I had one a year ago. The Dr in the ER misread the CT scan. I was sent home and told to wait to pass it. They thought it was a 3mm.
Two days later I am laying on the floor of the ER. Crying.
Turns out it wad 7mm and I discovered I had a smaller than normal pathway. That sucker was never going to come out on its own.
Two operations, a stent, and a week of feeling like I was getting slammed in the back with a baseball bat and they finally got it out.
And every damned woman I met told me that it was almost as bad as labor. And they would laugh.
Until I asked them if it hurt like this all day for ten days. That was the only thing that pissed me off.
I wouldn’t wish that pain on anyone.
Gaaaahhh.
That’s awful.
I had a professor in college, a little mousy guy, thin, balding with wire-rimmed glasses. I don’t recall how he got on the subject, but he was describing passing a kidney stone.
What struck me was that as he talked, his eyes took on an odd, distant look, and it was easy to see he was completely somewhere else as he talked about it.
I remember noticing the odd look that I had never really seen before, and thinking “Holy crap. That must have hurt like hell...I hope I never get one of those...”
And here I am!
OMG. Yes, as I’ve mentioned in an earlier post on this thread, passing a kidney stone is considered by some to be more agonizing than giving birth.