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Uk doctor wrote off my symptoms, turns out it's a staghorn calculus

Stone Fighter #0430C8Sep 20, 2026👁️ 1.5k❤️ 178

Uk doctor wrote off my symptoms, turns out it's a staghorn calculus — photo 1 — 1 photo · swipe to view · shared via the HydrHealth app

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I've been dealing with this for a few years now, random bouts of nausea, shaking and sweating. Leg cramps, dizziness, anxiety, high blood pressure, feeling like I'm about to pass out, sudden risen panick, bloating, stomach grumblings, it went on and on and they kept blaming my age, being near menopause or my weight. Finally they found out I've got this huge staghorn that's stopping up my kidney, and he said the healthy one is picking up the slack. They talked about taking it out but now I'm getting a nuclear injection and a scan instead so I'm confused.

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Stone Fighter #72299FSep 20, 2026

Jesus. Christ!

Stone Fighter #0430C8Sep 20, 2026

That sounds terrifying 😂

Stone Fighter #C16081Sep 20, 2026

I am SO SORRY, any doctor who brushes off your concerns like that isn’t worth their salt

Stone Fighter #0430C8Sep 20, 2026

Yep I’m 52 so I kept blaming anxiety and being close to menopause age, it all makes sense now, that thing has been growing for years and I’m so angry. Thinking it maybe so big that it means kidney removal. Had one scan where she said oh you have lots of little stones, then a ct scan last year and it took til this month for. The Consultation where he told me this. I also complained about cramps and awful back pain.

Stone Fighter #2EEB2FSep 20, 2026

I'm so sorry you had to go through that! If it ends up coming to kidney removal, and I'm not a lawyer here, but you could have a real case after something that severe and complaining about it for that long!

Stone Fighter #CE87F0Sep 20, 2026

My own stone was big but nowhere near the size of this one. NHS told me it was a bunch of small stones sitting in a sack. I managed to go private through work and got it taken out, since NHS just wanted to watch and wait on a stone that physically couldn’t make it out of the kidney. I asked the surgeon afterwards. Turned out to be one big stone, and it was not in a sack at all. NHS also swore blind that I was making the pain up.

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