In 2005, I got a stone and was unable to attend the Dallas event. I had to have lithotrypsy to break the stone because I couldn't pass it.
Just so you guys know it isn't just as simple as shooting a lazer and breaking it up.
For days you are peeing gravel and blood and then a week later, after they've put a stint in (when they first do the procedure) -- they must go and retrieve it.
They give a local pain killer just to numb a little and the doc takes what is like a pair of pliers and goes in the whacker to get it out. I promise you, you are wide awake and you'll never feel pain like this. The kidney stone was a cakewalk compare to the retrieval of the stint.
When the doctor pulls, it feels like he's pulling your butthole out through the whacker -- just
like turning a pair of socks inside out.
In the last month, I've passed two stones without going to the hospital -- lots of water and even more prayer -- and determination.
I passed one in Sonoma early Saturday morning.
Right now, I've birthed nine of those critters.
Sorry for the graphic description but it is what it is.
In other words, if they do litho -- don't think you'll see him racing tomorrow.