My wife had a kidney stone removed a couple of years ago. It was done laproscopically, and with the exception of the discomfort associated with the post-surgical stent, she claimed it really wasn't all that bad. Certainly better than the pain from the stone itself.
Laproscopy = better, incisional surgery = worse.
Keep us posted on this. I hope you get the most gentle handling modern medicine can provide.
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