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Constant Kidney Pain

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I had reflux surgery 40 yrs ago at the age of 5. For the past 10 yrs I have pain in my right kidney. I have had IVP, nuc scan with lasix,ct scan.
My blood and urine come back normal(except when I have infection). When the pain is bad I suffer frequency with small output, sometimes burning and smelly urine, I then take in a sample and it comes back okay. My right kidney fnctions at 24% and is small, my left normal but slightly large. The pain is on the right and I experence it every day at verying degrees. The urlogist says he can remove the right but does not really want to until it functions below 15%. I am tired of having pain every day. Does anyone know what this condition is called or have any ideas on how to cope with the pain?
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replied June 20th, 2007
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sounds like we have close to the same thing. Did they put any stents in your kidney? My surgery was called a pyleoplasty, and its in the left kidney. I was going to a urologist. In my case, they will not remove it even though there is no function. I'm still looking for answers though. Don't give up. Good luck!!
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replied July 2nd, 2007
I asked my Dr. to send me a report on my condition. This is what his impression is "Renal atrophy and underlying chronic pyelonephritis in right kidney with 24% funtion. If the pain can not be tolerated he can proceed with nephrectomy. This can be accomplished with hand-assisted laparoscopic or possibly straight laparoscopic approach."
Has anyone had this done, and what could I expect?
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