Kidney Stone - 2

 

PreOp Room - Marin County  2022

PostOp Room - Marin County  2022

After a couple of weeks it was decided that surgery was needed (!) 

Your doctor will pass the scope through your bladder and ureter into your kidney. They use a small basket to remove small stones. If the stones are larger, the doctor will pass a laser through the scope to break them up. You usually are able to go home on the same day.

The doctor might place a stent in your ureter to help urine drain from your kidney into your bladder. You'll go back to the doctor after 4 to 10 days to have the stent taken out.

Some stents have a string on the end so you can pull it out yourself. Be sure to carefully follow your doctor’s instructions about taking out a stent yourself.

Of course Mike had the string-pulling-the stent-out-yourself option. Extremely odd sensation. Extremely.