Hi Everyone, My husband had a prostatectomy 2-3 years ago. That was followed by 33 sessions of radiotherapy which still didn't get it all and he's now on hormone therapy. The radiotherapy damaged his ureter and he's been waiting to have a stent fitted, on the urgent list, since July. He's frequently in pain day and night. I've heard that the stent can cause as much pain as the kidney not draining. Does anyone have any experience of side effects from a ureteric stent? I've called PALS to try and push the op forward, but now they say it might not be before next March. I'm wondering if it would it be better to have it done privately, but I don't want to put him in any more pain if it could make it worse. They've already said that there is little chance of saving the kidney. I'd be grateful for any suggestions.
Hi LoobyLou49
The pain your husband is in must be awful for both you and your husband to have to deal with.
I don't have any experience with what you're asking and have used the search bar in this group for previous posts on this topic without success. However, when I widened the search I found that Daloni gave this link to a leaflet about having a uretic stent inserted and, whilst it obviously isn't as good as hearing about someone's experience, I thought it might help.
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