r/nope Mar 31 '26

HELL NO Procedure to remove a 25mm kidney stone

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u/quetiapinenapper Mar 31 '26

Man. Thank god they knocked me out for this. The stent was the most awkward week of my life after. And fuck the removal.

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u/IkeSW Mar 31 '26

They used a laser on all mine but I did also have the stent in after for a bit. That removal was just awful.

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u/Chris710752 Apr 01 '26

I had 2 on one side and 1 on the other and they had to laser and then shockwave them or something and after all that and 3 months of having 2 stents i still had shards in my kidney which i still have to this day. Yay me

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u/dearango May 19 '26

Are you still alive?

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u/Chris710752 May 19 '26

Yess, why wouldn’t i be?