Hello Manscaped

I relate directly to your posting.

Some years ago now my very long term companion in Cambodia, sadly deceased in February of this year, had pains as described by yourself so I took her to what is now known as Raffles Medical in Street 51 in Phnom Penh. But most importantly, I went with her and was present at her consultation and examination. As kidney stones were suspected, an ultrasound examination was recommended, which I immediately accepted on her behalf. My companion had absolutely no understanding of what was involved given her total lack of education let alone modern medical education and understanding, but I assured her it was a very common and perfectly normal and painless procedure.

The ultrasound examination was conducted in a near by room by a Khmer operator who, very much to my surprise, had qualified as an ultrasound diagnostic medico in the USA. As the operator was Khmer, and very reassuring, my partner very much relaxed and started taking a real interest in what she was seeing on the ultrasound screen as he explained everything to her.

Long story short. She was told that the many stones were very small and could easily be "dissolved" by taking some medication and would then be easily passed through normal urination over the coming weeks. That's exactly what happened.

I suspect in you wife's case she preferred to believe in traditional Cambodian folk law medicine rather than in proven modern medicine of which she may have very little knowledge and understanding. In addition, you should not overlook the "Placebo" effect on many patients.

OML