Originally Posted By: KG2V_was_kc2ixe
Mike,

The last one was cylindrical in shape, 5mm x 20mm. It stuck in a bad spot, but was letting fluid around it, so they waited for it to move about 3 inchs down - then they were able to go in with a laser and break it up. Hurt like heck for 2 days afterwards, but I was happy to have it done, as one 30 minute attack was worse than those 2 days

Oh - and I can't decide which is worse - Gall stones, or kidney stones. I've had both, both are BAD, just different.



Few folks know as much about pain as you do.

I worked at a facility that did ultrasonic lithotripsy-busting renal stones up with sound waves. Laser is better, but the pieces they create do not look like ping pong balls-they look like broken glass, and it takes a bunch o' opiates to get them out. Colic pain-pain created by a muscular tube-like organ pushing on an obstruction, is as bad as pain gets, and gallstone colic, renal colic, and childbirth are that kind of pain. I've taken care of women who get gallstones or kidney stones late in pregnancy, which just ain't fair.
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