Good afternoon... sorry for the late posting. It's just kind of been "one of those days", after one of those weeks!!! I hope everyone has had a good day.
So, as I mentioned last week, I had the Laser Lithotripsy on my kidney stone on Thursday. It was not as bad as I'd anticipated, for which I'm grateful. They did have to put in a ureter stent in order for stone fragments to pass from the kidney to the bladder easier. I knew they were going to do that, so no surprise there. The surprise came on Friday, when I learned that the stent would have to stay in nearly a month or more vs the 2 weeks, I'd, originally, been told it would be there "about 2 weeks". When I left the surgery center on Thursday, they gave me a paper with an appointment for the 24th - okay, fine. On Friday, they called to see how I was doing and mentioned the appointment on the 24th. I asked if I could get the stent removed sooner than that if enough fragments of stone were passed and the lady said "oh no... you'll just come in for a visit with the doctor and if he's satisfied that everything is progressing normally, we'll make an appointment at the surgery center to have the stent removed. By the time it's all said and done, the stent will end up being there for well over a month vs the 2 weeks I was told. They had also said the stent removal would also be done as an office visit vs the surgical center. I guess they have to pay for the new surgical center and if they tell you the truth, you won't agree to have the procedure done.
The stent feels like I have a UTI - constantly have to go to the bathroom and there's a lot of pressure - very uncomfortable. I'm sure you can tell, I'm not a real happy camper!! I can always deal with whatever I need to deal with, as long as I know what that is. I absolutely can't stand for people to lie to me about these things.
Anyway, my activities are definitely curtailed and of course, it didn't help that my sister-in-law passed away and I missed her funeral yesterday. Although I can get around on my own, etc, there's no way I could have flown to St Louis, managing luggage, etc in my condition.
So - here we are and I'm pretty annoyed, but of course, we know I'll get over it, when the pain/discomfort is gone!! I'll definitely think twice before I recommend this doctor for this procedure, though.
Through all of this, and the digestive issues that have gone with taking pain medications for several days, I've lost 1.2 lbs. I'm off the pain med now, except at night when I sleep, so hoping the digestive issues will clear up on their on over the next few days. I'm back on my probiotics and prebiotics, so that should help.
Anyway, that's me - we had some errands to run this morning and after we got home and ate lunch, I was so tired I slept most of the afternoon. This has definitely stressed me, that's for sure!!
I hope everyone has had a good week and were able to reach your goals.
~~Wishing everyone a wonderful, successful week~~