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Kidney & Bladder | Last Active: Aug 3, 2022 | Replies (8)Comment receiving replies
>I had a very large kidney stone in the upper portion of my kidney that was too big to move.
Do you still have the stone in your kidney, and if so, is your doctor following it via re-imaging at certain intervals, like every 6 months? I have a large stone in my lower pole but my doctor is not recommending removal unless there's a symptomatic event.
Thanks in advance of your reply.
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I’ve had so many UTIs in my lifetime that I don’t even get a temperature or feel discomfort. My main indicators are cloudy urine, odor and frequency. You might want to get some urine dipsticks that test for UTIs. You can get them at any drugstore but I like to order ones that have more parameters especially including blood. You can get them on Amazon.
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This all occurred over 20 years ago. I had inpatient and outpatient shock wave lithotripsy surgery to remove the kidney stone. By the time the kidney stone was found it was infected and had the infection continued I could have developed sepsis.
I followed up for a few years after that with periodic urinalyses to detect a UTI and fortunately I haven't had a kidney stone since that time.