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My stone story- lithotripsy
by: Kelly on Wed, Aug 20 2008
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Here’s my story:

It all started in May when I went to the dr. with symptoms of a UTI Had a ua and they confirmed UTI put me on antibiotics, took them for a week was symptom free for a week and it all returned. Went back, gave me more antibiotics, took them for a week, symptom free for 2 weeks and symptoms return, only worse.

I was in the bathroom all the time. Couldn’t leave. Constant urge to pee, though barely anything was coming out. I didn’t have the stone pain. I didn’t have burning. I just had the urgency to pee. My dr. sent me for a cat scan and found that I had 2 stones in my right kidney and 2 cysts and looked as though I’d already passed 1 stone.

I went to a urologist about a week later and he confirmed what my dr. said and set up an appt. for an IVP x-ray. (You get to do a lovely fleet prep for this). IVP confirmed the same thing, 2 stones in right kidney. So they set me up for lithotripsy. I was completely terrified. Didn’t know what to expect and oh yeah get to do a fleet prep again! So I scoured the internet for lithotripsy stories and could only find horror stories of course!

So I went in for my lithotripsy on 8-18-08. Wasn’t too bad at all. They put me completely under and did their thing and when I awoke I didn’t have much pain at all. I was kind of scared to pee at first but that went off without a hitch also. NO pain. They didn’t have to put a stent in and my stone, (only one left at the time), broke up easily. They sent me home with pain meds and nausea meds but I haven’t needed any of it. I’ve been passing fragments and it hasn’t been painful at all.

All in all I guess I’m one of the lucky ones that has had a good experience and I didn’t have to go through that pain. I hope this story helps anyone else who is scared of lithotripsy cause it isn’t that bad!! I can only hope i don’t have recurring stones and if I do I’m half as lucky as I was this time!
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  1. Sat, Oct 11 2008
    How big were your stones?...Read

August 2008

  • My First Stone - by Susan - (Mon, Aug 25 2008)
    It began with a pain in my left lower back last Saturday evening. I thought maybe it was the wooden chair I was sitting in at a small festival. By Sunday, I thought I had a UTI, except that I always voided. I have only had one UTI in my life and I don’t remember having back pain with it. [more..]
  • Possible kidney stones? - by DRS - (Mon, Aug 25 2008)
    Hello, I have been battling the following symptoms for a week: hematuria, frequent urination, pain in my right flank which is increased during urination, nocturia, fever, chills, pain in the groin and urine hesitancy. I was initially diagnosed in an urgent care facility with a kidney infection. [more..]
  • Ureteroscopy Stone Removal - by Angela - (Thu, Aug 21 2008)
    I have never posted anything on the internet but my experiences over the past month have kind of forced me to. After about 4 hits of renal colic, 9 days ago I had a stone fragmentation by ureteroscopy and a stent fitted. The urologist said this may cause some ‘discomfort’. [more..]
  • My stone story- lithotripsy - by Kelly - (Wed, Aug 20 2008)
    Here’s my story: It all started in May when I went to the dr. with symptoms of a UTI. [more..]
  • long history - by Heather - (Mon, Aug 18 2008)
    I can’t believe that in this day and age Doctors can’t find a solution to these buggers. I’ve had episodes of stones since 1987. Currently I have an 11mm stone in my left and 3 smaller ones in the right. I’ve tried their suggestions over the years(1st, don’t eat calcium) [more..]
  • Yahooooooo! no more stone - by Janet - (Thu, Aug 14 2008)
    I was so scared reading peoples experiences, then it hit me, people with good outcomes probably wouldnt take the time to share a story, so I decided to tell mine so far. My stone was a whopping 14mm. I felt pain in the front, not the back so had no clue this might be my kidney acting up. [more..]
  • still in pain - by Cheryl - (Mon, Aug 11 2008)
    I had a stone 4 years ago and 2 months ago I found out I had another one. I had a ESWL and stent put in. Urologist didn’t explain the after affects, had to go to my regular MD for that. He told me it would take 6-8 weeks before relief. [more..]
  • my Roc Gardens - by marci - (Mon, Aug 11 2008)
    For about 5 years now I have been have what my dr. said were mild uti’s –HA mild my … well 3 weeks ago i had such huge pain on my right side I had my husband take me to the ER at 3 am! Turns out I had a 9 mm stone stuck! [more..]
  • Cystoscopy - by CD - (Fri, Aug 08 2008)
    I have been in pain for over 8 weeks (lower left side and back). I also have blood in my urine. The CT scan showed a kidney stone in my left ureter. Today I had a cystoscopy and I thought I was going to have a ureteroscopy and a stent however the Dr could not find a stone only calcium deposits. [more..]
  • I though it was over……. - by Michael M. - (Wed, Aug 06 2008)
    but here we go again. Doctor found 0.75 mm stone in my left kidney. [more..]
  • in the dark - by why me - (Wed, Aug 06 2008)
    I realy dont know whats going on or what to expect..after have 4 to 5 UTI’s this year and experiening the worst pain in my lower back, nausea and constent vomitting [more..]

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