TOC attitude to kidney stones

[Essexboy]

I am due to start as a Trainee Driver probably starting next year but I have just been diagnosed with a kidney stone which I will have removed within the next month.

I have already passed the medical and I certainly intend to update the TOC with this new information, but I was wondering if anybody has any experience of this and how the TOC may view this particular problem?

Once I start with the TOC I will be able to say with certainty that I am stone free but will the fact that I've had one at all count against me going forward?

 

[Moonshot]

I am due to start as a Trainee Driver probably starting next year but I have just been diagnosed with a kidney stone which I will have removed within the next month.

I have already passed the medical and I certainly intend to update the TOC with this new information, but I was wondering if anybody has any experience of this and how the TOC may view this particular problem?

Once I start with the TOC I will be able to say with certainty that I am stone free but will the fact that I've had one at all count against me going forward?

Absolutely not.....its a common condition. As traincrew myself , I ve had them in the past. What TOCS are looking for in general is anything that impairs either eyesight or hearing. As long as any other medical conditions are managed , should be no issue.

 

[Spankthemonkey]

I am due to start as a Trainee Driver probably starting next year but I have just been diagnosed with a kidney stone which I will have removed within the next month.

I have already passed the medical and I certainly intend to update the TOC with this new information, but I was wondering if anybody has any experience of this and how the TOC may view this particular problem?

Once I start with the TOC I will be able to say with certainty that I am stone free but will the fact that I've had one at all count against me going forward?

How you having it removed? If they are breaking it up using sound waves or lasers and expect you to **** them out via a stent up your japs-eye then expect to be on some lovely painkillers for a while that will preclude you from doing any safety Critical work. If it's a one off intrusive op (stone would have to be huge for this) then you'll miss a week off work I think.

Either way, as mentioned, it's a very common complaint among drivers as they don't hydrate enough as they clearly need to regulate fluid intake so they don't have to delay trains for a ****. Once you've had a stone once you are always a higher risk of reoccurance so therefore when your not in the seat at work drink loads! Watch your diet too- red meat and a few other bits discouraged.

 

[Essexboy]

Thanks for your responses guys.

I'm already drinking lots of fluids, I just need to sort my diet out to try and lower the chance of a reoccurrence.

Have been given a choice of treatments (the two mentioned above) and will get it done during August.