I just had a kidney stone blasted to smithereens by way of Lithotripsy. It had made it to the lower part of my ureter then screamed, “screw you ... I’m staying right here”. I had been having minute amounts of blood in my urine for 5 weeks so I figured it was only a matter of time before a stone made itself known.
I had Lithotripsy about 14 years ago for a stone that was lodged ½ down my ureter. Nothing like having pains that meet and exceed the pains of labor but without a cute little baby at the end!
The first Litho I had, they used general anesthesia. This time they used sedation. I was very nervous about this sedation thing, having never experienced it before. I just knew they would let me “wake up” and I’d feel something, but I didn’t. Plus, and a HUGE plus it was, I did NOT wake up hurling like I do with general anesthesia.
Now if they could find a CT or an x-ray that could locate the depression, and find a way to blast it to smithereens so I could piss it away, wouldn’t the world be a better place?!?
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Ouch!
Wishing you a very speedy recovery. I'm with you on the depression cure...
Hope things are going oK and that you have recovered fully.
Amen to that ;)
Gah, I have never had stones, but have heard enough stories to know that I never want them.
And, yes, it would be nice to have a depression blaster.
Hope you are feeling better now...
It seems a bit unfair that women get kidney stones as well as men...they can't get labour pains after all and I always thought that the stones were the only comparable thing that happened to them...
But of course, since when is life fair?
Bless your heart. I hope you are all better now.
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