pain after stent

[noot21]

I had a 5mm stone that could not be removed. The dr put stent in for 2 wks. Then he removed the stone and placed another stent in for a week. Close to the end of that week I began to have pain on the opposite side of where the stone and stent were... Is this normal?    I had no pain on that side before.  My husband thinks that the other kidney was over worked to compensate for the side that had the stone.... I'm not sure but it's freaking me out... Can anyone help??? TIA

[Unclebuck257]

You are very welcome and I'm glad I could help you figure this out. What I honestly don't understand and you might want to ask your Dr. is WHY when he/she went in and got that 5mm stone, IF he/she knew about your two other stones, that they didn't go get them at the same time, even though they were in the opposite kidney? I guess maybe it was because these two other stones were much smaller and with their size, your Dr though they should be able to pass on their own, but my gosh!!, they were in there (your bladder and upward) anyway. Oh well, as I said in my initial post, I am not a physician and only a fellow kidney stone sufferer, with many years of experience dealing with these nasty little things. Please let us know when you pass them. Are you using a strainer when you urinate to see when they pass? Your Dr. should have given you one. Those too are nasty things and a pain to use, but definitely serve a good purpose.

[noot21]

Thank you so much!!! I went in to see the dr and I do have more stones. 2 on the left side now. 1mm & 2mm. But they already knew that!!! What! And nobody told me. They said that they were not causing any pain so they didn't bother with them. I'm like, not even a warning????? Ugh! Anywho, I'm taking the flomax again so hopefully they'll pass. I'm so over theses darn stones and I absolutely REFUSE to get another stent..... lo. Thanks for you help! You were dead on the money. Lol

[Unclebuck257]

When you have a 5mm stone, it is my understanding as a non physician and just a plain old kidney stone sufferer for 30 plus years, that your kidney with the stone functions normally, unless the stone is blocking the flow of urine from that kidney, in which case that kidney swells up and the pain would be in the kidney with the stone. Your 5mm stone has been removed and therefore that stone isn't blocking anything now though and any backed up urine would have drained from the kidney with the stone quickly after the stone was removed. If you are having pain in the opposite kidney and since you obviously now know you produce kidney stones, maybe you have developed a new stone in your other kidney too and that's causing the pain. Regarding your husband's thinking, it makes sense if a person is not familiar with kidney stones. That stent should have helped your kidney and helped your ureta to heal . It should have caused you only minor discomfort while in. If your problem continues, I'd strongly suggest that you contact your Urologist for a follow up appointment to have it checked out.

I have had, in the past when I had a stone they had to go get out and then put in a stent for a week or two, what I call "aftershocks" . That's pain just like having a stone, but the pain is very sporatic, never lasts more than two days and usually only one day, and the pain was from the same kidney that had the stone removed. That hasn't happened but twice in all these years though. As I said, please follow up with your Urologist because you may have something else he/she needs to address. Good Luck and please let us know how you make out.