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Pain after Ureter Stent removal
I had a stent for 1 week after my 1st stone was removed. Since the removal of the stent, I have had waves of severe back pain similar to the initial pain I had when I discovered the stone. I heard the ureter can spasm as it heals and this blocks the urine flow in the kidney causing the pain. How long should this last? What is the best way of managing the pain?
Had my stent removed today and it was a piece of cake. One tiny pinch for a second was all I felt. I timed the doctor and it took 40 seconds altogether. He laughed and said it usually just takes him 30 seconds but since I was taking Pyridium, the urine in my bladder was cloudy and it took a few extra seconds to find the end of the stent.
To prepare for the pain everyone seems to have after stent removal, I took two Aleves 90 minute beforehand. The nurse gave me some pills that she said are similiar to Pyridium which she said both would help a lot. Then when I got home an hour after the stent removal I could start feeling some mild kidney pain so I took an Oxybutynin which is supposed to help with spasms. Three hours after the stent removal the pain started getting pretty bad so I also took a Tramadol. I laid on the couch for 3 more hours and then the pain stopped completely. I hope it doesn't come back. It was pretty bad but not as bad as a kidney stone attack. Has never hurt to pee like with other people.
After the doctor removed the stent he informed me that I also have an 8 mm stone in the other kidney and I will be scheduled for the shock wave procedure very soon. I hope like anything this stone doesn't drop into the ureter before then because I never want another stent again.
To prepare for the pain everyone seems to have after stent removal, I took two Aleves 90 minute beforehand. The nurse gave me some pills that she said are similiar to Pyridium which she said both would help a lot. Then when I got home an hour after the stent removal I could start feeling some mild kidney pain so I took an Oxybutynin which is supposed to help with spasms. Three hours after the stent removal the pain started getting pretty bad so I also took a Tramadol. I laid on the couch for 3 more hours and then the pain stopped completely. I hope it doesn't come back. It was pretty bad but not as bad as a kidney stone attack. Has never hurt to pee like with other people.
After the doctor removed the stent he informed me that I also have an 8 mm stone in the other kidney and I will be scheduled for the shock wave procedure very soon. I hope like anything this stone doesn't drop into the ureter before then because I never want another stent again.
Came across this site looking for info on stent removal and am blown away at all the comments of severe pain afterwards. I had the laser lithotripsy yesterday for an 11 mm and a 4 mm stone that was imbedded right where the kidney exits to the ureter.
Anyway, I'm going to follow the advice of several others here that said they took pain meds before the stent removal. I have one of those arrogant urologists that's too busy to talk to his patients and in fact forgot to write a script for pain meds when I was released from the hospital yesterday. The nurses had to find another doctor for that.
I will let you all know on Monday how the stent removal (no string) goes. Which I wonder, why doesn't everyone get a string which sure sounds a lot easier.
Anyway, I'm going to follow the advice of several others here that said they took pain meds before the stent removal. I have one of those arrogant urologists that's too busy to talk to his patients and in fact forgot to write a script for pain meds when I was released from the hospital yesterday. The nurses had to find another doctor for that.
I will let you all know on Monday how the stent removal (no string) goes. Which I wonder, why doesn't everyone get a string which sure sounds a lot easier.
Just as a follow-up... The stent was removed four days after I had the kidney stone out. After that, I felt intense pain just the day the stent was removed. Then I was peeing blood for about 10 days after the stent was removed - this included a lot of blood clots. In fact, I had to get up at night every hour or so when a clot popped out. During the day, it was sort of like having a light period - blood flow throughout the day even when I wasn't peeing.
Then the 10th day it just stopped and everything was fine.
Now I'm on a low-oxalate diet and also the doctor recommends low salt and low protein so I'm trying to merge the low-oxalate diet with the dash diet (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/new_dash.pdf)
Then the 10th day it just stopped and everything was fine.
Now I'm on a low-oxalate diet and also the doctor recommends low salt and low protein so I'm trying to merge the low-oxalate diet with the dash diet (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/heart/hbp/dash/new_dash.pdf)
The evening of 02/20/13 I felt uncomfortable but thought it was menstrual cramps since I haven't really known anyone who had a kidney stone before. I took some Ibuprofren and tried sleeping but couldn't get comfortable and it just felt worse and worse. I had to get up to throw up a few times and couldn't even keep down sips of water.
Finally about 2 am I got up because lying down was agony. But sitting was worse and walking wasn't much better but it seemed help. I saw that a friend of mine who is a nurse was online. She told me it was probably a kidney stone and to get to the ER.
They gave me some morphine and then did a CT scan within an hour or two of my arrival. After about 4 or 5 hours, I finally felt relief from pain and got an hour of sleep. I think I talked to a few doctors throughout but don't really remember much of that.
When I woke up they were ready to discharge me. I had a 7.5 mm stone. The nurse told me my discharge orders were to get a prescription for 800-mg ibuprofren, norco and flowmax, then watch for the stone. She gave me a collection kit to pee into and grab the stone if it emerged. I was supposed to make an appointment with the urologist the next day. The nurse then told me she didn't agree with the orders because she had never seen anyone pass naturally a stone larger than 5 mm. She told me that if the pain got too much so the pain killers couldn't control it and if I started vomiting a lot then I needed to get back to the ER.
I managed to be seen by the urologist's PA later that day. She said she thought 6 mm was the largest a person could pass on their own and set me up with a surgery later that day. The urologist broke the kidney stone up with a laser, pulled out the larger chunks and inserted a stent.
That was all on a Thursday, so Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I just drank a lot of water and took my meds - a flowmax each morning with an ibuprofren and norco every 6 hours. I was not in any pain, but there was a lot of discomfort. I noticed if I didn't drink regularly and pee regularly, then I saw a lot more blood in my urine and was much more uncomfortable. So I tried to pee every 20-30 minutes and just sipped water almost continuously.
Monday (02/25) I went in to have the stent removed. It was not pleasant, and it was intensely uncomfortable but the discomfort last less than a second and it was out. I felt immediate relief and could tell right away that it was not in my body, even though my bladder was still cramping and feeling urgent.
I went home and about an hour later was in incredible pain - it felt like the kidney stone was back or something. I called the office and talked to a PA. She said that could be for many reasons that were all temporary so if the pain pills would control the pain then they wouldn't have to put the stent back in. She said it could be: that the ureter was swollen, or that there were blood clots in the kidney that were acting like kidney stones and needed to pass, or that there were small fragments of kidney stone trying to pass. She said it probably wasn't serious and to just let them know whether the pain pills were working.
I have a follow-up appointment on Monday March 3. I haven't taken a pain pill since last night, and so far I feel fine. There is a fair amount of blood in my urine and tiny clots. Based on reading this forum, I will try to take it easy and drink a lot of water and hope that helps the bleeding. I'll give a follow-up report next week.
Overall the experience was fairly traumatic, but the kindness of all the medical staff has really helped me. They have mostly taken the time to explain what's going on. The variety of experiences in this forum has helped me see that the doctor can't be less vague when telling me what to expect since it seems like the experience could be all over the map. That kind of makes me feel better.
Finally about 2 am I got up because lying down was agony. But sitting was worse and walking wasn't much better but it seemed help. I saw that a friend of mine who is a nurse was online. She told me it was probably a kidney stone and to get to the ER.
They gave me some morphine and then did a CT scan within an hour or two of my arrival. After about 4 or 5 hours, I finally felt relief from pain and got an hour of sleep. I think I talked to a few doctors throughout but don't really remember much of that.
When I woke up they were ready to discharge me. I had a 7.5 mm stone. The nurse told me my discharge orders were to get a prescription for 800-mg ibuprofren, norco and flowmax, then watch for the stone. She gave me a collection kit to pee into and grab the stone if it emerged. I was supposed to make an appointment with the urologist the next day. The nurse then told me she didn't agree with the orders because she had never seen anyone pass naturally a stone larger than 5 mm. She told me that if the pain got too much so the pain killers couldn't control it and if I started vomiting a lot then I needed to get back to the ER.
I managed to be seen by the urologist's PA later that day. She said she thought 6 mm was the largest a person could pass on their own and set me up with a surgery later that day. The urologist broke the kidney stone up with a laser, pulled out the larger chunks and inserted a stent.
That was all on a Thursday, so Friday, Saturday and Sunday, I just drank a lot of water and took my meds - a flowmax each morning with an ibuprofren and norco every 6 hours. I was not in any pain, but there was a lot of discomfort. I noticed if I didn't drink regularly and pee regularly, then I saw a lot more blood in my urine and was much more uncomfortable. So I tried to pee every 20-30 minutes and just sipped water almost continuously.
Monday (02/25) I went in to have the stent removed. It was not pleasant, and it was intensely uncomfortable but the discomfort last less than a second and it was out. I felt immediate relief and could tell right away that it was not in my body, even though my bladder was still cramping and feeling urgent.
I went home and about an hour later was in incredible pain - it felt like the kidney stone was back or something. I called the office and talked to a PA. She said that could be for many reasons that were all temporary so if the pain pills would control the pain then they wouldn't have to put the stent back in. She said it could be: that the ureter was swollen, or that there were blood clots in the kidney that were acting like kidney stones and needed to pass, or that there were small fragments of kidney stone trying to pass. She said it probably wasn't serious and to just let them know whether the pain pills were working.
I have a follow-up appointment on Monday March 3. I haven't taken a pain pill since last night, and so far I feel fine. There is a fair amount of blood in my urine and tiny clots. Based on reading this forum, I will try to take it easy and drink a lot of water and hope that helps the bleeding. I'll give a follow-up report next week.
Overall the experience was fairly traumatic, but the kindness of all the medical staff has really helped me. They have mostly taken the time to explain what's going on. The variety of experiences in this forum has helped me see that the doctor can't be less vague when telling me what to expect since it seems like the experience could be all over the map. That kind of makes me feel better.
Instead of fishing around in the toilet, why don't you go buy onw of those little fish nets you use in an aquarium. Maybe you could cut the handle off, put it in a little zip loc bag, and put it in your wallet. Then you could pee through that intead of "fishing".
I know your posts are years old, but I just read them, as my friend has a stent she is to remove in a couple of days.
I know your posts are years old, but I just read them, as my friend has a stent she is to remove in a couple of days.
May 2010 I had a kidney stone that became lodged and I went into septic shock. Fortunately, the surgeon was in the hospital and did an emergency surgery. I was in intensive care several days, surviving only because of prayer warriors. Coming up on 3 years and I have had 16 surgeries - 14 of them stent replacements. Next step is to do a ureter "implant" and hope that eleiminates the need for stents. Tired, no stamina, and of couse if I overdo, then I also have blood in the urine. I take muscle relaxers and pain medication several times a day. Pain, pain, pain. I am SO tired of this pain.
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