Stone update This is playing out like a poor version of Days of our Lives

[Frodo]

Went to the Dick Doctor (more on that pun later) yesterday to have the stint removed
Doctor Dick looked at the CT scan and informed me Ihad huge stones. I thanked him for the compliment then asked him to tell me about the rocks in my kidney. I was given a blank stare with 3 eye blinks
He said the stint needs to stay and he is going to surgically remove the stones
ME, No, negative, look doc, you gave me tramadol for pain that is useless. I have been walking the hall every night in pain can not sleep, so before we go another farther this is the way it is going to be
You will prescribe real pain meds Ie opioids or pull the stint and I see another Dr. Again the eye blinking
It is against our policy…
I do not give a damn about policy and your political bologna
Either prescribe pain meds or pull the stint

He blinked again and called yhe pharmacy
Fork these idiots Iam a 64 year old grumpy ass man that is not a junky and refuse to be treated with disrespect

 

[zoomzoom]

Kidney stones suck. I was laid up last month due to several stones. I passed about 30 of them. I still have more in the kidneys.

Some questions.
Are your stones still in the kidney(s) or in the ureter? If still in the kidney, what's the cause for the pain? The stent itself?
How big are the stones? The CT should give an accurate measurement.
Are they going to let you try and pass them first before doing any procedures?
What procedure(s) are they considering for breaking up the stones?

It's kind of weird to me they put the stent in first. Did they give you a medication called Flomax (aka Tamulosin)?
https://www.drugs.com/flomax.html
I used Flomax and yea, obviously with some pain, passed 8mm stones without much issue.

For me, if they go in surgically (invasive procedure) to blast the stones, that's when they're going to put in the stent which will give the remaining stone parts a smoother, less painful path through the ureter.

 

[Peanut]

Alternative... look for something called "Stone Breaker" tincture at a herbal medicine shop. The tincture is usually a mix of herbs including hydrangea or joe pye weed. It'll dissolve kidney and gall stones, usually in hours or over night.

Or if you can find tincture made from just hydrangea or joe pye. I've posted about both plants here... also called gravel root.

https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/gravel-root-hydrangea.13292/
https://www.homesteadingforum.org/threads/gravel-root-joe-pye.6206/

 

[Frodo]

Kidney stones suck. I was laid up last month due to several stones. I passed about 30 of them. I still have more in the kidneys.

Some questions.
Are your stones still in the kidney(s) or in the ureter? If still in the kidney, what's the cause for the pain? The stent itself?
How big are the stones? The CT should give an accurate measurement.
Are they going to let you try and pass them first before doing any procedures?
What procedure(s) are they considering for breaking up the stones?

It's kind of weird to me they put the stent in first. Did they give you a medication called Flomax (aka Tamulosin)?
https://www.drugs.com/flomax.html
I used Flomax and yea, obviously with some pain, passed 8mm stones without much issue.

For me, if they go in surgically (invasive procedure) to blast the stones, that's when they're going to put in the stent which will give the remaining stone parts a smoother, less painful path through the ureter.

Stones in kidney and urethia. They blasted the urethia stones and I have been passing those for 2 weeks
The pain is because the stint itself is blocked and a boulder is pressing against a nerve, this causes electrical. (Nerve) shocks in my who who and in the calf of my leg to my big toe
Ever piss on a electric fence as a kid? You got your who who zapped and fell on your ass
This is happening to me 5 or 6 times a day

 

[Frodo]

Other news
No one seems to give a what about the growth in the left kidney. Which is what started all of these tests in the first place
Still have not had a evaluation is to cancerous or benign guess that will get sorted out after the rocks are gone

 

[Frodo]

Wifey told me that back in the 80,s when I was into bathtub crank that I should have expected this in my older years

Damn that woman, She always tells me truth even when I don’t wanna hear it

I kinda think that is sexy

 

[zoomzoom]

Other news
No one seems to give a what about the growth in the left kidney.

Do you have access to the CT scan results? Our health system sends results to the patients at the same time it sends it to the doctors. The results should give info about the mass but a biopsy may be required to determine its composition and whether it's malignant or benign. The results should also state the size of the stone(s).

Did the CT scan give the size of the stones (both the ureter and kidney)? I've never had a stent before but it doesn't really sound like it's doing much good if a stone is stuck in it. Did the doctor say anything about removing the stent with the stone coming out with it? In my mind, a stent is about the same as a catheter but in a different bodily tube. My doc said they won't give me a catheter in that it's not a big enough diameter to allow large stones to pass through it. Sounds like your stent is doing the same thing of not letting the stone(s) get through.

 

[Sparky_D]

Other news
No one seems to give a what about the growth in the left kidney. Which is what started all of these tests in the first place
Still have not had a evaluation is to cancerous or benign guess that will get sorted out after the rocks are gone

Fortunately, most growths on the kidney, if cancerous, are very slow growing.

In the 3 years from detection to ablation, my cancer only grew half a millimeter.

 

[Cascadian]

Wifey told me that back in the 80,s when I was into bathtub crank that I should have expected this in my older years

Damn that woman, She always tells me truth even when I don’t wanna hear it

I kinda think that is sexy

Any of us doing bathtub crank in 80's wasn't expecting to have older years.

 

[Weedygarden]

Bathtub crank? Never heard of it, but just looked it up on the interwebs. Hmmmm I think it is great that you are not using that anymore and that you are still with us.

 

[DrJenner]

Kidney stones are usually caused by oxalate crystals, you can also take cranberry pills (juice has a lot of sugar in it)
Flomax will help dilate the ureter to make it easy to pass. Toradol injection is the best for the pain as it’s anti-inflammatory.
They should also be able to remove the stent and go in and do a lithotripsy to break up the stones.
My dad had this done, he’s 89. The urologist was a total dick to him also. He couldn’t pee after and they wanted to send him home. I had to call up and escalate things to the nursing supervisor there. They scanned his bladder and he had more than a liter in there, which meant he bought an overnight stay and a Foley catheter. Of course he was super upset about that but it was better than his bladder bursting.
Hope you feel better!

 

[Haertig]

Fortunately, most growths on the kidney, if cancerous, are very slow growing.

My dad died of kidney cancer three months after diagnosis.

 

[Grimm]

My mom needs her hip replaced. The socket is crumbling and the ball on the femur is all but gone. She was given a course of pain meds to last 2 weeks. She took them sparingly because she hates meds. Months later she was still in pain so she went to the doctor to get a new prescription. The P.A. puts in a lab order for a drug test before she would give my mom the prescription.

Yeah. My dad had a few choice words for the doctor about his P.A.

My mom is getting the surgery in Jan.

 

[Magus]

Bathtub crank...how the hell did any of us wild kids live this long?
I blew out 3 little rocks a couple of months back drinking diet coke.
I thought I was either going to bleed to death or pass out from pain and then break my neck falling off the stoop.

 

[Haertig]

The P.A. puts in a lab order for a drug test before she would give my mom the prescription.

The P.A. probably did this because her supervising physician or employer told her she had to (P.A.'s require a supervising physician, N.P.'s don't).

We can blame this mess on the druggies in our midst. My wife has to be careful prescribing narcs. She always reviews the patient history, looks at never-seen-before patient vs. long-time patient, uses her gut instincts, and does other things that are required (some by her employer, some possibly by law - but I don't know the details of the requirements).

If I am congested, I have to talk to the pharmacist to get the Sudafed because it's held behind the counter these days. And every time you buy it, your are tracked.

My wife had a minor day surgery and was prescribed a narc. They required her to get Narcan Rx filled as well. No choice on that one.

The druggies have caused all this.

 

[Grimm]

The P.A. probably did this because her supervising physician or employer told her she had to (P.A.'s require a supervising physician, N.P.'s don't).

We can blame this mess on the druggies in our midst. My wife has to be careful prescribing narcs. She always reviews the patient history, looks at never-seen-before patient vs. long-time patient, uses her gut instincts, and does other things that are required (some by her employer, some possibly by law - but I don't know the details of the requirements).

If I am congested, I have to talk to the pharmacist to get the Sudafed because it's held behind the counter these days. And every time you buy it, your are tracked.

My wife had a minor day surgery and was prescribed a narc. They required her to get Narcan Rx filled as well. No choice on that one.

The druggies have caused all this.

I get it but the doctor is the one she has been seeing since her a-fib was diagnosed. She was offered narcs after each of her surgeries for it and she said NO. Even when they replaced her pacemaker twice. She will not take aspirin unless she has to. I am very much like her in this. I didn't take my pain meds after both my c-sections.

 

[Magus]

My shrink gives me stuff that would tranquilize a good sized pony.

 

[Magus]

Ahhh. suddenly things become clear! I only have one fully functional kidney!
https://www.krystexxa.com/uncontrol...c21a9c7e541f1ca45c55ff07a5e366fd&gclsrc=3p.ds
Dig this Frodo!
https://www.urologyspecialistsnc.com/3-ways-to-pass-kidney-stones/

 

[Frodo]

Bathtub crank? Never heard of it, but just looked it up on the interwebs. Hmmmm I think it is great that you are not using that anymore and that you are still with us.

Misleading name, 2/ ingredients
An over the counter —— cold——medicine and a really nasty chemical hydrochloriic acid mixed , then the liquid made to evaporate over a stove burner
The stinch will take your breath away as it cooks

 

[Magus]

That's the "clean" method. the kitchen sink chemists use drain cleaner or around here, buffer acid. Hence the burn as it goes up your nose and the need to snort water behind it.

 

[Frodo]

After 5 or six days without sleep you start to see movement out of the corner of Your eye. This is the famous meth monster he tells you things but you never actually see him only glimpses as he darts. around the room, at this point you are in full blown psychotic state and are a danger to yourself and other’s

 

[Frodo]

Yeah Backpacker, we used to think that was fun. Then a funny thing happened.
We grew up

 

[Bacpacker]

Yeah Backpacker, we used to think that was fun. Then a funny thing happened.
We grew up

Yep. Funny how time changes things.

 

[Magus]

Growing old sucks more than growing up. I want to roll down a hill in a D-9 tire trashed out of my mind making a puke fan tail again! LOL

 

[Frodo]

Yep. Funny how time changes things.

I was standing in my yard and found some kind of freaky fungus that had killed off a spot in the yard. I reached down pulled a handful then put it in my cigerate pack. Then I started to laugh, neighbor thought I had lost my mind
In reality I was laughing at the irony
Of sticking grass in my cigerate pack something I had done hundreds of times but the name damn sure was not Saint Augustine. Lol

 

[Frodo]

do you feel my pain????

 

[zoomzoom]

Yep!!! Glad you passed them. Bet you're feeling A LOT better now.
How big are the largest ones?

 

[Sourdough]

WOW.....and all this time I assumed being a 76 y/o alcoholic might eventually become an issue. Did not appreciate my blessed existence.

 

[Frodo]

Yep!!! Glad you passed them. Bet you're feeling A LOT better now.
How big are the largest ones?

Todays haul, half the size of a dime
I was voiding, then it stopped, then these 2 shot out like a cannon. Lol
Instant relief

 

[kd4ulw]

That gives new meaning to ‘fire in the hole.’