3 Stones not 1!

Ok, so I went to the doctors today for my follow up appointment on the dreaded stones. I came in with the stone in the tube I was given and the doctor took one look at it and goes "that is not a kidney stone." WHAT!!! He took another look and said "I have been doing this for many many years and that does not look like a kidney stone." Then what on gods green earth is it. He sent it out to be analyzed. Who knows he said maybe it is one, but it just looks different.

So, that did not start out my visit very well. We then went to look at the CT report from the hospital. He put it up on a big computer screen and talked me though the entire scan and read and gave me a copy of the report. Both the report and CT shows that yes I had a stone right out of the gate of the left kidney just starting its voyage. However, what the ER neglected to tell me and the CT and report both indicate it is that there are 2 MORE STONES still resting in my left kidney. That means I had/have a total of 3 stones, not just 1. WHAT!!! One of them is fairly small and the other measures 4 mm. If it was a 5 mm they would do a procedure to break it up/remove it. 5 mm is the largest you can pass. So great, I am not Scott free yet like I thought.

I have to do a 24 urine analyze in which they will run 6 different tests to see what is going on. Why I have so many stones, what is causing the stones, and why perhaps only my left kidney.

I just hope that these darn things don't decide to move when I am vacationing. That would be my luck.

If the other 2 stones have not passed in about 6-8 months they are doing to do something to get things moving, but it is a last resort. The longer they sit in the kidney the bigger they become. Great, I know!