Ok so it's about 5am I am a female with a business to run 2 kids to take care of and a very tired husband after missing 2 weeks of work we have a restaurant and it takes both of us to run it !!!! Well I had the surgery yesterday at about 9am got out of recovery feeling pretty good ...... All except for this stupid stent . I am wanting it OUT NOW can't sleep because of it and I am leaking not only pee but blood as well so I call the doctor about 11pm because it said any leakage call the doctor immediately so I did I was told he does not take emergency calls after 10pm and was advised to the er this would be my third visit I am not going and considering taking it out my self I have taken pain meds nerve meds flomax toradol basically anything that was prescribed just to relieve the pain I am finding I am at odds with this decision being it was only done yesterday morning the flomax enlarges the tubes to make it easier to pee which still burns like hell this thing has to go all of the reviews so not say you can take a stent out early and of course they want me in on Monday to take it out reaching deep Into my pockets when many reports say you yourself can take it out w no problems in the shower and all pilled up should be no problem but there are those few that say leave it in I don't understand why they busted the kidney stone and now all o am passing are very very small pieces of sand I would love to know why this thing needs to be here what's worse is I have started my cycle and I don't like to wear pads and I can't see shoving a tampon in there right now so pad it is . It is ironic to me that the doctor put a stent in for something I could now pass with no problem I also have antibiotics I am a walking pharmacy which is not what I want to be I will admit no pain in the right side where the kidney stone was but the stent HAS TO GO if ANYONE has taken a stent out EARLY PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR RESULTS I CANT TAKE THIS MUCH LONGER IT WOULD BE LESS THAN 24 hours but the stones are small now and I had 2 I guess I passed the small one is gone I am still peeing blood and what looks like sand ?? I WANT TO KNOW HOW SOON CAN THIS COME OUT BECAUSE HELL IT HURTS ALMOST AS BAD AS THE KIDNEY STONE SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME SHOULD I WAIT UNTIL MONDAY OR CAN I TAKE IT OUT NOW I HAVE SEARCHED THE WEB AND NO WHERE DOES IT SAY YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT EARLY BUT LIKE I SAID I AM PEEING SAND AND BLOOD AND STILL IN PAIN ONLY FROM THE STENT IF ANYONE IS READING THIS PLEASE HELP ME