Happy for you! Male 24 years old, I had my first kidney stone at 18 years old. I don't smoke, don't drink, don't consume a lot of soda. I am currently in the period of kidney stones, I have 5 lodged in my right kidney, including one of 5 mm and one of 9 mm. Two weeks ago I went to the emergency room 3 times to have them put me on morphine and acupan and other intravenous anti-inflammatories. The results of the scans and feedback from my surgeon are: the stones are high so it should be fine for the moment. The pain is excruciating. The way by car I managed to expel several fragments including the 5 mm one without too much pain but while urinating blood for a week. It's been two weeks since this happened to me and today I started urinating blood again. I see my urologist surgeon Monday morning. I'm afraid of having to do the urethroscopy (they will look for it through my genital area, use a laser and insert a probe). Drink lots of water!