OT Kidney Stones

[temery]

Stuck near the lower end of the ureter, according to the CT scan. The pain is George Mason level.

That's a good thing. They can just reach up and get it.

 

[Adios]

6 Easy Ways to Prevent Kidney Stones

 

[Jaker]

easily the worst pain of my life

 

[huskiesouth]

That's a good thing. They can just reach up and get it.

Well yes, except for the stent thing, at least that’s what I needed when the stone had moved too far for the blasting procedure, stone had to be removed surgically, procedure no big deal but removing stent was world class pain but only lasted a few seconds.

 

[temery]

6 Easy Ways to Prevent Kidney Stones

#4 will surprise you!

 

[temery]

but removing stent was world class pain but only lasted a few seconds.

I guess that would depend on the ... ummmm .... length of stent needed.

 

[huskiesouth]

I guess that would depend on the ... ummmm .... length of stent needed.

So now I know what the surgeon meant as I was going under when he said “We need the extra small”. But it still had an eye hook on one end which he failed to mention until after he had pulled it out the next week, saying the usual “You may feel a little pinch” just before I cried for my mommy

 

[UconnAngel]

?????

Is Kidney Stone related to Diamond???

Yes, only if they are found in Maryland.

 

[Greathusky]

I have had them 3 times, but the last time was about 40 years ago.
I've had a couple heart attacks. Kidney stones were worse.
I've had gangrene of the scrotum. Kidney Stones were worse.

Passing them - as in pissing them out - is nothing but relief. It getting them from the kidney to the bladder that kills you.

My wife has had them twice in recent years. She said it was far worse than childbirth. Both times, she had to get lithotripsy to break up the stone.

I stopped reading at "gangrene of the scrotum".

 

[RichZ]

I stopped reading at "gangrene of the scrotum".

The fall of '76 was not a good one for me. I was in the hospital on a refrigerated mattress with a suction tube jammed into a gash in my side and the jewels hanging out on their own, with no bag to call home. From Labor Day until the day after Thanksgiving. Or it may have been '77. I've been trying to forget ever since.

 

[huskyrob1]

Don't worry, this time I went to the ER first. Some CT scans revealed kidney stones and I'm just wondering if anyone else here has dealt with them and what level of misery I'm in for when they pass.

I'm a veteran, have dealt with them for seven years now. Had my first attack at 3am seven years ago. Second attack last September. Each time the worst pain by far comes when the stone first tries to make it's way out of your kidney and into the ureter, once it reaches the bladder the pain eases and gets several orders of magnitude less intense as it travels into the urethra and out. Just before you pass it you will probably feel a pinch or momentary sharp pain, but nothing compared to when the stone makes it's way down the ureter. First attack I coated the walls in St V's ER with so much vomit, just from the intense pain, would have put Linda Blair to shame. Have had Lithotripsy twice. If you need a good urologist, Larry Muldoon in Fairfield is the best.

 

[RichZ]

Have had Lithotripsy twice. If you need a good urologist, Larry Muldoon in Fairfield is the best.

Muldoon is our urologist. He did my wife's lithotripsies as well.

 

[jibsey]

I have had them 3 times, but the last time was about 40 years ago.
I've had a couple heart attacks. Kidney stones were worse.
I've had gangrene of the scrotum. Kidney Stones were worse.

Passing them - as in pissing them out - is nothing but relief. It getting them from the kidney to the bladder that kills you.

My wife has had them twice in recent years. She said it was far worse than childbirth. Both times, she had to get lithotripsy to break up the stone.

I know I shouldn't ask this but curiosity is a terrible thing, "gangrene of the scrotum"? What the H?

 

[RichZ]

I know I shouldn't ask this but curiosity is a terrible thing, "gangrene of the scrotum"? What the H?

OK, enough people have asked, so now we get to live the whole dire mess all over again.
Late summer, 1976. Or maybe it was 77.
Pain in stomach.
Appendicitis.
Appendix leaked.
Docs thought they got it in time and cleaned everything up.
Sent me home on the Friday before Labor Day.
4AM Saturday, I'm back, with a 105 degree temp.
Peritonitis.
"Wildfire" abscess filled every cavity in my torso.
And my sack. Stretched it to the size of a volley ball. Stretched skin so tight, blood vessels squeezed shut.
Gangrene ensued.
95% of sack removed. Just one little tab of undamaged tissue remained.
Several articles were written in medical journals about it.
Every night one of the two student nurses who were assigned to me would scrape puss off my nuts with gauze. It hurt ALMOST as much as a kidney stone stuck in the ureter.
One of them was particularly hot. I learned that everything down there still functioned, even with the guys hanging out in the open air.
I was on a refrigerated bed with a suction tube jammed through a gash in my side for months.
Eventually, they pushed the guys up into my abdomen and stitched that little tab of good tissue across the gap, and promised me that it would grow back.
The sent me home on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Sack did grow back, but heavily favored the left side, where the little tab had been.
So now I have two left nuts.

Aren't you glad you asked?

 

[ZenConn]

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[jibsey]

OK, enough people have asked, so now we get to live the whole dire mess all over again.
Late summer, 1976. Or maybe it was 77.
Pain in stomach.
Appendicitis.
Appendix leaked.
Docs thought they got it in time and cleaned everything up.
Sent me home on the Friday before Labor Day.
4AM Saturday, I'm back, with a 105 degree temp.
Peritonitis.
"Wildfire" abscess filled every cavity in my torso.
And my sack. Stretched it to the size of a volley ball. Stretched skin so tight, blood vessels squeezed shut.
Gangrene ensued.
95% of sack removed. Just one little tab of undamaged tissue remained.
Several articles were written in medical journals about it.
Every night one of the two student nurses who were assigned to me would scrape puss off my nuts with gauze. It hurt ALMOST as much as a kidney stone stuck in the ureter.
One of them was particularly hot. I learned that everything down there still functioned, even with the guys hanging out in the open air.
I was on a refrigerated bed with a suction tube jammed through a gash in my side for months.
Eventually, they pushed the guys up into my abdomen and stitched that little tab of good tissue across the gap, and promised me that it would grow back.
The sent me home on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Sack did grow back, but heavily favored the left side, where the little tab had been.
So now I have two left nuts.

Aren't you glad you asked?

Thanks for the revisit Rich, makes me ashamed that I cried after stubbing my toe.

 

[Adios]

This thread is making me drink water.

 

[Hankster]

Good News Gentlemen:

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I'm screwed.

 

[Hankster]

I can't explain the respect I have for you for fighting through all of that, Rich. But you can't just casually drop in gangrene of the scrotum and not expect a call out.

WTF?

Richie-Zpack!

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ROFLMAO You beat me to it. I was going to ask the same thing. I read that and my legs crossed automatically! I have heard of blue bauls but gangrene?

 

[huskymedic]

Several articles were written in medical journals about it.

Got a link?

 

[Hankster]

I stopped reading at "gangrene of the scrotum".

LOL!

 

[Hankster]

OK, enough people have asked, so now we get to live the whole dire mess all over again.
Late summer, 1976. Or maybe it was 77.
Pain in stomach.
Appendicitis.
Appendix leaked.
Docs thought they got it in time and cleaned everything up.
Sent me home on the Friday before Labor Day.
4AM Saturday, I'm back, with a 105 degree temp.
Peritonitis.
"Wildfire" abscess filled every cavity in my torso.
And my sack. Stretched it to the size of a volley ball. Stretched skin so tight, blood vessels squeezed shut.
Gangrene ensued.
95% of sack removed. Just one little tab of undamaged tissue remained.
Several articles were written in medical journals about it.
Every night one of the two student nurses who were assigned to me would scrape puss off my nuts with gauze. It hurt ALMOST as much as a kidney stone stuck in the ureter.
One of them was particularly hot. I learned that everything down there still functioned, even with the guys hanging out in the open air.
I was on a refrigerated bed with a suction tube jammed through a gash in my side for months.
Eventually, they pushed the guys up into my abdomen and stitched that little tab of good tissue across the gap, and promised me that it would grow back.
The sent me home on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Sack did grow back, but heavily favored the left side, where the little tab had been.
So now I have two left nuts.

Aren't you glad you asked?

That is some story Rich. Going through that? You are the man, and I mean that as a compliment. I could not imagine how I would react. A mistake by medical staff put you through that.

 

[ZooCougar]

OK, enough people have asked, so now we get to live the whole dire mess all over again.
Late summer, 1976. Or maybe it was 77.
Pain in stomach.
Appendicitis.
Appendix leaked.
Docs thought they got it in time and cleaned everything up.
Sent me home on the Friday before Labor Day.
4AM Saturday, I'm back, with a 105 degree temp.
Peritonitis.
"Wildfire" abscess filled every cavity in my torso.
And my sack. Stretched it to the size of a volley ball. Stretched skin so tight, blood vessels squeezed shut.
Gangrene ensued.
95% of sack removed. Just one little tab of undamaged tissue remained.
Several articles were written in medical journals about it.
Every night one of the two student nurses who were assigned to me would scrape puss off my nuts with gauze. It hurt ALMOST as much as a kidney stone stuck in the ureter.
One of them was particularly hot. I learned that everything down there still functioned, even with the guys hanging out in the open air.
I was on a refrigerated bed with a suction tube jammed through a gash in my side for months.
Eventually, they pushed the guys up into my abdomen and stitched that little tab of good tissue across the gap, and promised me that it would grow back.
The sent me home on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Sack did grow back, but heavily favored the left side, where the little tab had been.
So now I have two left nuts.

Aren't you glad you asked?

That doesn’t sound that bad.

 

[ZenConn]

Pics or it's not true.

 

[joober jones]

Suddenly now I don't feel so unfortunate.