After pcnl, were you able to get out of house after 5 days?
Barely. There was so much pain/discomfort. I still cannot believe I went back to teaching, after taking off one week. Stent was in for 3-4 weeks. Was pure Hell. Good luck, I advise taking as much time as you need to recover.
Is the like a nephrostomy tube? So I just got one of those put in I’m 26 weeks pregnant I have to say much better than a stent I had last year I had a stent in for a week and I couldn’t do It! I’m having a really hard time now because they can’t remove the stone till after pregnancy, so I have to have this tube in for 13 more weeks!
No. I was in hospital for a week.
Had a catheter in for 3 days and a stent in for a week.
I did go for a Christmas meal with my friends and my sister came to help me.
That was on the 10th day after the operation.
First time out. I was very tired afterwards, came home and went to sleep. (As one does after a Christmas meal!!)
Sarah
Hope everything goes OK.
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Sarah
Brittany Sorry to hear that! Please take care. It seems from posts nephrostomy tube is not as bad as stent.