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I hope your stones are gone too..they were painful! BUT nothing compared to the KIDNEY stone I had yesterday! ANother ambulance ride! Geeze! Those too can be a side effect of the surgery!

Kidney Stones Kidney stones -- also known as renal colic or ureterolithiasis -- results from stones or renal calculi (from Latin ren, "kidney" and calculi, "pebbles") in the ureter. The stones are solid concretions or crystal aggregations formed in the kidneys from dissolved urinary minerals. Nephrolithiasis (from Greek nephros, "kidney" and lithos, "stone") -- refers to the condition of having kidney stones. Urolithiasis refers to the condition of having calculi in the urinary tract (which also includes the kidneys), which may form or pass into the urinary bladder. Ureterolithiasis is the condition of having a calculus in the ureter, the tube connecting the kidneys and the bladder. The main symptom is severe pain that starts suddenly and may go away suddenly: Pain may be felt in the belly area or side of the back Pain may move to groin area (groin pain) or testicles (testicle pain) Other symptoms can include: Abnormal urine color Blood in the urine