Haven’t got time for the pain

  • Posted: Monday, September 8, 2008 6:00 a.m.
    UPDATED: Tuesday, February 26, 2013 5:12 p.m.
Bobbie Patenaude
Bobbie Patenaude

The pain was crippling and completely unbearable, but as the CEO of my family, how could I survive nearly a month and a half on pain pills? That’s how long I was first told I would have to wait for lithotripsy – the treatment I needed for my kidney stone. In the meantime, my family still needed me to be their full-time superhero – an impossible feat while living with unimaginable pain. Then we found out that Trident Medical Center is the only area hospital to offer lithotripsy service 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a-week, so a quick call to Dr. David Brandli was all it took to get the immediate relief I needed to function as Super Mom again. Bobbie Patenaude Kidney Stone Patient Wando, SC For more information or a physician referral, call Trident HealthFinders at (843) 797-FIND (3463) or visit www.tridenthealthsystem.com.