Joni

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I live in Raleigh but I do know where Burlington is.

It is a terrific state and i love it here too!

Joni

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I saw your post about kidney stones and just wondered what part of nc you

are in? I moved to nc a yr and half ago and love it here.

Hope to chat sometime:)

Moderator

(ps im in gibsonville area but up by reidsville/burlington line. Im in the

sticksLOL-moved here from ct)

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> hi,

> i have had both type of kidney stone procedures done. they have taken out

> the kidney stone first and then put a stent in to keep it open till the

> swelling

> etc goes away so the tube from the kidney itself doesnt close. the stent

> is

> really uncomfortable and when they remove it they do that in the doc

> office

> not the hospital and that is so painful.

> The lithotripsy was done on me when the stone was to large to pass and

> was still stuck in the kidney itself. Even after breaking it up they put

> a

> stent in to keep things open afterwards. Again it is removed in the

> doc office

> after the stent has been in for about a week. My dad however had the

> lithotripsy done and they were unable to get the stone crushed during

> that procedure

> and he still ended up having to pay after his insurance paid their part

> of it.

> He ended up having to go back and have kidney surgery (incision) to get

> the

> stone out. Lithotripsy's are so so very expensive it is unreal.

> There is what they call a mobile unit, a bus, a small hospital room/set

> up on this vehicle that travels around hospitals in the state (this is my

> experience in NC). They hook up to the hospital and then they wheel you

> out to

> the unit on a stretcher after you have been sedated. There is a laser unit

> on

> that vehicle and that is where they do the procedure.

>

> hope you feel better, kidney stones are very painful.

>

> Joni in NC

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