The Saga of the Kidney Stone Kid
Written by admin on Saturday, July 25th, 2009 in Book Marketing.
Sufferers of kidney stones know that there are few things on this Earth that can be more painful than the formation and passage of one. Through personal experience, one man learned that the medical system can cause as much, if not more, suffering as the stones.
All about the potential problems a kidney stone sufferer can face, this information is for you if you want to learn more about them.
Chris Mitsoff is sharing his stories of dealing with the pain of both kidney stones and doctors with you in the hope that sufferers like him can avoid potentially lethal prescription combinations, operating room mistakes and conflicting diagnoses and prognoses — some the problems he experienced.
Chris began to experience signs of stones as a young adult.
Chris was born Dec. 17, 1925 to Macedonian immigrant parents in Cincinnati, Ohio. By his teenage years, his family had moved to the nearby city of Middletown, Ohio. Working as a reporter at the local newspaper, the Middletown Journal, Chris started pursuing his lifetime passion while still a young man. The newspaper editors recognized Chris’s skills and abilities at a young age, and allowed him to cover sporting events for publication even though he was still only a teenager. Following high school graduation, Chris went into the U.S. Army and served in Germany with the 508 Parachute Infantry Regiment. While he was serving with the 82nd Airborne Division after World War II, he experienced a stone “letting loose.” Examinations by military medical personnel led to the discovery of a large kidney stone, known as a staghorn stone, forming in Chris’s left kidney.
“You don’t forget the first three or four kidney stone attacks you experience,” according to Chris. “First of all, you wonder what it is that is cutting up your insides. As the pain progresses, you wonder if you are going to die.”