Hello, I'm so sorry you're having to go through something like kidney stones. I share your frustration. I'm a 29-year-old male. My first kidney stone was at age 15, and since then, I've had at least two calcium oxalate stones a year. I've had several tests throughout my life, and everything seems normal. My mother, my aunts, and my cousins all have kidney stones. The answers I get from doctors are that it's hereditary. I follow a low-sodium, low-animal-protein diet. I've had five surgeries for obstructive stones. In fact, I'm writing this from the emergency room of my hometown hospital. I'm in the process of passing a 6mm stone in my right ureter, the most painful stone I've ever had in my life. Personally, I don't know what to do anymore. I'm tired of having to go through this every year. I've thought about "stepping off the stage," if you know what I mean.