’m now off to do the water and hope for results.
Thanks in advance,
Jim
Hi Heather im shelah i was dianosed with kidney stones in Nov. and its now mar. 1st. and im still suffering I now have a $45,000 hospital bill and nothing to show for it but an emense hatred for doctors who take our money and send us away more sick and confused than the state we came to them i’m going to try your remidy and im praying to God it works because im so sick of feeling bad i just want my life back thank you so much for your ‘free’ information others want to make money off of others misery
Hi Heather, I was reading your site with great interest my husband has been almost bed ridden for about 7 months now, he has had just about every test done and everything comes back fine, every time kidney stones was brought up we dismissed it as he has had them before and never ever have they even been similar to this…turns out today that he has a 12mm kidney stone it is already out of his kidney and it isn’t blocking anything he is concerned about the shock treatment as we have heard a lot of bad stories regarding this. I want to try him on the lemonade & fresh lemons for 5 days then try the coke & asparagus. I was wondering if you could ask Jay to contact me I would be interested to know if his 12mm stone had reduced in size at all after he had hi CT scan done.
Thanks!
Zoe
hey, my husband has been suffering since last friday (today is thurs). he has been thru er – tested and sent home with pain pills and told to drink a lot of water and they should pass. well it’s almost a week later and nothing has passed the pain is horrible – we can’t sleep and he hasn’t been to work in a week! no work on top of hospital / dr bills – i can’t take any more! well i’m about to head over to our local grocery store to buy coke, lemon juice and asparagus (which he’s never eaten a day in his life, lol) i’m going to make this concoction and pray that it works for him. please pray for me, as i hope we are as lucky as you have been and this will work for him too.
thanks again for your great FREE advice, all others want to charge us, when no one can afford any extras in today economy.
My brother has a 1cm kidney stone, according to the ER doctor. They sent him home though because he has no insurance, and the urologist we called won’t see him either because of this. So we are going to try this remedy and see what happens. He is taking Flomax and drinking a lot of water. He is prediabetic though, so we are going to try the caffeine free diet coke. I am wondering if phosphoric acid supplements would work just as well? I’ll let everyone know how it goes.
i have used a few natural remedies for my kidney stones. the best one so far that has really helped me out is stoneclr. you might want to ask your doctor about that one.
First of all ,thanks very much for your post. I did not scan trhrough all the posts. I’m just going to leave one recomendation . Pre mix the aspargus for enough time for the froth to separate. I personally mixed the asparagus and some distilled water right before consuption and needless to say–WHOOOOAAAWWWW. I dont want that to happen to anyone else. Again -Thank you much–Joe
Hi- I think I have kidney stones but I just got told from my doctor to go to Physical Theraphy for the back pain. Yet he hasn’t done anything to rule out Kidney stones. I am in massive pain and not too happy with him. I am going to go get a 2nd opinion. This is the fourth severe attack I have had in the past month and painkillers just mask the pain but definitely have not resolved the problem. Once I know if I truly do have stones then I will also try this remedy. I just saw the current medical research supporting carbonated beverages that do actually work on reducing the size of kidney stones and allowing them to pass. The medical research made mention of orange carbonated beverages and lemon carbonated beverages due to the higher acidic content but also mentioned some colas with lower acidic content. I am looking into this. Thanks, Karen
Hi Heather
I too have tried this remedy and found it works really well. I passed a 6mm stone that was well rounded and not painful like previous stone passings. I could feel the remedy working wihin a couple of hours. I was annoyed at how many lousy lunatics on the net trying to make money from passing this remedy on to other sufferers when really we should all help one another and I appluad you for being forthright and telling the formual for free, well done. And to all those miserable barstards that want money before health, I hope your stones persist and reocurr.
Hey I found out that I had a 3mm stone about 6 days ago, and still yet haven’t passed it. They gave me flomax which I have just been takin it for 2 days and no luck yet. Last thrusaday when I went to the ER they said that it was stuck right before the bladder I dont get to go to the kidney Dr till friday so I have no clue if it has moved or what. I have been drinkin bottles upon bottles of water. My question is I pee a little blood yesterday, and when I pee I have whit glob things could that be my kidney stone. I’m only 21 this is my first stone PLS HELP!!!
MY HUSBAND HAD STONE, WHICH HE PASSED. HE HAD RADIATION FOR PROSTATE CANCER AND IT HAS LEFT SCAR TISSUE ON THE URETER TUBE. IT IS PRESSING IN ON THE TUBE AND DR PUT IN THIRD STINT TO KEEP TUBE OPEN. HE HAS LIVED A MISERABLE LIFE WITH THESE TUBES. DO ANYONE HAVE AND SUGGESTIONS FOR PAIN OR ANY ALTERNATIVE TO A STINT.
Hi,
I had a 7mm stone and did the coke thing once,went back to the er after another bout of pain and a new CT scan, it was down to 5.9 mm and moved from upper to mid ureter. The pain lessened and now I am just uncomfortable most of the time. I am thinking of doing the coke remedy again, but wonder if maybe the stone may be gone all together? I cannot go back to the er. no insurance and my husband isn’t working and now we have 15k in medical bills. My question is, how can the coke work if it is going into your stomach? It seems as if it would just sit there. Also, has anyone had experience with doxazosin? I was on it for a couple of weeks, and it lowered my blood pressure so much, that I was light headed and stupid the whole time!!
i went to the doctor today with what I thought was a kidney infection or , God forbid, pancreatitis. He said I have a stone, take this trammadol and call if it gets worse. It is now two in the morning, can’t sleep due to the extreme pain which is getting worse. I am really not doing well at all. I have a high pain threshhold, but this is crazy. I can’t lay down, sit down, sit still or stand upright. I would do anything not to go to the ER, any suggestions? Thank You!
Thank you so much for posting your story on the web Heather! Amazing!
Can you or anyone tell me what a stone feels like when it actually exits the body? I had cat scan yesterday, have an 8mm kidney stone. My dr said I won’t pass on my own. (or I am guessing that she meant that I am not likely to?) She referred me to a urologist for a monday appt., which I am supposed to have lithotripsy. Today is Sat- no doctors to call. In the middle of the night I woke up to urinate and had a really bad burning feeling(like I’ve never felt) at first and then it felt like something actually popped out of my urethra opening. It was a feeling like I’ve never felt before. It burned then for a few seconds while I was urinating and then didn’t. Could I have passed the stone? I looked in the toilet, even with a flashlight afterwards but couldn’t see anything at all, but thought it could have gone deep to the bottom. My stomach and back pain seems to be gone now. I will call my dr on Monday, but just wondering what it would feel like upon actual exit. Thanks so much.
Rebecca,
It sounds to me like you did pass the stone, but of course the doctor will need to confirm that. The sensation you described is exactly what it’s like for me when I pass a stone. The stone itself is probably the color of the porcelain toilet so you might not have seen it. So glad your pain is gone, its amazing how much those little buggers hurt, but when they are gone the pain is gone too. Keep us posted on your progress.
Heather
Hi ya
I had a kidney stone this past weekend while I was in another state visiting my parents and sister’s family. Ended up in the ER and it was the most excruitiating pain of my life! I flew home late Mon night all the while fearful the pain would re-occur while I was on the plane! Thank God it didn’t. I passed one 2mm kidney stone on the weekend, I have 5 more in my right kidney, one larger the rest slightly smaller. I am in the midst of the coke, asparagus remedy, finished the asparagus about 30 mins ago and now drinking water throughout the afternoon. So far first pee hasn’t shown anything but I will keep straining it to check. Will let you know how it goes.
The one thing the pain and experience has done for me is that it was a mini epiphany – I have not been living the life I want to, now assessing all aspects of my life to lead a more fulfilling, happier life – diet, exercise (non-existent), my career choices (been miserable at work) etc etc. It’s been the impetus to change the things I’ve not been happy with. I will never forget that I am blessed with health and how lucky we all are to have – mostly – two healthy kidneys!
Hi Heather,
Check out this blog about the Coke and asparagus working too.
http://belnapbarnyard.blogspot.com/2009/01/kidney-stone-experiment-successful.html
Matt
Hi,
Just wanted to drop you a note of thanks for the info. you have posted on kidney stones. It was very helpful to me this past weekend. Also, I’m posting in the hopes that my experience will help someone as well.
I had tried to lemon juice and olive oil thing last week with no apparent success. I looked around online for more help and came across your site. The info. you have and the comments provided by those who have responded gave me the confidence to give it a try and it worked!!! I ‘captured’ my urine in a clear container each of the seemingly one thousand trips to the bathroom, and inspected it closely. I never actually found any stones, but felt the burning sensation and did see some ‘whitish goo’ a couple of times as mentioned in a post above somewhere. I’m thinking, based on info. found on your site, that the lemon juice from last week combined with the coke/asparagus treatment yesterday completely dissolved and expelled the little devil.
I was pain free by bedtime last night and have had no pain or urinary symptoms today. The only negative side effect yesterday was epic diarrhea for the first five or so trips to the restroom then things leveled out (that much Coke all at once I’m thinking). I continued a steady intake of water all day and after about four hours started rotating in some Gatorade to help rehydrate and replenish electrolytes. I had steamed rice and a banana later in the evening to help settle my stomach. I’ve taken it fairly easy today, eating light meals and continued with water and Gatorade.
I think I have my life back now, the last month or so has been pretty rough. Thank you for sharing this info. so freely, where others have tried to profit from it. Bless you!
Hi. After you drink all of the soda can you go to the bathroom? (before eating the pureed aspargus?)
Thanks
Hi Christine,
I always try to completely void before I start the treatment and then hold it until I’m done with both the Coke and asparagus. Sometimes the extra build up helps expel the stone. I hope this helps.
Heather
I had really nothing to eat or drink prior to drinking the coke. I did manage to get 90% of the bottle down. And I ate the asparagus. So, could I urinate right after eating the asparagus? Is there a chance that the stones will still come out – even if I’ve urinated a couple of times already and found nothing?
Hi ~ Just wanted to report that I had an x-ray today and the radiologists does not see the stone on the right side. It was said that he can not be 100% sure and that a CT Scan would tell better, but from what it looks like, it’s gone. If that is the case, I can attribute the good news to the remedy of a 2ltr bottle of Coke followed by asparagus. That same night I also drank 2oz of lemon juice + 2 oz of olive oil.
I see the doctor tomorrow to have the stents removed and hopefully the good news that the stone is gone!
Thanks for all of the support on this site! It helped!
Wow ~ what an ordeal! I’m finally on the road to recovery! Post-procedure (and removal of stents), I developed a pretty severe kidney infection. However, I’m on the right medication now, thank God!
Does anyone know of a “kidney-stone-free-diet” they could recommend? I want to take every precaution so that I remain healthy!
Thank you for this site; it was quite helpful during a time of need!
Is there a workable alternative to asparagus?
I hated asparagus when I was 7. I hated it when I was 15. I hated it when I was 35.
At 47 I would rather eat a flaming sea urchin. lol
Duggo
Sorry Duggo. Its got to be asparagus. Its a natural diuretic (that’s why your pee smells funny after consuming it.) You can add lemon juice and garlic to the puree if you need to flavor it. Hold your nose and gulp it down! It beats the alternative of having to go to the ER.
Heather
Heather,
Oddly enough, pureed asparagus tastes like peas to me. Not bad at all!
I treid to drink the coke, I just could not get it all down. I ended up maybe 2 cups short. Drinking water as I type. To be continued…
I just got through all the posts and was getting excited about my husband’s stones that are 7mm and 1cm. He has passed 2 stones some years ago and did it on his own (he refuses to go to a doc)! Now he tells me that they were black, well, one for sure was black. So what kind of stone is it and will it disolve? Or can you have 2 different types of stones?
Thanks so much Heather, you are special, so caring. A friend of mine stopped by yesterday and I was sharing about my husband’s stone issue and she suggested the coke and aspargus remedy that worked for her husband. I found you by doing a search.
Please respond……he went to an alternative doc and had an ultra sound and they said they were too large to pass. He is taking a bunch of herbs that supposedly are suppose to help dissolve them, but this remedy sounds a lot faster.
Hello Heather,
I just got out of the hospital with my second kidney stone passed. The first one was on my right side, this time it was my left. I spent 2 hours trying to decide whether or not to go to the ER, finally the pain got so unbearable and I couldn’t stop vomiting so it was time to go. I think it is worth noting that in the ER they gave me anti-nasuea meds and pain meds with an anti infamitory in them and gave me IV fluids. I also had to have about three shots of morphine, but I really think the anti infamitory and the IV fluids are what helped move my stone so quickly. Two hours later I could feel(with more excruitiaing pain) the stone move out of my ureter. I tell you this beacuse I would hate to think of people suffering with the pain for so long when there is really no need to.
I am so greatful to have found this site and will definitely give this a try, I would rather not end up in the ER again. The question I have for you is, do I wait for symptoms to appear before trying this or given my history should I just try it as a kind of cleansing?
Thank you again for this alternative to wrything around in pain until finally relenting and going to the ER!!
Kristen
Hey Kristen,
I’m so sorry to hear about your latest episode, but I’m glad you found relief quickly. To answer your questions I have used the remedy as a cleanse before. I’ll do it about every 6-8 months just to make sure things are clear. I have also done it when I felt a twinge in my side. I hope this helps.
Heather
Dear Heather,
Just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your website and your efforts. I worked up the courage to try your lemon juice for a week followed by the diet, caffeine coke and asparagus after reading the blog. It took two days after I did the coke thing but tonight I passed a 7 millimeter stone after a bad night last night of pain. The stone was really smooth and looked like an unpopped kernel of popcorn thanks to the lemon juice I am sure. I had a kidney stone years ago that was much smaller but really jagged and far more painful. I am so happy and relieved tonight! Thanks again. You rock!
Don
Don, I’m so glad to hear that it worked for you, thanks so much for letting me know how it turned out. Once again chemistry comes to our rescue! Glad to hear you’re stone free now and have a weapon against those painful little stones.
Hi Heather, I passed my first and last kidney stone pain free by using the same remedy. Great inspirational story. It is really nice to find a well written narrative that is also a great story. Keep up the good work.
Hi Heather- yep, I have done it too and the only bad part was the sugar hang over. I am currently trying the diet coke. I’ll let you know how it goes.
I should mention in the past I had passed 2 kidney stones and then 13 the next time- with the coke and asparagus they completely dissolved so I have no idea how may there were- but I can tell you when it hit it was the worse pain by far than the other times. I ran to the kitchen and started immediately. the pain was better after 25 mins! IT WORKS!!!
Hi Heather,
I was diagnosed 2 years ago with 13 kidney stones. Five on the right kidney and 8 on the left. Most are between 2 and 6 mm but the one is 10mm and growing, causing quite a bit of pain every day so I’m scheduled to have the Lithotripsy procedure done this Wednesday for the 10 mm stone. I am 4’11″ and weight about 98 lbs. I don’t think I could ever consume that much liquid in my body at one time. I would explode. Do you think for somone smaller I could do half the amount of coke and asparagus?? I am going to try it after I have the procedure. Should I be drinking lemon juice (from fresh squeezed lemons or out of a bottle)?? How much of that a day til Wednesday would you recommend?? I am really nervous about having the procedure done but will try it once and then try the coke and aspargus if it doesn’t work. I’m sure my urologist will think I’m crazy but who care if it really works. I talked to two other people who live near me and they both said it worked for them. Thanks for your help.
I left a comment back in 2008. Just wanted to give a brief progress report: I have been drinking a couple swallows of lemon juice (ReaLemon) daily since 2008 and have had no kidner stones since. I drink it straight out of the bottle just to save time; it’s not that bad once you you get used to it. I also drink enough water to make sure my urine is never yellow. Once a year, I drink about 60 oz od diet decaf coke in about an hour as a preventative measure. Hope this info helps others.
Hi Heather
We communicated almost a year ago. I couldn’t convince my husband to do the coke remedy as he refused to drink coke. He doesn’t drink any soda of any kind and watches what he puts in his body. This past year he was drinking an herbal tea that the alternative doc had him drink to try to dissolve the stones. However, after a year he had another ultrasound as he was having lots of pain. To our discouragement more stones showed up and his other ones weren’t any smaller. He went to a specialist and suggested the blasting which will cost a mere $7K (we have no insurance and this is a special deal!). He has done 3 coke remedies so far several weeks apart. He is relieved of pain for about 3 weeks afterwards so we know it’s doing something. He has been drinking huge amounts of lemonade the past few months. He’s been straining his urine but nothing, except his urine looks like dirt when it settles (he took a specimen) I know sounds gross. Does the coke actually dissolve the stones completely? He has one that is 1.3 cm so I’m sure more treatments are necessary. Could you just share your tho’ts? I told my husband that he can do a lot of coke remedies for $7k!!
I had my second stone about 2 months ago. Was feeling like crap for about a month. CT showed a stone the size of a grain of rice (dr didn’t give me mm). Friend posted about the coke/asparagus on FB so I decided to try it since it was the weekend and I DID NOT want to go through that kind of pain again and end up in ER. I did the treatment about 9-10pm Friday night. About 11pm I was in enough pain to take one of my prescribed pain killers. I didn’t sleep a lot that night due to having 2 L of Coke coming through me, but the painkiller did it’s job and I didn’t have pain either. By the next day I was pain free and have been for the past 2 months. One coke, some asparagus and one pain killer—hooray!
Thank you for posting this. I have had kidney stones since I was 14 years old, and have suffered tremendously with each and every one, sometimes for days on end. I am in the process of passing a small stone now and have been in pain for almost 48 straight hours. I just sent my mother to the store for coke and asparagus. I hope this works. So far I have drank almost a case of water, 2 gallons of cranberry juice, and a six pack of Smirnoff ice plus taken 7 lortabs, 3 flomax, and had a couple shots of trammadol at the ER when the pain first started. Nothing seems to be working. I have my fingers crossed for the coke. If it doesn’t I guess I will have to move on to lemon juice and olive oil.
Hi Beverly,
I’m so sorry you’re suffering right now. Combine the lemon juice and Coke when you get it so you get the benefit of the phosphoric acid and the citric acid. Let me know how it goes. Be sure to get ALL the asparagus down and follow up with distilled water after wards. Good luck!
Heather
Heather
After I read through your post and all the comments, I decided to try it.
My situation and results are as follows:
I’ve had two kidney stones pass in the last couple years. I recently had an MRI which found a 6mm stone in my left kidney and several smaller ones in my right kidney.
So I went to the store and bought the 2 liter of coke and asparagus and lemons. I thought I should throw the lemons in just in case they might work too.
I started out by drinking about 1.5 cups of pure lemon juice. Not too bad.
Then I started the Coke (diet coke actually). OMG. I never realized how difficult it was to drink soda pop so quickly. Needless to say, I failed. I was only able to drink 1 liter and it took me about 45 minutes.
I made the asparagus and there was no way I could drink it.
So I thought, oh well, no loss I suppose.
I went to bed that night and was fine.
I woke about 6am and immediately started feeling cramping. I thought it was my intestines. It felt like everything was twisting and turning. Did not feel like a kidney stone at all at first. But that quickly changed and the tell tale signs of the burning in my back started to come. It got worse and worse and I realized… I WAS passing a kidney stone. The pain was excruciating, as all my stones have been. I only had the pain for about 1.5 hours and then it stopped.
That was 3 days ago. I am still having some bladder spasms so I think the stone made it’s way to my bladder and the worst is over. Now it’s just a waiting game.
Conclusion: Since I haven’t seen the stone(s) yet, I’m not sure if the Coke smoothed out the spikey sharp edges or not. The pain was equally as intense as my previous stones, HOWEVER, it did not last as long, so I am thinking it is quite possible that the coke made the stone smaller and smoother and more passable. The stone was passing on my right side so I still have my very large stone on the left. The bottom line being that I was not passing a stone last week, then I drank 1 liter of Coke and suddenly I was passing a stone. So… the Coke thing definitely worked for me. It did not work as well as it could because I could not finish the Coke or do the asparagus. But it did work! I was amazed.
I am scheduled to have the large one blasted. It will be interesting to find out if it has shrunk since my MRI. After it is blasted, I may try the Coke again to see if I can clear it all out.
My doctor has me on Citrate supplements which are supposed to prevent stones from forming now. He said my urine was very low on Citrate.
Thanks for the information.
Michelle
Heather
Thank you for positing this information. I actually paid for this information and then found your site. I have tried the coke remedy with out any results. I have a 5mm stone, it is at the bottom of my ureter and has been sitting there for a month. I am scheduled to have surgery on Monday. I DO NOT want to do that if I can avoid it at all. I do not have any pain, it is more like a slight discomfort, if anything. I have had blood work done to ensure that I do not have a kidney infection. I have read that this remedy does not work on all kinds of stones. After trying it twice and with the length of time my stone has been “hanging out” should I give it another try? I also, have been drinking all my water with fresh squeezed lemon in it, I have done olive oil and lemon, celery seed tea, jumping exercises, flomax. I just wanted your thoughts on this.