[livingwith]

This is my 4th incident with uretal stones, I now have a 5mm x 8mm stone, I am hoping my doctor will use a dissolveable stent made by boston scentific called TUDS temporary uretal discharge stent, if the dissolvable stent is used it will make removing the stent obsolete as the stent will dissolve. It is very uncomfortable to remove a standard uretal stent a few days or so after surgery but the dissolveable stent just dissolves thus no need for to have it removed a sometime after surgery.
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[angelsmom50]

Are you serious? They make stents that dissolve? I have bilateral stents right now that are scheduled to be taken out tomorrow. I always dread this and have always been annoyed because they will not leave the string on the stents so that I can remove it/them myself! Since I am a frequent flier you'd think they would at least leave the string(s). You can bet that tomorrow I am going to ask my uro about the dissolving stents!

This has been such a long, painful, frustrating journey for me..almost 15 years!