Kidney Stones in 2011! Hip hip horray!

Yes my dears I rung in the new year with a kidney stone. A huge kidney stone the doctors tell me. I am going in tomorrow for a same day surgery procedure and I am a little nervous about it since this is the first surgery of any kind I have ever had. I have that little nagging voice in the back of my head saying, "What if they put you under and you never wake up?" Highly unlikely I know, but I'm paranoid like that. However since they highly doubt I will pass the stone on my own and I have been dealing with the pain and nausea that come along with it for five days now, I see no other way of getting this kidney stone out. So as far as this new year goes, this one has been painful. Literally. And yes a kidney stone is the closest you can come to labor pains. But at the end of your labor you have a precious baby and at the end of a kidney stone you have just that, a kidney stone. I hope all my peeps out there are being showered with love and happiness during this new year and dodging any stones that may come your way. I'll keep you updated on why this befalled me.