I was just wondering for those people who've had Lithotripsy or ANY kind of stone surgery at all, after the procedure how long did it take to heal ?? how long was it before you stopped pissing blood ?? Did you heal completely after the stent was taken out or before ?

I justhad two kinds of stone surgery and i'm wondering how long it's gonna take to feel good again, instead of feeling like crap. I know i'll besure to drink a ton of water from now on.

I had ureterscopic stone removal in Sept of last year and still have minor discomfort in left flank and groin. Not sure if it is related to stone or not, but it is not nearly anything like the pain from the original stone. As far as blood in my urine, it stopped within several hours after stent was removed.

I had ureterscopic stone removal in Sept of last year and still have minor discomfort in left flank and groin. Not sure if it is related to stone or not, but it is not nearly anything like the pain from the original stone. As far as blood in my urine, it stopped within several hours after stent was removed.

How long did you have the stent in place?

How long did you have the stent in place?

Had stent in for 6 days.

Had stent in for 6 days.

How horrifying and painful was stent removal?

How horrifying and painful was stent removal?

Not really that bad. Some type of numbing gel was inserted into penis by nurse, and after several minutes the urologist inserted scope. Just mild sensation until he was within an inch or so of the bladder. Had me take a deep breath as he entered the bladder, and there was some pain which lasted only a second or two. Got ahold of the stent and removed scope and stent in one motion. Total time was probably less than one minute. I would not worry about having it done again, was much less discomforting than having stent in.

Not really that bad. Some type of numbing gel was inserted into penis by nurse, and after several minutes the urologist inserted scope. Just mild sensation until he was within an inch or so of the bladder. Had me take a deep breath as he entered the bladder, and there was some pain which lasted only a second or two. Got ahold of the stent and removed scope and stent in one motion. Total time was probably less than one minute. I would not worry about having it done again, was much less discomforting than having stent in.

That makes me feel some better. I am slowly getting over the hopror of this all, now I am almost to the point that I want to get it all over with the sooner the better.

My operation is Jan 9th. Then there is the week of hell of living with the stent, then stent removal. I expect by late Jan to be feeling like my old self again.

That makes me feel some better. I am slowly getting over the hopror of this all, now I am almost to the point that I want to get it all over with the sooner the better.

My operation is Jan 9th. Then there is the week of hell of living with the stent, then stent removal. I expect by late Jan to be feeling like my old self again.

Farscape, i wouldn't definetely suggest getting it done and over with and not worry about it. I worried so much about it, it made it far worse for me, by just the worrying. I was scared and now that it's all said and done, it wasn't a huge big deal. I can honestly tell you that living with the stones and the stone attacks and the throwing up and the long nights was FAR FAR worse than anything involved in my surgery and i had two kinds of surgery, it's been 11 days and other than the stent i'm feeling pretty good, this stent is a *****.

I'll be glad to get it out. I was suposed to have it removed after 7 days but the urologist who referred me wasn't available for an appointment for me to get in till the 7th :eek:

You bet your butt i'll be making some calls first thing monday morning and trying someone else, i am not waiting till the 7th. the only thing that sucked for me was having everything done right before christmas, kinda messed up my holiday LOL and certainly messed up my new years because of the stent LOL I wish you the best Farscape and hope everything goes well and smooth and you heal quickly :)

The great fear I have comes mostly from my life long feeling of inadequacey. I have a very small penis and this has made my life difficult. Just the thought of what they plan to do with it terrifies me. the doctor has assured me that penis size does not effect the operation, but i find that hard to believe. I expect to be very sore for some time afterwars. I just cringe every time I think about it. They gave me xanax for the anxiety. I am concerned as to the great mental damage this is doing to me. I will be back on antidepressants for sure, possibly in therapy again. I had hoped that part of my life was behind me, but it seems not.

I am so frieghtened, I might not go through with it. And live with the pain, till one day the stone completly blocks the kidney and I loose the kidney or worse. At least if I were hauled off in ann ambulance I would not be consciously submitting to having my penis tortured and destroyed.

What two kinds of surgery did you have? How long were you in the hospital?

the doctor has assured me that penis size does not effect the operation, but i find that hard to believe.

To be honest with you, penis size was the last thing I was thinking about! I was in so much pain from stone I did not care what they did. I can not really see how size would have anything to do with surgery. You are not awake when they do it, so no pain. Very little discomfort when stent is removed, and if anything a smaller penis may have an advantage, less distance to bladder.

I am concerned that the penis will be stretched out of shape and hurt for weeks afterwards. Possibly even causing incontinentence or some other side effect. I was also told this almost never happens. But it is still a possibility.
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I am currently not in pain from the stone only minor discomfort. My question is to do it now on the 9th, or waitfor it to start causing pain before doing it. Now its a concious decision to submit myself to this torture, later it would be a 911 call.

What two kinds of surgery did you have? How long were you in the hospital?

I had a cystoscopy done first because of a stone that was stuck in my bladder and then a stent was put in and i had lithotripsy/eswl done on my right kidney for a 1.5 centimeter stone stuck in the kidney. i was only in the hospital one day from about 6am till 4pm, came home fell asleep and within a few days, once the bruising was gone, felt almost fine.

It sucked for the first few days and i was OUT during the procedure and other than bleeding i have NO bad side effects or problems. I sitll have the stent in because thte urologist who referred me is a dork and i can't get it removed till the 7th. You get used to it and you can't get freaked out about a little blood in the urine. I'm just looking forward to having it out healing and getting back into the swing of things. It wasn't as big of a deal as i imagined it to be.

The people who do this stuff are professionals and they do it all the time. No worries. Have faith. my equipment, despite what they had up thier, works just fine. If you have, to have a stent make sure they use one that has a string, so they don't have to go back in. they just remove it by the string. think tampon LOL

[QUOTE=farscape66]I am concerned that the penis will be stretched out of shape and hurt for weeks afterwards. Possibly even causing incontinentence or some other side effect. I was also told this almost never happens. But it is still a possibility.QUOTE]

nope won't happen, no possibility of it, your equipment will be just fine. :)

I had lithotripsy done in August.I thought the worst.But then with surgery you always do.I had a 1.5cm stone as well in my kidney.I went in to have a stent put in only to come out of it with no stent!Woohoo!I didn't need the stent because the urologist said that once they broke up the stones,the fragments would be easy to pass.As for lithotripsy,well,sitting outside the procedure room and hearing the "tick,tick"I didn't know what I was up against.But with heavy duty meds,it all worked out fine.It took about an hour,still a little feeling of stone pain left,took a pee thinking it would burn or sting,but it didn't.I did see the stones though!Came home and went to sleep.Had a little bruise above the kidney in the back,but other than that,I had no pain.Not like the kidney stone pain I endured for a year with no pain killers.I'm a woman though,not a man.As for healing process,all of maybe 2 days.Again,lithotripsy is nothing compared to the pain of the stone.The pain of the stone is nasty.LiTHOTRIPSY IS A BREEZE!

You really lucked out by not havin a stent. from what I hear stents are possibly the worst part of it all. Congratulations on your success.

Farscape you made a coment about your feelings of inadequacy and mentioned the small penis thing? it may be a little off topic but i'd like to pass a little tiny advice on to you. I myself am only what some would call Slightly above average in size and i HAD feeling of indequacy for a long time, i always "thought" i was much smaller than i really was.

But i found something out, if you become a master of cunninlinguis penis size never matters and there are no feelings of inadequacy. I could have the smallest dick in the world and i'd never feel inadequate because my tongue can do what other bigger, wider, longer, penises can't even do.

My advice learn to love your tongue and learn to use it like a master and it will change your life. IF any of your problems are associated with women.

trust me i know

please try not to worry and have your stone taken care of the sooner you get it done and over with the sooner you''ll feel better about everything and see that worrying was much worse than the actual procedure. These people are paid to take good care of you, it's thier jobs and most of them enjoy what they do, because they enjoy helping people who are suffering. I think most of them wouldn't even be in the medical industry if it was about the money...

from what i saw with my surgery they really do care, and like my urologist said this isn't a contest to see how much pain you can take, we would never allow that, which is why they have the procedures they do, and why your put out.
My nurse was super quick to give me painkillers in my IV the second i woke up and they gave me antibiotics to prevent infection before they started anything.

I have a very low tolerence for pain and I find IV's excruiating. The one time I was in a hospital for 24 hours from my stroke in oct 2000, I pratically cried the whole time from the iv alone. Just that alone terrifies me.
And if something goes wrong and they convert to open surgery and keep me for a few days I would go nuts.
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When you enter a hospital you loose your freedom, you just cannot leave. A friend of mine spent a week there for a simple outpatient procedure. When they realized he had really great insurance coverage, they found reasons to keep him to get the money. It can happen, he just told me his story today.

Well if you have a low tolerance for pain,why not ask for a shot of demerol to relieve the anxiety?They probably would do that.So ask for a nice anxiety reliever and it should be no problem.The lithotripsy is a breeze and you will be out the same day.As I read your problems with gallbladder and hiatal hernia,lithotripsy is nothing compared to those surgeries.The surgeries you may end up needing{or if you've had them}will probably put you to a halt for a couple weeks.If you ever need them done,I would consider getting them done at the same time because of the locations they're at.So don't worry about the lithotripsy,everything will be fine.And you'll feel a whole lot better once it's all done!

This will be my first surgery ever. I have not had the other surgeries. I had tonsils out at age 5 but remember nothing about it. This is also not lithropsy, it is urethoscopic stone removal. Laser stuffed up the penis to cut stone into small pieces and pull it out.

This is also not lithropsy, it is urethoscopic stone removal. Laser stuffed up the penis to cut stone into small pieces and pull it out.

This is PART 1 of what i had done, they should put you out and it's really nothing to worry about, you'll have a burning sensation for a while like a day or two and the stent will be a bit uncomfortable but you'll get used to it after a day or two, it sounds so much worse than it actually is, trust me, i thought it was gonne be far worse than what it actually was.

I had both surgeries done right after each other and i'm feeling fine, other than the stent. I'm very suprised ! i'm gonan be tain it easy for a few more weeks though. Really, it SOUNDS much worse than it actually is. They definetely should put you to sleep for it, if they don't ? something's funny. You wouldn't believe how small that scope and laser is, it's so tiny...it's actualy kinda amazing the lazer itself is only as large as fishing line, and we're not talking about the kind of line you use for Sharks. it's teeny tiny, itsy bitsy. The only thing i felt was a slight pain in burning in the tip of my urethra and that went away pretty fast. I had a lot of bleeding from the lithotripsy and that went away aftera few days.

You are making me feel better. I envisioned a laser the size of a pen or pencil or something. I was imagining a uretha stretched completly out of shape and possible side effects like incontinentence, pain, etc.
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I have decided to go through with it friday morning and get it over with. This worrying is killing me. My doc gave me xanax to calm me down.

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I have decided to go through with it friday morning and get it over with. This worrying is killing me. My doc gave me xanax to calm me down.

Xanax is good i was gonna take one before i went, but i didn't have time. Be sure to tell them all the medications your taking and any health problems you have and i'm sure everything will go smooth. Even the stent they just showed me is actually TINY when you look at it, it was way smaller than i imagined it to be. the stent was the size of speaker wire and i'm not talking about those monster cables ones. I'm talking about the normal stuff. is flexible and bendy and clayish, kinda like soft play doh. Flexeril is another good medication for the healing process it REALLY relaxes you, i'll be taking some tonight.

all the best to ya, i'll look for your posts when ya get done. :)

perhaps I should request flexiril from th urologist before I leave.

it's a muscle relaxant is all it is...but it sometimes helps
LOL the first time i took it i was so mellow, everyone was laughing at me.