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[Alanko]

That sounds (and looks!) like it must have hurt, I'm sorry to hear. Did you have it removed? I had my renal tract clogged up a few years ago, never been in as much pain in my whole life. Luckily, Edith knew the symptoms from her father and called the ambulance immediately. That was a real fun weekend.

Which reminds me: I need to drink more!

Luckily not mine, but my wife has been sending me that photo at intervals this week to remind me to drink more water.

Famous diarist Samuel Pepys had one. Smooth, the size and shape of a tennis ball. It was removed, sans anaesthetic, by making an incision in his perineum. Lucky fella!