Passed my first one a little over a year ago. I think I told y'all that story...including the details of SWMBO laughing in the corner and saying stuff about how I know now how childbirth feels.
Anyway, I started passing another one a couple of weeks ago. It got stuck. Been taking prescription meds to try to help it pass, but nothing worked. My urologist wanted to see if it would pass naturally since my "flow" and blood work was normal. We changed that plan when it looked like it might pass during my D.C. vacation with the kids. The last thing I want is to be 1,000 miles from home and in the hospital, ruining the first full family vacation in over 10 years.
Yesterday, he attempted a basket removal. Wound up having to bust it up (I assume with a laser...I was asleep the whole time). I've been passing what feels like portland cement since late yesterday morning, and I have a stent that I get to remove tomorrow morning. I'll spare you the details.
Yesterday afternoon, I felt like I had received a roundhouse kick to the kidney from Chuck Norris. Today, it's a little better. I think either Vin Diesel or Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson have been beating on it. Maybe tomorrow, it'll feel more like a normal human has punched me.
I was told that this one was 3mm. I've heard of people passing some 6 to 7mm in size. The one last year that we never found was supposedly about the size of a grain of sand. As bad as that one hurt, I don't see how anyone could pass one of the big ones and live.
Anyway, I started passing another one a couple of weeks ago. It got stuck. Been taking prescription meds to try to help it pass, but nothing worked. My urologist wanted to see if it would pass naturally since my "flow" and blood work was normal. We changed that plan when it looked like it might pass during my D.C. vacation with the kids. The last thing I want is to be 1,000 miles from home and in the hospital, ruining the first full family vacation in over 10 years.
Yesterday, he attempted a basket removal. Wound up having to bust it up (I assume with a laser...I was asleep the whole time). I've been passing what feels like portland cement since late yesterday morning, and I have a stent that I get to remove tomorrow morning. I'll spare you the details.
Yesterday afternoon, I felt like I had received a roundhouse kick to the kidney from Chuck Norris. Today, it's a little better. I think either Vin Diesel or Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson have been beating on it. Maybe tomorrow, it'll feel more like a normal human has punched me.
I was told that this one was 3mm. I've heard of people passing some 6 to 7mm in size. The one last year that we never found was supposedly about the size of a grain of sand. As bad as that one hurt, I don't see how anyone could pass one of the big ones and live.
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