Lithotripsy didn't happen.

[The Jogger]

I headed out today to get my lithotripsy and get rid of my kidney stone, which I've had for over 5 months. Got to the hosp, did all the questions and took the pain relief up my rear. Went in for the procedure only to be told that the fecker has moved into a position between kidney and bladder in an area that they now can't do the lithotripsy. I will probably now have to have an op with general anesthetic It has prevented me from either jogging or cycling this year as I think this is what caused it to move and left me in bad pain but it might be a way of getting it out. So on advice I will return to cycling, drink plenty and take some declofenec to see if the 7mm stone will pass naturally. Anything but an op, so at least back to some form of exercise but thoroughly pissed off.
Sorry for rant...................

 

[doctornige]

7mm is just beyond the threshold for being reasonable to pass. Bad news on the litho. My wife ended up with failed litho and then flexible ureterscopy and laser fragmentation under general. There was still a 2mm fragment to pass.

 

[The Jogger]

Oh, god help her, I've just been reading about taking lemon juice and olive oil to try and pass them, I might try that..........

 

[doctornige]

I you are going to pass a 7mm stone, you will also require diclofenac, codeine (or tramadol if your GP is feeling frisky), paracetamol, and possibly Valium. I could tell you how to take that lot, but this is not the place for that. Basically, you need to take an opiate, an NSAID and paracetamol on rotation. Trust me that passing a stone is supposedly more painful than being shot.

 

[The Jogger]

I you are going to pass a 7mm stone, you will also require diclofenac, codeine (or tramadol if your GP is feeling frisky), paracetamol, and possibly Valium. I could tell you how to take that lot, but this is not the place for that. Basically, you need to take an opiate, an NSAID and paracetamol on rotation. Trust me that passing a stone is supposedly more painful than being shot.

Ha, I have those in the cupboard apart from the valium. I very rarely take them and have only taken a tramadol once, they were prescribed to me after I had to get the ambulance out, when it moved. The pain was bad.....

 

[Crackle]

An understandable rant. I was hoping for a quick outcome for you after your first post on this as I know a few people who've had this drag on but it seems as though Kidney stones are not things for quick outcomes.

 

[The Jogger]

Thanks Crackle, I was hoping for a quick outcome myself but hey hoo.

 

[doctornige]

OK, Jogger. You are tooled up. Here is the thing: you must NOT take adult doses of paracetamol closer than 4 h apart. You you go: paracetamol, 2h, NSAID (on full stomach), 2h, opioid, 2h, repeat. That gives you multimodal pain control without killing your liver or your guts. Side effects: constipation from the opiate, tummy rumbles from the NSAID. Please use this as a guide in discussions with a healthcare professional. I am not one.

 

[The Jogger]

Thanks, tooled up maybe, I usually avoid meds like the plague but with kidney stone pain you could quite easily jump off the forth bridge to kill it ( no intentions of that ).

 

[The Jogger]

Update on kidney stone marathon, went to urologist today, xray and meeting. He told me it had moved down the uretha and was stuck, he also said the stone was huge and I would now need an op and maybe two ops to sort it, also might need a stent inserted. I said but it's only 7mm, they told me last time but alas he said there is no way you will pss this, so op on 5th Apr at least this should sort it and normal activities resume, as in cycling, jogging etc etc

 

[doctornige]

Good luck! Stents sound innocuous, but the result is a near constant desire to pee!

 

[astrocan]

Best of luck for the 5th.