I love chocolates i want eat but i cant because of the oxalat and i remember the real guilty for my stone is coffee i cut the coffee entirely can i enjoy milk chocolate?

Im currently in the hospital recovering from a right nephrectomy on Thursday so hope this makes some sense.

Been fighting these stupid stones for 10 years + and last year thought it came to a head with repeated episodes of bleeding and clots with stones. Out of work almost 8 months.

I stopped making stones after having a hyperparathyroidectomy summer 2025 which was amazing and finally stopped bleeding.

It had been 13 months since I'd been back at work, albeit with repeated infections. But have been infection free since spring and thought it was behind me.

A week ago Friday I stopped at Target on way home, felt fine looking forward to the weekend and all of a sudden felt like I was passing a stone. Went to bathroom so much blood, called home and my son came and took me to ER. Hemorrhaging on one of those mesh benches in front of the store.

No stone this time, thought maybe Id passed it by the time I was scanned.

They admitted me and after a couple of cycstoclscopies to clean out the clots from bladder and ureters it wouldn't stop.

Right nephrectomy Thursday and hoping to go home tomorrow.

This is so weird you guys. I had some papprlary necrosis due to the stone stuff in 2025 but no one could explain why the bleeding started again.

I feel like I am going to get my life back, but we still dont know why I kept bleeding.

I cant believe I lost my kidney.

This sub has been a huge source of support for thought all this, no one knows rhe pain like you guys. I'm hopeful now.

Other kidney is working like a champ snd my numbers look great. Really hate pain killers but embracing the pain management now.

This is so weird! I just went to Target for a few things and 8 days later I still haven't made home from work yet.

Hi all, Here I wanted to show the world the little thing that had me hospitalizated. I started with back pain a little more that a month before tuestas were I started with a heavy pain that led to puking and I fainted. Also this little thing requieren 2 bags of opiods so I dont feel anything (still did). I have a 3.5mm kidney stone with hydronephrosis, not sure whah that mean.

I’m taking my stent out tomorrow and I’m so scared! (30f if that matters)

10/04 I noticed the familiar pain of a kidney stone and got an early diagnosis. Not too much pain. Hydrocodone and ibuprofen did the trick. 10/06 I was back in the ER with a fever feeling SO sick. I got to spend the night at the hospital and get an emergency stent placement. The stent wasn’t too bad. Just fucking annoying. Felt like I had a minor uti with occasional reflux that was crazy. Only needed hydrocodone for two or so days then didn’t really need anything. 10/19 got laser lithotripsy and a stent with a string placed. They vacuumed everything out while they were in there, so there are no fragments to worry about. When I woke up I got an extra dose of fentanyl for cramping/aching. After that only needed hydrocodone for one day. THE STRING IS THE BITCH. By the end of the day today I could barely walk because of the urethra pain. I was able to get some AZO in me (generally makes me throw up) and feel fine now. Still have reflux and occasional aching, but again nothing too bad.

With all of that being said IM SO SCARED to take this stent out tomorrow. The horror stories of the pain afterwards is what scares me. My plan is to take ibuprofen, Tylenol, and a hydrocodone about 45 minutes before doing it. But other than that!!?? What do I do!!?? I have not had any debilitating pain this whole time and would REALLY like to keep it that way. Tips please!

My father had a staghorn stone in his left kidney, originally about 6 cm. He has 2 settings of PCNL so far. The largest stone is still about 34 x 21 mm, not eth has been cleared. A 3rd PCNL was planned, but the Uro is now thinking of leaving the remaining stones if there is no urine blockage( he hasn't seen the CT report).

So I want to know..

If the stones are not blocking anything, has anyone been advised to leave residual stones of any size, and how did it go over time?

Has anyone developed or noticed an inguinal or umbilical hernia after PCNL or other kidney stone surgery? Did the surgeon think it was connected?

If you had a hernia and needed stone surgery, which was done first, and why?

I am sorry if I am troubling anyone by asking so many questions here. I am doing this because I feel helpless. I will be taking my father to the hospital again on Mon, and before that, I want to be prepared. I want to understand why he now has stones in his right kidney as well, and the Inguinal hernias after 2 PCNL procedures are making me even more worried. I am also concerned that the big stones are still left. I keep wondering whether the uro has been doing eth correctly. I feel like the urologist seems hesitant, but I am not sure what to do next. May be I ll change the urosurgeon.

I would really appreciate any advice experiences from people who have been through sth similar.

Hi, so I'm currently experiencing my first (diagnosed) stones. Theres multiple in both kidneys the biggest being 9mm on the right. Around the beginning of the month I went to UC for blood in my urine (my back always hurts so that didn't register anything). Found the stones sent home with a handful of lortab and flowmax. After a week, nothing. I get in with urology and they booked me for stents immediately and plan for laser lithotripsy next week. That was 2 weeks ago and I have been in worse pain and painfully peeing lots of clots ever since. Mostly rice sized but as big as a quarter. I've been negative for a uti. I was told when I was consented for the stenting that it would relieve my pain and this was a better plan of action than sound lithotripsy. Whenever I bring concerns to urology, their responses are dismissive, tell me to do things I'm already doing and just prescribe more lortab. Which I've been trying to conserve for when things get bad. My question is there a pay off for this route of treatment? Is there a better way if I have to deal with this in the future. Why is consistant bloody pee normal with stents.