I've had a fun 3 weeks after Shockwave Lithotripsy: "Steinstrasse". Google it.
They blasted a 1.42cm stone with the shockwaves. 5 days later, back in ER for, emergency surgery to remove a massive pileup, which they removed. One week later, another smaller steinstrasse formed at the bladder junction from additional remnants. I toughed it out despite a recommendation for a third surgery in as many weeks... and this pic shows those final remnants I passed over the last few days. Ouch.
After 40 years having stones, I can safely say that Steinstrasse was the most painful thing I have ever experienced. 40 stone fragments, gravel and dust cementing itself into my Ureter requiring emergency surgery. It's a not uncommon complication when Large stones are broken up by shockwave Lithotripsy, due to the large fragment size. Of course, nobody mentioned this to me beforehand. Learned a new word.
They blasted a 1.42cm stone with the shockwaves. 5 days later, back in ER for, emergency surgery to remove a massive pileup, which they removed. One week later, another smaller steinstrasse formed at the bladder junction from additional remnants. I toughed it out despite a recommendation for a third surgery in as many weeks... and this pic shows those final remnants I passed over the last few days. Ouch.
After 40 years having stones, I can safely say that Steinstrasse was the most painful thing I have ever experienced. 40 stone fragments, gravel and dust cementing itself into my Ureter requiring emergency surgery. It's a not uncommon complication when Large stones are broken up by shockwave Lithotripsy, due to the large fragment size. Of course, nobody mentioned this to me beforehand. Learned a new word.