painful urinary stent removal

[principal56]

I have had kidney stones removed surgically on three occasions over the past ten years.  Each time the Dr. has left a stent in my urinary tract.  The first two times the stent had a string attached to it.  When the stent was removed it caused minimal discomfort.  The third time which was perfomed recently, the Dr. said he preferred not to attach a string to the stent.  I agreed, not knowing that I was agreeing to a procedure that was infinitely different from my previous experiences.  A week after surgery, I had the stent removed in the doctor's office.  No pain medication was administered.  The removal of the stent was one of the most painful events I have ever experienced.  Twice during the procedure, my bladder was filled with water.  This was also extremely painful.  
Is there justification for conducting such a procedure without measuires to abate the extres pain that it causes?

[sarahpain]

I. Just had a stent removed and I'm in more pain now then when I had it in .It has been 2 wk and now I can't eat and I have the diarrhea. I call the Dr office and they never call back. This is my second surgery first one didn't go so well but I was better by now..

[ConfusedCarolyn]

I had a stone for the first time end of last year and had a stent removed in a doctors office. It was excruciating to the point they almost sent for an ambulance as my boyfriend could not get there fast enough. They told me the reason I had the pain was because there must of been another stone in there. I had more pain than the first time I went in for the original stone. Now I have something wrong with me and I am trying to find out if it is related. I look like I am pregnant. I can eat the smallest item and I swell up. I am looking for answers. I am also nauseated a lot again like I was before my stone. I am so confused.

[Kathy1461]

I'm going for surgery on Wednesday but l'm getting out the stent on Friday will l be able to get the surgery done

[warney26]

I had different type of surgery but did have a stent in each kidney itself.  I had my bladder removed and a stoma formed so urine would permanently drain into an external bag. I had a stent in each kidney for the first 10 days (was in hospital just over two weeks.  they told me it may be a slightly uncomfortable sensation but to be honest I felt  little if anything. Maybe by then the extreme post surgery agony of the bladder removal etc had upped my tolerance lol

[jabez1972]

I had my transplant in 2009 but spoke to patients who had previously had the the stent removal. They said it was painful so i opted for a GA. No problem whatsoever the op went well and no post operation pain. well done NHS.

[lisat3380]

I was one of the many frightened to have my stint removed in the doctor's office.  I had read a number of accounts from those who experienced pain.  Yesterday, I had my left stint (right stint to be removed in 4 weeks) in the doctor's office.  The preparation time took longer than the stint removal.  I was given a Cipro to counteract any possible infection and a small pill (turns your urine orange) to counteract the possible burning when urinating following the procedure.  I was asked to undress from the waist down, sit on the table and placed with a large cover over my lower half.  The doctor came in and gave me a shot to ease the pain and calm my nerves.  Then I was asked to lean back with my ankles together.  In less than 2 minutes the stint was out.  There was no pain and only a few seconds of slight pressure.  I'm back at work today.  Except for some continuing pain from the right stint, and a bit of blood in the urine....I am GREAT!  Please don't worry about having this procedure done in the doctor's office.  It's really not bad at all.  The worry was worse than anything.  I too was use to having the procedure done under general anesthesia so I was worried.  Don't worry.  It'll be okay.