Does anybody here have experience living with a permanent ureteral stent?

[woodsprite]

Just got a call from my Uro doc and he wants to meet May 9th to discuss a plan and placement of a permanent ureteral stent in my right side plumbing. I've had stricture issues the past few times he did kidney stone work on me. Now the CT is showing hydronephrosis on the right. The left side is fine. He said the stricture is probably due to years of kidney stones combined with the 28 radiation treatments I had last year.

I've had the temporary stents where they only stay in for 72 hrs. Sitting was pretty uncomfortable, moving around (walking, etc) didn't seem that bad, but I did have a frequent urge to pee. I'm wondering about the effect on quality of life and what adjustments I'll need to make. I'm only 60, not retired yet, want to keep up with exercising (walking and resistance training) to help lose weight and keep my T2 diabetes numbers in check, and I would love continue normal bedroom activities with my husband now that I finally completed all the endo cancer surgery and treatment. My onco said "use it or lose it", meaning that tissues can shrink making it difficult even for exams, let alone relations with a partner.

Right now I'm feeling incredibly broken. I should be happy because my 1yr 7mo post cancer surgery CT scan also showed no evidence of cancer spread, but now this. And on top of that, I have to have a ventral hernia repaired

Just trying to figure out what life is going to be like going forward from this round of challenges.

[Timewas]

1. Somewhat

I had the pleasure for a couple months this last winter. After healing from other things(about 10 days) it got to the point that I was aware of it but it did not cause any pain or discomfort. I would be aware that we are all somewhat different, mine was placed after some precancerous growths were removed from my kidney and at first was quite painful for about 4 or 5 days. 800mg of ibuprofen worked.