Hang in there, man. My wife once had a kidney stone (about 3mm, I think), and was in intense pain. She read on the internet where they said that the pain associated with them was "greater than giving birth, and greater than a gunshot wound."
She said she couldn't vouche for the GSW, but after having given vaginal birth to four kids -- three of them over 8 lbs. 12 oz. and one over 9 lbs. -- she said she had it on very strong authority that they were correct about the other part.
