We know that the prospect of needing to have a stent removed is a big source of anxiety for patients. While almost everyone can’t wait to have his or her stent out, not knowing what to expect during the removal procedure can be just as bad. To better prepare you for your procedure and perhaps relieve some of your concerns, we asked visitors to the website who have already gone through the process to share their experiences with you. The results of our stent removal survey follows. Thanks to everyone who replied and let us know what you think in the comments below.
How are people having their stents removed?
575 of you have responded to the survey over the last 3 months that it has been up. The most common method of stent removal was through the use of a flexible camera placed in the urethra (cystoscopy) in the doctor’s office, with almost half of respondents reporting this approach (45%). 17% instead had their stents removed using cystoscopy in the operating room. 12% removed their stents themselves by pulling on a stent string while the last remaining 26% had their stents removed by having their doctor’s office pull on the string. Our post on stent removal describes these techniques in more detail.
How much pain should I expect?
Out of a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the worst pain ever and 1 being no pain at all, the overall average amount of pain reported was 4.8 or a moderate amount of discomfort. However, it may surprise you to hear that the most common rating given was 1, or no pain at all, chosen by 18%. So while some patients do report a high amount of pain with their stent removal, many had no pain or only mild pain. If we look at pain by method of stent removal, average pain was relatively higher for those who had their stent removed by office cystoscopy (5.4 out of a scale of 1 to 10) followed by doctor’s office string removal (4.9), operating room cystoscopy (3.9), and self string removal which had the lowest reported amount of pain (3.8). However, these differences between method of removal are not dramatic given that the scale goes from 1 to 10.
Will I experience pain afterwards?
Most patients had no pain or only mild pain after their stent removal. Unfortunately, a third of patients (33%) did experience a severe attack of pain after their stent removal, including an unfortunate 9% who required a return trip to the emergency room for their pain. When comparing recurrent pain by method of stent removal, severe pain occurring after stent removal was more common in the self string removal group (43%) and less likely in the doctor’s office string removal group, office cystoscopy, and operating room cystoscopy groups (26%, 33%, and 33%, respectively). It’s not clear why those who pulled out their own stents were more likely to report a severe episode of pain afterwards. There is some evidence that taking a tablet of an NSAID medication (naproxen) before removing your stent can help reduce the chance of experiencing a severe episode of pain.
How did the experience compare to what you expected?
Overall, 35% felt the actual stent removal experience was not as bad or not nearly as bad as they expected. 27% reported that their experience was about what they expected. 15% felt it was a bit worse and 23% felt it was a much worse. Reporting the pain as much worse than expected occurred in 27% of those who underwent office cystoscopy, 24% of those who had their stents pulled out by the clinic, 20% of those who pulled out the stent themselves, and 15% of those who had a cystoscopy in the operating room.
If you had a choice, would you choose this option again?
Those who underwent operating room cystoscopy to remove their stents were most likely to choose the same technique again (65% replying probably or definitely would choose this method again) followed by self string removal (59%), doctor’s office string removal (55%), and office cystoscopy (50%).
While we asked respondents whether they would choose the same method for stent removal the next time, not all options for stent removal may always be available to you. For example, your doctor may choose not to use a string if he or she feels that your stent needs to remain in longer than a few days because the string can easily get snagged and the stent might accidentally be removed too early. Secondly, stent removal in the operating room is not always an option because: time in the operating room may not be available, the risk to you of undergoing anesthesia again may outweigh the benefit of having the procedure done in this fashion, the costs to you in terms of time and money involved in scheduling and preparing for an operating room procedure may not be worth it. We recommend that you talk to your doctor to go over the best option for stent removal in your particular case.
Priorities as a patient:
We asked respondents how much of a priority certain things were to them as a patient with a stent. Being informed why a stent was placed was the biggest priority for respondents (4.7 on an importance scale of 1-5). Being informed about what was actually involved in the stent removal procedure was also a high priority (4.5). Being able to have general anesthesia was a moderate priority (3.1) while being able to see a video/diagram of the process was a lower priority (2.9).
Okay, what’s the bottom line?
Most patients reported an average amount of discomfort with stent removal by any technique. Many patients actually reported no or minimal pain but about a third reported significant pain. Removal by office cystoscopy was associated with more pain on average and removing a stent yourself by pulling on the stent string was associated with less pain on average. A third of patients may experience a delayed attack of severe pain after their stent removal. Overall, about 62% reported that the experience was not as bad or about what they expected but 38% said it was a bit worse or much worse than they expected.
Editors note: Post updated on August 29th with additional survey results.
If you have stone pain, get your doctor to prescribe diclofenac suppositories. The pain relief for me was in 20 mins, went from 8 to 0.5 on a 10 scale. Might not work for all but for me it was a god sent. Anyways 3 days with stint, m going to pull it out myself today
I just had a kidney stone removal and stent placement this past Thursday. It has been absolutely agonizing I’m 30 years old and a mother of two and I have literally been confined to a chair because the pain is so severe the doctor says oh well it’ll be fine just take more pain pills I don’t want to be dependent on pain pills. So it’s been in for almost 3 days I’m actually going to take it out tonight when I get in the shower hopefully all goes well and I won’t have any issues. With today being Father’s Day I couldn’t even stand up to cook my husband a meal which is something that I always love doing every year for him
Good morning,
I had a kidney stone removel and a stient was left in place. It was so uncomfortable that i could not take it. The doctor removed the stint a few days eariler once the stink was removed i had short term relief. I am in so much pain that it is unbearable. The doctor put me on a for the spasams it worked the first day but right now medicine for the spasams but st this piint i dont know what to do because it is so painful.
Tuesday morning I got my stent put in the same day I got out the hospital it is now Thursday June 14th 2018 I’ve been eating pretty healthy since then lots of salads lots of water of course lots of fried potatoes fried onions fresh squeezed lemonade stuff like that no my doctor told me I should leave it in for 3 days I don’t know if I should trust that anyone has better advice please let me know I guess I open
Good to read other peoples’ experiences. My stent was inserted following removal of a tumor from the bladder near the right ureter opening. The stent is due to be removed on 18th June … 2 months after the operation and stent insertion. It has been a painful and uncomfortable 2 months, and I am hoping that the pain will subside once the stent is removed. Pain has varied between 4 and 11 out of 10 … with 2 visits to ER. There have been times that I thought I was going to die … or at least I hoped I would.
Just had a stent removed this A.M.
A little freezing applied and told to take a deep breath and it was over.
Only about 5 mins. in the room altogether.
Just a slight sting is all I felt and no pain after.
Go for it.
Hello. I had my stent removed today under local anaesthesia .
I knew the exact procedure since I am also a doctor.
I was very anxious about the whole procedure. All I can say that one has to be
brave. Of course there was a bit of pain but my urologist removed it in less than 5 minutes! My advise is that it is better to bear this pain and discomfort for a short period
versus General Anaesthesia
Im having stent removed this Friday june 15. I had open pyleoplasty on April 25. This stent has been horrible. Symptoms pain in back, cramping,extreme incontinence. Had to quit my job for never knowing when I had to go. I’m assuming all be normal after removal. Never had stones, just blockage at upj caus d by defective ureter. Gosh i Hope all will be better once stent is out
I, like so many others, experienced anxiety before the procedure to remove the stent. The actual procedure lasted maybe all of 2 minutes and I experienced almost no pain at all. A bit of discomfort, but the feeling when the stent was gone was so much better. Just relax, and be calm seems to be the whole idea and you will see it goes more quickly and less pain than you imagined. I was actually surprised when the urologist said it was over.
I hope you are right. I go Friday to get it out in the office. It’s been in for 7.5 months. For sure it has calcified. The 4 other stents I was put to sleep. I hope it goes well
I will share my story, so you all know you are not alone. I had a kidney stone surgery 8 days ago, where the doctor lazered the stone (5-6cm stone that popped out of my kidney and was stuck at the top of the urether tube causing a kidney infection) and inserted the urethral stent under General anesthesia in the hospital. 7 days later, yesterday, the doctor removed the stent in the doctor’s office. Removal did not hurt. He put numbing gel at the area and removed the stent with the cystoscope. The procedure took 30 seconds. I felt good afterwards for about 1 hour, then the pain started, dull at first, in the back flank where my kidney is, then the pain intensified over the course of 5 hours, even worse pain than after the surgery, very similar to kidney stone attack pain. My doctors said the blood in the urine will stop very soon. It has so far, except a little speck of it on the toilet tissue. He said I may experience pain, spasms, twinges for a few days. Sometimes he said if the pain cannot be managed with pain meds that sometimes patients need to be admitted to the hospital to control then pain (also reading between the lines, probably also because of bacterial infection after stent removal). He put me on Cipro antibiotic for the next few days after stent removal. So the pain subsided a bit after a good 5 hours of suffering, trying to ride out the pain and not go to the ER), probably down to a 1 or 2 on the pain scale by using Tylenol Extra Strength, 1000mg every 4 hours. Currently the pain is bearable, but hard to sleep, small fits of sleep. I’m also using a heating pad on the back and another on the front as I also experienced pain spasms of my bladder. The front feels like period cramps (anther female like me will know what that feels like), the pain in the back like kidney stone pain, although right now as I type this, the pain has calmed down. In 5 weeks I have to go to for a renal ultrasound and on week 6, I see the doctor again, for I have 2 small stones (2-3cm) in my other kidney. I know this is my life, as I have been generating kidney stones as a teenager and now I’m in my 40s (I also suffer from Chron’s but thankfully it’s in remission).
After reading other patient comments here, it seems this is normal and I, and others, like me will have to endure. I read on Google that the pain can last 2-3 days but could go on for weeks.
I pray everyone here will find relief soon and can get back to their normal lives! We’ll get there!
Lori G.
I had my stent removed on May 30th 2018. I had large kidney stone removed from my ureter on May 23rd. 2 days after having the stent removed I began experiencing pain. I took extra strength Tylenol and it’s eased up a bit. Now 2 Days Later the pain has started again. Not sure if I should go back to the ER but the pain is not unbearable it’s just a nagging pain. It feels like a mild cramp.
I m going for stunt removal tomorrow. Thanks for all feed back.but but but…I am bit tensed.pkse pray for me
Thank god process was done.feeling great.stant was very pain full for me.thank u god for pain relief .procedure was pain less don
T sorry friends.
I had my stent in for 4 months, having it inserted on holiday in Australia. I finally had it removed along with the kidney stones 18 hours ago under General anaesthetic. It went well, and I only have mild stinging when I pee but the trouble I am experiencing is a continuous trickle of urine that I can’t stop and it’s very embarrassing. I defiantly can not go out so just hope this stops.
I had a ureral stent put in place on 5/15/18. There were complications such as severe blood in urine and unbearable pain when urinating. On scale from 0 to 10, the pain of passing urine was a full 10 ( I blacked out)! The stent caused so much pain and discomfort that I almost went to the emergency room to have the stent removed. I did research on whether it was safe to remove your own stent and found that it was in fact safe. Needless to say, later that night I slowly pulled the stent out myself. I felt instant relief. However, since then, I have felt severe soreness in my right side that increases with activity. On a scale from 0 to 10, when not being active, the pain is at a 5, and when being slightly active, the pain is at a 8 sometimes 9. Is it normal to have pain for this long and with such severity after stent removal? I called my urologoy clinic, and all the nurses have assured me that the pain is normal, but I am a little concerned. If anyone else has had this issue, I would greatly appreciate the feedback. I just want to make sure that I am not ignoring a serious problem, but I hate to make an ER visit just to be told that nothing is worng.
Hi. I am having a similar experience. Removing my stent was certainly not comfortable, but not very painful. Although it felt like forever taking it out. Afterward I’ve had severe pain on the side my stone was. It can best be described as a sharp cramp like pain akin to a severe back spasm. It’s easily a 10 level pain; on the edge of what I can tolerate. I don’t know what triggers the painful episodes. I also don’t know if painkillers help much or if they subside on their own. I don’t like taking prescription pain meds, but had to last night. I hope your pain improves as I hope mine does as well. Anyway you’re not alone!
I pulled the stent out about an hour ago and the pain is about an 8. i can bear it, but dont want to deal with pain anymore. How long will this last and what should I do to lower pain levels?
I have to work tomorrow so I don’t want to get too medicated.
I just had my stent removed yesterday and have a pain level of 10 yesterday after removal ..I took a half a pain pill which helped but today still have pain abt. A 5 I feel sick to my stomach and very tired…I wish we were told about what to experience..I had the stent in for a month and had bleeding for the whole time…good luck …feel bettet
Hello today 05/15/2018 after 7 weeks with a stent left side kidney to my bladder was finally removed. This was caused by a much needed parcel hystratecomy with Dr/OB using “da Vinci Robot” in my hystratecomy, “But” they didnt realize “they” “cut/injured my urter,” sent me on my way only 23 hours after surgery…like it “I” was nothing these ppl nuses”, didn’t help me out of bed, get dressed or even made sure I peed, just Bye!!! I didnt know it wasnt normal i couldnt pee at all…but hey they didnt so “byeeee”Felicia”(movie quote)
Well a day later march 1st at 3am in the morning i couldn’t take the pain couldn’t move my bowls or urinate (sorry gross, gets better) couldn’t sit, lay, stand, more!! my stomach look like i was 9 months pg how swollen i was they rushed back to the hospital by ambulance, did CtScan found Pneumonia in my lungs, fluid in my stomach & infection! Couldnt pee they put in a catheter, i could move my bowls for a week, my stomach was shut down, sooo painful! I stood in the hospital for 9 days released on my bd march 9th,
Came home trying to relax heal after hystratecomy my back was giving me pain but my stomach was to slow healing process taking me meds etc!
Then march 24th i just couldn’t take my left side flank pain wasn’t a pulled muscle, pain was getting worst. So had hubby take me to er just to make sure my stomach was ok, maybe gas or idk, they did CtScan, found my kidney was backing up fluid due to “A cut Ureter”. so was I was admitted again!
Given meds & saw urologist whom end up putting a stent in my kidney to my bladder so my cut ureter could heal.
Went home march 26th 7 weeks of everyday pain, stabbing /aching /groin pinching, feeling this tube/stent rub thru me was Soooo painful I couldn’t do anything, if i did, i paid the price shortly into anything. I was “Am” felt sad 😞depressed maybe…
I’m a mom & wife & my fury fds. I was feeling useless as a provider in my home cuz this pain I’m having is daily 24/7 & kept me down.
Today may 15th I got this stent out dr said looked good & sees me in 6 weeks to do xray make sure the scaring on the ureter isnt closing the tube, if i feel flank pain go in to Er… so hoping no long term problems in my future who knows right?
So Im pretty pissed off & wonder if i have a case.
Malpractice Pain & lottttsss of suffering
All of this was horrible
sorry for misspelled words etc im lil sleepy still from being put to sleep today
May 15th to remove the stent, who cuzed sooo much pain, But saved my kidney so far!
I am So sorry you are experiencing this . I had a tubal ligation done procedure to block my Fallopian tubes . The doctor clamped my right ureter causing 100% blockage. My right kidney almost ruptured . I kept telling the nurse that I was At a 10 in pain level and that I could not urinate at all. She gave me three different pain meds and discharged me . I ended up going back to the er 13 hours later begging for a catheter because I still Couldn’t Urinate. My Catheter bag was on a slow drip and gave some relief but I still Had some pain in my right side . Radiologist said my kidney looked like I passed a stone .but i told him i never has kidney issues before . They did x rays and CT’s with contrast and saw that’s the contrast was not going through my ureter to my kidney. I had An emergency surgery and because the clamp is metal they were not able to remove it . So i woke up with a nephrostomy tube coming out of my back to drain the kidney . I had to have that in for a month . April 17th I finally Had a procedure called a psoas hitch and ureter reimplementation. It’s where they have to move the bladder closer to the kidney and sew the bladder to the psoas muscle they then had to make a new hole in a different spot on my bladder and cut the ureter to move it to the new pathway and then place a stent in place from the kidney through the re constructed ureter to the bladder . I’ve had this stent in for a month it finally gets removed on June 4th . I just want you to know I empathize with you.
The post op nurse also lied in my discharge notes . She said I was At a level 3 of pain . Which was stupid on her part cause why would you give someone 3 different pain relief options . She also lied and said I could urinate successfully with no issues . Smh.
It’s been 4 months and it’s cause so much anguish. I have 6 scars from the robotic surgery. I have Been bed bound , experienced Utis from the stent , on 5 different meds to get everything flowing properly, I am 35 never in my life had a uti or any health issues so this was all very scary . But I know The stent saved my kidney and my life .
I’m grateful for my urologist that did the corrective survey “ psoas hitch and ureter reimplantation .
Get you an attorney, statutate of limitations is a year . So you have a year from the day of the initial surgery that put you in the situation to begin with . Look for a med Mal attorney, that’s not from your area they will request your medical records to A medical professional that can tell them if it’s something that could have been prevented .
Hello today 05/15/2018 after 7 weeks with a stent left side kidney to my bladder was finally removed. This was caused by a much needed parcel hystratecomy with Dr/OB using “da Vinci Robot” in my hystratecomy, “But” they didnt realize “they” “cut/injured my urter,” sent me on my way only 23 hours after surgery…like it “I” was nothing these ppl nuses”, didn’t help me out of bed, get dressed or even made sure I peed, just Bye!!! I didnt know it wasnt normal i couldnt at all…but hey they didnt so “byeeee”Felicia”(movie quote)
Well a day later march 1st at 3am in the morning i couldn’t take the pain couldn’t move my bowls or urinate (sorry gross, gets better) couldn’t sit, lay, stand, more!! my stomach look like i was 9 months pg how swollen i was they rushed back to the hospital by ambulance, did CtScan found Pneumonia in my lungs, fluid in my stomach & infection! Couldnt pee they put in a catheter, i could move my bowls for a week, my stomach was shut down, sooo painful! I stood in the hospital for 9 days released on my bd march 9th,
Came home trying to relax heal after hystratecomy my back was giving me pain but my stomach was to slow healing process taking me meds etc!
Then march 24th i just couldn’t take my left side flank pain wasn’t a pulled muscle, pain was getting worst. So had hubby take me to er just to make sure my stomach was ok, maybe gas or idk, they did CtScan, found my kidney was backing up fluid due to “A cut Ureter”. so was I was admitted again!
Given meds & saw urologist whom end up putting a stent in my kidney to my bladder so my cut ureter could heal.
Went home march 26th 7 weeks of everyday pain, stabbing /aching /groin pinching, feeling this tube/stent rub thru me was Soooo painful I couldn’t do anything, if i did, i paid the price shortly into anything. I was “Am” felt sad 😞depressed maybe…
I’m a mom & wife & my fury fds. I was feeling useless as a provider in my home cuz this pain I’m having is daily 24/7 & kept me down.
Today may 15th I got this stent out dr said looked good & sees me in 6 weeks to do xray make sure the scaring on the ureter isnt closing the tube, if i feel flank pain go in to Er… so hoping no long term problems in my future who knows right?
So Im pretty pissed off & wonder if i have a case.
Malpractice Pain & lottttsss of suffering
All of this was horrible
sorry for misspelled words etc im lil sleepy still from being put to sleep today
May 15th to remove the stent, who cuzed sooo much pain, But saved my kidney so far!
My daughter is 7 she has been diagnosed with kidney stone on the 16th April 2018, it has been a long and scary road for us. she has been ill from the 21 March 2018 and doctors just could not find out what is going on, pain, severe cramps vomiting for hours.
Suddenly it stopped and after 3-4 days starts again. We saw a lot of doctors and specialist.
She was diagnosed on the Tuesday 17 April and a Urethral stent was placed on the 20th April 2018, she has not been ill since then, today they took the Urethral stent out (not sure if it was 100%) she now has a string hanging from her vagina, it this still the stent? will this come out by it self?
She is extremely scared and can not handle pain.
Please help
I know they can put in two, so maybe that’s the case with your daughter. Poor baby!!
I pulled my stent out yesterday morning. It had been in for about 3.5 days. I just pulled slow and steady while in the shower. It went fairly well. No pain just a small amount of discomfort. It helped to relax and go slow.
Russell,
Thank you for that advice. I followed it to the letter, and achieved the same result. Thanks again.
I had kidney stone surgery 7 days ago and had the stent in until about 2 hours ago. I had minimal pain getting it started, after it was started though, just a little discomfort and it came right out. I didn’t have any type of numbing gel people on here are talking about, but it was nowhere near the pain I thought it would be thankfully!! I’m starting to have a little pain in my kidney but the doctor told me that would happen and is normal. Hopefully the pain is completely gone by morning and I can get back into things!
I just removed my stent after almost 3 days after ureteroscopy by pulling the string in the shower. It came right out, no pain. Thank god it’s out, it was torture having it in.
I have a urethral stent in right now, hoping it stays in there for a while to allow everything in there to heal up from multiple stones passing over the space of several weeks. I’m in NO HURRY to get my stent out, but when the hospital and surgeon decide that everything’s adequately healed up enough to get it out, I am going to request twilight sleep to remove it. If I had to be under general anesthesia to have it inserted, then I don’t want to be at all conscious to have it removed. I know that means no food or water after midnight before the surgery to remove it, and having to have someone drive me there and back home after surgery, but it will be worth it to be under anesthesia for removal.
I’m just not in any particular rush to get my stent removed. Whenever I’m healed up enough is just fine by me, even if that’s a month-six weeks or so from now. I can live with mild incontinence and temporary overactive bladder syndrome for that long, just so it’s not permanent.
Ureteral stent…..damned autocorrect!
Oh, boy, my urologist’s office just called to schedule me for a cytoscopy stent removal procedure for Thursday morning. I’m extremely nervous about this, hoping it won’t be as bad as what I experienced for several days after surgery last week. I wonder if it might behoove me to take a prescription strength Naproxen tablet an hour beforehand. I understand this lessens the pain quite substantially. Please let this all go well. So damn nervous about being awake and only being numbed with lidocaine gel injection into my urethra and ureter. It doesn’t sound at all pleasant.
Since my urinary system will be numb for a number of hours afterward, I wonder if it might be a good idea not to drink anything for 6 or so hours since I won’t be able to feel whether I have to go or not. Big fear of being incontinent afterward as a result of not being able to feel anything. I’m mildly incontinent now from the stent, can’t leave my house because of constant urinary urgency and almost not making it to the bathroom on time. I considered using Depends throughout this entire thing, but so far, haven’t had to resort to that. I just don’t ever leave my house so I can be near my bathroom 24 hours a day.
So looking forward to being able to get out of these four walls soon so I can resume something of a normal life again.
I just had my ureteral stent removed an hour ago. The procedure only took 10 minutes, not including the 15 minutes I had to wait after the numbing gel was inserted. I felt some pressure but really it was painless. There was an odd, chilly feeling; it felt like cold water was being put in my urethra. Don’t let people’s horror stories scare you; everybody’s experience is going to be different, and if your doctor is reputable, there’s no need to worry or lose sleep.
I had my stents removed 04-25-18. No pain,but urinateing every 25-30 mins and some times can’t make it to restroom, that is why I am wearing depends. Can you explain this to me.
Will this get better
I second Anonymous from 4-20. If your stent needs to be in place for that long, and sometimes they really do, then talk to your dr BEFORE s/he leaves, if at all possible. Call, leave msgs, email, talk to a nurse repeatedly- do whatever to get a real, reasonable response. If, however, the dr is just lazy, then definitely find another urologist. One who cares for your needs. And, contrary to the above comment, another urologist will remove a stent. IF you provide all the relevant records, and discuss your 100% valid issue with a dr who’ll blow off your concerns so s/he can go on vacation.
I was having my ureteral stent removed yesterday because of a blockage from hysterectomy complication. The eurologist left it there for 4 weeks, i was not in pain, i felt great while the stent inside me, only complain is that the urge to pee. Anyways, 4 weeks passed, that was yesterday that my eurologist took out the stent, I’m nervous of course, but my nurse she’s great, she held my hand the whole time. After 30 minutes of that procedure, I was in a lot of pain!!!! the pain is unbearable! i took 2 extra strength of tylenol which didn’t help. I took one Naproxen, and that helps. I almost passed out of pain. I almost went to ER. The message is, those of you who will undergo this procedure, just take pain reliever before stent removal. Thank you and God Bless Us All!
Just had my stent removed this afternoon after 2 weeks in place. My 6mm stone crushed during my cystoscopy and so a uretal stent was put in place for 14 days. It took me about 3 or 4 days to get out of bed after that. Mild cramping and irritation from the stent. I’d have bleeding if I did any cardio… didnt bother weight training. Any way, the stent removsl was a million times better that what I was expecting. The worst part was when the nurse injected lidocaine into my urethra. It didnt hurt, was just a weird small pressure. The actual procedure took 30 seconds. I barely felt a thing. I just freaked myself out about it, so that was what made it “uncomfortable”. There was a slight burning feeling afterward… a 0 on a 10 pain scale. Was just barely noticable. So don’t worry! I was extremely scared for no reason!
My doctor wants to leave Stent in ureter for 12 weeks! He is going to be on vacation! I’m currently looking for another uroligist. I can’t stand this for another 10 weeks. Any comments?
find another doctor
Seriously find someone who cares enough for you. If he’s doing it because he medically thinks you need it then let it go. But if he is leaving it in just because he is gone.FIND A NEW DOCTOR!
I was told by another Urologist office that another Doctor will not remove a stent that was put in by the original Doctor. Only the Original Dr. can remove it.
That is untrue! I had a stent placed on April 14th. After much discomfort and requests for antibiotics to ease the UTI pain, I finally went to another urologist. He said the stent was causing the pain and discomfort. Why my original Dr. waited 28 days and did not schedule removal of the stent, I will never know. Thankfully, I found another urologist and after the stent removal I feel 100% better!!!