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Just move your Birthday to a better time to celebrate...
...and let us know where the party is...
...and let us know where the party is...
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Just think how much better your'll feel when its out though
Indeed, the relief from the pain a stone can cause could be the best present ever! All the best for tomorrow and may there be no returns of the stone but many happy ones of the day!
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I was told the other day I'll have to get an op to remove several stones from both kidneys. Will be in the New Year unless I have another attack before then. Good luck.
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I vaguely recall, many many many moons ago, there was an item on the BBC series "Tomorrow's World" that surgery to remove kidney stones would soon be a thing of the past. Instead they would be blasted with ultrasound to pulverise item and thereby allow them to be passed harmlessly.
Perhaps that little project went the same way as some of the other fantasies in that series.
Perhaps that little project went the same way as some of the other fantasies in that series.
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No, not at all. That is still an option but in my case the Consultant will decide which option to go for. My heart medication buggers things up a bit tho because I bleed for hours if I'm cut and both surgery and ultrasound cause bleeding and from the colour of my urine the last time I had an attack, the movement of the stones causes it as well. Happy days. Growing old(er) is a b@stard, thank Christ I've never grown up
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No, not at all. That is still an option but in my case the Consultant will decide which option to go for. My heart medication buggers things up a bit tho because I bleed for hours if I'm cut and both surgery and ultrasound cause bleeding and from the colour of my urine the last time I had an attack, the movement of the stones causes it as well. Happy days. Growing old(er) is a b@stard, thank Christ I've never grown up
Hope it all goes well.
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Update on Kidney stone,
As instructed arrived at the urology Centre at Nottm. City Hospital ta 7.30 am. Went through all the paperwork checks, saw one of the doc's and the anaesthetist, got gowned up and sat outside the operating theatre, one of the surgeons came talking to me and said was I having any pain so I said no not since the stone passed into my bladder. He said "I think we will do another xray, so off I went to xray. Just got back and the lady surgeon calls over to me to go and speak with her. She said" I have good news for you, we cannot find any stone in your bladder, so you must have passed it or it has dissolved". Well I think I would have known if I had passed a 7mm stone so it must have dissolved, did not know that they would dissolve.
Her next words were music to the ears " we will get you a breakfast and then you can go home".
So with great joy off I went.
As instructed arrived at the urology Centre at Nottm. City Hospital ta 7.30 am. Went through all the paperwork checks, saw one of the doc's and the anaesthetist, got gowned up and sat outside the operating theatre, one of the surgeons came talking to me and said was I having any pain so I said no not since the stone passed into my bladder. He said "I think we will do another xray, so off I went to xray. Just got back and the lady surgeon calls over to me to go and speak with her. She said" I have good news for you, we cannot find any stone in your bladder, so you must have passed it or it has dissolved". Well I think I would have known if I had passed a 7mm stone so it must have dissolved, did not know that they would dissolve.
Her next words were music to the ears " we will get you a breakfast and then you can go home".
So with great joy off I went.
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Not a bad Birthday present!
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I fear I'm not gonna be quite so lucky. My biggest one is 10mm another at 5mm and a handful of smaller ones. Bummer!!!!
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Oh dear looking at my situation I feel for you, I had the same problems 40 years ago and as with the last ones the pain when the stone is on the move is horrendous. When I was going through the pre op checks yesterday the anethiatist did say she would have to ask the surgeon how long the op would be to see if I could have the epidural injection instead of a full anesthetic.
Not wishing to rub it in, but I had had a bottle of Merlot bought me and a box of chocolate liqueurs for my birthday, my wife only likes white wine so I finished off the bottle of Merlot and we finished off the box of chocs, boy was I happy.
Anyway good luck I am sure they will put you right.
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