I just spent two days in the hospital for a 7mm stone that wouldn't pass. I had the lithotripsy procedure done to smash the stone so the
Pieces can pass. That was the worst pain that I have ever experienced.
Had one that was 10mm, had litho done and hell afterwards
Yes it’s ruff.
I had Litho on a 9mm and all was fine until a piece got hung up between my kidney and bladder. Worst pain I've ever dealt with was needing to pee but not being able to. Dilaudid (sp?) was the only way I made it until surgery to push it back into my kidney and another Litho a week later. I wasn't a fan of the stent that week with wires hanging out my business. The Dr. said I could go back to work with the stent and I told him BS as I had plenty of Sick and Annual leave available. The best words I've ever heard was sitting in the giant tub, high as a kite, hearing the Litho Dr. say "We pulverized it this time". Not a problem since. I even talked them into pulling out the stent while I was still numb from the waist down. One of the funniest stories is hearing Chuck Utsey from Selma describe having a stent and deciding to pull it out himself. Long story short, about half way out he ended up in the ER as you can imagine.
