I had a stone removed from my kidney Monday morning. Today is Thursday, afternoon. I was told I could remove the stent after three days.

I was really uncomfortable. I could feel the stent in my bladder; there was pain when peeing, and incontinence. Today I got fed up. I wasn't bleeding, everything seemed okay. I decided to go for it and remove the stent.

I took the prescribed antibiotic and took all the pain meds, then sat in a warm bath. It came out easily; I only felt it when the lower end of the stent came through.  Almost immediately I felt better.