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Kidney Stone - Ureter/Urethra - Advice

  • 17-07-2018 11:49am
    #1
    Praetorian22
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    Hi Guys

    Firstly my sincere apologies if this forum category of Long term illness is incorrect for my kidney stone predicament.

    I'm seeking advice/wisdom from anyone here with kidney stone experience.

    Around 5 weeks back, I went to the bathroom only to see coca cola colored urine entering the toilet which was quite a shock at first and led me to believe I was severely dehydrated from running earlier that today (I'm a jog-a-holic). I also thought it might have been hematuria from going to hard on the runs.

    I felt fine, no illness, sickness, nausea, vomiting or anything. I did however have slightly pains (very slight) in the right hand side of my back throughout the day and put this down to the jogging.

    Anyway the next day I awoke, feeling fine again no pain, had my morning coffee, went running, came back showered, went to the bathroom and BANG blood blood blood. Instantly I became very worried and weak so went about booking a trip to the GP. I prepared a urine sample and brought it with me.

    After 10 minutes with the GP he done some feeling around and suspected a kidney stone and referred me to A&E. I went to the hospital done both urine and blood tests which both returned fine, no infections, no kidney damage nothing. He did however say most likely it was a kidney stone and prescribed me tetcyclex, diafene, and tamulosin (flow-max) incase of extreme pain and walked me through what would happen if the stone passed and explained where the blood might have come from. He also referred me to a Urologist.

    Yesterday I went to the Urologist and done further tests and scans, it would appear I have one stone, not too large and not too small at the lower end of the urethra, so it has already left the kidney. They are going to send me out an appointment for a ureteroscopy as they said "if the stone has not moved by now it will not most likely move" so a ureteroscopy is the best way of getting it out.

    My question is has anyone had a similar experience of a lodged stone? I am in no pain, thankfully but would really love to somehow "prompt" the stone out of there if possible? I can see theres quite a few pieces of advice online but just wanted to get a second opinion. Is there anyone who has been in the same boat? I'm just wondering if it's possible that the stone could still pass before my ureteroscopy appointment arrives?


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