Kidney stones from opiate use???

[corey411]

OK what's up with all of the kidney stones?? I have seen at least a dozen posts with kidney stones. There has to be some correlation between opiate use and kidney stones. My surgeon showed me mine on the CT scan and it's a white circle as big as a golfball. He feels it might be from chemicals but said that it's probably from my chemo. I keep thinking that he is gonna pull out a big white opiate that either says Endo or Watson on it lol. Just wondering if anyone else was told theirs was from chemicals?

[corey411]

Hey Eagle, wish they could crush it. I went to 2 surgeons and googled kidney stone surgery and the consenes was that they can't do that with real big stones. Mine is 3 1/2 cm. They tried to shrink it so I could have it removed with stents and ultra sound but no luck....I think I read that passing them is more painful for men. Longer urethra...if they're lucky. hehe

[drmwvrjean]

oh, it's alright!!  i am used to them by now....i spend about a week in the hospital each month.  it has sucked tyring to pass them with only tylenol or ibuprofen, but i have done it!!  thank you for your sympathies!!  no one knows what a killer they are until they get one!!  lol

[122 Tactical Fighter Group]

Optimum is to have them squished by ultrasound and dust passed.........passing even pin head size things is like giving birth to bowling ball........

[corey411]

Apparently they can. Did they do a CT scan on yours. I hear it's h@ll to pass them but I am going to have to have mine taken out with invasive surgery so it might be better to pass them or get them out with stents. My surgeon says I will need to be on a morphine drip or will have too much pain. I will only have 6 weeks clean and I'm really scared of the drugs.

[dominosarah]

ya mean they can sit in there and not come out????  Oh please tell me no!!!

[avisg]

ohhh girl I am so sorry .  I have a few in each kidney and I have passed a few but nothing like that