@PatKirby Yes. The doctor tapped a specific spot, and it sent me through the roof, and he said kidney stones. They gave me a painkiller right away, and then took x-rays.

@AbbeyRhode

Ok so this was in the ER or an Urgent Care clinic or just a clinic?

@PatKirby it was the er. I was also 9 months pregnant, and having never had kidney stones, I was frantic that something was wrong with the baby.

@PatKirby Exactly😖

@Matt85

Looks like a scanning electron microscope image at 50,000x magnification. I used to operate a JEOL SEM to produce these photos for analysis. Super closeup images like this change our perspective don't they?

@PatKirby They really are awesome. I love looking and mites and stuff under an SEM.

@deadgerbil you after I sic my alts on you

@itsok that gerbil was fed crayons

@deadgerbil

@Nimbus Awww man, sorry to hear that 😔

@Nimbus

Curious. Are you watching your oxalate levels in food & drink?

@PatKirby I have had no reocurrence of the stones in 20 years now.
I drink lots and lots of water! :)

@Aysel Nasty stones!

@Nimbus My beloved grandmother had them, and I saw the pain she was in. This was a woman who had eight children, by the way.

@Aysel Wow!

@smiler2012 Not yet.

@Nimbus 😆 really are you kidding nimby

@smiler2012 Early days!

@caPnAhab 😯

@Morvoren AWwwww :)

@Longpatrol One way of looking at it!

@SW-User The pain from stones is immense 👍

@Nimbus I know I had gall stones and had attacks on my gall bladder it was the worst pain i have ever felt ...worse than childbirth

@meggie Seems to be the SW consenus 👍

@TheOneyouwerewarnedabout ) Let's see a man pass a bowling ball out of anywhere. 😜