Desperate for hope

I’ve been dealing with a kidney stone since September. I had more imaging done in January that revealed the stone had moved quite a ways to my left distal ureter and was described as being “right before the bladder.” The scan in January said the stone was 5.5mm but my most recent scan on April 9 now says 4.5mm and revealed that it’s basically in the same spot as January.

When I had my scan done in January, my doctor prescribed me a weeks worth of tamsulosin and didn’t want me on it for longer than that, but after not passing it I finally saw a urologist April 7 that prescribed me it again and I’ve been taking it for about 2 weeks now and still no stone.

I’m beginning to lose hope and the looming surgery my urologist wants to schedule is stressing me out to the point I’m not sleeping. I’ve been drinking about 200oz of water a day, taking the tamsulosin, using my vibration plate, jumping and heel drops, and just about any other tip I can find online. I haven’t had any of the typical pain since January, and just recently started to feel a dull ache in my testicles and stinging in the top of my penis after I go pee but that’s only ever so often. Other than that I feel pretty normal.

Is there any hope that I’ll be able to pass this on my own with continuing my routine? Or is there something missing that I should be trying?

Thank you to whoever takes the time to read all of this and reply, I’m sorry I’m an anxious oversharer and typer.