Kidney stones after RNY

Does anyone have any experience with kidney stones after their RNY procedure?  I had stones before and still have them after.  I had read that people who have gastric bypass tend to get stones more readily than those who don't.  Since I had them before, I figured I was doomed!  I now have 4 - 2 in each kidney.  All are too large to pass so they are starting to discuss surgical options.  Just wondering if I will continue to grow them? 

thx ... Holly

I had kidney stones about 20 years ago, but after lithotripsy I no longer had any problems.  Kidney stones can occur, but are not experienced by most wls patients, I would guess.

Sorry to hear you're having these problems;  are you going to have litho to get rid of them?  It wasn't a difficult procedure and relatively (!!) painless.

Good luck.

After weight loss surgery we are prone to kidney stones but liek anything else in life there is no guarentee you will or will not get them.

I had them at 8 months out from surgery. Once it passed I was fine so far no new ones (knocks wood) also I know others that have had them after a time out from RNY.

I hope you find some relief I wish them on no one not even my worse enemy.

Lynn - I was hoping for lithrotripsy, but the stones are too large for that.  The are talking about ging in thru an incision in my back.  I don't see the specialist until the 24th, but am not real excited about it!

I think that it would be dependent on what the stones are made out of.  There are different types of kidney stones.  The ones you had before - have they ever been analyzed?  If so - they can make diet recommendations to help prevent them.

With or without RNY some people are prone to them.  If they are in the kidneys - they don't *generally* cause any problems.  It's when the freaking things start to move into the ureters and get caught at the "UVJ" (Uteral veseral junction I believe) bend that they incredible pain, nausea, etc starts!  Many times if there are stones just in the kidneys, they will leave them there as is.

Good luck either way!