I had a stent placed the beginning of November. I didn't have any stones, but was 22 weeks pregnant and the baby/uterus was pushing on my ureter and causing a blockage. It's been a long 7 weeks, but my experience seems to have been more tolerable than many on here. Luckily I'm not working so that might change my perspective some because I definitely would not be able to, but it's tolerable if I'm just lounging around. I can't walk for more than a few minutes, I generally feel very sore on that side, and I have to pee all the time (though it only hurt to pee the first week or so...now it doesn't hurt, I just feel no relief from peeing). I did take quite a few vicodin the first week or two, so for those who only have a stent for a few weeks I can understand why it's so miserable, but now I only take one vicodin every other day maybe to give myself a few hours of relief.
Anyway, they've said that they're leaving the stent in until 3 weeks after the baby is born. I'm 30 weeks now so I still have a ways to go. I'm most nervous about the stent having possibly calcified in that length of time. At this point I've accepted my limitations for the rest of the pregnancy, but I'm terrified that taking the stent out after so long will cause further damage and making caring for a new baby difficult. I'm hoping there are more out there who can post who had a stent in for an extended period of time and it still came out without problems (other than the usual side effects everyone else is mentioning).
I definitely don't wish the experience on anyone, and I'm sorry to all those readers and posters on here with kidney/stent pain!
Anyway, they've said that they're leaving the stent in until 3 weeks after the baby is born. I'm 30 weeks now so I still have a ways to go. I'm most nervous about the stent having possibly calcified in that length of time. At this point I've accepted my limitations for the rest of the pregnancy, but I'm terrified that taking the stent out after so long will cause further damage and making caring for a new baby difficult. I'm hoping there are more out there who can post who had a stent in for an extended period of time and it still came out without problems (other than the usual side effects everyone else is mentioning).
I definitely don't wish the experience on anyone, and I'm sorry to all those readers and posters on here with kidney/stent pain!
i had 2 stents in on nov 9 (one each side) dr said i had 2 very large kidney stones on left side and a smaller one on right side.... i ended up in er day before right side was killikng me and couldnt stop throwing up. also they said had serious kidney infection. the er was going send me home but i protested so they admited me and next day (the 9th) dr was going try remove stones but she said she was unable to (think they were to large and maybe location) so thats when she put stents in. dec 9 she blasted left side and removed right stent (that stone passed after nov surgery.) its not really pain....VERY uncomfortable. i am SCARED to death of getting it removed....im a whimp. i have read where some drs leave string far enough out and have patient remove it theirself after so long. im leaving that to professional. hoping she did leave string out far enough so all she has to do is pull it out. im going take 2 tylenol pm about 2 hours before my appointment...hoping they will relax me enough so she can do what she need to i hoping i wont feel it. im hoping get appoint real soon. i found if you dont lift or carry anything heavy with stent in theres no real pain but uncomfortable as all get out. and the feeling of having to pee all the time is driving me crazy.
I had my first stone, and hopefully my last, on Nov 18th. It was 9mm and had blocked my kidney. After ESWL my stone was still in tact. I had a stint for 6 weeks and I did not handle the stint well. Needed hydorcodone few times a day.
I was terrified of having the stint removed in the doctos office. Especially after reading post online. I just reminded myself that it couldn't be worse than having my placenta extracted manually with an infected uterus. Expecting the worse I lay there covering my eyes bracing myself to scream. I did notice the room didn't appear to be sound proof so I figure those in the waiting room were going to get a good scare. The urologist said the worst part is putting the scope into the urethra. Being a woman, that is not particularly bad. After it reaches the bladder, the worst part is over. I have to say, it was no big deal. Yes, I did take a hydrocodone two hours prior to the procedure. I'm sure that helped. I would not worry about having the stint removed. Honestly, not a big deal. Like a mosquito bite as opposed to my manual placenta extraction being like a shark bite. Take a deep breath and try to relax.
I was terrified of having the stint removed in the doctos office. Especially after reading post online. I just reminded myself that it couldn't be worse than having my placenta extracted manually with an infected uterus. Expecting the worse I lay there covering my eyes bracing myself to scream. I did notice the room didn't appear to be sound proof so I figure those in the waiting room were going to get a good scare. The urologist said the worst part is putting the scope into the urethra. Being a woman, that is not particularly bad. After it reaches the bladder, the worst part is over. I have to say, it was no big deal. Yes, I did take a hydrocodone two hours prior to the procedure. I'm sure that helped. I would not worry about having the stint removed. Honestly, not a big deal. Like a mosquito bite as opposed to my manual placenta extraction being like a shark bite. Take a deep breath and try to relax.
:-D :-D :-D Hello again! This is my third time writing in here and its been a while. I had written before that i had a stent put in at 23 weeks pregnant and it was by far the worst expierence ever.
Well here i am now 32 weeks pregnant and feeling great. I was never (crossing fingers) in need of the bag and tube because whatever was happeneing before has now stopped. Still 8 more weeks of a possible need of bag and tube. Things look good though. My sergeon set up a date to visit with me after my daughter is born to look into what caused the pain if it was anything other than pressure from the baby. Since having it removed i have not had any discomfort and cant imagine living a minute of my life like that again.
What my sergeon told me when i went in the day after it being removed shocked me. First he was confused as to whether or not he had the correct patient sitting in his office......he said he has never seen me smile or look relaxed so it was a shock to see me all smiles and finally happy! Then he told me that what he saw was terrible and felt horrible that i had gone through what i had. He told me that when he was removing the stent he noticed that my kidney and bladder looked as though a bomb had gone off in both. In the ultrasounds they showed them both swollen for the entire time the stent was in there .Never in his time of practice (0ver 20 years) had he seen someone with such a severe allergic reaction to the stent. My body was rejecting the stent from the moment it was in there and causing a terrible infection. So it explained why i was feeling the way i was.
Im very happy to no longer have any more issues and able to enjoy the pregnancy. I know though, had i not been so persistant on letting them know all i was feeling and insiting it be removed right away, it could have caused serious damage. Sometimes the docs dont always pick up on everything..........its your body and your body has a way of letting you know that something isnt right.........you need to take controll and and not accept it as it is if you know somethings going wrong. Im not upset at my sergeon, mistakes happen and thats why they call it a practice, however im overwhelmed with joy that this is all passed me for now.
So to all of you who are dealing with stents, good luck and i wish each one of you a pain free expierence. Hang in there!! Happy New Year and Good Health to ALL!! :-D :-D :-D
Well here i am now 32 weeks pregnant and feeling great. I was never (crossing fingers) in need of the bag and tube because whatever was happeneing before has now stopped. Still 8 more weeks of a possible need of bag and tube. Things look good though. My sergeon set up a date to visit with me after my daughter is born to look into what caused the pain if it was anything other than pressure from the baby. Since having it removed i have not had any discomfort and cant imagine living a minute of my life like that again.
What my sergeon told me when i went in the day after it being removed shocked me. First he was confused as to whether or not he had the correct patient sitting in his office......he said he has never seen me smile or look relaxed so it was a shock to see me all smiles and finally happy! Then he told me that what he saw was terrible and felt horrible that i had gone through what i had. He told me that when he was removing the stent he noticed that my kidney and bladder looked as though a bomb had gone off in both. In the ultrasounds they showed them both swollen for the entire time the stent was in there .Never in his time of practice (0ver 20 years) had he seen someone with such a severe allergic reaction to the stent. My body was rejecting the stent from the moment it was in there and causing a terrible infection. So it explained why i was feeling the way i was.
Im very happy to no longer have any more issues and able to enjoy the pregnancy. I know though, had i not been so persistant on letting them know all i was feeling and insiting it be removed right away, it could have caused serious damage. Sometimes the docs dont always pick up on everything..........its your body and your body has a way of letting you know that something isnt right.........you need to take controll and and not accept it as it is if you know somethings going wrong. Im not upset at my sergeon, mistakes happen and thats why they call it a practice, however im overwhelmed with joy that this is all passed me for now.
So to all of you who are dealing with stents, good luck and i wish each one of you a pain free expierence. Hang in there!! Happy New Year and Good Health to ALL!! :-D :-D :-D
I wanted to post this response because this web site gave me the greatest amount of info on my kidney stone, and it was the most help for me. I had the kidney stone surgery and had a stent. I peed lots of blood and flesh the first two days with stent. Very painful and frightening. The more water I drank the better the urinations got. The stent removal four days later was not very painful, but uncomfortable. I am not peeing blood any longer and have had a few more stones pass today, the day of removal. This web site also helped me out comprehensive-kidney-facts.com/ . Thank you for everyones posts on this subject as it has directed me well.
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I have a genetic disorder called Multiple endocrine neoplasia II (MEN II) is an uncommon condition passed down through families (inherited), in which the thyroid, adrenal, and parathyroid glands are overactive. The cause of MEN II is a defect in a gene called RET. This defect causes many tumors to appear in the same person, but not necessarily at the same time. I have had kidney stones since 2005, I had the lipotripsy surgery and I thought after that it would all be over boy was I ever wrong, over the next few years I passed a stone every 2 or 3 day sometimes more, all the doctor could ever tell was that I was getting to much calcium to change my diet and to drink distill water not spring water, I'm Lactose intolerance so I don't have a diet high in calcium, but my calcium levels was always high, so after having them tell me the same thing over and over me telling them that I was doing as they are telling me to it had to be something else and they said that it could only be because of my diet I got tired of going, after a while I went to the doctor because the pain was so bad I also was other problem that I had told them about like joint pain, fingers and toe drawing up they told me that my calcium high change my diet so once more stopped going to the doctor , so until February of 2008 I did not go to the doctor I would just dill with the pain it was better than having a doctor look at you and tell you that you are lying or that you was fine nothing was wrong. But in February I went and made them check my parathyroid and my cortisol level, at first they did not won’t to do these test but my mom told them that she was a nurse and she believed that I had Hyperparathyroid and Cushing Syndrome. They said both were very rare that they did not believe I had ether but we demanded the test so they did them and I did have both. That was when I found out about having MEN II. By the time they got done doing all the test they had to do on me in May my right kidney got blocked off by a stone the size of a golf ball, it must have been blocked for some time because when they placed the stint a pocket of infection came out which was staff, two weeks later I had surgery they open up my kidney and removed the stone I was in ICU for a few days it was a bad surgery, I went home with a stint and a Foley catheter after a week at home the stint and catheter was removed a few day latter I was back in the ER my side had busted open and the thought my kidney was leaking so they put my stint and catheter back in, I kelp them for a while. The doctor told me all he could do was to try and keep my kidneys open till I had the tumors that was causing them remove. Finley in August I had the tumor removed from my parathyroid. That was a bad surgery also, I was in ICU a few days for that one to. I stopped making new kidney stones but my kidney was full of stones. then I had to have lipotripsy surgery on my left kidney and have a stint placed, that was only on a small stone that was in my urethra tube they did not do anything to the bigger ones that I had in both kidneys they said that they was not moving or blocking anything so they would leave them tell I had my other tumor remove from my pituitary gland (that is in my head). I had the tumor removed in November that surgery went good I was only in the hospital for three days. I got home about 10:30 or 11:00 pm, I did not pee that night or the next morning and I had a lot of pain in my left side so I went to the ER they put in a catheter and had no urine output, they did a CT scan and both of my kidneys was blocked off so they flew me back to UK when I got their I was only their about 30 minutes and they took me into surgery to put stints in I stayed for three more days and came home about two weeks later I had to go back to the ER that time I was just dehydrated but the doctor here said I had to much wrong with me they felt it would be safer to send me back to UK so they flew me out once more when I got their they gave me another bag of IV fluids and sent me home. I had to go to ER about every week for dehydration till I got some medicine for my diabetes insipidus(a disorder in which there is an abnormal increase in urine output, fluid intake and often thirst).That was caused by the damage from the tumor and having it removed. I still have my stints, I went a few weeks ago and had lipotripsy on my left kidney, I have to go February 23rd and have lipotripsy done on my right one but they said that they might have to place a rod in my kidney to get the stone they did not know for sure till they tried the laser. After that I will have to go back and have the stint removed hopefully that will be all I have to have done. If you lost count that was 8 surgeries the one on the 23rd of February will be 9 then after that number 10 to remove the stints. That will be 10 surgeries in less than a year. Hopefully I don’t get any more tumors but it is always a possibility.
o.O This is my second go around with kidney stones....appx 2 years ago I had several stones in my right kidney. I passed a few and had ESWL on the remaining. Now 3 weeks ago I was told I had 2-3 stones in my right kidney and 4 in my right. My Dr. stated they were all "passable" yeah right! I was told to go home and take "ibuprofen" for the pain. >:( The very next day I ended up in the ER with EXTREME right flank pain. CT and KUB showed a 4mm stone "stuck" in my ureter. The ER doc said I should have the stone pushed back into my kidney and have another ESWL. When my >;) "lovely" urologist came he sent me home and told me to come to his office first thing Monday morning and if the stone had not moved they would "do something about it". Well after a LONG weekend of pain, vomiting, and major frustration....Monday morning was here. I went and had another KUB done and the stone had NOT moved. I was sent to outpatient surgery and waited until 5pm for my stent surgery. I went home around 10pm and had to be back at 6am for my ESWL. After another night of vomiting, pain, and frustration I had my ESWL. I was sent home (with NO meds) and told to expect blood in my urine. It's been 2 days now and I don't feel any better. The discomfort of the stent is almost as painful as passing the stone. I go back in 1 week to have the stent removed. I am very concerned (because of the past lack of empathy from my urologist) that the removal will be painful. However one thing to keep in mind everyone is different therefore different experiences. I am trying %-) to not panic about the stent removal.....
on November 17th 2008 I was in so much pain that my husband took me to the ER. Turns out i have 3 8mm kidney stones in my right kidney. Now at the ER they gave me morphine (which i found out im alergic to) and some vicodin. So all the pain went buh bye. they said they were going to admit me to the hospital in the next town over (which is fine since thats the town i live in) they admited me and were giving me all these options. Now at the time i was 5 mo pregnant. when i heard that i could miscarry with out the stent i went ahead and opted to get the stent put in. THey knocked me out, put the stent in and gave me one day recovery in the hospital. good thing too. my contractions started that night. they got them stopped at least. so i didnt lose my baby after all that. On Jan 29th 2009 they had to replace the stent because it was getting backed up with so much calcium. they did knock me out again. Now mind you i went from November - Jan with the first stent in. It was very uncomfortable. but it did make things better. there was blood in my urine for the first week and i got a UTI but i was no longer in the double over pain that i was in. after the replacement.... well so far there has been nothing but blood in my urine and i am having the hardest time getting the urine started. my problem though is i dont drink enough fluids. I am 8 mo pregnant now, so hopefully i will deliver soon and then they can get this stent out. but i havent really had any serious problems other than if i lift anything my side hurts very bad, and i have to sleep on a heating pad relieve any discomfort. but over all the procedure has gone as planned. im sorry to all of those who have had a hard time. my only complaint is that i wish i was able to enjoy my pregnancy more. I'll post when my stent is finally removed for good and they blast the living day lights out of these stones.
Several years ago I passed a large stone that had claws. It caused scar tissue in the ureter. I have had that same spot ballooned twice; and "roto-rootered" once. with stents each time for 6 weeks. And once again; the section of scar tissue has shut down again and blocked off the kidney. Only this time; a really nasty kidney infection was involved. Long story short; I went to a local ER; and ended up getting my first helicopter ride !! :( to a bigger hospital for emergency stent placement to keep the kidney from rupturing ! Now; 3 weeks later; I am waiting on word from my dr for an appt with that vary RARE micro-surgeon for reconstruction of the ureter !!! Looks like I will be going several hundred miles from home for this. AND getting yet another stent after. But hopefully my kidney hasn't been damaged too bad from the blockage. But just to let you know: any stone can cause scar tissue; any scar tissue can cause a stricture later on and THAT can still cause severe and life threatening problems and kidney damage. !! The fatality rate with an infected kidney that ruptures is like 70 % !! So if your dr wants to place a stent; there's usually a darn good reason WHY !!
I am 34 weeks pregnant and had a stent put in 3 days ago. My doctor said I should be able to return to work the next day. I still can't go to work. I am finally able to make it out of my bed to the couch. Thank you to those who were also pregnant and posted their experience. This is absolutely miserable. I can barely walk or get dressed. Sitting for extended periods is even a chore. I'm wondering how long I can be on pain pills and anti-spasm medicines without affecting the baby. I think the pregnancy is making the whole ordeal much worse. The baby is in position with her head on my bladder. When she moves the pain is unbearable!! I'm wondering how I am going to return to work in 2 days?? I wish I would have had an alternative to the stent, but the doctor said I didn't. My right kidney was completely blocked by a stone the size of a pencil eraser. Two weeks after the baby is born they want me back in to remove the stent and the stone. By the end of all this I will have had 3 surgeries (two for the kidney and labor) in a matter of 2 months. I wich someone would tell me this pain will get better.
I'm now 37 weeks pregnant, and have a scheduled induction for the 26th--woohoo! I've had the stent in my right ureter for 15 weeks. I just wanted to comfort the last poster that at least for my experience, it definitely got better. I've been almost completely off the vicodin for the last 6 weeks or so (maybe just one pill once a week or something during a particularly painful moment). Generally if I'm feeling the stent pain I can take a warm bath and it will relieve quite a bit of it. I had to take the bladder spasm medication for a few weeks after the stent was placed, but then I was able to stop that. The position of the baby definitely affected my pain/discomfort level though--there were times when the baby would push on or kick my bladder which would cause a serious zinger of pain. Thankfully the last month or so he's been in a better position.
After reading everyone's removal stories on this message board, I called to schedule the removal and asked to do it at the hospital while under instead of at the office (we have great insurance so that wasn't an issue). I've decided that all urologists sound like jerks from everyone else's experiences too though, and mine seems like a big jerk and wouldn't do it. I basically got the "buck up, it's not that bad" and had to schedule it for in the office. It'll have been in me for 5 months at that point, you'd think they'd be a little more sympathetic to the ordeal I've had to go through!
I'm still hoping some more people will post on here about their experience of getting a stent out after it's been in for an extended time and whether there were any issues. I'm terrified! I'm way more nervous about getting the stent out than about delivering this baby!
After reading everyone's removal stories on this message board, I called to schedule the removal and asked to do it at the hospital while under instead of at the office (we have great insurance so that wasn't an issue). I've decided that all urologists sound like jerks from everyone else's experiences too though, and mine seems like a big jerk and wouldn't do it. I basically got the "buck up, it's not that bad" and had to schedule it for in the office. It'll have been in me for 5 months at that point, you'd think they'd be a little more sympathetic to the ordeal I've had to go through!
I'm still hoping some more people will post on here about their experience of getting a stent out after it's been in for an extended time and whether there were any issues. I'm terrified! I'm way more nervous about getting the stent out than about delivering this baby!
I was glad I had this to read after my kidney stone surgery. I went to the ER with the worst pain I had in my life. After some tests they decided to admit me (I had stones that were blocking my kidney causing an infection and swelling. They gave me antibiotics and watched me over night. The next day the uroligist came and decided I needed surgery. It was too infected to remove the stones so he placed a stent to help the kidney drain. I was in the hospital two more days and then had a surgery to blast the two biggest stones with a laser. They then replaced the stent. I was nervous to get the stent removed but found that while it was very uncomfortable it was over quickly. The tool looks scary but they are not putting the whole thing in there (I was relieved to know) What I wish I would have know so I will tell others is that it is not uncommon for your ureters to spasm after the procedure. I had no pain right after so I thought I was in the clear and two or three hours later I thought I was having a kidney stone stuck all over again. I called the office and those spasms can happen after stent removal. They suggested a warm bath- it worked! So just know that can happen and it is uncomfortable but it is not as scary if you know it might happen so you can take care of the pain early and make sure you still have pain meds. It has been a week and a half since my stint was removed I am doing a lot better now. Good luck to anyone that is still going through the surgery or stent stuff. I hope it all goes smoothly!
XD I posted in here a few weeks ago very upset and scared about my stent removal! I was so upset and unsure about what to expect I actually had a panic attack...crying and hyperventilating while waiting for the dr. But HONESTLY its a piece of cake!! It hurts for a few seconds as the dr inserts his instrument....with a camera attached. I watched it all....as soon as the dr went to grab the stent....I reached for my husbands hand and before I had it the stent was out!!!!! I felt instantly better!! I had some minor discomfort for a few days but its better every day!! I have to go next month for another KUB and a renal ultrasound to make sure I don't have any stones or any damage to my kidneys. Just be assured........getting a stent removed is easy!!!
I also came here the past couple days, reading about the stent removal i was going to do on my own, because my doctor left a string haning out of my which i was told i could then pull the stent out on monday or tuesday morning ,i will tell you i took 2 perkasets, gave them about 1/2 to 45 mins to work, went into the shower, took a nice hot shower, relaxed, and took a deep breath with slow and gentle pressure i pulled the cord, i felt nothing, except, the very end where it is like in a spiral curl, it didnt not hurt, and i felt great afterwards.....i know everyone is different, but it doesnt hurt as bad as one might think, just dont stop pulling when you are taking it out, just slow and steady does the trick!
:-D i stressted myself out over nothing, i have had it done where they go into you, to get the stent, and that right there was 50x's worse then me doing it on my own! :-P
:-D i stressted myself out over nothing, i have had it done where they go into you, to get the stent, and that right there was 50x's worse then me doing it on my own! :-P
I got my stent removed yesterday. I had it for 3 weeks following ureteroscopic lithotripsy. I was worried about the stent removal from the day I heard it was going to happen - long before it was even put in.
I was afraid it would be very painful.
On the day of the removal in the doctor's office, I took three iburprofen one hour before the scheduled procedure. I did relaxation exercises and thought lovely thoughts. In the office I was naked from the waste down and the nurse injected lidocaine gel into the urethra. I was really worried about that but it didn't feel like anything in particular.
Then, the doctor came in and inserted that long black flexible scope into my urethra. I was nervous about that but he gave me some suggestions on what to do. "Relax like you are taking a pee", "wiggle your toes", "breath deeply". It was mildly uncomfortable as he put it in but just as it was beginning to hurt he said "it's in". At that point it didn't hurt. Then he got me involved in a conversation about the Phillies who had just lost their first exhibition game. I am not a sports fan but I was grateful for something to talk about. We talked maybe about a minute. Then his nurse assisted him in the process of 'grabbing' the end of the stent. He was visualizing the stent through the scope while his nurse was doing the 'grabbing' by pushing a lever or button. Once they got a hold of it, the doc said "OK we've got it. We're going to pull it out now" "Take deep slow breaths through your mouth". "Ok.." It felt very strange and I was just about to make some noise about it when he said, "It's out" "Here it is. Do you want to see it?" (I felt like I had just given birth to something). I said "Yes. Can I have it?" They said "Sure" we'll clean it up for you". "Get dressed, if you feel like you need to pee there's the bathroom and then come sit at the desk." I got dressed, went to pee (there was a tiny bit of blood at the start of the urine but then clear pee after that) I sat down at the desk and they told me to take two cipro - one today and one tomorrow. At home that day, I passed 6 fragments of stone that were still in there. I felt no pain. It just felt funny.
On a scale from one to ten I would say the pain of the stent removal was about 2 or 3 at the very worst. But was only for an instant. I think the key things you can do are: keep drinking your water, take ibuprofen before the procedure, relax, breath slowly with your mouth open, and wiggle your toes.
I was in the procedure room for only about 10 minutes or so. The lidocain prep took about 3 seconds. The a waiting for it to work took a couple minutes. The scope insertion took just a few seconds. The grabbing of the stent took less than a minute and the removal of the stent took about about 1 to 1 and a half seconds.
Bottom line: Even if it hurts, the parts that can cause the pain only last a second or two.
I was afraid it would be very painful.
On the day of the removal in the doctor's office, I took three iburprofen one hour before the scheduled procedure. I did relaxation exercises and thought lovely thoughts. In the office I was naked from the waste down and the nurse injected lidocaine gel into the urethra. I was really worried about that but it didn't feel like anything in particular.
Then, the doctor came in and inserted that long black flexible scope into my urethra. I was nervous about that but he gave me some suggestions on what to do. "Relax like you are taking a pee", "wiggle your toes", "breath deeply". It was mildly uncomfortable as he put it in but just as it was beginning to hurt he said "it's in". At that point it didn't hurt. Then he got me involved in a conversation about the Phillies who had just lost their first exhibition game. I am not a sports fan but I was grateful for something to talk about. We talked maybe about a minute. Then his nurse assisted him in the process of 'grabbing' the end of the stent. He was visualizing the stent through the scope while his nurse was doing the 'grabbing' by pushing a lever or button. Once they got a hold of it, the doc said "OK we've got it. We're going to pull it out now" "Take deep slow breaths through your mouth". "Ok.." It felt very strange and I was just about to make some noise about it when he said, "It's out" "Here it is. Do you want to see it?" (I felt like I had just given birth to something). I said "Yes. Can I have it?" They said "Sure" we'll clean it up for you". "Get dressed, if you feel like you need to pee there's the bathroom and then come sit at the desk." I got dressed, went to pee (there was a tiny bit of blood at the start of the urine but then clear pee after that) I sat down at the desk and they told me to take two cipro - one today and one tomorrow. At home that day, I passed 6 fragments of stone that were still in there. I felt no pain. It just felt funny.
On a scale from one to ten I would say the pain of the stent removal was about 2 or 3 at the very worst. But was only for an instant. I think the key things you can do are: keep drinking your water, take ibuprofen before the procedure, relax, breath slowly with your mouth open, and wiggle your toes.
I was in the procedure room for only about 10 minutes or so. The lidocain prep took about 3 seconds. The a waiting for it to work took a couple minutes. The scope insertion took just a few seconds. The grabbing of the stent took less than a minute and the removal of the stent took about about 1 to 1 and a half seconds.
Bottom line: Even if it hurts, the parts that can cause the pain only last a second or two.