Kidney Stones And Gastric Sleeve Surgery
· englandconnie · 06/02/2012 04:50
- Read the Conversation
- 6 comments
- 5,582 views
englandconnie
LAP-BAND Patients
-
Joined
-
Last visited
Blog Entries posted by englandconnie
-
I had my gastric sleeve surgery on February 20, 2012 and everything went great. I've lost 45 lbs since surgery. However, I have developed one problem...kidney stones! Mother's Day weekend I had my first experience with a small stone and also walking pneumonia, which was related to a sinus infection. Last week I suffered another kidney stone episode and wasn't as lucky with it this time. I was told that the stone was too large to pass (6mm), so I went to the urologist early Friday morning and had surgery on Friday afternoon. He used a lasar to get rid of the stone and then placed a stent in which was removed yesterday. He is concerned that my stones may be due to high uric acid/gout. I've been reading various information on both gout and the correlation between gastric sleeve and kidney stones. I am currently awaiting results from my blood work to determine if I might have gout. I have had some major flare ups with various joints that usually doesn't last long (another sign of gout). On a positive note: I'm very pleased with my weight loss and haven't had any problems with over eating and such. It is wonderful to try on clothes and have them "fall off." Since I'm a hoarder, I have had lots of smaller sizes to pull out and start wearing. I don't want to waste a lot of money on clothes that I won't be wearing very long, so I have purchased a few pair of shorts at the local Goodwill. I'm still wearing a lot of my t-shirts and other tops even though they are beginning to get a little baggy. I hope that these kidney stones are just a minor problem and don't become a regular event. I've read that some people have flare ups two or three times a month...I don't want this. First of all it really puts a limit on the things you want to do and can do, second they are very painful and I have a fairly high tolerance to pain. Third, I don't want to be a regular in the emergency room. I know that when people do this, doctors tend to start thinking that you are just looking for drugs. Personally, I don't like the way these pain killers affect your body. They put me into a zombie like state and I don't like it.