Stomach pains vs Kidney Stones

I have been having stomach pains for the past couple of weeks.  I was worried about dehydration from not eating or drinking as much as I should.  My surgeon requested an EGD be done to see what was going on inside.  They found some exposed staples and pulled 3 out, 2 had marginal ulcerations around them.  I was put on prilosec twice a day and told if I didn't feel better in a week to come back.  After not feeling better I went back in and had a CT Scan, the results came back today and all looks good with the exception of Kidney Stones.  I was told to meet with my Primary Dr. for treatment.  

I am looking for anyone else that may of had kidney stones after RNY surgery.   

I had a rather large kidney stone in 2008, 4 years out of surgery, open RNY. I also had a persistent urinary tract infection, it took about a month on Macrodantin to get it knocked out. I also had several smaller stones knocking around in there.

My kidney stone caused me to have very bloody urine, so much so that it looked like coffee in the morning. The doctor treated it conservatively -- drink plenty of fluids, take Tylenol for the pain, Lortab when it was really bad -- until I began passing bright red blood in my urine, at which point I was scheduled for lithotripsy, which shattered it and it passed out in chunks. It was about 12 mm when they blasted it. Haven't had a recurrence until a week or so ago, I had the back pain that you learn isn't a pulled muscle.

I had pain with my stone, but nothing really debilitating; but I also have a very high pain threshhold. It usually felt like a pulled muscle in my back, more over the upper edge of the pelvis, and occasionally it would radiate down into my groin, following the path of the ureter. When I'd do a good bit of physical activity, I'd have blood in my urine.

I think my stones were/are (I'm growing some more) related to the amount of antacids I take on a daily basis -- I have horrible GERD which no medications have controlled.

Lorri

I am 9 months post op and have passed 11 stones since my surgery. One of the main reasons I had the RNY surgery was so I could get the lithotripsy. I was too big for it to be effective. I am in the process of trying to get in to have them treated. I am a rare case where I have one large stone in the one kidney and the other is full of stones! I have lost too much weight too quickly and that made my stones even worse. You are going to need to see a urologist but here is a key point that I want to make. Make sure the urologist either knows about gastric bypass surgery and our special needs and restrictions. Or make sure he is willing to contact your bariatric surgeon for consults if he is not sure. One of the big problems is to get the proper amount of water into our systems.

Also another thing to consider is to have them request the tests for them to determine what type of stone you are most likely producing. Once you know that you can visit your baratric dietician and see about adjusting your diet in slight ways to help prevent the forming of new stones. 

I have passed in total 17 stones in the past 1.5 years and trust me you do not want to deal with these at all. So I would suggest making sure you have doctors that are either willing to talk to each other or willing to look into your specific case rather then one that works more like trying to find a cookie cutter treatment for you.