If the kidney stone moves from the kidney down into the ureter, it feels like you a pissing a grass-burr. For those of you not familiar with Texas grass-burrs, it feels like tiny chards of glass going in a dozen directions. As it moves thru the ureter to the confluence with the bladder, the area becomes narrow and often "hangs up". If it cannot be passed the urologist passes an instrument thru the penis, into the bladder, and thru this instument passes a basket the "capture" the stone. My recommendation is to let Geitner try for about 2 weeks to pass this "grass[burr". At least he would be trying to accomplish something worthwhile.
For those of you reveling in Scheidenfreud it is said this pain is along the same degree has having a sudden massive coronary artery occlusion.
Never in my life have been in pain so badly.And that was when it was traveling to the bladder from the kidney. It was small enough to pass with no problem.
I don’t wish that pain on anyone.