Going in for Surgery on the 12th of This Month.

[taerin]

Once they say it is time to remove the stent, they hold you down on the table with no anesthetic and yank the stent out. No amount of pain meds can keep you comfortable through this. I am so fucked.

You gave me a good laugh bud. I had a hellish time in a hospital when I came in for severe pain (internal bleeding) got some very serious pain killer shot which made it so I couldn't move a muscle, and then made me lay in a bed without any food for 3 days. Not being able to eat for 3 days was so incredibley painful that I nearly yanked the cords out and took my chances on my own (surgery standby). Didn't need any surgery and it healed on its own, the cause was never discovered. I hate how scared hospitals are about handing out pain meds now, they wouldn't give me anything better than a tylenol and I was suffering from the worst pain of my life. Now I stay away from hospitals, Harris, I feel for ya!

 

[numbersix]

I got home a couple of hours ago and the urologist got the stone out but had to leave a stent in me until Thursday. This is what I dreaded, pissing with one of those in is like pissing out glass. The good thing is I have lots of pain meds and I just got in 6 100 gram tins of Solani 633 from 2002 and 8 tins of 2008 Escudo,so I have some nicely aged tobacco to smoke while I have this thing in me.

If that isn't a case of "I've got some good news and some bad news"
Sorry to hear it Harris. Here's wishing you good meds and happy smoking!

 

[cigrmaster]

Thanks six, that was the classic case of good news bad news. Before the operation I was begging him not to leave that thing in me, but he explained if he didn't I would be back in there later today with even worse pain when my ureter closed up so I have to do what he tells me.

 

[mctrav]

Hang in there Harris you sound like a tough s.o.b. and I'm sorry you have to go through all of this. Good luck tomorrow!

 

[dragonslayer]

Best of luck with the stones Harris, people think I'm crazy when I tell them I'd rather have my finger broken. But if you've never gone through it, you really can't relate. Bummer they pushed the back surgery, the waiting is usualy the worst part. PLEASE let me know how you score some aged goods.
Well munch the meds and ignore the writing on the bottle, it's just a guideline lols.
Craig

 

[peckinpahhombre]

Glad you're hanging in there Harris. To cheer yourself up, I think you need to pull the trigger on this baby, which has been calling out to you and crying for a home where it will feel loved and cherished for some weeks now ("Harris . . . please buy me . . . I have no where to live ... ):
http://raddavispipes.com/store.cfm?R=0.712469607794

 

[dragonslayer]

Oh that's a great one! As I draw and sketch some crazy ideals, this pipe gives away a secret. Pics, pics, pics... Of true Artisans work, the key to what makes things great, and how they did it... Without shelling out the bucks, damn you cellar!

 

[philobeddoe]

Good luck tomorrow Harris.

 

[drwatson]

Good luck

 

[vespertillio]

Good luck sir.

 

[ssjones]

Missed this one, I hope you are recuperating quickly.

 

[pipesicle]

Hope the surgery went well Harris. Get well soon!

 

[tbradsim1]

Harris get well, you converted me , Dave is holding a Rad for me, whatever we can possibly do for you just ask. Bradley. The old cajun

 

[allan]

Harris
Aren't you amazed at the influence you have on so many in the forum?
You're the man!
Allan

 

[hodirty]

Good luck with everything man. Ill be hoping for nothing but the best for u. Get healed up and back out on the court!!

 

[gwtwdbss]

Harris I hope things are going well for ya. Tuesday cant come soon soon enough so you can get that damned thing out. Glad ya got some vintage stuff to smoke while you're recuperating. Hang in there buddy!

 

[patiobum]

Sending positive thoughts for a good recovery.

 

[cigrmaster]

Thanks for all the well wishes guys.
My urologist yanked the stent out on Thursday and the kidney stone pain is finally gone. The nurse was all set to stick some numbing meds up me but the doctor just came at me, grabbed the rip cord and yanked the fucker out. He says to me, you don't need numbing agents, you are tough. I wanted to slap him, but at least it is out of me. I woke up Friday morning got up and felt my back pain for the first time in like ten days, in all honesty it was a welcome relief in comparison to the stones. I still have some smaller ones floating around my kidneys, but after a ct scan next week the doctor will determine if they are small enough to pass or he may blast them with ultra sound as long as they don't get stuck again I will be fine. The lithotripsy they perform to blast the stones is a breeze.
Back surgery is all set for the 5th of March as long as my urologist gives me a clean bill of health. I do want to thank everyone who has posted on this thread. The forum has meant a lot to me and has helped me immeasurably in dealing with these physical problems. You guys are the best.

 

[cigrmaster]

Thanks Roth.
Mike,thanks. That story does not surprise me at all. Dentists are natural born sadists who get off on causing pain. I have heard gallstones are a mother, and that they are huge in comparison to kidney stones. It is a good thing you got them out of you.

 

[tbradsim1]

Harris you are in my thoughts, whatever and whenever you need we are here, I live in Louisiana but I got a good truck and Florida ain"t that far, no BS offer. The old cajun