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A kidney stone is a solid piece of material that forms in a kidney when substances that are normally found in the urine become highly concentrated. A stone may stay in the kidney or travel down the urinary tract. Kidney stones vary in size. A small stone may pass on its own, causing little or no pain. A larger stone may get stuck along the urinary tract and can block the flow of urine, causing severe pain or bleeding.

Earlier this month I started feeling a nagging pain in my left flank. It's stayed fairly consistent over the past few weeks, sometimes worse, sometimes not there at all.
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For the most part, the rest of the week has been a write off. The pain has not weakened much and the darn anti-inflammatories make me too drowsy to accomplish much in terms of writing or working. I have a week of medications and heavy drinking ahead in the hopes it will flush the stone out on its own accord.
In the past, I have not had to opt for surgery or a stint, but this one has me concerned. The wait time to see a Urologist is over two months.
The cost of hospitalization, medication and lost work due to these buggers was an estimated $ 10 billion last year in the United States.
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