Hi andie, I had laser done on sat to remove kidney stones that i had, one in my left kidney was 7mm one in my right was 5mm, today is monday and i am still in pain, my name is Janice everytime i have to go to the bathroom i am in tears cause of the pain, but everyone is different..good luck
Feb 2nd 2013 I had a 9.2mm kidney stone and they did the surgery to remove it and put a stent in. I passed the shards all week long in horrendous pain because they feel you dont need pain medications... I had the stent removed that Friday and they lie.. It does hurt. It hurts a lot.. I kept having major pain and a lot of blood and suffered for days until they finally decided to bring me in for another CT scan and apparently found a 7.2mm stone and a 5.2mm stone in the same kidney I just had surgery on... I mean seriously wtf... Now I have another stent in and it was about a week ago and I got an infection from the stent this time and I am peeing super super dark blood... Went to ER and they finally gave me some pain relievers. I'm afraid whats next. All in ALL if you are in Sioux Falls SD never ever let a Urologist from Urology Specialists touch you. I feel your pain guys makes ya wonder wtf happened to this country and why drs dont give a sh*t abt any of us
I had the exact same experience 5 years ago and just had the same experience last week. It's so amazing that this story is identical to mine!!
Gardener1410 that was your experience. My post-operative experience with the stent and passing of blood clots was 100 times worse than the pain of the stone itself. You raise false hopes in people by stating your one good experience when it seems 90% of people have the worst time of their life post-operatively.
More likely his stones were due to his parathyroid glands. Your thyroid gland and parathyroid glands (you have 4) are in close approximation but function differently. The parathyroid glands secrete a hormone (PTH) and regulate calcium in your blood. When one or more of the parathyroid glands secrete too much hormone it can lead to chronic high calcium levels and the formation of kidney stones. Treatment involves a relatively simple surgery (in the hands of a skilled surgeon) to remove the affected gland(s).
I am on my 5th stone removal because of Crohn's disease. (Removing 1/2 my intestines resulted in chemical imbalances, etc. and high oxalate rates. That person with the 17 year old daughter, you want to make sure they do a 24-48 hours urine collection and measure all her chemical levels and get those other issues checkes out as someone mentioned). Look, the pain after utersoscopy is no fun. That first urination almost caused to to collapse. But one trick is to take a phenazopyridine tablet BEFORE you go for the laser break-up. This way it's already in your urethra, etc by the time the surgery is over and helps calm the pain a bit. Passing the blood clots is more psychological torture to me than physical, a bit like passing pudding and some of them pop as they come out, which is relly weird!
I'd had lithotripsy the first time and it did not work, so it's been 3 laser treatments in a row, until this one, where they tried lithotripsy because it was only one stone, (albeit 1.5 c.m. (15mm)) The doctor at first told me he was confident with this stronger machine, (each one is a bit different in strength), that he;d half luck. Of course he came in pre-op this morning and said, "There may be need for a 2nd go-around", back-pedaling a bit. Of course thats what happened. You can see I'm typing, which I cannot do on the day of a laser treatment. So even though I'm doing this twice, it hurts a little bit less. Although I read an article today saying lithotripsy can hurt the ioslets in your liver by causing scarring, that present problems later in life. So I'm watching that news carefully!
What I can tell you is that all these options beats passing them! That was THE WORST pain in my life! And while the pain from the laser, (and of course going through the back) hurt too, at least you know whats coming and they can treat the pain better and you know when it will end. As for post op back pain, I've had some. But I'm a Landscape Design& Build contractor. I find once I get physical and back to work again, the back problems subside fast. So you may want to look into some back exercises.
I also realized from the way they did this one, (They installed the stent alone, on Monday), that the stent is a huge cause of the pain itself. Every time you stop and start flow it pulls down on the edge of the kidney where they clip it on. But that lessons over the days it is in as the body gets used to it a bit and after the blood clots stop, (2-4 days after). I wish everyone great luck with their stones, pain and prognoses.
My son had been suffering wih very large, frequent kidney stones since he was 27. At the age of 30, exactly one week prior to his wedding day, he found himself in more pain from stones than he had ever experienced before. A CT scan this time showed 3 9-12 mm stones located in different areas of his right kidney. He underwent SWL for the 5th time in 3 years, but fortunately his urologist was keen enough to notice his trend toward producing these large, impassible stones as well as smaller ones (2-4 mm) that he had passed. My son was referred to an endocrinologist who evaluated the lab results that had already been ordered. Without even the need for further evaluation, he determined that my son’s calcium level was almost 10 times the norm. He wisely made the diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism and scheduled the same-day surgery to remove the obviously enlarged gland. The particular parathyroid gland, which was one of the 4 that are usually the size of a grain of rice, had grown to the size of a walnut. This surgery eliminated several symptoms that we had seen developing in my son’s overall health. He had become quite emotional, eventually leading to the point of true depression, and he seemed to be stooping over as he walked, which we later discovered was the beginning of osteoporosis. Though kidney stones are prevalent in many of our family members and there is no guarantee that he will not produce more due to genetic tendencies, the production and recurring episodes of chronic kidney stone production would be on par with the tendency of the normal population to do so. However, it should be noted that within one year, he did experience another kidney stone attack, and he was warned that, due to the large number of small stones that remained within his urinary tract, there still exists the possibility that the attacks, though less frequent, might continue until the remaining pre-operative kidney stones had passed. In the case of an individual who produces stones at an alarming rate, it is, according to both urologists and endocrinologists, well worth the effort to perform simple lab tests and, if necessary scans, to rule out hyperparathyroidism.
Sorry to say I had my stones lasered on Feb 27, 2013 and two stents inserted in my urinary tract(s) on both kidneys. Even medicated, the fragments felt like I was pissing out razor blades and the urine backwash to my kidneys was excruciatingly painful so much so I was literally screaming in agony. Not to mention my urine was so blood filled it looked like it came straight from my vein. But a week later my nightmare would end when those stents were removed so I thought. I asked the surgeon when my bleeding would stop and he replied "a couple of days" and offered up nothing more so I thought a couple of days and I'm back to normal. How wrong I was. Not only did the bleeding not stop I had the same symptoms as when I had the stones, the feeling of always needing a bowel movement, a sensation at the tip of the penis and anus and occassionaly my right side kidney feeling like it's ready to burst. This wasn't the worst of it either. I have a constant pain on my right side beside and slightly above my hip which I'm assuming I have a massive bladder infection. I went back to the hospital 10 days later and they contacted my surgeon who put me back on a 10 day supply of a urinary antibiotic and told me to go buy some Advil. Three weeks after the stent removal and no change I left a message at his office and said I was still bleeding, in pain and whether I should be worried. No response back. It's now March 24th, still pissing blood, still in pain, no meds and now researching on the internet complications from kidney stone lasering when I came across this blog.
Hello all,
Looking for some help here. I have had 22 surgical procedures on my stone factory. The last one they had to cut me open and cut out a section of the ureter that had collapsed. They then cut like an egg shaped flap off my kidney and rolled it in to a straw kind of and this was my "new" ureter. I have since had lots of pain in the kidney area and felt very septic almost like when the collapse took place. All the test they run come back ok but I still get this. Now they want to send me to some pain management clinic. Does this sound familiar to anybody else. Please help causing problems both at work and home. Thanks
I had two PCNL surgeries within the same week to remove a complete staghorn stone (for those unfamiliar, this is a more unusual stone that completely fills the cavities within the kidney - looks like a deer's antlers), so I had two drain tubes in my back in addition to the stent. About two weeks later, I ended up with an e coli infection, which is not very unusual with this type of surgery. It's been about three weeks since I was released from the hospital for the infection, but I'm experiencing severe muscle pain in the area where the surgery was. Has anyone else had this? How long did it last? Believe it or not, they still didn't get in all - may be going back for a third surgery - this time outpatient - to get the remaining pieces.
I had a turmor, the size of a golf ball removed from my kidney last dec 07 2012
they pain wasn't all that bad but the weakness was something. It,s still a little tender but bearable
I had it done at the VA hospital in Tucson,Az. they treated me like a king and if I had to do it over again, I would
the worrying was the worst part
I had a kidney stone last year and still have terrible pain on that same side. I have had two surgerys on that kidney to remove stones and two stints and three stones total. I do not ever want to do it again and i wonder if the pain is normal, i cannot lay on one side.
hello, im 33 years of age. i just got threw going threw what your about to go threw. its not that evil as they say. i had tubes in my back bc they had to drain for no infections. thats the only horrrible problem you will be faceing. their is no pain at all. i had 3 surgerys in 1 month bc i had huge huge stones. on my right kidney. i have 2 kids very young ages and im only been threw with my surgery for 2 weeks and ive already been roller skateing swimming and traveling . no issdues with me. so you should be stronger then ever :)