I don't like cranberry juice.

[Erik Burnham]

In fact, I'm beginning to resent it.

Stupid kidney stone, making me drink this stuff. Sadly, it has the upper hand here.

[Sally Sensational]

In fact, I'm beginning to resent it.

Stupid kidney stone, making me drink this stuff. Sadly, it has the upper hand here.

Stop now, Erik. Cranberry juice is for kidney infections, not stones. In fact, the acid could be doing more harm than good since the stone is more than likely leaving slight lacerations on your ureter/urethra. Drink LOTS of water. LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS. And stay away from dairy until it passes - most kidney stones are calcium-based and act like little magnets to more calcium.

If you really want a natural diuretic, and a good source of Vitamin C to boot, put a couple teaspoons of lemon juice in hot water and drink that.

Trust me - 6 kidney stones later (one leading to renal failure) - I am a bit of an expert.

[Erik Burnham]

Stop now, Erik. Cranberry juice is for kidney infections, not stones. In fact, the acid could be doing more harm than good since the stone is more than likely leaving slight lacerations on your ureter/urethra. Drink LOTS of water. LOTS AND LOTS AND LOTS. And stay away from dairy until it passes - most kidney stones are calcium-based and act like little magnets to more calcium.

If you really want a natural diuretic, and a good source of Vitamin C to boot, put a couple teaspoons of lemon juice in hot water and drink that.

Trust me - 6 kidney stones later (one leading to renal failure) - I am a bit of an expert.

Oh I've gone through two cases of water in the last three days. And countless cups. (In fact, I'm having dreams of drowning.)

I'm just following what I read at the Mayo website. On my doctor's visit, hell -- he didn't even mention drinking lots of water.

Thanks for the tip on the lemon juice, I'm going to try that.

[BnL]

I have nothing to add except that I love cranberry juice.

[Infra-Man]

Cranberry juice is crantastic!

[BnL]

Just as long as it's real cranberry juice, and not that cranberry juice "cocktail" shit. Bleh.

[mgs]

Just as long as it's real cranberry juice, and not that cranberry juice "cocktail" shit. Bleh.

cranberry juice IS a cocktail. Most likely, unless it's just the liquid, straight from the berries, which it hardly-never ever is. ;)

[Tad Sivana]

Erik: try a mix of 50% cranberry, 50% orange. It looks and tastes great and takes the edge of bitterness off the cranberry.
I can also recommend cranberry with a little vodka and curacao thrown in.

[schwamp]

Try vodka with it.

[Gail Simone]

There's a cute little down just down the coast from where I live that grows a huge percentage of the nation's cranberries. They have a cranberry festival, and every kind of cranberry item you can imagine...cranberry salsa, chocolate, bbq sauce, wine, fudge, and a million other things I can't remember.

[Erik Burnham]

"cranberry salsa" ...?

That's akin to the garlic ice cream I was once told about. Why would one think this up? (;

[MartinRedmond]

I love cranberries. I cook it with chicken or just eat it with yogurt.

[Gail Simone]

"cranberry salsa" ...?

That's akin to the garlic ice cream I was once told about. Why would one think this up? (;

It really isn't (weirdly, I lived in Gilroy which is where they grow the garlic and have a garlic festival and all sorts of horrible garlic confections). Fruit salsas are pretty common--mango salsa is one of my favorite condiments.

I lived in Gilroy when I was pregnant with my son. The entire town smells like garlic. It was a hideous combination.

[Cam63]

Good luck, Burno.

[Cam63]

It really isn't (weirdly, I lived in Gilroy which is where they grow the garlic and have a garlic festival and all sorts of horrible garlic confections). Fruit salsas are pretty common--mango salsa is one of my favorite condiments.

I lived in Gilroy when I was pregnant with my son. The entire town smells like garlic. It was a hideous combination.

The jalapeno enemas you can get in some Texan places is not for the faint hearted.