Spent the morning in the hospital now waiting on it to pass. I know it's bad pain coming, anyone have any tips/recommendations?
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Anyone ever passed a kidney stone?
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The only thing that worked for me while in the hospital was the dilaudid...morphine did nothing.
It was two and a half months later when it passed, but this was surprisingly not painful at all...just happened out of nowhere while going to the bathroom, and no pain at all. I may have just been lucky, but it can certainly happen.
They should tell you at some point how big the kidney stone is, and this will determine whether they recommend doing surgery or trying to break it up.
This post was edited on 4/13 9:16 PM by jacknole24
It was two and a half months later when it passed, but this was surprisingly not painful at all...just happened out of nowhere while going to the bathroom, and no pain at all. I may have just been lucky, but it can certainly happen.
They should tell you at some point how big the kidney stone is, and this will determine whether they recommend doing surgery or trying to break it up.
This post was edited on 4/13 9:16 PM by jacknole24
They said it was 2 millimeters and that it would pass. Got the Diladated** this morning and that was only thing to stop the pain.
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Sorry you had to go through that...I remember that pain like it was yesterday. EMT's (who were women) told me that the pain is comparable to child birth. Not sure if they we're just trying to make me feel better, but I never felt anything like it. For the two months waiting for it to pass, I got brief bouts of minor pain, but nothing like that first night. I had read that the worst pain is in the beginning because this is when the stone passes through the most narrow part. In my case, that was certainly true...hope its the same for you.
Because nothing is ever easy in my life, mine wouldn't pass.
They did the ultrasound, and it stayed around.
So the docs gave me twilight sleep, and went in through my urethra to fetch it. But they couldn't reach it, and while I was under they installed a stint.
A few thoughts about a stint in your penis, tubes to your bladder: 1) It has a string attached so they can get it back out and every time you pee, the string pops out and abrades, and it's like peeing glass; 2) You pee blood red for the first few days, not whiskey color like before, when you just had a stone; 3) They won't let you leave the hospital until you empty your bladder, but it hurts so Gosh Dang Bad, it's just hard to pee; and 4) When they remove the stint a week later by pulling on the string, it feels like your balls are being pulled out your through your urethra.
Now I drink a lot of water, and take Cranberry Supplements daily, in hopes that I never ever do that again.
I hope you pass yours normally.
They did the ultrasound, and it stayed around.
So the docs gave me twilight sleep, and went in through my urethra to fetch it. But they couldn't reach it, and while I was under they installed a stint.
A few thoughts about a stint in your penis, tubes to your bladder: 1) It has a string attached so they can get it back out and every time you pee, the string pops out and abrades, and it's like peeing glass; 2) You pee blood red for the first few days, not whiskey color like before, when you just had a stone; 3) They won't let you leave the hospital until you empty your bladder, but it hurts so Gosh Dang Bad, it's just hard to pee; and 4) When they remove the stint a week later by pulling on the string, it feels like your balls are being pulled out your through your urethra.
Now I drink a lot of water, and take Cranberry Supplements daily, in hopes that I never ever do that again.
I hope you pass yours normally.
No, but I recently had major abdominal surgery, and they placed two stents inside of me. I am going to get them taken out on Monday. Do you want to take a guess at how the stents are removed?
I have had 2 stones the first one I had to have surgery for and the stent put in. I had the string hanging out already never had any problems with that and when they pulled it out all I had was a little pinch.
I made such a big deal about the lady pulling it out I wouldn't let her touch me until I told her to tell the truth about how bad it was going to hurt to pull it out. She called another nurse in and told me to lay on the table cause I seemed like the type to pass out. LOL
The 2nd stone I passed a few weeks later after the pain. I was peeing in the toilet and I just remember a poof like feel looked down and it was a nice size rock laying in the bottom of the toilet.
By far having stones is one of the worst pains anybody can have feeling like you need to pee but can't sucks.
I have had about 50 kidney stones over the past 30 years. You will need lithotripsy if they are too big to pass. If they are small enough to pass through the ureter (tube between kidney and bladder) you will likely need a heavy pain medication. As others mentioned, morphine is the only thing that can ease the pain many times. It can take from hours to weeks for a kidney stone to pass through the ureter.
I have found that taking AZO standard (urinary tract med) can help pass them as it calms spasms and can relax the constrained area. Also, drinking a concoction of lemon juice and oil can also help pass them. I mix the juice from about 5-10 lemons with an equal amount of olive oil. Hot tub soaks will also help.
I hope this helps!
I have found that taking AZO standard (urinary tract med) can help pass them as it calms spasms and can relax the constrained area. Also, drinking a concoction of lemon juice and oil can also help pass them. I mix the juice from about 5-10 lemons with an equal amount of olive oil. Hot tub soaks will also help.
I hope this helps!
To follow what ChimpNole said, my wife made that concoction of lemon juice and olive oil, and as nasty as it was (I drank it on two separate occasions), it's possible it may have helped since the passing of the stone was pretty much a non-event.
I think that it may be. I got my first one just after college. My son had his first when he was 19.... I have had about 10 lithotripsys for stones that were too large to pass.
My friend had them - toughest SOB I have ever known - and per his own admission he cried like a little bitch for a week.
Best of luck.
Best of luck.
