hello,I had a ureteroscopy on tues. the dr put a stent in and I had the option to remove it myself (there is a small string to pull) or go in the office and have the nurse take it out for me. Well I read some pretty horrible things about the pain of getting it removed so I opted to have a nurse take it out. Well I thought my appt was tomarrow but it was today and I missed it so I made the decision to just pull the damn thing out because I hate it!! So I did and I want to let you all know from my experience it wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought or heard it would be just a quick pain in my side.I just had to pull it slowly and with a little force not a lot and that was it! I feel awesome now. I did take some Advil well before I did it. I hope this helps relieve some anxiety. And please don’t judge my writing skills because I didn’t use any punctuations.