Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I whakawhanakehia e Rawiri Crossley he kohatu whatukuhu nui. Ka rite ki te tokomaha o te iwi pukumahi, David Crossley maha whakamahia ki te kitea ia kia takai i roto i tona ra mahi e ka haere ia ki waho te tina, a maha tata mutu mo te kapu o te tea. Inaa hoki, e whakaae ana a Rawiri, 63, he kaiwhakangungu uaua me te wheua mai i Birmingham: 'He maha nga wa i tino pukumahi ahau i te whare haumanu, ka wareware ahau ki te inu i tetahi wai, haunga te kapu iti o te ti, o te kawhe ranei. He rite tonu te ahua o te ahua - ahakoa ka nui ake taku inu wai i nga mutunga wiki. I te tau kua hipa, ka mau i a ia tēnei tikanga. I kite ia i tētahi mamae pōhēhē i roto i tōna kopu, e toro atu ana ki tōna tuara. 'Kāore i tino mamae, engari kāore i tino tika, nō reira i haere au ki te GP,' e ai ki a ia. 'I te mea he puhipuhi ahau, ka tonoa ahau e ia kia haere ki te ultrasound.' I kitea he kohatu nui e rua i roto i tana whatukuhu matau - he hua tika, e whakapono ana ana nga taote, no te iti o tana inu wai. I whakaaturia e te CT scan he nui rawa nga kohatu (6 mm te whanui) kaore i taea te whakawhiti noa, a me mahi ia. Kotahi i roto i te tekau o tātou ka whai kōhatu ki te whatukuhu, ā, kei te piki haere te tokomaha. Ko te hua o ngā hua o te waikura i roto i te toto e waihanga ana i ngā kiriuhi i roto i ngā whatukuhu, ā, i te mutunga ka nui ake ki roto i te kōpeke pakari. Ka tino mamae pea - e ai ki nga tohunga, e rite ana ki te whanautanga. Ko te nuinga o te wā kaore he tohu o ngā kōhatu i a rātou i roto i te whatukuhu. Ka tīmata te mamae - e mōhiotia ana ko te mate pukupuku pukupuku - ina haere ki raro i te ureter, te ngongo kuiti e kawe ana i te waikura mai i te whatukuhu ki te ureter. 'Ko te colic o te whatukuhu e puta mai ana i te kohatu e aukati ohorere ana i te ureter,' e kii ana a Mr Leye Ajayi, kaitohutohu mo te taatai urological i te Hospital of St John & St Elizabeth, London. He maha nga wa ka puta ohorere te mamae, a ka taea e te turoro te 'raru i roto i te mamae,' ka tapiritia e ia. Ka kaha rawa te mamae ki te whakapouri me te ruaki. Ka neke ana te kōhatu, ka roa pea ngā rā, ngā wiki rānei kia puta atu i te tinana. I taua wā, ka puta pea he mamae tonu, he mamae ātaahua rānei i te tuara, i te kōhao, i te taha rānei, he hiahia kia nui ake te haurangi i te mea noa, me te mamae...
E whakapono ana ngā tākuta ko te iti o te inu wai i ahu ki ngā kōhatu whatukuhu a David Crossley. I kitea e te whitiāhua me te matawai CT e rua ngā kōhatu tino nui i roto i tōna whatukuhu matau. Kotahi i roto i te tekau o tātou ka whai kōhatu ki te whatukuhu, ā, kei te piki haere ngā tau. Ko te whakarerekētanga o te kai pēnei i te kai iti-carb kei te akiaki hoki i ngā tatauranga o te hunga mate ki runga. 'Ka pakaru ngā pūmua kararehe ki te waikawa uric - he mea e mōhiotia ana hei kōhatu'