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Elspode · 03-10-2006, 03:59 PM

Urinary stent, which does indeed support the ureter (urethra?) during healing to keep it from swelling shut. When my wife had her stone extracted, they stented her; about a nine inch long plastic tube that coiled when it reached the bladder, presumably to hold it in place.

That coil rubbed raw the inside of her bladder to the point that, two weeks post-removal, the pain in her bladder was worse than the pain from the stone. We finally took her to the doctor's office, walked her in (with support from me, she was hurting so badly), and said, "Take this *out*!"

He did.

03-10-2006, 03:59 PM	#33
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Urinary stent, which does indeed support the ureter (urethra?) during healing to keep it from swelling shut. When my wife had her stone extracted, they stented her; about a nine inch long plastic tube that coiled when it reached the bladder, presumably to hold it in place. That coil rubbed raw the inside of her bladder to the point that, two weeks post-removal, the pain in her bladder was worse than the pain from the stone. We finally took her to the doctor's office, walked her in (with support from me, she was hurting so badly), and said, "Take this out!" He did. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog