my 16 yr old toy poodle has a kidney stone (suspected) he has had one before(passed it), and symptoms same this time. Vet wants to X-Ray for confirmation and if so they say surgery is the recommendation but in the same breath, say his expectancy of living through a surgery at his age is not 100% and if he makes it his health might deteriorate leaving me to put him down anyway.

They gave me several options:

1. have the x-ray and surgery pay roughly 0 and get my dog for however much longer he lives

2. Have the x-ray and surgery, his health deteriorates due to stress of recovery and have to put him to sleep pay roughly 0

3. Be happy for the 16 years we shared and put him to sleep pay roughly 0

They were not rude, simply gave me the facts. But I walked out of there feeling like they were tying to convince me to put him to sleep…

Has anyone had success with out surgery trying alternative means to help? I am not finding much online other than diet change which I am not sure will effect him since he already has it…the vet says at his age diet change may just upset his system…

We are on day 2 they have Monday morning reserved for us be it surgery or to lay him down I am just looking for any advise it is appreciated…sorry so long
Rainbow: I know, I respect and welcome anyone’s opinion as a fellow pet lover on the matter, however, I am hoping to find someone who has an alternative method maybe their vet used or if someone had an older dog like mine do well…

In the end, I will do what is best for him, even if it is not whats best for me…
A- you suspect right, his health otherwise is fine…well, he has accidents a lot but the vet said that is his old age nothing to be concerned with…he is deaf as can be and half blind but I am sure when I am as old as he I will be too…so I don’t feel like I should give up and don’t feel right have a surgery that could kill him…

The pain killer idea is actually great, that never crossed my mind, I will contact my vet and see what she says..it couldn’t hurt to try..as long as he isn’t suffering I will try anything.

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I went to the ER last wednesday not knowing what was wrong – they did a CT Scan & Xray and could not find a kidney stone but told me the tube coming out of my kidney was dialated making them "think" i HAD a kidney stone but passed it while i was waiting on my urine test to come back (blood in urine). If i sit up straight it hurts my back on the left side (where i was hurting when i went to the ER mind you i was in massive pain shaking, sweating, freezing, nauseated…)…….. should i be worried because I took a pain killer they prescribed and i can still feel the pain when sitting up straight. thanks……….
Ok, so maybe I didn’t give good enough details – the LEFT side of my back is hurting despite taking the pain killers. The spot where the doctor told me my kidney would be – not my bladder.

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My wife is a kidney patient for which takes steroid tablets for treatment a very mininal dose. That causes lot of unwanted and unexpected problems every time with a different one. Now for the past 2 months she gets severe abdominal pain during mensuration time. Can any body give a solution to this. I will be extremely thankful for the right guidence. Her doctor is not allowing any pain killer medicines due to steroid medication

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What type of pain killer is usually prescribed for a mild to moderate kidney injury?

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my husband is having really bad kidney stone pains right now. we’ve already gone to the ER, and they said it’s almost to his bladder. today, he’s been in alot of pain and feeling very sick to his stomach, but he isn’t running a fever as far as we know.
we’ve given him just about every pain killer in the house, but it hasn’t helped a bit. he says it feels a lot different than the kidney stones he had several years ago, like it’s trying to tare him up, or something like that.
does anyone have any suggestions on what to do!? i don’t know what to do other than sit next to him.

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