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My husband has had and passed a number of kidney stones. One he had laser surgery on (think he would have passed that one on his own but we were new to it at that time). His first stone was the one he had the surgery on. It was outpatient but cost like $10,000. I don't think he needed surgery looking back as he has passed stones much larger since. When he gets them he drinks a lot of water and cranberry juice and takes pain medication when needed. He can pass one in a few days or it can take months. Sometimes you will have one in your kidney floating around not bothing you, and then it settles near the opeing out of the kidney and you go into very bad pain. It can then jar loose and float again or begin the journey down the tube. When he firsdt began getting them they would do an xray and then a cat scan. Now the doc just says, yep I think you have another stone. His last one he had was over the summer and it was the biggest of all
Thanks for the help everyone. I went to the ER and the stone is still there, about 2mm they say. I was hoping I passed it, it was so painful I could hardly stand it.
in late august/ early september 2005, I had a pea sized ureteral stone. it all started in late august when i suddenly felt very sick. I was throwing up like crazy, and the entire right side of my abdomen between the rib cage and the hip felt as though someone had been pounding on it with a baseball bat. And the only comfortable position I could rest was a slightly sitting up position. At first, my parents and i thought it was a pulled muscle on my right side or something. It took nearly 2 days for it all to go away. Then in early september, it happened again. Same format, same pains. A few days later, when i went to the bathroom, I felt something about the size of a pea slip through my urethra and stop just behind the exit. It was a huge shock that literally caused me to briefly faint and collapse to the floor. And not only was it very uncomfortable, but it also caused painful and slow urination. I tried plucking it out with tweezers, scissors, nail files, and some weird different objects, but was unsuccessful. So then when i was completely unsuccessful at removing it myself, I told my mother about it and she took me to the hospital, where two doctors successfully removed the stone with tweezers of their own.
I had a 4.5 hour episode on Sunday. That was the most miserable experience anyone could imagine. Started at 8 am and didnt stop until 1 pm and that was only because of drugs. A CT scan showed it is a 4mm stone, which means it has doubled in size in 2 years time. They wont do anything about it (besides prescribe me Hydrocodone) because its small enough to pass. Lovely. lol It took 2 Percoset pills, one shot of Torital (sp?) and 4 shots of morphine before I was comfortable. I puked 3 times because of the pain on Sunday. Ive never felt such pain before in my life, it was utter HELL. No other word to describe it.
I do what I can to minimize the risks. My father and older brother have both had them, but their diets are much different than mine. My brother's case was really bad. However, he is a big meat eater and was working outdoors overnight in Detroit last winter, so he drank a lot of tea and doesn't drink a lot of water. All of these factors added up as they are all causes of kidney stones, especially excess protein.
Were you not referred to a urologist? If not, you need to see one. This is particularly true in view of the "dark brown blood." Your stone could be causing ureteral damage, or internal kidney damage. If so, it needs to be removed by ultrasonic Lithotripsy, or surgery.
I'm dealing with a mother inlaw on dialysis and believe me no matter what age you are you don't want to deal with that. She love to travel and that is all over with as she has dialysis 3 times a week for 4 hours each. I would see if a doctor could refer me to somebody els who could help, I sure wouldn't want to damage my kidneys
Were you not referred to a urologist? If not, you need to see one. This is particularly true in view of the "dark brown blood." Your stone could be causing ureteral damage, or internal kidney damage. If so, it needs to be removed by ultrasonic Lithotripsy, or surgery.
They did a CT scan, said my kidneys were functioning normally. The stone has passed out of the kidney they said, which is nice too. They said it was at the "uretal junction", whatever/wherever that is. Ive only urinated the dark brown blood once, ever since then my urine has been completely fine. They did a urine test and there was a little blood in there, which they said was completely normal when stones move. In any case, I never want to go through that again, it was the worst thing ever.
Usually, this indicates the UPJ (uretero-pelvic junction). This is where the ureter (the tube connecting the kidney to the bladder) joins the pelvis of the kidney. This is a common site for stone impaction.
Keep tabs on this. It may come to the point here ultrasonic lithotripsy or ureteroscopy is necessary.
Ureteroscopy is the insertion (under anesthesia) of a rigid tube, through the penis or urethra, into the bladder, then up into the ureter. At that point, a laser is usually used to blast the stone into fragments, and allowing them to pass without incident.
Good luck
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Ive only urinated the dark brown blood once, ever since then my urine has been completely fine. They did a urine test and there was a little blood in there, which they said was completely normal when stones move. In any case, I never want to go through that again, it was the worst thing ever. 
