Hi everyone.

Since yesterday I have had pain in two areas in my back, most probably where the two kidneys are located. The pain is mild and increases when I have food. There is also a mild pain and a heavy, sluggish feeling in my flanks and hips. After eating food, I also feel significantly tired for a while.

There is also some mild pain and muscle contraction in the soles of the feet - this is something I have attributed to sciatica from a slipped disc for many years but now I wonder if it could be referred pain from a congested kidney or ureter pressing the sciatic nerve.

These symptoms have me a bit worried and I have been trying to read as much about them as I can.

I am understanding this to be kidney related pain. I probably have kidney stones and sluggish kidneys. According to Andreas Moritz , if you have tiny little lumps below your eyes that is a sign of kidneys being congested with stones. I have quite a few of these.

What could be the cause of these stones? I can trace this to at least three possibilities.

One, I have been eating a lot of dates for the last two months. This week I have eaten four 500 gram packets of dates, that's 2 kilos or 4.5 pounds in a week. Dates are high in potassium and oxalate and may have exhausted my kidneys.

Two, I have been on a high raw diet for 8 months. I eat a low of raw spinach, celery, peppers, which are high in oxalates. There seems to be a lack of consensus on whether high oxalate foods cause kidney stones or not, but I am wondering if I should consider reducing these in my diet for a while at least, and then increasing them again to see what happens.

Three, I did my first Liver Flush a month ago and that is when I had this sensation for the first time, two days after the flush. It went away two days later and returned in a very mild form once or twice over the month. I wonder if the Liver Flush has precipitated the release of toxins in my kidney, and if this is a detox reaction. It is more intense now than it was after the flush. I don't see why, though, it would come after a month.

Also, I have had some emotional difficulties in the last month and there has been some tension in the atmosphere of my house. I am sure that has made some impact on my body.

What I plan to do is this - I am on a Water Fast today to rest my body. Tomorrow I will resume eating but with less oxalate rich foods and also have a couple of litres of water a day. I have purchased Andreas Moritz 's kidney cleanse tea which I plan to take for 25 days after which I will do my second liver flush. If the pain stays I will probably see a conventional doctor and get some blood and urine tests, although I don't see myself getting any radiation or invasive treatments done.

Does this sound like a kidney stone problem? What do you think could have caused it? What should I do about it apart from a kidney cleanse?

Please share any thoughts you have on this. Thank you.