Romancing the Kidney Stone

[reddyuta]

Oof, you must've had one of those jagged, spikey ones that went through your ureter and urethra. No thanks!

probably..they coudlnt find anything more on the CT scan,i was glad because i couldnt take anymore of it.

 

[Creeper]

2 years ago,,the greatest pain you can ever imagine.i think even stabbing wont hurt so much and there is so much blood.

I know have the utmost sympathy for anyone who gone through this is will go through it. Kidney stones are not joke.

Thankfully, I passed mine this morning. Looks like if broke into pieces with one large chunk. How does such a small object becomes bunch a menace? The effect it has on the entire body is shocking.

Anyway almost all the pain is gone and I avoided surgery by 2 days.

Now I need to learn to drink more water.

 

[Plankton]

I know have the utmost sympathy for anyone who gone through this is will go through it. Kidney stones are not joke.

Thankfully, I passed mine this morning. Looks like if broke into pieces with one large chunk. How does such a small object becomes bunch a menace? The effect it has on the entire body is shocking.

Anyway almost all the pain is gone and I avoided surgery by 2 days.

Now I need to learn to drink more water.

Great news - glad that you are past it. I dramatically reduced my Coca-Cola intake after mine, and thankfully I have not had a redux in the last 10 years. It's hard to describe the pain to someone who hasn't gone through it. It's brutal.

 

[Runwildboys]

I know have the utmost sympathy for anyone who gone through this is will go through it. Kidney stones are not joke.

Thankfully, I passed mine this morning. Looks like if broke into pieces with one large chunk. How does such a small object becomes bunch a menace? The effect it has on the entire body is shocking.

Anyway almost all the pain is gone and I avoided surgery by 2 days.

Now I need to learn to drink more water.

Congratulations!! Glad that's over with!

 

[JustChip]

I’m on my 3rd one. The first hit me the first night I was out of town for a week long training class. Woke me about 1 and I didn’t know what it was; afraid it was appendicitis. Unbearable pain in my side and back. Not shooting pain, just constant, fiery pain. I was just about ready to go to the ER after 3 hours and went to the bathroom before going. Suddenly, I felt something come out with the urine and the pain lessened dramatically. I never saw the stone; it must’ve been pretty small. And honestly, I still didn’t realize it was a kidney stone. I had a bladder tumor 15 years earlier and thought it might’ve been something along those lines.

My 2nd one was about a month later. Again, woke about 1 ( don’t know what it is about the middle of the night) and this time the pain was considerably greater. This one was at home so I went to the ER about 3. I didn’t wake my wife because she has a hard time getting to sleep so I drove myself, pulling over over to puke on the way. Puked again in a wastebasket at the ER. I found out there ghat it was a stone, as was the previous. The ER doc gave me some pain meds and told me yo see my urologist.

Then, the urologist tells me that puppy was 9.5mm and wasn’t going to pass it so I had litho done to break it up. The interesting thing was he put a mesh tube up my plumbing to help protect from the jagged edges as the fragment passed. I spend 10 days peeing into a strainer, taking inventory of everything I drank and how much, and the same for the urine.I never passed a fragment so I went back to the urologist. He pulls the mesh tube out and there are fragments stuck in it. More fragments passed the first time i peed after that. I guess that tube was keeping them from passing.

The end result of the analysis of the stone and intake/output was I didn’t drink enough fluid. I made it a point after that to partake of a kidney stone elixir (a/k/a beer) routinely after that.

The stone I have right now isn’t bothering me. It was found in a scan for something else. It’s pretty small so the urologist advised to just monitor it over the next few months.

As with all medical, we’re so much more fortunate than past generations. My father-in-law had stones in both kidneys and had traditional surgery on both sides. He was cut almost all the way around.

 

[Runwildboys]

I’m on my 3rd one. The first hit me the first night I was out of town for a week long training class. Woke me about 1 and I didn’t know what it was; afraid it was appendicitis. Unbearable pain in my side and back. Not shooting pain, just constant, fiery pain. I was just about ready to go to the ER after 3 hours and went to the bathroom before going. Suddenly, I felt something come out with the urine and the pain lessened dramatically. I never saw the stone; it must’ve been pretty small. And honestly, I still didn’t realize it was a kidney stone. I had a bladder tumor 15 years earlier and thought it might’ve been something along those lines.

My 2nd one was about a month later. Again, woke about 1 ( don’t know what it is about the middle of the night) and this time the pain was considerably greater. This one was at home so I went to the ER about 3. I didn’t wake my wife because she has a hard time getting to sleep so I drove myself, pulling over over to puke on the way. Puked again in a wastebasket at the ER. I found out there ghat it was a stone, as was the previous. The ER doc gave me some pain meds and told me yo see my urologist.

Then, the urologist tells me that puppy was 9.5mm and wasn’t going to pass it so I had litho done to break it up. The interesting thing was he put a mesh tube up my plumbing to help protect from the jagged edges as the fragment passed. I spend 10 days peeing into a strainer, taking inventory of everything I drank and how much, and the same for the urine.I never passed a fragment so I went back to the urologist. He pulls the mesh tube out and there are fragments stuck in it. More fragments passed the first time i peed after that. I guess that tube was keeping them from passing.

The end result of the analysis of the stone and intake/output was I didn’t drink enough fluid. I made it a point after that to partake of a kidney stone elixir (a/k/a beer) routinely after that.

The stone I have right now isn’t bothering me. It was found in a scan for something else. It’s pretty small so the urologist advised to just monitor it over the next few months.

As with all medical, we’re so much more fortunate than past generations. My father-in-law had stones in both kidneys and had traditional surgery on both sides. He was cut almost all the way around.

I hope the one doesn't grow into a monster.
The lithotripsy just broke yours up into fragments, huh? I wonder if different types break up differently, because I never felt a thing after my litho.

 

[Plankton]

I hope the one doesn't grow into a monster.
The lithotripsy just broke yours up into fragments, huh? I wonder if different types break up differently, because I never felt a thing after my litho.

Mine was broken, and I had to pass it. Took four days, and I didn't have the mesh tubing. Felt like broken glass going through me.

 

[JustChip]

I hope the one doesn't grow into a monster.
The lithotripsy just broke yours up into fragments, huh? I wonder if different types break up differently, because I never felt a thing after my litho.

Thank, you. Me, too.

That 2nd one wasn’t the most pain I’ve ever been in. That was having a bladder tumor removed by going up through the wiggy worm and bringing out that way. But that 2nd stone wasn’t far off.

Yeah, the litho broke it up into 15 or so little pieces. I didn’t feel much as they passed after the litho. I just knew because of catching them all in the strainer. I’ve not talked to anyone else that said anything about having the mesh tube and I wouldn’t do that again. It’s obvious to me it prevented the pieces from passing since there were some caught in it and the rest passed as soon as it was removed.

 

[JustChip]

Mine was broken, and I had to pass it. Took four days, and I didn't have the mesh tubing. Felt like broken glass going through me.

I think you’re fortunate not to have the tube. My fragments didn’t pass until 10 days later and I’m not sure they would’ve then if the tube wasn’t removed. It was also strange peeing with that tube hanging out.

 

[Hoofbite]

I've never had them, and hope I never do.

 

[Runwildboys]

I think you’re fortunate not to have the tube. My fragments didn’t pass until 10 days later and I’m not sure they would’ve then if the tube wasn’t removed. It was also strange peeing with that tube hanging out.

Yeah, I'm sure shaking it off had to make a bit of a mess.

 

[Creeper]

I’m on my 3rd one. The first hit me the first night I was out of town for a week long training class. Woke me about 1 and I didn’t know what it was; afraid it was appendicitis. Unbearable pain in my side and back. Not shooting pain, just constant, fiery pain. I was just about ready to go to the ER after 3 hours and went to the bathroom before going. Suddenly, I felt something come out with the urine and the pain lessened dramatically. I never saw the stone; it must’ve been pretty small. And honestly, I still didn’t realize it was a kidney stone. I had a bladder tumor 15 years earlier and thought it might’ve been something along those lines.

My 2nd one was about a month later. Again, woke about 1 ( don’t know what it is about the middle of the night) and this time the pain was considerably greater. This one was at home so I went to the ER about 3. I didn’t wake my wife because she has a hard time getting to sleep so I drove myself, pulling over over to puke on the way. Puked again in a wastebasket at the ER. I found out there ghat it was a stone, as was the previous. The ER doc gave me some pain meds and told me yo see my urologist.

Then, the urologist tells me that puppy was 9.5mm and wasn’t going to pass it so I had litho done to break it up. The interesting thing was he put a mesh tube up my plumbing to help protect from the jagged edges as the fragment passed. I spend 10 days peeing into a strainer, taking inventory of everything I drank and how much, and the same for the urine.I never passed a fragment so I went back to the urologist. He pulls the mesh tube out and there are fragments stuck in it. More fragments passed the first time i peed after that. I guess that tube was keeping them from passing.

The end result of the analysis of the stone and intake/output was I didn’t drink enough fluid. I made it a point after that to partake of a kidney stone elixir (a/k/a beer) routinely after that.

The stone I have right now isn’t bothering me. It was found in a scan for something else. It’s pretty small so the urologist advised to just monitor it over the next few months.

As with all medical, we’re so much more fortunate than past generations. My father-in-law had stones in both kidneys and had traditional surgery on both sides. He was cut almost all the way around.

I don't drink enough fluid either. Always been that way. But I have to learn to drink more water now. I can't drink beer or alcohol because of medications.

Good luck with tour stone. I hope I passes quietly.

 

[JustChip]

Yeah, I'm sure shaking it off had to make a bit of a mess.

It was a bigger problem just going - it was kind of like the sprayer in my kitchen faucet.