Cystoscopy for Kidney Stone

This culprit is causing unbearable pain!

It's 5.30pm. I'm like the ants on the hot pot, just couldn't sit still. Anxious, worried, really worried.

Hubs being sent in to the operation theatre since 1pm for his cystoscopy procedure to extract his kidney stone. Checked with the nurses, checked at Doctor Kamil's clinic, all I got is to wait. Finally caught the nurse who sent Hubs in just now, she said he just came out from OT, now in the recovery area under observation, should be sending him back to the room in a while. Read about cystocopy here.

Phew, at least he's out of OT? While waiting for him I looked up for the cystoscopy. Apparently it really hurts, during and after the procedure, along with burning sensation while urinating. Ouch.

My Hubs who doesn't drink water as if it's his enemy, diagnosed with 1cm + 2mm kidney stones two days ago after admitting to the emergency department at 6am with severe pain. The 1cm stone is out of his kidney and lodged in his urethra which causing the unbearable pain.

His Doctor called these people 'Stone Former' who prone to recurrence stones, must go for annual checkup to make sure stones are detected earlier if there's any. And this is the 2nd time Hubs suffering from kidney stones. Only first time was much smaller, 4mm, which he had ultrasound blasting to break the stone and flush out with urine.

Stone Formers have one thing in common, bad habit:
1. Doesn't drink plain water, at all.
2. High sodium diet

At 6pm Hubs was sent back to the room, finally, after waited for 5hrs. He got to keep his beloved stone for memory. That little culprit looks like a mini coral with uneven surface. Hubs joked that next he aims for a gem stone, mad mad mad! >:-C