Hi There!

[Joelist]

Not where it was located - they don't use ultrasonics in some locations.

 

[Overmind One]

Not where it was located - they don't use ultrasonics in some locations.

Wait...you passed a 5mm stone? You must be...um...VERY well endowed? Perhaps your urethra is larger. Mine hurt like the dickens (pun intended).

 

[Joelist]

I'm just glad I passed the thing!

 

[Overmind One]

I'm just glad I passed the thing!

But you didnt even feel it? 5mm? I was in tears with only that 3mm in the picture. You were lucky you did not feel what I felt.

 

[shavedape]

That should have been broken up by Ultrasonics.

Sounds like an 80's band.

 

[Overmind One]

Sounds like an 80's band.

They put the ultrasound pad over the stone and pulverize it with the waves (when they can). Mine was already in the mouth of the ureter so they could not do it. But they can do it if it is still in the kidneys or in the bladder. The powder passes without pain.

 

[shavedape]

They put the ultrasound pad over the stone and pulverize it with the waves (when they can). Mine was already in the mouth of the ureter so they could not do it. But they can do it if it is still in the kidneys or in the bladder. The powder passes without pain.

The closest thing I've experienced is a catheter during surgery. I didn't know they were going to do it and, thankfully, they did it while I was asleep. When I woke up though I was like "I gotta piss!" and the nurse said "Oh, no, that's just the catheter. Here, let me remove it" -- YANK! I was awake enough at that point to feel it and I was sore for 2 weeks after that. Not fun.

 

[Joelist]

Mine was already in the Kidney to Bladder pathway so no ultrasound. It wasn't perfectly round so that is likely how I actually passed the thing - surgery was scheduled but got cancelled when we confirmed by CT scan it was gone.

 

[Joelist]

They were going to in up a certain channel and use a laser to break it up as shown here:

 

[Overmind One]

Mine was already in the Kidney to Bladder pathway so no ultrasound. It wasn't perfectly round so that is likely how I actually passed the thing - surgery was scheduled but got cancelled when we confirmed by CT scan it was gone.

The ureter. Mine was at the kidney end opening of the ureter, starting it's descent so no ultrasound either.