Post-Surgery Update

Well, I made it through surgery fairly easily. This was by far the easiest post-surgery experience that I have had. That being said, though, I am sore today. And I can't go back to work until Monday, per my doc's instructions.

The procedure , itself, almost didn't go. The x-ray tech came in, escorted me to the x-ray room, and took a picture. But, he didn't see the stone. So, he took another one. Again, he didn't see the stone. After that, I went back to bed, with the possibility of not having the procedure. The assorted O.R. personnel came to see a stone that I had passed earlier in the week, which I taken in with me. They all believed that I had passed the stone, but I kept telling them that there was something else in there. When my urologist came in, he looked at the x-rays and the stone that I had passed and decided to put me on the fluoroscope.

Upon getting onto the surgical table and under the fluoroscope, the tech operating the device found the stone almost immediately. With that, the nurse hooked up the I.V., the anesthesiologist asked the standard questions, and put me out.

I awoke about an hour later.

I still have to do the same things as usual. Strain my urine as I pass the sand. A procedure that I will have to follow for the next week. As I said, I am still in some pain, but that is pretty routine.