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how can i sleep with uretheral stent?
i had stent placed for 6 mm kidney stone removal. i am unable to sleep more than 2 hours at a time due to urinary frequency and bladder spasms. i have to sit in recliner and i am 2 weeks behind on sleep. my doctor has me on pyridium, levaquin, divostat? and percocet. nothing helps me sleep thru the night. removal is not an option. it has to be in for 5 more weeks. any suggestions for getting a whole nights sleep?
This discussion is related to ureteral stent.
This discussion is related to ureteral stent.
Hi,
I can so understand your pain. I had an 11mm stone removed and it was located in my pelvic kidney. The stent giving me more pain then the stones. I had been to 6 urologist and finally was looking forward to not having pain. But this is the most pain I have ever had in my life. After 3 days I told the doctor I could not stand the pain not to even say days of urine over flowing diapers and pads and change clothes and sheets. The nurse in the outpatient asked the doctor to order a B & O supository. It is belladona and opium. They save my from wanted to screem and yell from the pain. The Ditropan do help with the spasm but keeps your mouth so dry that it makes me sick. I was also told to drink a gallon of water a day. Just make sure you take the ditropan on time. If not the pain does come back. I also take sit baths of warm water and it calms down the spasm.
Good luck
I can so understand your pain. I had an 11mm stone removed and it was located in my pelvic kidney. The stent giving me more pain then the stones. I had been to 6 urologist and finally was looking forward to not having pain. But this is the most pain I have ever had in my life. After 3 days I told the doctor I could not stand the pain not to even say days of urine over flowing diapers and pads and change clothes and sheets. The nurse in the outpatient asked the doctor to order a B & O supository. It is belladona and opium. They save my from wanted to screem and yell from the pain. The Ditropan do help with the spasm but keeps your mouth so dry that it makes me sick. I was also told to drink a gallon of water a day. Just make sure you take the ditropan on time. If not the pain does come back. I also take sit baths of warm water and it calms down the spasm.
Good luck
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Hi,
You can ask your doctor to prescribe some antispasmodics, such as Ditropan, for relieving the bladder spasms. If the spasms are under control even the frequency will decrease to a considerable extent.
Additionally, you can also request prescription for some low-dose sedatives, maybe from the benzodiazepine group, to get you through the first week or so. Do not continue the sedatives longer than 10-12 days as they have the potential to cause dependence.
Do keep us posted on your doubts and progress.
regards,
You can ask your doctor to prescribe some antispasmodics, such as Ditropan, for relieving the bladder spasms. If the spasms are under control even the frequency will decrease to a considerable extent.
Additionally, you can also request prescription for some low-dose sedatives, maybe from the benzodiazepine group, to get you through the first week or so. Do not continue the sedatives longer than 10-12 days as they have the potential to cause dependence.
Do keep us posted on your doubts and progress.
regards,
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