Ureteral Stents: What You Need to Know - Urology Care Foundation

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  • Опубликовано: 25 янв 2025

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  • @Mcloe
    @Mcloe Год назад +13

    I have had 8 stent removal/replacements since July 2022. Every stent has been extremely painful. Sometimes it's so painful I can't even walk much less have sex!! I would not recommend stent placement to my worst enemy if I had one and definitely wouldn't recommend to friends and loved ones. Stents have been like cruel and unusual punishment for me. I'll never allow this to be done to me again! Folks, I recommend exploring all other options available before believing when a doctor says how simple and painless a stent procedure is. Oh sure it's easy for the doctor to perform but my experience is that it extremely painful and at its best very uncomfortable!!

    • @janeofthefamilytaylor7242
      @janeofthefamilytaylor7242 Год назад

      I agree... I have had 15 stent replacements/removals over the course of 20 yrs and they are the most horrible things anyone can have inserted especially if youre prone to infections and kidney stone fragments after a ureteroscopy. In my experience ive had stone fragment get stuck in the stent which cause urine to flow back up into the kidney causing flank pain. Also if they crystalize you could get urosepsis or worse renal failure... They dont tell you that and makeout these stents arnt as problematic as they are.. Bullshit. Im betting most of these doctors have never had these experiences so dont know shit! They have the worst attitudes too... Once youve had your op and stent fitted, the duty of care they SHOULD still offer goes out the window and youre basically forgotten about unless you chase them down or write to PALS to complain when they say its going to be removed in 2 weeks and leave you with it for months. These stents are NOT bio identical so our bodies have symptoms because its trying to tell us we have these foreign bodies inside of us we need to get out. Back in 2019 my surgeon was only supposed to do a ureteroscopy on my left kidney as no stones showed up on the scan in my right one but while in surgery and after having a spinal tap over anesthetic, my surgeon decided to go for a look in my right kidney, caught it and because it was bleeding put a stent in there but failed to tell me that nor was it mentioned on my discharge letfer. 3 days later i end up in my local hospital with urosepsis abd the doctors asked me why i had a stent in right kidney. I said i dont know as they never told me and i only knew id had a stent because it said that on my discharge letter but not why. I was in hospital for 2 weeks, kidney function down to 37%and me not having a clue if i was having renal failure or if id have to go on dialysis. I was told to drink 3/4 litres of water and take celtic salt for lost electrolytes and slowly my function went to above 40 and i was allowed home. Blood tests weeks n weeks after showed kidney function climb to 63%. October 2023 and i had another stone op and stent inserted and told itd be removed 2 weeks after op.. Still waiting, ive complained again to pals and ive just had an app for end of December. Not happy so demanded they take it out sooner (ie ASAP).. I wait with baited breath!... Thats how much they give a stuff... ive never met a bunch of arrogant brainwashed psychopaths in my life. Imagine being elderly and nt daring to say anything because too scared to or they get fobbed off. Im angry because my partners grandad died 2 weeks ago because basically district nurses killed him. He lived at home with his wife but was bedridden, had dementia and had a catheter in and the district nurse tried to insert a new one without using numbing cream and because he was screaming in pain rang 2 other district nurses to come help. His poor wife was hysterical telling them to stop trying to insert it without numbing gel and the nurse said they didnt always need it nowadays. So while 2 nurses held him down so she could insert this catheter without numbing cream and while he was screaming in pain he litterally had a stroke. One week later he died. My partners mum demanded an autopsy and wanted them to say cause of death was because of the trauma he suffered which resulted in the stroke and then his death but they close ranks and said cause of death was natural and his body giving up! When he was moved, his skin on his back had stuck to the sheet of his bed and litterally came away like paper 😔Im sorry but many of these doctors and nurses are souless, nasty and should never be in a caring job.

    • @PeteHob
      @PeteHob 9 месяцев назад

      If it were not so painful, it would be comical, listening to her cheerful voice talk about a ureteral stent like she was talking about a cake recipe. Granted, patient experience this differently but for many if not most it is a horrible life altering experience especially for males due to the anatomical differences. After a fairly recent surgery, I was informed two days later that I had a stent. It would’ve been nice to have been warned about that ahead of time. I had a cystoscopy over 20 years before that so at least I knew enough to seek out a urologist who would, remove the stent other general anesthesia which was the only way I would ever do it again. I even had to go outside that particular healthcare system to find the doctor.

    • @zoe2466
      @zoe2466 8 месяцев назад

      I know this is a few months past but you are so right. Talk about pain, and get told we can control the spasms with meds. Oh, but wait, you don’t get any because of reduced kidney function. Go home and suffer like you have never suffered before. Cant even walk the dogs, and sex? Are you kidding me! I wish these docs who think they know everything, should get one inserted, let alone two. And then tell us that is can be slightly uncomfortable. That will be $15,000.00 thank you. They suck and like you they will never do this again.

    • @SnowWhite-hr4ho
      @SnowWhite-hr4ho 8 месяцев назад

      Thank you I am currently experiencing pain

    • @zoe2466
      @zoe2466 8 месяцев назад

      @@PeteHob I hear ya, I had a stint in each uter tube and after a month I couldn’t take it anymore, plus couldn’t take the anti spasm crap. I think they got hooked in there and holy shit! The infamous ‘it will only be two seconds per side’ line turned into like two minutes which as you know seemed like an hour, and the joy of going back in to get the other side. I’m with you, never again unless I’m knocked out. I think all those docs need to get one put in and experience it. Maybe a bit more compassion.

  • @lisamaria661
    @lisamaria661 2 года назад +2

    I wish I could schedule an appointment with you.

  • @lorigiesbrecht7891
    @lorigiesbrecht7891 Год назад +2

    Feels like a UTI at times dont hold urine lucky i was by a bathroom mostly I couldn’t sit for very long drink water i limited walking around till removal day

    • @janeofthefamilytaylor7242
      @janeofthefamilytaylor7242 Год назад +2

      Feels like you need a toilet strapped to your back constantly doesnt it. Ive had bad stent experiences where i litterally would pee myself as there was no time for the toilet when your bladder squeezes

  • @cindywhittaker3003
    @cindywhittaker3003 2 года назад +13

    The stent is the worst pain ever! I can’t wait to get this bastard out of me😩

    • @brianbanks3044
      @brianbanks3044 2 года назад +1

      Only when you pee...like someone pushing their knuckle into your back for 20 to 30 seconds...ouch

    • @MariePrettyman
      @MariePrettyman 5 дней назад

      I have been there.My stent has been in 49 weeks and I hate it

  • @sandrabanks8021
    @sandrabanks8021 5 месяцев назад

    This is the 2nd time I have had a stent. The last time they kept it in me for over a month! It was cruel and unusual punishment. It hurt, to walk, cough, or laugh. I just had a failed procedure on Monday 8/12/24. The doctor was not able to get the stone due to inflammation and swelling in my kidney, so he did a stent. This time is not quite as bad, but I am experiencing all of the symptoms mentioned in this video. I now have to have a KUB (kidney, ureter, bladder x ray), before my 8/28/24 post opt appt from the 8/12/24 failed procedure. Then he has to do the procedure again. I am a Senior Citizen on Medicare, and each procedure comes with a $275 co pay!! The kidney stone is sending me to the poor house!! 😪

  • @lisamaria661
    @lisamaria661 2 года назад +1

    I noticed you mentioned that the stent is placed after kidney stone surgery?

  • @phaethompson3501
    @phaethompson3501 Год назад

    I had a double-J stent last January. Doctor said it could be removed in 4 days. Mine came partway out after two and had to be removed by an ER doc.

  • @douglasabler3581
    @douglasabler3581 3 месяца назад

    I just had a stent put in yesterday and now I am incontinent. I have to constantly wear Depends. And they still leak through. My furniture is getting ruined. I have to deal with this for five more days. Plus that string hurts like hell. I can barely move.

  • @GaryCoolCoolCutterWilson
    @GaryCoolCoolCutterWilson 7 месяцев назад +1

    The worst pain , extreme pain while peeing and the pain last and lingers for 4-5 minutes.. omg.

  • @Johnboy945
    @Johnboy945 Год назад

    Thank you

  • @novelist99
    @novelist99 2 года назад +1

    I'm getting a 4 mm kidney stone removed this week. I hope I don't need a stent.

    • @janeofthefamilytaylor7242
      @janeofthefamilytaylor7242 Год назад

      You shouldnt but they might because its easier for them to insert one than to spend time lasering them to dust. My stone was 12mm and had to have stent but they usually do a ureteroscopy before they put one in. In my case they put stent in and said for just 8 weeks then theyd do the op. Never had this way before and then they left me for 5months.in between, i had 3 cancelled ops untill October 17th 2023 when i finally had my op. As im typing this, my stents still in even though they promised me itd be out in 10 days to 2 weeks... Insist they break stone up and even if you have fragments, dont have stent in.. Flush them out yourself by hydrating lots and holding your bladder for as long as you can then peeing out with force x

  • @marsv7777
    @marsv7777 2 года назад

    Great Explanation

  • @rakirk3961
    @rakirk3961 Год назад

    After surgery and within a day my stent come out while nurse removing urine bag 😢

  • @Scout-bt3mo
    @Scout-bt3mo Год назад

    It's been 3 days and I'm still having spasms. How long can this last?

    • @janeofthefamilytaylor7242
      @janeofthefamilytaylor7242 Год назад

      The stents can irritate so spasms can last longer. Drink plenty of lemon water, herbal tea (these are diuretics and will flush your kidneys better) nettle tea and quebra pedra are really good for flushing kidneys and kidney health. Dont take anti inflammatory pills like ibroprufen because these will damage your kidneys, just hydrate hydrate hydrate with fruit juices, herbals..... If you must have pain meds, opt for diclofenic suppositories because they are the lesser of 2 evils but stop the spasms within 10-20 mins and last for up to 16 hrs so you dont need too many 👍🙏

  • @harnoorsingh2465
    @harnoorsingh2465 Месяц назад

    I just got stunt installed yesterday, Omg the pain is unbearable, they have to push all the pain medicine they can in my body but the pain is still their. This is all false she is saying that you can continue physical activity…. No chance when ever i walk my bladder hurts, i feel to throw up and my next surgery is scheduled 1 month from now…. My worst decision of life of getting stunt installed. Please think as mine time as you want because once you got stunt installed no way they will remove it asap.. god bless you all

  • @SMARTPHONOLOGY
    @SMARTPHONOLOGY 2 года назад

    Thanks. Nice video