Mike went through a fun two-part kidney-stone episode about 15 years ago -- I have never seen him in that much pain before or since. Your residual ache is probably associated with some pressure-related damage in the kidney and ureter/urethra -- it should clear up.
Mike's stones were uric acid stones, which are chemically like the crystals that form in the joints when you have gout. (His family is predisposed to both.) He takes a cheap generic drug to control it, and hasn't had an attack since. If you had the more common calcium oxalate stones, you'd want to consider increasing your citrate intake.
Best thing to do is, at your leisure, get X-rayed to see if you've got any bigger stones lurking in your kidneys. The stone you felt could have broken off a larger one.
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Date: 2012-07-04 11:31 am (UTC)Mike's stones were uric acid stones, which are chemically like the crystals that form in the joints when you have gout. (His family is predisposed to both.) He takes a cheap generic drug to control it, and hasn't had an attack since. If you had the more common calcium oxalate stones, you'd want to consider increasing your citrate intake.
Best thing to do is, at your leisure, get X-rayed to see if you've got any bigger stones lurking in your kidneys. The stone you felt could have broken off a larger one.