How to Recover From a Renal Calculi Surgery
Kidney stones or renal calculi are made up of a collection of uric acids and minerals from the urine. Small stones pass through the urine, but can be painful. Larger renal calculi cannot pass through the urethra and therefore, must be surgically removed. Here are some tips for recovery after the surgery.
- After your surgery your doctor
should give you a recovery list of things you should do to help with
recovery. The goal after the removal of the renal calculi is to
avoid another one and you can help this along through your diet.
Therefore, you want to make sure you drink lots of water to help
flush your system. It will make you urinate more until your body
adjusts to the increase in water. - Go easy on meats during the first
week or so after surgery especially if you had a uric acid kidney
stone removed. If you are susceptible to the uric types of stones.
You probably will want to continue a low-meat diet even after you
are healed completely as this will help reduce a repeat of having
another surgery. - Cook your foods yourself. This way
you can control the amount of sodium. Many people that develop
kidney stones are sensitive to sodium and if they consume large
amounts typically found in fast foods, a renal calculi can develop.
Therefore, go easy on the salt. You may need to rest a couple of
days, but the surgery itself is not difficult to recover from. You
probably will have more experienced more pain prior to the surgery
than post-surgery.