And they gave me a paper telling me to filter my urine. Nobody explained it to me (and I was still sedated from the procedure) so I'm hoping a doc or someone that's had it done can explain. The point of filtering the urine is obviously to collect fragments of the stones (I had 10 in two clusters) for chemical analysis. My follow-up is scheduled for two weeks from now, which I'm assuming is the time it normally takes for them to clear your system, but I'm not sure.
My initial thoughts were that they'd empty from my kidney the first few times I urinated, but so far all I've seen is a lot of blood, which tends to clot and block the filtering paper. I was led to believe that I'd be pissing sand at some point.
Can anyone enlighten me as to whether I should be seeing these fragments in my urine relatively soon after the procedure or if it's completely random? I'm also wondering if I should just take a regular urine sample in case the fragments are so small the paper doesn't catch them. FWIW, my stones were located near the top of my kidney fairly near to the exit.
Oh and I was told a certain amount of blood would be normal, but when should it stop? I read it can point to signs of blockage or infection, but it's only been a day and a half so far.
thanks.
My initial thoughts were that they'd empty from my kidney the first few times I urinated, but so far all I've seen is a lot of blood, which tends to clot and block the filtering paper. I was led to believe that I'd be pissing sand at some point.
Can anyone enlighten me as to whether I should be seeing these fragments in my urine relatively soon after the procedure or if it's completely random? I'm also wondering if I should just take a regular urine sample in case the fragments are so small the paper doesn't catch them. FWIW, my stones were located near the top of my kidney fairly near to the exit.
Oh and I was told a certain amount of blood would be normal, but when should it stop? I read it can point to signs of blockage or infection, but it's only been a day and a half so far.
thanks.
