I’m “blessed” to be a kidney stone making factory. I’ve lost count of how many stones I’ve had now. Passed many, surgically removed others and lipotripsy. Had ‘em all.
The pain is quite intense and there is pretty much nothing you can do to minimize the pain. Even Morphine does nothing more than slightly take the edge off, but that’s about it.
The first time you get one you’re pretty sure you’re gonna die. The next few times you know what it is and you know how to prepare and the steps that you’ll soon need to take, but it’s never any picnic.
My guess is this may have been a first for Bezos and they didn’t know what was happening, and; being in the middle nowhere in addition to being the CEO of a major stockholding company, it’s understandable the steps that were taken. Companies need to take care of their key people and insure them heavily.
It seems your name as biblical prophet of Obadiah would be better served as Job for being as thoroughly tested as you’ve been.
Good description, though I surely did not have one that bad, though one of the effects it had on me besides the pain was I lost the ability to speak for about ten seconds...
The nurses were giving me the eye and saying: “Are you feeling chest pain?” while I held up one hand (palm-out) to them with my eyes closed and face to the floor! Heh, just couldn’t speak.
I will say, there is something disconcerting too, about being free of pain, and wondering if in the next five minutes you could be passing a stone.
And kind of thinking of it on a reasonably frequent basis. (Not all the time, that would drive you insane, I think)
A very accurate statement from someone who had only one and God willing the ONLY one I ever get!