Kidney stones. Thanks for bringing that up. They have a procedure where they put you in a tank of water and plast your body with sound waves until the stone is shattered, but not in the hospital where I went. What they did was take a device that looks like a caulking gun, but with a very long, thin cable with claws on the end. They insert it into your penis, I can't go on. It hurts just to think about it. I guess it beats passing it naturally. A woman I know said that procedure was as bad as being in labor. But you definately deserve all the pity you can get with a stone.