papa was a rollin' stone

Today was a day to go down in the books for me. Everyone who reads this site regularly knows that i have a small problem with kidney stones. I've passed 25 in the past 4 years and have had surgery twice. I'm not going to get into why I have them, etc., because I don't really know -- but I'm working with a very good urologist to find out.

Anyway -- I was having some pain in early March, and I thought I should go see the dick doc to see what was going on. He told me to go have an x-ray -- and lo and behold, I had a stone. *surprise*.

Well -- it was. Because it was an 8mm stone.

The doctors have always told me that passing a 7mm stone was a 50/50 chance. So i was like *fuck* cuz surgery is expensive.

So my doc wanted to do lithotripsy on it, but i was like "lemme try to pass it, and if it gets still I'll call you." So he gave me lots of pain meds and sent me on my way.

Well ... I passed that bitch today. And it was one of the least troublesome stones I've ever had - albeit the largest. So, for your benefit -- I took pictures. I actually passed two ... the big one -- and then about an hour later, the smaller. This is compared to a grain of rice (in the middle).

Aren't you glad YOU don't piss rocks?