Odd that you should mention them. I had been having back pain for about 2 weeks. Went to the dr today and she said she thought I had them. She got me in to have a CT scan and some X-rays after I left her office. This just does not feel like the last time but I guess they are different. Will have to wait on results.
in a year and 1/2 I’ve passed well over 100 stones- It has gotten to htep oint I think where there might be scarring because the pain has lessened over that time with each stone-
With a stone, as you probably know, the pain begins in the back and feelsl ike someone has punched you in the kidneys- then the pain swings to the front whrre it becoems unbearable if hte stone is sharp and large enough- I liken the pain to hjaving a red hot wire threaded through the urethra and kept hot for 8 or so hours and the point of hte wire repeatedly jabbed into the flesh- Fortunately I’ve only had to go through that around five times as most of the hundred plus stones have either been small and only causedm inor dicomfort, or not sharp and pass through with little problem,-
Someoen mentioend that ‘pain is natural’ however, so is disease, yet we take all manner of medicatiosn to try to control disease, and I think it’s just silly to forego relief if it’s available- if you abstain from the relief, you don’t end up recovering any more thoroughly or better- yes, you will recover without pain meds, however, why? What’s the point? To prove ‘toughness’? Because oru ancestors had to endure pain? No thanks- We have help available to us today thanks to breakthroughs in medicines- and hwen needed, I’ll use them if possible- I’;m not out to pass some kind of toughman contest-