a medical scare!

Well it was a typical monday morning at work. I was told my student wouldn't be there. The other aide was out of town but due to complications they didn't have a sub for her. I was preparing to work with her student when my side started hurting. The pain escalated rather quickly. I took some ibuprofen to temper the pain. Within 30 minutes I knew something was wrong. The ibuprofen was not working and the pain seemed to  be growing more intense. I made arrangements for someone else to cover the student and I headed home. The pain was so intense that on my way home I changed direction and headed straight for the doctor's office. After a brief exam and a urine test, he told me he thought I was passing a kidney stone. He sent me to the hospital for some tests. After giving blood and a CT scan, it was determined that I had a small kidney stone trying to pass. It was located right at the opening of my bladder. They told me that once it fell into the bladder, the pain would subside and I would pass it within 24 hours. I took a heavy duty pain killer and went to bed. Somewhere between 4:30 and 6:00 pm  I passed it and started to feel normal again. They told me there was only the one stone and that I shouldn't have any more trouble. It took at least 24 hours to regain my strength though. What a nightmare! I was reliving the pain of my gallbladder stones. The only difference was with the gallbladder, I could curl up into fetal position to relieve some of the pain. With the kidney stone, there was no position I could find to temporarily relieve the pain. Boy am I glad that is done and overwith!