Oh my ! I never even thought of that as a possibility but it does sound like it could be. I have never had them before but my father suffers from them quite often and he usually gets hospitalized and has sugergy to remove them. I drank about 3 to 4 Mt. Dews a day for the past 2 years so it would not shock me if that were the case. Thank you so much for your input.

Hello Chrisb1,
I am female and the pain starts at my first morning urination and then after I eliminate the pain is constant with the added pressure and urge to void every 5 min. It burns very badly everytime. My urine has been cloudy, I have seen blood but neither of those have been constant. After I drink lots of water then the first streams of urine do not hurt but the last bit of the stream goes right back to burning like crazy. It seems to taper off during the day and then starts back up around 8pm at night which is odd to me that it happens at the same time. I also have a constant low back pain but I am not sure if that is kidney pain or simply low back pain from muscles or nerves. I am just concerned since it has been going on for over a week. If it truly is my body cleansing and detoxing that is great but I don't see people mentioning healing crisises lasting this long. I know my symptoms are very general and could be anything but I really want some relief from this pain so any ideas or opinions are welcomed.

Yes, our symptoms do sound similar especially the timing of 8pm. I do have the worst pain when I wake up in the morning though. I assume it is because I have not had any water in the night to flush the toxins out but I am not sure. The mercury theory is an interesting one as well. I wish I could figure this one out for sure.