Surgery today. Fourth and final, I hope, after three failed attempts to shatter my kidney stone. I go to the hospital in a couple of hours for my uretoscopy; I will be knocked out, tubes will be stuffed up my penis, and I will (I hope) wake up stone-free, to pee out the pieces, hopefully with little pain.
Then one more week of having a stent in me. Which as long as the stone isn't moving (most days) has been the bigger source of irritation, the thing that makes me bleed when I pee, that makes the urine burn, that makes me wake up at all hours to run to the washroom.
Anyhow, wish me luck.
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Good luck. How'd it go?
Success! With lingering after effects, but so far less awful than before, overall. I managed to sleep thru the night without getting up to pee, for one thing, though when I DO pee I am now passing fragments and it hurts like fuck. I got a new stent, too, to help the pebbles pass. It comes out May 30th, which will be the official end of this nearly year-long misadventure. I think I can live with the remaining symptoms and piss-pebbles til then.
Sigh. Wake up after two and a half hours with urgent pee need... Race to the toilet in time... Sit up for three hours and pee four times during. Over a month of this (caused by the stent) - is it really necessary?
Would that I could offer you my own fine, strong, uncomplicated penis to urinate through!
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