They can also go through the bladder with a scope and break them up with a
laser. They also have stone baskets to try and catch them but I don't know if
they use that method anymore. They tried that with my very first stone. It
wasn't successful and back then they had to open you up to get stones if the
basket didn't work. Back then, lithotripsy was in its infancy. So, I had
surgery. If I could be sure the stones would stay in the kidneys, I'd just
leave them alone. However, I know the pain of having them pass through the
body I really don't want to take that chance.
On Mar 18, 2017, at 1:54 PM, Lucy Edmonds <lucyjean11@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
What other options do they have besides the lithotripsy? Do you know? When I
worked in the medical field, that was about the only option with kidney
stones as big as that.
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On Mar 18, 2017, at 1:55 PM, Richard McKinley <mcfurbie@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm going to have a plain x-ray sometime next week, then we'll go from there.
On Sat, Mar 18, 2017 at 12:46 PM -0500, "Lucy Edmonds"
<lucyjean11@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Wow Rich, that's terrible! Are they going to do lithotripsy?
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On Mar 17, 2017, at 6:10 PM, Richard McKinley wrote:To send a message,
Well, just got the CT scan results. I still have 11 kidney stones. 5 in
the right kidney and 6 in the left. Have to get a plain x ray. Then see
about removing them. The largest stone is 9 mm. If that one tries to
pass I'll really be in trouble.
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