Scared of my kidney stone....

[KatieBell]

Yes, I am an ER nurse, and my only experience with kidney stones is dealing with people hunched over in pain in the ED....

So now, I somehow have got one 11mm stone in the lower part of my left kidney. It was seen on ultrasound, which I had because I had 3 bouts of pyelonephritis, in 2 months.

Now, I suppose I need to have it removed as it can't pass on its own. It has not caused me any pain, and in fact, I would not have known it was there, except that I kept getting sick.

Reading everyone's descriptions of stents and such has made me a bit, well, terrified!!!!

I have to call the Urologist on Monday, but can anyone tell me what I can expect- and how long it will take to feel fully normal???

Pplease someone tell me this won't have to hurt as much as the descriptions seem to indicate!!

[KatieBell]

Well,

I had my consultation and my CT scan today... amazing. There is now NO stone in the left, but something odd looking on the right, which is showing up wierd and couldn ot be completely read....The NP thinks that the original "stone" was inflammation from the Pyelo. So, it goes to show that Ultrasound is probably not the best way to diagnose kidney stones....

But what a relief, before we got the results of the scan she had me all prepared for the nephrostomy tubes and everything and you can imagine I was shaking in my boots...all of you who have dealt with these, are incredibly brave people in my book....