OLIVE OIL AND LEMON JUICE READER FEEDBACK

[YEA]  12/09/2008: Dana from Clinton, La writes: "Since 2001 I have had three surgeries for removal of kidney stones to large to pass. Two years ago, I stumbled across this web site and tried the Lemon Juice & Olive Oil remedy. I still get some stones almost every other month, but with this remedy I pass them without any pain or discomfort. At the first of each month I drink the four ounces of mixture four times a day for three days. This routine, for me, flushes all the stones out. This past month I passed two stones each almost 2.3 mm. with absolutely no pain or discomfort."

[YEA]  12/09/2008: Darryl from Chicago, IL writes: "I just went through my 4th bout of kidney stones in 30 years. I went into the emergency room one week ago where they CT scanned a 4mm stone. After the usual morphine and begging to go home since I knew they couldn't do much for me there other than load me up with morphine for the pain, I was released. 6 days and no stone. 3 more days until surgery is scheduled to pull it out. My wife ran across this site and immediately ran out and got fresh lemons and olive oil. She made me the shooter of 2 oz. of each mixed together and I chased it with water. At 11:30 the following morning I passed the stone. A mere 16 hours after trying the remedy. After 6 days of usual fluid loading, all it took was this remedy. I am an old pro at kidney stones, but this one taught me something new. Thanx for the remedy and I would highly suggest it to anyone suffering the agony of kidney stones. The taste of this is nothing compared to the pain."

I surfed the net and came across lemon and olive oil remedy on your website. I started if 3 days ago, on Saturday. Since then until this morning (Monday) I have taken 5 doses of 2 oz lemon juice and 2 oz olive oil mixed together. For the first dose, I didn't have fresh lemons at home and so used 1 oz of bottled juice from concentrate with 2 oz olive oil. That made me have loose motion. Since then I have had fresh lemon juice with olive oil. After the first shot the discomfort was gone. But the next day its back and even now its there. Even today with fresh lemon too, I have passed motion several times and am feelling very weak. Also I have lost appetite. I am wondering if it is alright to continue taking this mixture for 2-3 more days (in the hope that it will come out) or is it too much work on my kidneys and body to digest it. I am a small/medium woman (120 lb), does that need any change in the quantiies?

Any other alteration required for this shot, eg. drink more often or just once in the morning and once in the night is enough?

I do not know what kind of stone I have. Just hoping this will help me. Please let me know if it is ok to use this remedy for a few more days. I am a single mother of 6 yr old daughter, so don't want to be in bed due to this shot as then there is no one to take care of my daughter.

Thank you."

[YEA]  11/26/2008: Tim Calvert from Portland, Oregon writes: "I have had kidney stones for 15 years, a bad episode every 2 to 5 years. I was delighted to find this web site and immediately took both vinegar and lemon juice and olive oil in 2 oz portions. I took more lemon juice and olive oil subsequently, today I passed a stone, very little discomfort. I am angry at the mainstream medical profession that seems unwilling to toss out some of these safe, inexpensive and effective treatments."

THANK YOU FOR THIS REMEDY, BECAUSE IS AWSOME. GOD BLESS you and if I see any signes of stones again, this will be my cure from now on....

THANK YOU FROM THE HEART."

[BETTER BUT NOT CURED]  11/23/2008: Dave from Dublin, IRELAND writes: "kidney stones Well well here i am again tree years on and im back in the same boat,At least the last time two hours in hospital i passed 4mm stone mind you i was stoned from morphine but the site of that stone in the bottom of the loo was heaven,wow i tought thats it, untill last week, was back in hospital for tree days and back for another two in the same week with one of the most horible pains i ever felt,but i new what it was, first thing 7.30am went to the hospital and of course morphine and more morphine and morphine lol happy peace no more pain,ive got the run around from the doctors still no wiser my wife found this site and for the last two day,s have been trying 2oz lemon 2oz olive oil no sign of any stone yet but will persist hopefully it will work, one thing is the pain is gone thks be to god, ohh by the way my 5mm stone is stuck between my kidney and bladder will this method work on a stuck stone please please let me know i,ll have to go under the knife if not, NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. will keep you all posted if anything shift. Your,s hopefully Dave"

11/17/2008: Bruce from Tacoma, WA writes: "I didn't even know I had a stone until they found a urinary tract infection. I was surprised, I had no clue. The CT showed two small stones that I can't seem to dislodgein the bottom of my right kidney. They appear to be about 2mm each. My urologist suggested laying head down on the stairs with a viabrator on my back and lots of lemon water. After several weeks of flushing my system and a sore back from the viabrator, nothing. I'm supposed to go back tomorrow. If they are still there, he wants to do the lithotripsy and even though I have insurance, I'm not looking forward to that. I will call first thing and postpone my appointment and try your Vinagar treatment and the oliveoil and lemon juice routine. Any suggestions on getting those little suckers out of the bottom of my kidney. I like the disolving theory, but the doctor said nothing disolves them and I read almost all of the 158 yea posts and most, if not all of them were people in pain, Stones in the Ureter. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated."

[YEA]  11/10/2008: Jeff from Tallahassee, FL writes: "Last Friday around 3 PM I got a sharp pain in my side that rapidly got worse and worse. I tried going to the bathroom, sitting in a hot bath, sleeping it off, but nothing worked. I came downstairs and my wife said I was white as a ghost and that we should go to the ER. They diagnosed it as a kidney stone, gave me some pain pills, and sent me home. For the next three days, the pain stayed in the exact same spot, and I was worried and had no answers as to what to do. My wife found this website with this lemon juice and olive oil remedy. I took my first serving (2 oz lemon juice, 2 oz olive oil) followed by a glass of water this morning. A few hours later, the sharp pains returned but this time felt like they were in a different spot. I took a pain pill, went to bed, woke up and the pain had gone away. Later that afternoon, I had my second dose of lemon juice and olive oil. About an hour later, I felt a bit nauseous and had some pain in my groin area. I went to the bathroom, and to my amazement, peed out a BB sized kidney stone, with no pain. I've never felt the pain of a kidney stone before and I hope to never feel it again. I know the stone may have been ready to come out on its own, but I really feel like it was this remedy that made it happen so quickly and painlessly. The stone hadn't budged for days, until the day I started taking the lemon juice and olive oil. Thanks so much to whoever discovered this, because it worked awesomely."

[NAY]  11/05/2008: Lisa from Woodbridge, VA writes: "This remedy was a BIG NAY for me unfortunately. I tried this every night for a week. As dreadful as it was, swallowing the oil, I thought anything was better than having surgery and stents again. I was even drinking an additional two oz. of lemon juice in the morning. I couldn't tell if I had any success or not until last night when after doing some heavy duty cleaning all day long a had blood in my urine again. That is how I discovered these five stones four weeks ago in the first place. My urologist is sending me to a specialist at Georgetown hospital because I just had three large stones removed a year ago.

So this will be my fourth time with stones since 2001 and I really hoped that the lemon and oil was going to work for me but it just didn't. I thought it sounded to good to be true and perhaps it works for some people, just not me. : ("

[YEA]  11/02/2008: Charles from Maryville, TN writes: "Thanks everyone so much for the olive oil and lemon combo. I passed my kidney stone after four weeks of extreme discomfort. When I would feel the pain coming on I would mix up the 2 oz. of each and I truly believe that it helped. On the last day of the experience I felt that it was about ready to come out so I mixed my last batch. Two hours later I was the proud parent of a 7mm stone. Thanks again. : )"

[YEA]  10/23/2008: Roland from Manchester, NH writes: "Had my first stone moving last weekend and it lodged in the ureter at the top of my bladder. Customary pain set in Monday AM, visited docs, had CT scan which showed a 5-6mm stone. Found this site Monday, picked up loads of lemons at store and did 2-3 oz. fresh squeezed lemon mixed with 2-3 oz. organic extra virgin olive oil and chased it with a large tumbler of water - 3x on Monday, 2x on Tuesday and Wed. (morn. and eve) and this AM and sent the little bugger on its way about an hour ago. This combined with LOTS of water (as usual) probably did the trick. Yesterday, the Urologist told me they'd probably need to go in and get this one out due to the size and inflammation around it, but they wanted to give Flomax a try. Never used the Flomax. Took some Advil to help reduce any swelling, then lots of water with this remedy. It's all good stuff and certainly can't hurt. I have another that showed up on the CT that will fall at some point - and I'll be back to lemon juice and EVOO!!!"

[YEA]  10/07/2008: O. from Arlington, Texas writes: "Tried the lemon juice and olive oil for kidney stones. 2oz each twice per day for 2 days. I also sipped on natural lemon juice, grape cranberry juice and distilled water for a week. I rubbed oregano oil on my side to relieve the inflamation. Pain subsided immediately. Never witnessed the passing of the stone. I think the lemon juice dissolved it and the oil perhaps created ease of movement. There has been no pain for nearly a month. Hallejah!"

[YEA]  09/30/2008: Barry from SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA writes: "After suffering from kidney stones for sometime in desperation searched the net for an alternative to drinking water by the damful and waiting! Found this site and all your positive comments re lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil. Within 24 hours pain reduced by 50% and 24 hours later passed a stone with ''really'' jagged edges. Thank you so much for sharing, it really proves we can help each other as any pain is needless if it can be avoided by shared intelligence. Thanks again. Barry"

I've never been one to take pain medication other than aspirin, but I am thankful for vicodin at this time. Hey if you need it you need it."

[YEA]  09/29/2008: Eric from Grand Rapids, Michigan - USA writes: "I have been suffering from kidney stones for the past 5 years, and have had laser and basket surgury 2x to remove these painful stones. I had surgury three months ago, and it took me a month to recover having gotten sick from the medications, had awful pain from placing and removing my uretal stints, and having an internal catheter placed in my because ... well, I couldn't pee. One month following the surgury, I found another stone had dislodged itself from my other kidney and it would not come out for two months. I was scheduled for surgury this Thursday(another laser and basket), and was willing to try anything not to go through that recovery again.

I had been drinking lemon juice in water for a couple weeks, but after finding this site, I tried the 2oz olive oil and 2oz lemon juice. I did this two times in one day. No results.

I waited a couple of days. Still nothing. I chalked it up to another unproven folk-remedy and prepared for surgury.

On Saturday, I thought that I would try it one more time, this time trying 3oz olive oil and 3oz lemon juice. It tasted so disgusting I thought I was going to vomit. A couple of hours later, I felt sick to my stomach all day. I thought it was from drinking so much oil. I now think that this was because of my kidney stone moving.

Just before midnight I woke up to use the bathroom and passed a huge, twisted stone shaped like the letter J with a point on one end and a jagged chisel shaped shaft. It was about 5mm (the CAT scan had said it was 3.6mm) There was another 2mm stone that came out as well. No blood.

Still felt nauseated until the next morning, but I avoided surgury and am so glad."

[YEA]  09/29/2008: Greg from Alameda, California writes: "After reading the comments from this post, I thought that the idea of drinking olive oil and lemon juice for kidney stone removal was totally absurd. I had a pain on my right-side and visited a urologist who told me that I had a kidney stone at 6.5 mm in size, and he prescribed for me Flomax, Norco, and a diuretic to rid the stone. After usuing the Flomax for one day, I had major side effects and problems due to this drug, so I abandoned it and proceeded with the natural way. At first I was reluctant to try this method and I emailed a user from this post who told me exactually what to do and expect. So I did it. I mixed 2 ounces of olive-oil and 2 ounces of refridgerated fresh squeezed lemon juice, twice daily in the morning and at night, and to my surprise!!! on the 5th day, I urinated that stone and a bunch of gravel...... NO PAIN!! I am totally convinced and will always use this method to get rid of kidney stones. I would like to thank all of the people who posted this remedy and to the website EarthClinic who made this possible for me."

[YEA]  09/24/2008: Sophie from Quebec, Canada writes: "I had a 5 mm kidney stone for over 5 years. I took 2 oz lemon juice + 2 oz olive oil one time in the morning and one time at evening for two days. - I felt pain for a couple days enough to go at the hospital and the tests showed that the kidney stone is gone."

[YEA]  09/16/2008: Rod from Charlotte, NC writes: "i was lucky to find this site and sent to all my family. i don't carry insurance and am reluctant to go to the doctor. But the pain of bladder stones during urination was too much. But before i went to the doctor i found this site and this remedy.

i took 2 ounces each of lemon juice from concentrate and olive oil. i did it every few days for about a week and a half. then i waited months to respond to this site. the pain was gone immediately and after 9 days i didn't get a return of pain during urination. yes i knew for a fact it was not VD or any other issue like that..."

[YEA]  09/13/2008: Djordje from Varvarin, Serbia writes: "Absolutely yes! I had pain for a third day in a row. It is like in hell. I had using many painkillers but they not help so much. Then I find this website, thank God. I mixed up olive oil and lemon juice. Dink that up followed by a large amount of water. After 2 hours I have pop out first stone but pain continues. Tomorrow morning second stone drops out without any pain in the penis and no more pain was presented from that point on. So this is definitely yes for me and I will use this method first if this happen again."

[YEA]  09/11/2008: Dale Reed from McAllen, TX writes: "Thankfully to God and this site my vote is a 'yea'. Here is my story -- It started with severe pain in my side one morning (on 7/1/08). Actually I believe it all started months before that with my drinking too many sodas and not enough water each day. When the pain began I had no idea what was causing it. All I knew was that I needed to get to a hospital ASAP. A friend drove me to one and upon arrival I was given a morphine transfusion for pain. After x-rays and two (unnecessary and very expensive) cat scans I was told that I had a five mil. stone in one of my ureters. I say unnecessary because I believe the x-rays would have been sufficient. I was then prescribed two oral pain medicines and told that I needed to see an urologist. The severe pain returned the next morning and dissipated after taking the meds. This occurred again for the next two days. That's when I began my internet search for a possible cure for the stone and came upon this site. I decided to drink three ounces of lemon juice and three ounces of extra virgin olive oil instead of two ounces of each because I am a bigger person than average and also so that I could be more certain that it would work. I drank this two times a day (morning and evening) for three days followed each time with about 12 ounces of water. The taste of the concoction was terrible but made more bearable by drinking a very small amount of V-8 juice immediately after each dose and before drinking the glass of water. I have had no more pain after taking my first dose and I never saw a stone pass (or any blood). I believe the stone was dissolved by the acid from the lemon juice. Again, thank God it worked for me. It's too bad I didn't take this remedy before my visit to the hospital. I now have a bill from the hospital for $7,316.20 and a bill from the attending doctor for $931. People really need to know about this treatment in order to avoid a lot of pain and unnecessary expenses."

[YEA]  09/03/2008: Forest from Kitchener, Ontario writes: "I used the lemon juice and olive oil treatment. Shortly after taking the mixture and a glass of water the pain subsided. Two treatments later I passed a 4-5mm stone without any pain. It worked great and will be used again."

[YEA]  08/30/2008: Keith from Tampa, FL writes: "After passing a kidney stone 15 yrs ago, I thought I'd never get one again. 10 days ago I had right=sided back pain that radiated to my right lower abdomen. I urinated blood tinged urine for 2 days then after my excruciating 2 hrs of pain (labor-pain) I passed a 3 mm stone. A week later the bloody urine started again with moderate discomfort in my low-back and abdomen. i thought "not another one!". this discomfort went on for 2 days while at work. I'm a nurse that works in the emergency room and took care of 2 patients passing stones during my uncomfortable ordeal. I found this website last night and decided to try 2oz lemon juice and 2oz of olive oil while continuing my fluid intake(cranberry/water). This morning I mixed just the lemon juice 2oz and a quart of water, and 2 hrs later gave birth to a hideous 5mm stone. Although I am a nurse I believe I would have wasted my time going to the emergency room. Thanks !"

[YEA]  08/26/2008: Seaside Andy from Panama City, FL writes: "I am very cynical and was doubtful. However, when you actually get the results that I have read about in these posts, it's very compelling so I am glad I tried it. 3AM Monday morning awoke to find I was peeing what looked like cherry kool aid. 6 mos earlier I had a stone that gave me the chills, back ache pains fever, etc. So I figured I was in for this again with the peeing blood. Went online and found your site. I gathered all the necessary items to perform an oil/lemon, celery tea and coke/asparagus mix. I wanted to do the coke thing as a last resort. I hate the thought of drinking that much liquid crap in 2hours time. So at 7:30am I took 4oz Olive Oil/4 oz Lemon Juice (fresh squeezed). At 9:00 am drank celery seed tea (1 teaspoon celery seeds and 1 cup water - boiled let cool, then chug). 10 am another 1 cup of celery seed tea. By Noon that day the urine resembled urine and not red wine. Also I could "feel" the stone moving as the pain in my back was releived within an hour of drinking the oil/juice. The pain was pretty much non existant by 2pm. At 2pm took another 4oz/4oz juice & oil. Oh, yeah - I drank about 1 1/2 gallons of distilled H20 between 8am - 3pm. So I went to bed at 11pm and kept "the jug" by the bedside. After having woke at 3am this morning - I am glad to say I passed about a 4mm stone. And as an added bonus, about 5 GALL stones in my stool! This concoction appearently helps get rid of gall stones too! - BTW I see a lot of comments regarding the taste. It does give a "kick" at first swallow, but I did not have any problems except initially feeling nauseated after drinking. After that nothing. So take from my post what you will. I am going to keep doing this for another few days to maybe release some straggler stones! - Good Luck and thanks for the info on this site!"

[YEA]  08/25/2008: PB from Austin, TX writes: "I *can't* believe it! This actually worked, and like others on this site, I too am a skeptic. But I'm a skeptic with no health insurance, so after reading a BUNCH of stuff, I decided to try this. (I read about the Coke & Asparagus method also, but I didn't think I could handle that much Coke in 2 hours.)

So after feeling pretty bad on Friday and Saturday, I spent all day Saturday doing my diagnosis and trying to find cheap home remedies, all on-line of course. Saturday night around 8 pm, I drank 2 oz. of pure, fresh lemon juice mixed with 2 oz. of extra virgin olive oil (cold pressed). Yeah, it's gross, but definitely do-able. Unlike others here, I did not experience any quick relief. In fact, I felt worse and thought I had perhaps misdiagnosed myself. But knowing that persistence can pay off, I got up Sunday morning and took another dose of 2 + 2 oz around 10 am. Again, gross. Again, I felt awful. I experienced a LOT of swelling in what I think is my gallbladder region - guess my gallbladder didn't like processing 2 big boluses of fat 14 hours apart. BUT, the payoff came Sunday night. I woke up a few times in the middle of the night and could tell I was feeling better. On Monday morning, I felt MUCH better. Not 100% mind you, but about 95% better than I had.

Originally, I could tell the blockage was in my right ureter, but overnight on Sunday, I felt something moving in my left ureter as well. The swelling seems to be going down in my gallbladder, but I may go to an herbalist or get some acupuncture...anything to avoid a $15K MRI/lithotripsy/gallbladder removal procedure.... Thanks, Earth Clinic & other contributors!"