Yeah, kidney stones gave me a scare last Wednesday with a rather strong pain that subsided in a few seconds. No such luck on Friday, where I woke at 10am with scream-inducing, non-stop pain. Eventually, had to call a taxi and my mom (dad was one state away in a conference). Mom went off to the hospital like any super-paranoid, overcaring mother would. The pain subsided by 10:40am. Between that and 17:30, we were doing what should be the hospitals' motto: "Please wait over there". By 18:00, doc confirmed it was indeed a pretty big, pointy stone that was making its home on my urine tract and it needed to be removed surgically. After yet more waiting, I went to surgery at 21:00 and woke at about...23:00 or so. Was too groggy to say. Saw my mom at about 1 in the morning, then slept like a log in the hospital's surgery recovery room, since no private rooms were available. Oh, and did I mention I didn't eat or drink a single thing between midnight on Thursday until 6 in the morning of Saturday? Because by 6 today, the cheap bread and cold toasts tasted like the best food ever! Anyway, I'm already back home (to the relief of paranoid mom and similarly paranoid gf). Peeing is still a bloody ordeal, literally. Hurts like hell. And even better, it leaks even while I'm sleeping, as my bloodied underparts attest.
Next week I'll visit the doc again for a followup and some treatment for the next stones, since both kidneys have stones so huge, they show up on the X-rays, which should detect mostly bone-related issues.

Aside from that, I'm working on the next numbered pic (porn), an old uncolored giftart for jaira (also porn) and a three-people commission (detail porn :D). I'll get down to it once my kidney stops hurting. Meep.