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Can a 5 mm lower pole kidney stone go away without me knowing?

Stone Fighter6 #8265BBStone Fighter6 #8265BBApr 14, 2026👁️ 2.0k❤️ 108
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Found out in Jan 2025 that I have a 5 mm lower pole kidney stone through an ultrasound but now repeat testing in April 2026 says “no renal calculi” but scan visibility is also “satisfactory” which I guess means ok but not great. Might I add this time the tech didn’t make me lay to my sides to check it from all angles, I think they may have missed checking it from all different angles because they only did the flat position check.

A 5 mm stone is pretty big , this is my first stone but reading all the stories here people have pain passing even a 1mm stone that is impossible right my 5 mm stone just vanished into thin air or passed without me knowing?

Also lower pole stones are the hardest to pass from what I read because they are working against gravity so that makes it even more impossible. I still have flutters/painless spasms in kidney area so likely the stone is there irritating my kidneys, even on the right side that never showed any stones.

And I have been checking my urine regularly and haven’t seen any stone being passed or felt anything.

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Stone Fighter #D39453Stone Fighter #D39453Apr 14, 2026

I was told I had 7 in one kidney in 2024. Repeat imaging: they magically disappeared ??? The 3mm stone that sent me to the ER was also never found by me despite straining my urine for months afterwards.

Stone Fighter #1D3B29Stone Fighter #1D3B29Apr 14, 2026

Ultra sounds can miss kidney stones. I had a kidney stone that I just went to the emergency room for and they couldn’t find anything in the ultra sound and sent me home. I had to come back the next day because the pain was unbearable and they did a CT scan. Lo and behold I had a 7MM stone that was stuck in my ureter.

Stone Fighter6 #8265BBStone Fighter6 #8265BBApr 14, 2026

Does ultrasound usually not check the ureter or you think they probably missed checking yours or it doesn’t show up on ultrasounds?

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