Saturday, February 13, 2010
Most
kidney stones produced and passed - world record set by Don
Winfield
CALEDONIA, Ontario, Canada -- Don Winfield,
60, had produced and passed 6,504 kidney stones, ranging in
size from a grain of sand to a dried pea, and lived in constant
pain due to his condition - setting the (undesirable) world
record for the most
kidney stones produced and passed.
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Eventually, the kidney had to be removed.
"At its worst," says Don, "I produced 22 stones in 24 hours...
and 35 over a period of five days."
Don Winfield, 60, has passed more
than 6,500 kidney stones since Feb. 20, 1986 when he felt
the pain of the first stone.
His life, he said, is ruled by trying to control
the daily pain of passing the stones using a pump that injects
morphine into his body.
He has had kidney surgery, changed his diet,
been looked at by specialists here and the U.S. to no avail.
He said he has been told it's something in his metabolism
that causes his body to create more kidney stones than normal.
He said he has been told it's something
in his metabolism that causes his body to create more kidney
stones than normal.
The most stones he passed in one day was
22. Some days he passes a few stones, some just one, while
the most glorious days are those when he doesn't pass any.
"On those days, you wonder where it is," he said. In his 22
years of passing about 295 kidney stones every year, he has
never met another person who has faced a similar infliction.
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As if that weren't enough, he was diagnosed
with an extremely rare degenerative muscle disease, which
is slowly turning his muscle into fat in his neck, back and
legs.
He has been able to get around using a specialized
walker or an electric wheelchair since being diagnosed with
the disease in 2004.
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Saturday, February 13, 2010
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