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Thanks Jan,
No, I have no problem urinating...intake-output is just fine...I drink a lot, mostly only filtered water or tea and my scan showed no stones but the kidney is really enlarged...Yes, I have Dheler's-Danlos so that would explain the connective tissue problem. It is the length of all of the urethrea that confounds me...does it stretch?
No one tells me the why...it was never noticed before 2008 and I have had tons of scans in my life...I had just figured that it shifted or was pushed out of the way during the round of surgeries on my pouch in 2007 and that they were too busy to notice.
When my physiotherapist tries to put the hip back in he puts his hand there...and I scream. (I usually tollerate pain very well),...not sure if the occlusion maybe caused a problem, I was NPO and heaving for over 24hrs...dehydration could have upset it???? I know nothing about these things except that kidneys filter fluids, push out urine and collect stones. No stones, urine fine.
My surgeon needs to go back in one last time to re-anchor my pouch...can he put my kidney back where it belongs?
Would he bother?
I am only concerned that it hurts...I don't have a nephrologist but maybe I could just ask my GP to do some bloodwork to check. There is no visible blood in the urine so I am not alarmed, just uncomfortable.
thanks for the response Jan
Sharon
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