I was up until 4:30 this morning with kidney pain. I have stones that are cooking. I finally went to sleep but kept waking myself up whimpering. Today was a serious packing day. We are supposed to close on the house this week. I was hurting so bad I had a hard time walking. Finally I ran across pain pills. Thank God for Vicodin. My kitchen got packed. I try not to take them but I'm not a hero today. Everyone keeps telling me that there are  ways to dissolve kidney stones but my Urologist is evidently unaware of them. I guess he gets more money to dig them out with his wee basket than he would to dissolve them. Bastard.