I've been in 3 times for stones. It's a pain that just won't give up! That first one brought me to my knees. I went to the emergency room and told them I had blown out my back. I had been cutting bowl blanks all day, wrestling some pretty big blocks. I started turning with some pain, and before I got the bowl done, I was on one foot, twisting with pain. After some time at the hospital, they started to think something else was wrong. Asked me to wiz in a cup, I guess pink lemonade looking urine wasn't a good sign. Second time was tough, third time I went down at work and went to the hospital. They went in with a "basket rig on a stick", or something like that, to get it. I made the mistake of not hitting the morphine pump enough before the first wiz after the surgery. Man that made me sweat!

Didn't want to ever wiz again after that! Took a drug to reduce my acidity for a while. I'd say something about not having another, but don't want to jinx myself!
Glad you're up and about CB.