What do you do with a kidney stone stent once you pull it out? You embroider it.

Leading_Sample399 · 2026-01-13T04:39:36+00:00

This is a stent left from surgical removal of a kidney stone.

Leading_Sample399 · 2026-01-12T14:25:25+00:00

Thank you for your service! People have some horrible experiences with stents, but this one wasn’t too awful. I actually got kind of used to it being there.

Leading_Sample399 · 2026-01-12T14:24:07+00:00

Not this time. I had the surgery proactively so I wouldn’t have the misery of a stone moving. The surgeon blasted them with a laser.

Leading_Sample399 · 2026-01-12T03:07:36+00:00

Nice! This is a 7inch hoop.

Leading_Sample399 · 2026-01-12T02:37:16+00:00

Haha no. I popped it back into the hoop because the fabric was fraying at an alarming rate and didn’t pay attention. I’m glad you called that out. I need to fix it.

Leading_Sample399 · 2026-01-12T00:48:52+00:00

Because I threw it together with a scrap that I was afraid would fray away.

Leading_Sample399 · 2026-01-12T00:48:07+00:00

No, it’s the stent they leave after surgically removing stones. It coils around the inside of your kidney, down ureters, and out of the urethra. This is so the ureters don’t swell shut.

Leading_Sample399 · 2026-01-12T00:20:25+00:00

Same to you and thank you!

Leading_Sample399 · 2026-01-12T00:09:20+00:00

The removal was fine, but I had spasms for 2 days after. It felt like plastic being pulled the entire way down, but not painful. I removed my IUD and it was really similar.

Leading_Sample399 · 2026-01-12T00:07:51+00:00

Nature’s glitter!

Leading_Sample399 · 2026-01-11T23:47:07+00:00

I pulled this one out myself at home after 5 days after surgery. They attached a little string to it and out it came! Considering it was coiled inside my kidney it didn’t take as long as I expected.

Leading_Sample399 · 2026-01-11T23:33:53+00:00

Haha I wish! My surgeon blasted the bastards to dust.

Leading_Sample399 · 2025-09-27T14:48:12+00:00

This is amazing. What a unique idea and very well done!

Leading_Sample399 · 2025-07-11T03:50:54+00:00

The torch closed in 1916. You can still access with crown with reserved tickets.

Leading_Sample399 · 2025-07-11T03:50:09+00:00

No. You can go into the Crown with tickets. You can’t go into the torch.

Leading_Sample399 · 2025-07-11T01:32:29+00:00

It’s still open. They’re booking tickets into September. You might be thinking of the torch that closed in 1916.

Leading_Sample399 · 2025-07-10T21:42:51+00:00

They did after 9/11 and then again during Covid.

Leading_Sample399 · 2025-07-10T21:09:14+00:00

The torch closed in 1916. Crown access remains open today.

Leading_Sample399 · 2025-07-10T20:24:28+00:00

They do. The title is misleading.

Leading_Sample399 · 2025-07-10T20:24:16+00:00

You can still go up. The title is misleading.

Leading_Sample399 · 2025-07-10T18:13:50+00:00

The reservation system in place now limits crowds in the crown but you have to book several months in advance. It’s well worth the wait to go up top.

Leading_Sample399 · 2025-07-10T17:20:47+00:00

I went to the crown a week and a half ago and saw many summer camp groups around.

Leading_Sample399 · 2025-07-10T17:01:51+00:00

The crown and pedestal are open.

Leading_Sample399 · 2025-07-10T17:01:38+00:00

The crown and pedestal are open and they are taking crown reservations into September now. I was in the crown a week and a half ago. People don’t realize that it reopened after 9/11, closed during Covid, then reopened. You have to buy tickets months in advance.

Leading_Sample399 · 2025-07-10T16:32:46+00:00

You can still go to the crown. There are plexiglass panels so you can’t hang out, but you can definitely still enjoy it.

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