Advice needed URGENTLY: Kidneys not emptying properly

[shhhh]

Needed for my dad, he's had kidney problems for around 4 years now...urine infections etc and as recently been in hospital for kidney stones to be removed..Problems have occured, they can't locate the stones but can see them on scans etc.

Today he's seen a specialist and had a dye test and it seems the kidneys are not emptying themselves properly...??

Advice please, what does this mean and any idea what the problem could be..? He's booked to go back in for further tests etc in a few weeks time but obviously my mum is worried totally about this....

[BoreOfWhabylon]

Reported.

[shhhh]

thanks wikkid....will leave it to dad as don't want to interfere iykwim...think I just wanted to gather info before hand mostly for mum...and me...
Thanks again x

[wikkidstepmum]

Oh your poor dad

I had similar problems 3 years ago - 2 small kidney stones (5mm) started to pass but got stuck in right ureter. I have never felt pain like it! I had a tube in for 6 months, but then another stone formed around the tube

Can only suggest you try to see his Urologist yourself, take a list of your questions & get as much info as you can

Hope he gets better soon

[shhhh]

ah right...(still double dutch to me )..

The way I have understood it from m&d is that he has just the one....mum offered in '73 to donate one of her's obviously if he needed it and without knowing fully what's involved or needed iykwim...

Well he's due back to see urologist in aug so will let you know outcome then..
Thanks so far np & others..x

[nailpolish]

i meant to say - sometimes they hve 2 ureters sometimes jsut one

sorry for confusion

[nailpolish]

ah right i see now - a horseshoe kidney can be both kidney attached together - sometimes they have 2 ureters (tubes from kidney to bladder)

sometimes these are kinked because of the abnormal layout of horseshoe kidney etc (iirc) and they do often get stones

keep us informed xxx

[shhhh]

Dad is now being treated at Hope Hopsital, he is seeing a urologist...

Not sure if he's had the kidney function test, I guess he has but not sure or even sure what results were....

[madcol]

Where is you Dad being treated? Is he under a kidney doctor - nephrologist or a urologist.
Is he kidney funciton ( blood tests) normal?

Kidneys may no ' empty' properly for a number of reasons ; the stone may be a secondary problem or may be original problem.

[shhhh]

only has the one kidney thats hs shaped and yes stone is there..think the one in the uretha is gone now....

[nailpolish]

is the stone in the horseshoe kidney?

[shhhh]

so do you have any idea as to what it could be..?

Spoke to mum better today (rush yesterday as out to watch Kylie!)and she says that following the contrast yesterday the consultant took a quick look at the results and has asked dad to come back, the consultant hasn't dealt with a horse shoe kidney before so needs to do further research...I guess mum & I are worried as this means dad only had one kidney and although can function on one...if this one goes wrong....

Again from talking to mum it seems that dad may have passed the stone in the uretha yet there is another untreated in his kidney that they are aware of and that they are now starting to focus on.??.. Again mum seems to think that dad has had problem for years..dating back to '73 which was when it was discovered he had the hs kidney..seems that problems then were never resolved and seems to have got worse iykwim. Resulted in things coming to a head 4/5 years ago which is still being resolved now, so mum is worried that its been a dormant issue for years...Hmm.....

[nailpolish]

i used to work in renal

any updates?

[shhhh]

Do you work on urology {sp} np..?

Yeah I hope they sort him...Not sure why they can't and haven't removed them if they can locate them iykiwm....

[nailpolish]

OH GOD SHHHH tghat sounds like a nightmare

if they are in the ureter possibly they could remove the affected part? if they can see them on xray they should be able to perform the op in radiology to locate them and remove possibly

your poor dad i hope he gets it fixed asap

[shhhh]

Only just got chance to get back now...

Well he's had pain and problems for 4 years for this episode...he's had them "blasted" and about 2 weeks ago had an op to remove them but they couldn't find them. Had an mri scan and located them in his uretha and went last week to have them removed. He's had a splint (?) type thing inserted for months now to open it wider iykwim and he's in agony and bleeds often....

Last weeks op was unsuccessful as again they can't locate them but are saying they are there..

So yesterday he's had tests and again today. They want him back in about 3 weeks..
Thing is its taken so long to get here as typical nhs, lost him in the system various times, consultant left, referred to another hospital blah de dah...

agal, sorry to hear about your ds. I don't live with dad but I know from what he/mum says he's in agony and sounds similar. He treis to carry on with life but is not a happy chappy...

[aGalChangedHerName]

ok better go get dinner on x

[nailpolish]

will text you

[aGalChangedHerName]

Yep he is fine now tho and shouldn't have any more problems.

Did you look at your diary? I am prob free evening of the 26th of July?

[nailpolish]

hmm she wasnt up to date with her sympathising skills tehn - stup id cow

was he only 9? wee soul

[aGalChangedHerName]

Wish you'd been his nurse tho

[aGalChangedHerName]

Nah he was in the sick kids. Blardy awful tbh!!

Nurse was amazed when i was upset after he was anethsitised (sp)

Was further amazed when after my 9 year old son came back with an epidural,catheter,big bottle wound drain thingy and paddles on both hands to prevent him pulling the cannula things out

I didn't know or wasn't expecting that. It reallt scared me and she just said "for goodness sake hen,you've got a face like a wet weekend"

Awful awful awful time.

[nailpolish]

did he go to RIE? thats my ward

[aGalChangedHerName]

Yep he used to roll around and be sick and groan,god it ,makes me want to cry remembering it

He is fine but it turned out to be a big op because of scarring etc. Worst thing that's happened to us.

[nailpolish]

oh god agalch poor ds - renal pain is the WORST