Re: [QUAD-L] BLADDER STONES

[Danny Hearn]

Lori-- Hope all goes well-- you will be in our prayers.... As you know I have had long time severe repeat bladder UTI"S also--- I have suspected that perhaps stones could be my problem also... how do they do a CT Scan is it simple ?? my Doctor has checked for stones twice by using IVP dye injection with an x-ray and found none but it has been 1/12 or 2 years ago... I have heard stones can develope fast but i'm not sure on that.    Thanks  for information,   Dan c-6 8 plus years post. ( was Quietstream at AOL Now Go By DDH247sbcglobal.net )

Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

I  know a few of you (or several of you) have had bladder stones removed and I was recently found (via CT Scan) to have several good-sized ones (one up to 4 centimeters!).  That was partially the culprit of my back-to-back UTIs over the past year.  POSSIBLY.   My Dr understands my "concerns" (below) and says there is no hurry to have it done but they are too big to come out on their own so they have to put me under and go through the urethera and break them up with a laser.  So, unfortunately, it's invasive.   I'm not worried abt the procedure itself so much as the other things that can go wrong especially since a simple Dr office cystoscopy on me in the 90s went fine but caused HORRID AD full week afterward.   I worry about the other quote "professionals" in the O.R. and all the oops that can happen.  BUT MOSTLY worry about the AD post-procedure. I know it's the anesthesiologists job to keep the BP in check in the O.R. but what about the recovery room and so forth?   My urologist says it's an outpatient procedure.  I have no supplemental insurance so I'll be paying 20% of what MediCARE pays the anesthesiologist, the hospital, and all those misc expenses.   Anyway for those who've recently had it done under anesthesia and worry abt AD ...   *  Where did you have it done? * How many stones did you have?  (I have "a few but big in size") * Were you under general an! esthesia and in and out the same day? * Did you suffer any adverse reactions afterward? * What was 'the crappy' part of it?   Any other input welcome!   Now, on yet ANOTHER HAND ... I'm wondering whether my urologist is telling me the "full story" because so many Drs are eager to do procedures these days.  I sound paranoid but have seen it happen many times in ANY case scenarios.    I have my films so I know I can get another opinion.  After all, I'm in no hurry and have no symptoms.   I ALSO worry about the following by having this procedure done.  Because all that can wreak havoc with AD and just plain needless trauma:   What are the side effects of the treatments?  -- The process of breaking up bladder stones and removing them with a cysto! scope is often traumatic to the bladder. -- Blood in the urine can be expected for 1 to 2 weeks afterwards. -- Urinating may be somewhat uncomfortable during this time. -- Surgery carries a risk of bleeding, infection, and allergic reaction to anesthesia. -- Tearing of the bladder or abnormal urine leakage is also possible, though rare.   The last (and only) two procedures done to my bladder were BAD.  My cystoscopy (removing many small stones in 1992ish) and filling my bladder and bursting it in 1987ish to have an ultrasound done.  The dingbat nurse who shoved water in my bladder burst it and over a hundred blood clots came out.  She wasn't the least concerned. Lori Michaelson Age - 41 C4/5 complete quad, 25 years post Tucson, AZ