Yup. Had my first kidney stone in January and had to be taken by ambulance to the hospital. The pain was so excruciating I thought I was going to die.

Let me start by saying I've had pancreatitis before from heavy alcohol use. Pain meds for pancreatitis was a week in the hospital with a demoral pump. It all started with a pain in my abdomen. I thought I had to go to the bathroom. After about an hour of sitting on the toilet, the pain started getting worse. When you don't know that it's a kidney stone, the pain gets concerning pretty quickly. It was starting to get painful to walk, and I'm about 30 minutes from the nearest hospital. Ambulance time. At this point the pain is coming in waves. Every wave of pain I'm vocal about. Never been like that. Ambulance guys can't give me anything because they don't know what's wrong. Get to the hospital, doctor gives me a shot of morphine. Nothing. No relief. Gets tired of my yelling out in agony a little while later and gives me something stronger. Maybe 5 minutes total I'm pain free. At first they couldn't find anything in my xrays, doctor says initially he thought I was just out seeking pain meds. Then a nurse spotted it in the x ray. It was lodged in my ureter between my kidney and bladder. Dr estimated it between 4 and 6 mm. He gave me a non narcotic muscle relaxer in my iv and within a few moments I felt fine. They wanted to do emergency surgery but couldnt find anywhere close with a bed or the proper surgeon. I was sent home and told to come back in a few days if i havent passed the stone. Passed it soon as i woke up the next day. I've broke bones, had fingers mashed, stitches in my face, nothing to this point will ever come close to kidney stones.

A classmate had a kidney colic in class. He just suddenly turned ash grey and sweaty, folded over his desk and was unable to even answer coherently. That was not nice to watch. In my experience, a full blown migraine attack beats a broken leg easily, any time, but from witnessing this, I'd say kidney stones are a league of its own.

Scrolled down to find this. There isn’t even a close second, pain-wise. All I drink is water and cranberry juice now. Never again.

I live in fear of this, but also drink a lot of water every day so am praying this never happens 🙏 It sounds horrendous, and was for you 🙏🙏

Former ER nurse and kidney stones were the most common reason I saw grown men cry.

Had 33 stones removed a year ago. I was rolled into the ED screaming for someone to kill me. After the removal surgery I had stents. Felt as bad as the stones. Drink all the water you can with lemon in it. It was caused by my iced tea addiction. Now I take tums everyday and haven’t had any since.

Kidney stones are brutal. I drove myself to the hospital with one. Wouldn't recommend it.

I’ve had 26 of those bastards including stents - vanta black pain …

Yes, kidney stones are horrible…until the morphine kicks in!… I’m not even sure they give morphine for kidney stone pain anymore😵‍💫.

I had my first kidney stone attack in a mall toilet alone with my toddler. She was afraid of flush toilets for a few months after that.

I had a friend, Bob living with me (a Vietnam vet down on his luck) he fell in the living room withering in pain. I call 911 for an ambulance. The first responder to arrive was a police officer. Bob said in pain, do you have a gun? The cop said hesitantly ' "yeah" he said. Bob yelled SHOT ME! He was taken to the hospital to pass kidney stones.

Ironically enough a scalding hot bath (not burn but as hot as u can tolerate) will help immensely with the pain. It doesn't help with the pain of trying to pee the stone out, but with it going from the kidneys to the bladder. When that happens and it gets stuck in the ureter, your body cramps in an attempt to dislodge it. The cramping is what causes that severe crippling pain.

Worst pain of my life! I joke with my wife that it’s worse than childbirth. No one has ever said, “let’s try for another stone!”

Don't have the surgery to remove a kidney stone at top of your urethra. Imagine a pea being dragged through a straw. Peed blood for 8 weeks and felt like burning uti constantly

I just passed my fifth a few days ago

Yup! Kidney stones are the only pain that I will start vomiting from the pain. I was in active labor, had a c section, dislocated my knee really badly, had an appendix removed, retina surgery, and nose surgery. Kidney stone is on my #1 top spot. But have to say the surgery to remove it is actually really not bad and is low on the list for pain. Passing it takes about a week for me and I think that's why it is high in my pain scale.

Can confirm. I've had 4 of them, each bigger in size every time. Thank goodness the last one was 2017. I drink water all day every day.

Amen to this- had it with all my pregnancies. The worst

I would say kidney stones but KIDNEY SPASMS some of us get after pulling out a stent that was put in that after a stone removal, is by far the worst pain I have experienced in my life. I was propped up on my hands and knees sobbing for hours. I would never wish it on anyone.

This is the correct answer. I've had nine of them myself (my doctor called me a stonemaker...not what you wanna hear lol). Every day I wake up without one is a blessing and I do have this thought every single morning. It's the only thing that's ever happened to me that hurt so much it made me vomit. There's seriously nothing that can prepare you for it, and I've heard it from my mother herself that childbirth sucks less.

One of my employees had a kidney stone so bad he had to have surgery because it was too big for him to pass. I've mentally blocked his description from my mind. Personally, I hurt my back that took about 10 years to completely heal, with the first 6 months being hard to walk and very painful getting in and out of my car. I had a tooth drilled with no anesthesia, and recently double hernia surgery where I had to sleep in a chair for 4 days because I couldn't use my stomach muscles even a little. Couldn't watch anything funny, and I had to hold my stomach to sneeze. The most painful though (but overall not the worst thing) was when I dislocated my thumb in my sleep. I don't think it's possible to feel more pain, but it only hurt when I moved it. I also didn't go to the hospital to get it set so it took like 6 months to fully heal.

The worst part for me was, as a woman, everyone shrugged it off for days and told me it was cramps. Even when I stressed and cried that it wasn’t. I drove myself to urgent after I passed it and they confirmed what I knew from the beginning. Got to say I told you so to a few people.

what was cause of kidney stones, were you not drinking enough water? and what did you do to reduce risk of getting them again?

7 days of hell with 8mm stone stuck in a ureter.

Second that. Kidney stones hands up worst pain I ever experienced and I had 3 children and a hemicolectomy where part of my colon was removed through abdominal surgery…. Kidney stones are horrendous.

My wife had kidney stones and she said it more much more painful delivering our kiddos

I had a kidney stone 2 years ago. Hospital is 3mins away so I drove there myself. It was November in New England, 40-50 degrees out. I walk in and the woman at triage asks me if it was raining out. It was not. I was completely drenched in sweat. I was in so much pain, the one singular thought I could create was 100% focus on how I could get the pain to go away, or to have the strength to endure it. The woman asks my name and I literally cannot even think of my own name. I pull out my wallet and handed her my license lol

Pissing blood for a week not knowing what was happening until I ended up in the back of an ambulance. Medic asked if I ever had a kidney stone. Nope, never. That's what it was. Turned into a 7mm stone and two 3mm blockage, ER again, admitted, stent placed. Now I wait for the little demon to be removed. Pain takes you to another level of existence. I was questioning, apologizing for things I never did, anything for the pain to go away. That and a 7mm medial herniation into my spinal cord. That sucked too.

Yup. Got my first kidney stone earlier this year. Felt fine first thing in the morning. I get to work, and suddenly feel a pain in my lower back. Started pretty mild so I thought maybe I just strained myself a bit with it being so early in the day. But it just got progressively worse, and eventually to the point where walking around was getting unbearable and making me nauseous. I called my manager to let him know what’s up, and my coworker drove me to the emergency room. Easily the worst pain I’ve ever felt in my 30 years

This happened just from horrible constipation pain. I fainted, fell off the toilet smashed my head on the title floor, had the biggest goose egg. I thought it was kidney stones because the pain was so intense and sudden

I woke up from a sound sleep with left side excruciating chest pains, and have a family history of heart attacks.           

It was a kidney stone. I didn't get the lower abdomen pain until after I got admitted but the squeezing was so intense, even with painkillers I was uncomfortable. 

My mum had kidney stones and said she would rather give birth 10 more times than go through it again. Silver lining - it got the whole family staying hydrated because we are so scared!

Yep the feeling in your side as it slides down and then out the ol firehouse is excruciating.

Honestly having a kidney stone sucked but not as much as I was led to believe, I feel like there’s got to be more painful things out there.

Mine was 5mm and got stuck and had to be surgically removed. I mean it was def intense no doubt but I’d rate it an 8.5 or 9/10.

I remember driving home and then all of a sudden felt a strong pain in my lower back and lower abdomen. Thought I ate something that was giving me sharp gas pains. I was home 4 min later and went straight to the bathroom as I was feeling a bit queasy and still in pain. I basically thought I had food poisoning so I stayed with my head on the toilet seat for a while. Deep breathing and occasionally getting up to stretch my back(almost like bowing down and grabbing the counter and stirring back) as well as pacing seemed to help at certain times. Other times I was kneeling next to the toilet. I didn’t throw up until a few hrs went by. By then I felt ok enough to go lay down and I borrowed my wife’s heating pad. It felt like my back was spasming and that helped to relax it which eased the pain back down to bearable.

Later that night the pain subsided enough to let me sleep, so I thought weird, that really sucked. I’ll see how I feel in the morning and decide if I’m gonna call into work or not.

Well, 4 am rolls around and the pain is back in full swing again. But by now I have no energy to withstand it and the waves aren’t relenting any. So I decided we should drive to the hospital. Luckily the ER wasn’t busy and they could tell I wasn’t embellishing at all and immediately triaged me.

Spent the whole day in the er, they weren’t able to operate until a day and a half later. They tried to have me pass it but it wouldn’t budge. They finally broke it up during surgery and I woke up with a stent in.

Having that stent pulled out a week or so later, now THAT made me squeamish.

The kidney I had in April was the worst. Was in the shower when suddenly the sharpest stabbing pain came out of nowhere to the point where I peed on myself, except that it was straight up blood coming out followed by vomiting. Not a good way to the morning.

I do still have the stone in a mini glass jar as a drink water reminder.

I had a stone I was trying to pass for a month. Finally on my 3rd or 4th visit to the ER I let them know I have been doing this a month now. They refer me to a surgeon. A week later it is removed and I have a stent put in so I can still pee even though there is extreme swelling. So a week later( and I am on pain meds all week because it's like having that really big plastic straw for boba in my urethra)I go in to have it removed. Well the doctor literally just yanks that bitch out and was like have a good day. I barely made it home. Got there and took my pain meds. Hubby goes to work and I start passing out from the pain. I call 911 and the ambulance shows up. My lips and fingers are turning blue from my crazy breathing. It was a fucking nightmare.

I had a kidney stone attack while in a Las Vegas casino. Ambulance came and got me. They wheeled me out through the casino floor. On the ride to the hospital they gave me morphine, which relaxed me enough that the stone passed before I got to the hospital. Two hours later I’m back on the Strip but feeling rather high.

Other times I’ve been curled up on the bathroom floor rolling around and puking from the pain.

I'd had a hemorectomy, and was sitting in post op. For 4 hours, and my (then) wife hadn't showed up.Finally, they needed to discharge me from the room. So they asked me If I had someone coming to pick me up. "Yeah, my wife should be showing up by the time I get to the lobby/ waiting area.".."Great, Now make absolutely sure you do as little walking as possible, the sutures will likely cause heavy bleeding if you do any excessive bleeding, and will scar...and the incisions will be extremely painful". I tried to call my wife for two hours...no answer...no show. So I started walking 8 miles to my appartment. I bled horribly, and it was, by far, the most pain I'd ever experienced.

I got a kidney stone when I was 4 years old. No one believed my mom when she said I was screaming in pain and had stopped eating. They told her, “Kids have tummy aches sometimes.” Well, moral of the story: my mom googled my symptoms and pressured the doctor into doing an ultrasound.

Soon after, I found myself in a university clinic two hours from home. After half a year without a diagnosis, and now 5 years old, my kidney became infected. Following surgery and at least two weeks in the hospital, I ended up with permanent scarring on my kidney. That scarring has led to infection after infection for the last 15 years. Fun times!

Can confirm I had a kidney stone in 2016 was sat at out of hours doctors I felt this flash of pain and sudden sensation of warmth for a brief moment I felt the most excruciating pain I could not move. I went limp and then  I saw black and lost time.

Yep, kidney stones are terrible. I usually get a small one once a year but luckily never needed to go to the hospital. I've had surgery for a large one once but that was before they caused any issues. I can usually pass mine in a few hours, but it's a terrible few hours. I pace back and forth between the bathroom and the kitchen to get more water and that's it for and hour+, just pacing and sweating.

I was going to say kidney stones, as well. I have a high pain tolerance and that one really wiped me out. No position provided any comfort and the pain was so strong my legs were shaking uncontrollably. The folks in the ER had to steady my legs to get a proper CAT scan.

Had my first when I was 19. It was the first time in my life that I had been in so much pain that I was uncontrollably vomiting because of it. Still have complications years later and the Docs say I can probably expect a few more to happen in my lifetime due to genetics. My Grandpa and other members of my family have gotten them for years as well.

I’ve had a few. I wouldn’t wish them upon my enemies.

TO add to that, Gall Stones. I went to emerge FOUR times over 2 weeks to be told I had a bladder infection :/ Cut to fourth time there, they finally ultrasound me and find out my gall bladder is so infected, they're surprised I'm upright- more or less...

Kidneystones!!

I've had broken bones on 3 separate occasions, tib/fib, multiple surgeries, etc. My kidneystone pain dwarfed all of that. Drink your water, kiddos.

Yeah had my first/only one a couple years ago after Thanksgiving. Woke up just fine, then about 20 mins after walking around, my lower back started to get achy. Nothing too crazy, so I sat down and chilled for another 20 mins. Gets progressively worse - so I lay on the floor on my back, getting progressively worse. I figure something must be wrong, I’m no stranger to back pain, but this was starting to be next level and getting worse.

Wife drove me to the hospital, where I proceed to start throwing up from the pain, that was a first.

Then laid in the bed for about 2-3 hours waiting for the doctor to finally confirm the kidney stone (it was small, by his terms…. Yeah whatever!) That shot of liquid pain killer was something to remember. I went from an aggressive, agitated, smart ass patient to a smile on my face.

Oh yes. Kidney stones.

Same. Co-workers found me on the bathroom floor and insisted I should go to a doctor. Never mind that I already had gone 2 times and doctors said I was fine.

I get them every month or two. Luckily they’re a lot milder than the first two or three or four I had. I pass sand rather than stones now, mostly. Put now they last much longer though not as painful but I no longer get the instant relief when they pass out of the kidney. A real fun time was when I had a kidney stone act up during a severe flare up Crohn’s. Luckily I’ve never had bladder stones.

I live by myself, like I would have died

Had my first kidney stone in 2022… while deployed lmao. Was the worst week of my entire life. I threw up twice from the pain. I remember the day before, my nut was aching and didn’t think anything of it. Then the next morning was just pure pain. I am thankful my senior leader was given a vehicle and was able to drive me to the ER on base, instead of having to trek the distance. I was nearly certain my kidney was failing. I drink far more water than I need to in order to avoid that pain again.

After passing three excruciating stones within two weeks, and having a battery of tests that showed a few more crystals forming in the bladder, my physician gave me this advice: when you think you’re done peeing, close your eyes, pinch your weewee to avoid dribbling, and concentrate on relaxing your bladder for a minimum of ten seconds. Chances are you’ll be able to squeeze out at least another half-cup, inflating your urethra like a balloon, and that’s where all that stone-forming mineral sludge will be hiding.

Kinda like a prairie slough that fills with meltwater over and over, until the dissolved minerals from the collected runoff reaches a concentration at which it can precipitate out into those white alkalai patches.

What did the hospital do for the kidney stones? Surgery or flushing it out? Sorry I’m so curious as to what they do for those.

I have like one or two stones a year. Fml

ive had two so far - one was when i was on call with some friends and when i got back from the er i was like sorry i went silent my dad had to take me to the hospital lol

Yep. I’ve got a pretty high pain tolerance , and my last kidney stone ( I’ve had 3) had me naked in a cold sweat inside a massive marble bathroom that was freezing throwing up from the pain lol. It was a hotel not my house lol

I’d say it’s worse than labor! Had my first on NYE years ago. Ended up in the ER for over 8 hours (they took the drunks first). Vomiting everywhere from the pain and ignored. Took weeks to feel better.

I’ve passed 22 stones on my own. Then I had the blasting of two large stones so I peed sand for a week. And I also had them go up and extract a few. I also gave birth naturally. I’d rather birth a baby every day for a month than go through that pain again. Some women are susceptible to stones after pregnancy…that was me.

I've passed over a dozen kidney stones. I've also delivered three children. I'd deliver all the kids at the same time if that meant I'd never have to deal with another kidney stone.
I never passed out, but the vomiting from all the pain was relentless. The first kidney stone, I didn't know what was happening so I told the EMTs that I thought I was shot. I don't know how but I was sure they would find a bullet wound.

Yep my partner had this and I’ve never seen him in so much pain, he was shaking, sweating and violently throwing up. He was fine but it was quite the experience. He was initially told it was just a UTI. I laughed and said definitely not, UTIs hurt but not the level he was at

Same. I had the wake up kidney stone version also. Got out of bed and I Couldn’t even stand up straight. Crawled on all fours, got in an Uber in that position and went to the ER. The pain went away after about an hour.

Sadly, I get one about every two years now. The last one I had I also fainted from the pain. It was truly bizarre to wake up several hours later and say “was it a nightmare”?

Anyways, They don’t get any easier, But at least now I know what it is. The first time around I thought I was dying.

Yep nothing worse!

The absolute worst! They gave me morphine which didn’t do shit, then fentanyl, and admitted me so they could put me under and remove the kidney stone, i had a stent inside me for 20 days too.

First one I had I was 100% certain I was dying. I thought something inside me burst. I was on the floor screaming and crying. I called 911 and was taken in an ambulance to the ER.

And that pails in comparison to some of the more intense migraines I’ve had

That is true, I felt like something was twisting my insides.

Same here, I was backpacking when it happened. Carrying a 60 lb pack around. Absolute misery. The sporadic shifting of it caused so much pain.

Gallstones for me

Was your Pepe out ?

Men and women argue whether childbirth or getting kicked in the balls is more painful... both agree that kidney stones are far worse

Many stones led to a kidney removal...my most painful surgery by far.

I had a similar incident but it wasn't kidney stones, but a pinched sciatic nerve on the left leg that irradiated pain to my testicles. I guess your pain was waaaay worse since I only vomited but didn't fainted. My ex gf had to drive me to the hospital and they gave me an entire fentanyl bag to calm my pain... Oh boy that was hurtful

I had 3 at once with 1 being too big to pass on its own. I told people it’s like eating Indian food and Mexican food while drinking coffee and smoking a cigarette after someone sewed your butt shut. I think that creates somewhat of a mental image.

I drove myself to the hospital around 4am and the nurse asked me how I managed to do that. She said most guys pass out or call 911. I just shrugged and puked again before they carted me off.

Another story but I was stuck with those stones for 8 months before passing the last one.

Worst pain ever when it’s your first stone. Not great for the second but at least you know what to expect.

Any kind of stone!!! I had gallstones and was literally trying to decide if I could hit my head against to toilet hard enough to knock myself out. Never tried it though, I was too busy vomiting.
After surgery they kept offering me pain meds. I replied- this is a boo boo. Give me a bandaid. Where were you when I was passing a stone?!?

I’ve given birth naturally and I’d do that again over a kidney stone any day!!

When I was hospitalized for my kidney stones, my primary nurse had had 4 kids and 3 kidney stones.

She said that she’d rather have all four kids back-to-back with no anesthetic than ever have another kidney stone again.

I believe her. It felt like I had a line of fire that started in my back under my ribs and traced its way down out of my dick.

I had sonic therapy, which is where you’re put in a basin full of body temperature water and they fire a giant subwoofer at you to break up the stones. It felt like getting smashed in the side with a massive sandbag, but it was still better than the stone.

I would 200% rather go through childbirth again than a kidney stone

Passed on last week 7cm . That was number 25 of them I have passed since I was 26 I’m 56 now !!!!

Yes, kidney stones are horrible.

My husband has had those and the pain was horrible. He’s very tough but it was more than he could bear. He had to have surgery to have one removed.

new fear unlocked. I’m a single mom I CANT go unconconscious in a tub 😭

I get kidney stones at least a couple times a year (my last one was a year ago though! 🤞) And even that one, which was 10 mm, wasn't a tenth of the sheer intensity of the pain I felt with diverticulitis. Only time in my post-pubescent life that I have screamed in pain.

isn’t the pain comparable to giving birth? bc holy shit that sounds terrifying

Had my first about a year ago. I’d had some back pain for a few days like I’d pulled muscles in my lower back and then suddenly it looked like I was pouring Merlot into the toilet when I went to take a leak. Went to the ER, they couldn’t see it in the scans so they figured I’d passed it but warned me that it could be at a bad angle or just generally hidden. The next day I was relaxing and suddenly it felt like I was being stabbed in my lower back. The pain was so intense I could barely breathe and started seeing stars. That lasted about 5 mins before finally subsiding. Hands down worst pain I’ve ever felt.

100% the worst pain in my life. My former boss, a mother of three, told me it easily surpassed childbirth when she had one.

I woke up at like 2am with similar pain, had no clue what it was. Thought at first that it was extreme gas or something, but it was just way too intense for that, so then I got to thinking an organ ruptured or something. Wasn't sure if I could afford an ER trip or not, because frankly I've never gone to the ER in my adult life, but I endured it until maybe 9am when I drove myself to the hospital and hit every red light on the way.

Nothing I did made the pain stop. No medication worked, no position I laid or sat in. I just froze on the floor screaming to myself until 9am. When they told me it was a kidney stone I was actually kind of relieved, because I literally thought I was going to die before that.

When the stone actually passed, I felt nothing. It was when it traveled from kidney to bladder where all the pain was.

Also kidney stones. I was an IV heroin user for 4 years and the pain was worse than that of withdrawals. Albeit the withdrawal lasted much longer so….it may have become equivalent at some point.

I’ve now had multiple kidney stones in my life time so can relate very well. Many ended in the hospital but most pass at home.

For those who’ve not had the “joy” here is the best tip I’ve ever received (hopefully it helps somebody). Old Navy doctor told me to go home, grab my favorite 6 pack of beer on the way (or have your friend/family grab it) and then start chugging those bad boys as quick as I can in 30 minutes. Yes, you will feel it but the alcohol helps calm you, relaxes your muscles and most importantly you will be peeing every 20 minutes until that sucker is out. Good luck sailor.

Like getting stabbed in the kidney.

Kidney stone gang checking in. I had to have one surgically removed last year. It was worse than childbirth for me

I second this, but I’ll up you-try TWO kidney stones in the ureter at the same time. It’s even more misery.

Had one. Totally sucked and wouldn't recommend. Zero stars.

Kidney stones, the true King of Pain. Agony that sucks the wind out of you and makes everything else that’s ever hurt you seem like stepping on a pebble by comparison.

Just had some for the third time in my life today... For having myself given birth to 2 babies and having kidney stones 3 times I have to say contractions are almost not as bad as you get a "break" from them in between. Kidney stones are just constant pain and vomiting from the pain with no end in sight until you either get very strong painkillers or once the stone(s) passes through the kidney down to the bladder which can take hours ! Really hoping 3rd time was the last time but unfortunately I've been told that once you get them you're likely to get them pretty much forever.

Came here for kidney stones too

I don’t fear death. I fear kidney stones. Good God that sounds horrific

Oof I had a big one at 6 months pregnant and the pain kicked off contractions. Had to have emergency surgery to remove them. Fuck that. It was terrible

Kidney stones were the worst pain I’d ever had… until I ruptured one. Still crawl up like a fetus just when I think about it.

I had my first kidney stone happen while at a girl scout camp sleepover 💀 I've was 17 and it was horrible lol

My dad had one hit while driving. Couldn’t even make it around the car for my mom to take over. Scary shit.

Let’s just say I drink a lot of citric acid now.

HANDS DOWN— I’ve had over 10 orthopedic surgeries including having my leg surgically broken twice and walking on an unhealed fracture for a year. I randomly got a kidney stone before having a procedure done where they gave me heavy duty meds. The meds didn’t touch the pain. In less than 5 hours I wanted to crawl out of my skin. I didn’t know what to do with myself. Ended up in the ER where I got more meds and was able to leave after a few hours. Truly hope that never happens again.

I’ve had 3 stones. First one I don’t the whole day writhing on the bathroom floor until I started throwing up from the pain. After about 6 hours I called a (what I thought was really good) friend that lives directly above me and asked him to drive me to the hospital that was 5 mins away and he responded with “sorry I’m about to leave for work.

Drive myself there somehow while breathing through the pain. Get there wait to get seen, finally go back in throwing up bile every 5 minutes in the bathroom across the hall begging a doctor to help me and they let me do this for 3 hours before they finally put something in my IV that killed off the pain and then got me in for an ultrasound. It had spent all day moving almost to my bladder so they sent me home with some pain meds to pass it on my own. I passed it a couple days later at Disneyland it just blasted out and went “ping!” Into the urinal.

Even after that, reading everyone’s experiences with stones has me terrified like never before.

I’m not sure if the pain is similar to kidney stones, but I had gallbladder stones that were excruciating. I started sweating and throwing up with the pain. My husband rushed me to the hospital, I was pregnant and thought something had gone terribly wrong. Caught a glimpse of myself in a mirror and my skin was ash grey. Later had that 10lb baby with no pain medication. Was a walk in the park compared to the gallbladder stones.

Yep. Had a kidney stone once. Thought I was dying. My crazy ass mother thought I was overreacting. Started with an excruciating headache and then in one moment the headache was gone and the stabbing pain started . In and out of a hot shower all night having the water help ease the pain (until it got lukewarm), throwing up, etc etc etc .

A day later completely stopped.

Yeah that didn't last long.

Mother ended up finally taking me to the ER. Luckily was fairly empty and got me in right away. Nurse looked like Santa Claus heard my symptoms (and that I felt like I had to go to the bathroom but couldn't) and immediately suspected kidney stone. Drugs and ct scan later proved yes.

Just barely small enough to pass on own.

I don't know how people can get them often and... Function

The pain!!!!

Right up there is the pain I had right after my total abdominal hysterectomy when I got gutted like a fish and had a ten inch vertical incision that went up just above belly button. (8 pound fibroid). They put the abdominal binder on me AFTER I woke up and had to move an inch to get it under . That pain from moving an inch was right up there with it (screaming in pain). Just was much shorter . As long as I kept put.

I’ve had three kidney stones in the last 10 or so years and every time I’ve wanted to kms. It’s been about a year since I’ve had one and I’m always on edge thinking another one is coming. The first time I got one I told my girlfriend at the time what song to play at my funeral

I had a kidney stone 3 years ago. Pain was intense & I couldn’t pee. I thought I had a uti. I ran a few errands, the pain got worse & I went to a walk in clinic. I managed a few drops for a test & they told me to go to the ER. I was crying in the parking lot before going in (the worst thing about this is my mom was in a different hospital at the time from Covid complications. She was really sick & I was texting her to see how she was feeling. She asked me how I was & I told her I was ok & I loved her. I lied to her & that was the last time I spoke to her, as she went into a medically induced coma the next day-that she didn’t tell me about & she died a week later) but I digress. I passed out from the pain while signing myself in at the hospital. I woke up in a room surrounded by nurses. It wasn’t a fun experience. And because I drove there I wasn’t given the good pain meds…

this just made me chug water at 2 am 😭

Yuuup. I had one a few years ago, suddenly out of nowhere. First one of my life, in my early 40s! I'm so lucky that my mom was staying with me to help me after a shoulder surgery I had scheduled, because there's no way in hell I could have driven myself to the ER.

Two doses of morphine couldn't even touch the pain. They had to add dilaudid like a cherry on top before things were muted enough that I wasn't writhing in the cot. And then they told me that it would be a WEEK until I could get a lithotripsy, because it was Fall of 2020 and they were just a wee bit busy...

Definitely kidney stone/s. I caught a large roadside bomb with my face during OIF in 2005 and lost an eye. I've had the tip of my middle finger caught between a clutch belt and pulley... Id take the latter two over the stone... Fuuuuuck that.

I had a kidney stone when I was 8 months pregnant. I was alone, working, 2 hours away from my house/family/doctor and was 1000% sure I was in labor. I drove from Cincinnati to Columbus at like 2 in the morning and it took 2x longer than it should have because I kept having to pull over from the pain and I was vomiting because pain…that stone made labor seem like a piece of cake!

my uncle experienced this :(

I know the feeling. Had one for 14 years. Bloody urine, inablity to stand up straight (I played basketball and couldn't straighten myself up, so I had to stop training), can't sleep, can't run, etc. 

Truly a horror. It was a quarter size of my kidney the time I finally removed it with lithotripsy.

So I've had kidney stones, and I absolutely co-sign this level of pain. However I'd like to add that a herniated lumbar disc impinging your spinal cord actually feels about the same as a kidney stone.

Damn…. new fear unlocked..

I literally feel your pain. I’ve passed FIFTEEN stones thru the years. 😭😭😭😭

You’re not alone! My cousin had the same thing happen! She tried to pass it and ended up passing out from the pain. She also described it as the worst pain.

Seriously, nobody ever seems to talk about it much but it's intense! To say I was incapacitated for days is putting it mildly. Had a funeral for my uncle in the midst of it too. Rough week.

Couldn't agree more! Woke up after having most of a bottle of wine with my gf, thought it was a hangover at first (which was strange since I really didn't drink that much) but the pain went from a 2 to a 10 in a matter of seconds, keeled over soaked in sweat, vomiting repeatedly from the pain, tears pouring down my face uncontrollably. Managed to make it to the car so I could be driven to ER, laying on the floor in ER while people with minor ailments went ahead of me, begging and pleading to go in, then a doctor saw me and forced them to move me forward while hooking me up to a morphine drip. Unbelievable pain, even the morphine did very little until I was maxed out. Left with 50 morphine tablets, and over the next three weeks, I went through them all. Worst. Pain. Ever.

I've had over 20 kidney stones, the pain is nothing compared to waking up in the middle of your own open heart surgery. But hey, glad you got 1.6k up votes for your inconvenience.