I hear ya brother.
I right now have a 8mm stone in my left kidney, and as an airline pilot, that grounds me.
-Not real painful yet, but I have passed three prior to this one over the last 32 years. Never have I experienced such pain. Wouldn’t wish it on my worst enemy. Well, maybe Obama...
Catscan is tomorrow, then decisions.
My dad had one that was 9mm. Deemed to big to break up. They had to get it out surgically.
Bad news, it’s surgery. Good news, when you wake up, it’s gone.
Prayers up for you, FRiend. I had stones in 1990 and 1992. Nearly grounded me for good. The latter made me ask myself for a week “is this how it feels to die?”
Don’t know if I passed them or what. Just know that the terrible pain called God’s revenge on men for not having children finally went away. I still have pain pills from then and if that warning sign of lower back pain plus abdominal pain appears, I drink a ton of water. So far it’s worked.