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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 anesthesia 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 cystoscope 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.
-- 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
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