Kidney stones SUCK. You're talking to someone who was cursed with them for many several years. I'd had one blasted in 1999 and life was OK. In 2004 I had them again, 3 actually the largest was 13MM

and a 10 and an 11. 2 blastings, 6 weeks apart with a stent in for 8 weeks. Your worst horror story is how they put it in and take it out.

I was told/ordered no coffee, no tea and no soft drinks. Water Water Water. I hate water.
On to the flu. My fever broke the day before they started reporting on the swine flu. It slapped me down so hard it pissed off my COPD and that's giving me fits now. Thank God for pneumonia vaccines or I'd most likely be in the hospital or dead right now.