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Howard Wolinsky's avatar

Slow and mildly painful. My kidney is aching now. But it's done. Orders to rest today. I'm on it.

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Howard Wolinsky's avatar

I hope fast and painless.

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Steve's avatar

Will tell the guys flag football off for this afternoon! Lacking solid nite's sleep, can't have you carrying ball in opposite direction of goal line. Extraction of stent quick and painless.

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Howard Wolinsky's avatar

Steve, No competition for pain. Things are improving. Taking two meds--one for inflammation and the other pain. Prescriptions run out today. Drinking a lot more water than usual--up all night as a result. We'll see what happens next.

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Steve's avatar

No question your experience worth every bit of support, no matter the hour. Unabashedly, believe your experience topped mine for discomfort despite 3 procedures in 5 months, discovering bladder cancer in search for source of bleeding. Likely you got a box of medication with little-if any-explanation. Yes, that drug should discolor. Can't remember off top of my head names of prescriptions instructed to take, but remember at extraction of stent told all that was ever needed for centralized pain was a single choice, rest could have been thrown away. Believe going forward that despite what your brain tells you-and you've got one of the best-symptoms will wax and wane with return to exercise even weeks later than projected. Smile when you see blood and report for the record, then ask for a partial rebate. Ah, yes, incontinence, you're catheterized which, mildly, certainly unpleasant but cries out, "Make me laugh!" So you know you're well onto recovery: "First you forget names, then you forget faces. Next you forget to pull your zipper up, and finally you forget to pull your zipper down." George Burns

Do not feel reluctant to speak to your experience; question if audience aware what a cystoscopy entails.

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Howard Wolinsky's avatar

Steven, Maybe you can share more and open this up. I have only had this with the kidney stone, Now I learned that yeah I had some bleeding. But the meds they gave me can dye the urine orange.

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Steve's avatar

Howard, again, ad nauseam, ever grateful for information in any form. What is not talked 'bout in our forums or others attended, surprisingly, is experience similar to yours. No, not kidney stones but spontaneous bleeding of the prostate which requires use of stent in search of source. Your experience sans extraction one of the symptoms of PCa and spontaneity of such worth noting going forward, not feared.

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Howard Wolinsky's avatar

Thanks, Steve.

I try.. But I find I am an acquired taste. Glad you get it, though/

Howard

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Steven Stiefeld's avatar

Wishing you a speedy and full recovery.

Don't ever lose your sense of humor!

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