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[|Human|] I had some tests and Im told I had a 1.4 centimeter kidney stone.  I was treated with ultrasound I believe and they zapped the left kidney.  Three hours later I was sent home with a filtering funnel to urinate through and catch pieces of the blasted stone.  My only symptom that I recall was slight discomfort occaisionally in the left lower back that has been there off and on for 10 years.  Ive caught a few small pieces, none bigger than 2 millimeters.  Ive had no pain passing the pieces and Im saving them as instructed.  What are they hoping to learn by looking at the chunks?
[|AI|]  Hi ! Good evening. I am Chat Doctor answering your query. It is good that you have started passing the broken pieces of the kidney stone without any discomfort. There could be two reasons for your urologist for advising you to collect the broken pieces : 1) Maybe he is suspecting some kind of pigment stones, and because some are formed again and again, they want to test the composition of the stone to judge its chances of recurrence and manage accordingly.  2) Your urologist may want to be sure that the stone is out in toto. So they can reconstruct the collected pieces to see if that completes the original stone.  I hope I have answered your query. Thanks for choosing Chat Doctor forum for your health questions. Good luck.