"Dr. R. already called Dr. L, and says as long as you aren't in too much pain, he doesn't need to see you."
I couldn't believe he was trying to get out of my appt. I said:
"Well, I don't care if he needs to see me, I demand to see him. I am passing another stone and have been in & out of the ER everyday since the surgery, and haven't heard from him. I need to know the results of the stone. I want to see him at my scheduled appt today."
John and I had some errands to run (getting the dogs ready to fly early tomorrow morning) so he and the babies went with me to the doc. They were going to stay in the waiting room, but as soon as they called me and I started walking away, Lucas started screaming. So I brought all 4 of us in the little room.
Basically the doctor acted like he was right all along, when in fact I was. They never admit any fault, and never really listen to what you're saying. He wondered why I took the stent out yesterday etc. So I went over all the pain I've had the past 5 days, reflux, renal colic, stent pain, blood clots etc. And I told him there is a 2 mm fragment they failed to remove when they broke up my 7mm stone. He proceeded to say it will be easy to pass etc. yeah whatever. He never had to pass any of his. He also said that during the procedure, when he found my 7mm stone, it was lodged into the ureter wall. It was almost fully embedded in my ureter, which would have eventually caused full obstruction and probably infection or a burst ureter. So basically, I NEVER WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO PASS THIS STONE NATURALLY, like he wanted me to.
So, the 2mm stone fragment is stuck in that hole the 7mm stone created, so all I can do is continue taking pain meds, flomax, and drinking water to flush it out. The good news is, that he said next time I am in that pain, he wants me to stay in the ER, be flooded with fluids and painkillers until it's flushed out. Which is what I want.
For now, I am peeing in a strainer and drinking water and flomax.
I have so many prescriptions! Some of them make my face red and hot like I get when I have a beer. My pee is still bloody. I just want this over with. And Dr. R says, after this is over, we can figure out what I want to do with the few stones in my left kidney, especially if we plan to get pregnant again. We are undecided on that as of now..I don't want another stent...but I don't want them to get bigger (the biggest is already 4mm) and get stuck again. That pain is the worst. They aren't necessarily caused by pregnancy, but they are exacerbated by pregnancy and you can't take heavy narcotics when pregnant to relieve the pain, they can't do xrays/ct scans either. Plus, dehydration causes stones and it's easy to get dehydrated during pregnancy. Pregnancy is very hard on your kidneys. I feel my right one is permanently damaged, so to know that my left has more stones, makes me feel like it would be dangerous to get pregnant again. We'll see. I know we did originally plan for more kids.
He says they haven't received the results as to what the stone is made of, but I really want them to find out and not just assume they are the most typical calcium stones---there are specific diets for different chronic stone conditions. Cystinuria requires little to no animal protein. I have cut down my sodium, and increased my fiber. Once we find out what stone they are, I will go to a nutritionist and get a mealplan.
Lord please let me pass this stone quickly. And get through the night tonight!
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I pray for the quick pass and for strength to endure this.
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