Niclolu

The pain that you feel is the stone moving from the kidney down the uterer. Once it makes it to your bladder, the pain disappears and you should be able to pass it. Usually, though not always, you will feel the stone exit.

If you are still feeling the same pain, the stone may still be in your uterer and did not make it into the bladder. I had a 5mm stone over a month ago and the MRI revealed that it was at the end of the uterer and may have passed into the bladder since I was not feeling any more pain. I was told to go for a follow-up x-ray to make sure it had passed. Otherwise, my kidney could shut down. I was told that a 5mm stone is small enough to pass on its own.

I followed up with my doctor and had an x-ray. Weeks went by and I did not get a call and I kept forgetting to call back. A month later, I had a painful attack and ended up in ER once more. The MRI revealed that the same stone had grown to 7mm and there was no way it would be able to pass on its own. I had surgery the next morning to remove the stone.

Thank goodness my kidney was ok. Make sure you get a follow up x-ray to make sure the stone is gone or confirm it is still in there. They may prescribe medication to break down the stone or worse case scenario, go in and remove it if it had grown. The surgery is relatively mild and you are released the same day with minimal discomfort. It is no big deal so do not worry too much about that possibility.

Do not let it go since stones are so painful to endure. Good luck.