You know in the medical field they equate a man having/passing kidney stones is equivalent to a female having a baby. [smiley=nervous.gif] 
I'm not trying to do either.
Matter of fact I'm going to get me another beer so I can make sure my kidneys stay flushed. BRB 
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Ride Safe,
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Gary, I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' no babies. But I'm experienced on kidney stones. Truth is sometimes it really is no big deal. I've gotten rid of a couple and while I felt them moving around before the fact never actually knew when I passed them. But others..... Others have been absolutely terrible. Pain meds didn't touch it.
Sometimes you've got surgical or other medical options. Everything from a roto-rooter retrieving type of tool (oh my god....) to sitting in a large tub of water and getting sound waves shot at you to break the stones in to smaller pieces so they pass more easily.
Then sometimes you get them like mine have usually been. Not all stones are the same. Some show up very well under x-ray or other types of imagery. Sometimes, however, whatever they're made of makes them "radio-opaque." In that case they can't get a good handle on exactly where they are. The imagery is never definitive. Can only look for shadows or other tell tales. But nothing good enough to target. Then you just drink and hurt and drink and hurt until it moves and you hope one of the rough edges on the little bastard hasn't snagged something such that it stays where it is until the end of days.
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