[livingwith]

During the month of March and part of this month, I dealing with the aftermath of my surgeries for kidney stones I had an 8.7 mm stone stuck in my left ureter. The doctor successfully removed half of the stone. But the other half shot back up my ureter because the nurse administered to much water during the procedure. I already had a 4 mm stone inside my left kidney. After my doctor told me he wouldn’t have to use a stent, he was forced to use one anyway since the other stone shot back...Read the full article

[karen+dan]

I am glad to hear your surgery was successful and your ordeal is over for now. My husband has been going through a similar situation for the last month. He has multiple stones which have left him relatively unscathed for the last 5 years or so. Not so this month. ER docs told us he had a 7mm stone on left side, upper 1/3 of uretar and smaller one on right. He ended up going in for a cystoscopy with the intention of breaking up the stone and removal, but the stone flew back into the kidney. He had stents put in (caused big pain to his surprise), but due to our insurance, we are unable to find anywhere to have an ESWL. One week later and he has a fever and is in much pain. I'm hoping his ordeal will be over soon, too.