[speeder]

My tough-guy story is that I had a kidney stone in '89 and drove myself to the hospital. It was only about a 10 minute drive, (Beverly Glen canyon to UCLA ER for LA people), but fukenay did that hurt. Should have called an ambulance, but I thought that my apendix had burst and I was in a HURRY to get to the ER. I had a Suzuki Samarai and I drove it stiff as a board down the hill, I could not bend my waist or legs one bit. (Like driving standing up).

When I got there I went into shock from the pain, my knees were knocking together so hard that I thought I was going to break my knee caps. They gave me a shot of morphine, then another, then another, finally the stone shifted a little and the pain reduced. Plus now the dope was kicking in, what a relief. Like someone pulled the salt-covered butcher knife out of my gut.

Yeah, that schit hurts. Once it makes it to your bladder you are home free, though. The tube between your bladder and penis is a lot larger than the kidney-to-bladder tube. (One is urethra and other is ureter)? Once you pass it to the bladder, the pain is gone and in my case they had me urinate through a little screen deal to catch the stone when it passes, the thing was like a little burr, not smooth at all. YOUCH.