Originally Posted by Bob Nichols

I've had 3 kidney stones over the years and had that same procedure for the last one. Doctor left the string hanging out to remove the stint after a week. I worried about that all week, but it didn't hurt at all when he removed it. The only restriction I had was, before I left the hospital, the nurse told me not to use that thing for anything but peeing. I said, "that's all I ever use it for."