Kidney Stones

[livingwith]

I had a 9mm stone removed with surgery back in February and still have mild to moderate pain on my right side. When I first went to my “doctor” with blood in my urine and pain in my right flank 3 months ago, he told me that he thought that I broke my rib. Funny.. because after 3 months since the surgery, I still have lingering mild to moderate pain and he STILL thinks that I have a broken rib…even though, last week I had more blood in my urine. Has anyone had this surgery and h...Read the full article

[oldest]

I am contemplating invasive surgery to have a large stone removed. What type of surgery did you have? I will ask how often pain remains, but I don't want to have surgery if there is much chance for pain to remain.

[racheld]

I had lithotripy just last fall. I remember that the procedure was not that bad. But afterward, my recovery was awful. For nearly two months, my entire side felt like it had been hit by a train. Every muscle ached and it literally hurt to do anything remotely strenuous. So I know exactly how you feel. I can say that I am fully recovered from the surgery now. But I also just got out of the ER today for yet another trip courtesy of kidney stones. So, although the surgery broke up that large stone on my left side, it is not the end-all of the matter. I am just assuming that I will be having that procedure again in the future and having kidney stones will be something that I will deal with for years to come. It is honestly horrible to think that at my age (27) I feel like an old lady with her medications and diet/exercise requirements. If I could wish away these stones, I would.

[Karen.Newton]

oh my God.. you better go to the doctor maybe some kidney stones during your surgery wasnt removed.

I had a succesfful surgery, thanked God.

Oh by the way a friend of mine has this blog right here passkidneystone.com and it helps me understand more about the importance of kidneys and how to get rid of that very paunful kidney stones.