I've been experiencing a tremendous about of pain in my bladder for the last eight weeks and my Dr.'s suspicions were confirmed on Tuesday: I have many bladder stones. I had a nurse read the results of the scan today and not only are there a lot of stones in the bladder, but there are more stones in my kidneys.
When I was talking to my primary doctor about three weeks ago he indicated that having a urostomy could possibly increase the likelihood of getting stones. Unfortunately this wasn't something that I came across in looking up the information and talking to other people. I'm not sure how they're going to remove the stones since I have a urostomy, but I'm hoping it's less invasive than it was seven years ago when I had the surgical cystoscopy (there's another name for it) in which they used a laser to blast all the stones in my bladder. All I had to have was a spinal block and I was able to go home later that afternoon. It hurt like hell and bled for about a week, but it took care of my bladder stones for seven years. Now I'm concerned about the increase in kidney stones. I've had one stone in my left kidney for the better part of eight or nine years without too much problem, but now they're indicating there are more stones developing. I guess I'm going to have to start using the Apple cider vinegar once again. In fact I used it today, but I don't really know if this is going to be effective in trying to prevent stones. Well, at least I got you guys to tell about it. Take care, quadius PS sitting here with a this bladder pain is a real pain. It's discouraging, but I am hopeful I'll build a get back to normal relatively quickly.
