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Has anyone had shock wave treatment to break up/disolve a kidney stone? My driver was diagnosed with a fairly large kidney stone a couple of weeks ago. After meds to try to shrink/dissolve it, another ultrasound today shows it unchanged. The doc says time to go to shock wave to break it up. All that I read says it's a very common procedure, but my guy is scared shitless. Out-patient procedure, maybe two hours total for the job. Anyone had it done? Thanks.
Yep, completely painless/harmless procedure. He has nothing to worry about*
*except for the part when you start passing them! :)
Not personally but my father had to have it done several times - but that's already more than 20 years ago.
Even then it was a standard and painless procedure.
Nothing to worry about and better have it done before the stone really starts to hurt.
I've got a stone in my kidney. Doc said because of the size and position (and because I have no pain), the best plan is to leave it alone. He said it'll probably stay there for the rest of my life and I won't ever feel it. He said shock wave treatment would just crack it into smaller pieces which might then move around. Some of the fragments would be painful to pee out. Abdominal surgery was another option, but carries the usual surgical risks.
Chose to leave it there and make sure I keep my water-intake as high as I can.
Drinking lots of citrus works wonders preventing kidney stones.
G&T's on the veranda!:)
Thanks for the tip BM ^
BTW my brother had the old vibro treatment to remove em no probs ,, tell him not to worry ,,,,,, allthough easier said than done
Tanqueray? Or you more of a 7/11 Gin drinker?Quote:
Originally Posted by Boon Mee
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50K pesos, more or less. So, about 37K Baht. That's in one of Manila's best hospitals. Could probably get it done much cheaper down here in the boonies where I live.Quote:
Originally Posted by flyby
^They go to a government hospital. If it's an emergency, they don't wait. The government has some plans which assist them, and other types of payment plans. In this case, I'll just go ahead and pay it.
That's for stones in the bladder.Quote:
Originally Posted by flyby
Stones in the kidney if under 4mm can pass through ureter to the bladder on their own.
It is extremely painful for 8 hours but it helps if you take Harnal which will dilate the ureter.
Stones over 4mm needs shockwave or surgery to remove.
Shockwave costs about 30k baht in Thailand
That's what I do.Quote:
Originally Posted by benbaaa
I had four stones in one kidney.
Three have passed through the last one is still in there.
My nephew had 110 stones in his kidneys and the largest was 12mm.
He had to have surgery.
A few small ones is nothing to worry about but keep the Harnal handy because if it does enter the ureter you are in for a lot of pain.
Yep. Won't pass big stones but prevents more getting a start.Quote:
Originally Posted by benbaaa
even if 30K I am not sure why so expensiveQuote:
Originally Posted by flyby
it is only a stronger ultrasound vibrating the stones
anyway, a Thai can get it done under the 30b scheme and it is an out-patient treatment taking about an hour
It's 6mm. I just talked to the doc by phone. Shock attack is on for Tuesday AM. Thanks all.
And a farang can get it done too with the Gold Card. Perhaps not for 30b but still cheaper then a private hospital.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrAndy
Off-topic question: Do Government Hospitals here do Blood Drives?
Yes. Conducted by Thai Red Cross usually.Quote:
Originally Posted by flyby
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Originally Posted by flybyI wonder how long they will have to wait though from first diagnoses.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrAndy
I suppose that would depend on the area and the urgency
I've used my local Government Hospital a number of times for outpatient stuff and found it to be equally as pleasant as any private (sometimes more so) hospital.Quote:
Originally Posted by flybyAnd equipment and doctors and others in line.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrAndyQuote:
Originally Posted by flybyI wonder how long they will have to wait though from first diagnoses.Quote:
Originally Posted by DrAndy
I suppose that would depend on the area and the urgency
I have no experience of knowing anyone needing the 30b scheme for anything, but would guess it is not a pleasant or speedily run operation.
i got medivaced from a remote minesite in southern laos last year with a suspected kidney stone, i was in fuking agony and called the clinic at about midnight when i couldnt take anymore, the clinics staffed by filipino doctors, they have all the equipment better than you will find anywhere in Laos, they wanted to fly me out to vientiane but it pissed down rain and the cessna couldnt fly so i finished up in the ambulance driven by some Lao kunt who drove it like he stole it, so ended up in mukdahan international( Thailand) the doc there said it wasnt a stone just muscular, Nurses were hot though
555 ^