Severe pain due to kidney stent

Earlybird I feel your pain. I had the procedure done this past Tuesday. I had my stent out Friday. I figured once the stent was out I would feel brand new. For 2 days I rolled around, screaming, crying, moaning. Which I heard was all normal and I'd feel like there was a stone there and it would feel like kidney stone pain, wrong!! It was 1000x worse than kidney stone pain. I kept calling my urologist who assured me it will be over in 24hrs. It felt like someone took a knife and stuck it in my kidney and every once and while came over and twisted and turned the knife. On to of all of this I developed bronchitis and have the cough syrup with codeine which seems to helps alittle bit with my pain besides my cough. Def not fun to have this horrible cough on top of feeling like someone just stabbed me. It's been 48hrs and it still feels like someone stabbed me in my side. I had to get the stone lasered because it was too big to pass and stuck in my tube. But the after math of all this, OMG!! I JUST WANT THE PAIN TO GO AWAY. And take Zofran if you have it. Zofran has become my new bf. As soon as I feel nauseous from the pain I take my Zofran, cause I hate throwing up. I can't deal with it and Zofran helps stop it big time. Hoping you have some relief. XO.

I am saddened to hear how all of you are suffering from pain that can be decreased with the appropriate medication, pain medication.  I am a nurse and for many years, it was all about "was your pain managed while you were hospitalized?" was a TOP question with hospital surveys.  Today, due to the opioid crisis, people like yourselves are suffering; people who need pain medication to function until the chronic issue is taken care of.  I have been dealing with my husband's pain from 2 surgeries with in 8 days and 2 stents, he suffers from long horn kidney stones.  I have never seen him in so much agony, pale, ready to pass out from the pain.  His urologist as well, says it's normal.  His urologist gave us both a lecture on addiction.  I am very angry about how this is being handled.  Pain is what the patient says it is, that is what I was taught in nursing school and my first 20 years of patient care.  I just had to post how I feel, to read, hear and see people in pain, because providers feel it's normal.  I feel as a healthcare provider,we are letting patients suffer, and I apologize for that.  I wish all of you the best outcomes.  And PAIN FREE days to come.

I didn't really get relief till I got them to take that stent out...sorry. The doctor acted as if it couldn't be that bad but it was. Maybe it was the string hanging up on everything making me feel like someone was pulling on my insides every little time. Or maybe its I have fibromyalgia and my nerves are just are more sensitive? I couldn't tell you...I can tell you that stent to me was as awful as trying to pass the stone....ok once it had gotten out of my back and into my privates....it was the same damn pain to me...except I peed alot more blood with the stent. I know none of this helps except to say...call your doctor ask how much longer you have to have that horrible thing in? When I got pushy they moved my up and Im so glad they did!!! Blood went away same day...pain went away....same day. Incontinence went away the same day. I have uped my water intake and lemon water intake....I dont want to ever do this again.

Omg thit's all I can say. I'm dying in pain and my doctor doesn't care. I had my stent put in last week. Omg can't sleep can't eat and I'm a single mom. ,

I'm sitting here reading this old thread so I know i'm not the only one going through this. I passed a 4mm stone in 2011 with the help of morphine. Back then they told me I had another stone well fast forward 7 years and he I am on night 2 of a hospital stay with an 8mm stone and a stent that's kicking my butt. If I can pee within 1 second of the urge I get moderate kidney pain but I can't seem to do that so I get full blown kidney cramping that feels like the moment you initially felt the stone hit your ureter. I'm talking during on the floor in the bathroom because you can't get up. I'm also peeing lots of blood. I guess I'm going home tomorrow. I can't wait to get off the IV fluids so I'm not filling up so quickly. I'm told I'll be back in a week to crush the stone. Its going to be a long week but I'm here for a 2nd night since they can't get the pain under control so maybe I'll get bumped up in line a couple days. If you ever have a stone and they say it's huge they'll probably give you 2 options... go home with percocet (and end up coming back to the ER) or go with the stent. Just go with the stent and try to muscle through it but if you hurt do not let them discharge you without having your pain under control. I've tried everything short of fentanyl. Percocet does nothing. Diloutin works but for a short time. Now i'm on toradol and bladder relaxers. I wont leave until I know I can manage at home by myself but i'm also 90% sure the pain will lighten up as soon as I come off the drip. I just hope the blood slows down.

It may well be the stent that's causing the pain. I know. I've been there. I was ringing my consultant secretary every day , to see if they would remove. Took a few weeks ( agony, couldn't move for pain) but soooooo much better when out. Good luck. X

I am so glad I found what you have written, although it may be a couple years ago, this is exactly what I'm going through now. only my urologist won't even return a call back to me for over a week now. they told me just take ibprophen which I'm really killing my kidneys and liver both I've taken so many. I dont see another story about how you got through it but I hope you are happy ever after that. I'm 5 years old and I think this is well over my share of pain for a lifetime.

I am so glad I found what you have written, although it may be a couple years ago, this is exactly what I'm going through now. only my urologist won't even return a call back to me for over a week now. they told me just take ibprophen which I'm really killing my kidneys and liver both I've taken so many. I dont see another story about how you got through it but I hope you are happy ever after that. I'm 5 years old and I think this is well over my share of pain for a lifetime.

i had a stent put in 3 weeks ago and have been in constant pain ever since. As others have said it feels like a red hot knife in urethra every time i pee. so painful and nothing touching the pain. i had my follow up scan last wednesday and monday i think is when i shall start nagging about getting it removed. i never expected such pain when standing or walking, at times it is even painful to sit upright.

I'm furious that my doctors don't care how much pain I'm in. I cannot believe it's okay with clinicians to have their patients suffer like this. I'm exhausted and despondent from the constant pain, and they just don't give a damn. A heating pad seems to help a tiny bit, but the feeling that somebody is driving jagged hot glass into my urethra is only mitigated mildly. I would go to the ER but the cost is so high. I'm getting desperate.