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I am a 36yr old Female. I was diagnosed with a kidney stone almost 6mm in right kidney by
abdominal ultrasound. Then we let sit for 2yrs now another abdominal
shows it in the same place bottom of kidney pain not bad just off and
on nothing like I have seen with others. Then doc decided to do xray
of abdomen to determin where exactly so he can break it up but then x-ray
wont show it only abdominal ultrasound shows it. He said possibly has
grown into kidney tissue. My question is this. If cant see on reg xray
should I worry. Could this be a cyst or something else other then stone?
Should I just leave it even longer or be concerned? Should I ask for more
testing such as ct with dye? My husband had that done with his. I have
had nothing but health problems and it scares me to just leave it if it
hasnt gone after 2yrs.

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tried other forums with no response yet. I am feeling lost right now and since I have other medical problems that are serious I am a little worried and concerned on what steps I take with my health.

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November 29, 2005 11:35 a.m. (9 minutes and 18 seconds later)

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I would do a CT Scan with contrast, that way if there is an actual blockage or narrowing somewhere they can see this and would know which way to pursue the treatment. I assume he is a specialist (since he said he could break it up) X rays and ultra sounds are not always the best test for everything. If the stone is sitting just right, it may not show up. So I would talk to him about the CT Scan as this point and go from there.

Hope this helps.

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Sent December 01, 2005 3:39 p.m. (2 days and 4 hours later)

Thank you for your response. I did talk to my urologist and he has scheduled me for an IVP CT Scan as you indicated in your response. Thank you again for your help I am looking forward to finding out what is going on with this stone. Once I get the results I will update you on the findings.

I am glad I found a place for my health concerns as I have many health issues and its nice to know I have somewhere I can ask questions about it.

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Sent December 02, 2005 11:57 a.m. (20 hours and 18 minutes later)

I wanted to give you an update. I just found out my other test results showed I have PAD (hardeningof the artieries) and it is in my pelvic area also and it looks like the stone we were talking about may not even be a stone but blockage from the arteri.

Thank you so much for helping me if I would have just listened and took what the doc said the first time I would have left it alone again and things would have gotten worse for me.

Thank you again,

Kim

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December 02, 2005 12:00 p.m. (3 minutes and 11 seconds later)

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