I had a stone in each Kidney years ago. It was the worse pain I ever felt. It took most of the day at the hospital for them to figure it out. They didn't even consider kidney stones at first. They thought something was wrong in my stomach. The pain was so intense I was tensing up so much I was throwing up and just spewing blood from my nose. There was a point I was praying to god to just let me die :lol:.
They figured it out finally gave me some pain killers ( that didn't help at all ) and gave me this screen to pee threw till they came out and to bring them back to my regular doctor to have them tested to see what kind of kidney stones they were. Like who's going to carry around a screen to use every time they piss :lol:
They never mentioned any type of surgery like that to me. It was they would come out on their own, or I would have to get the sound wave **** ( which the doctor said it doesn't really hurt but some find it really uncomfortable ) and only in extreme cases do they operate, but they talked about actually cutting into you to get them, but maybe now they can do it they way you mentioned. Start drinking a ton of water.
They couldn't give me a solid answer as to why I got them but told me to watch how much alcohol I drink and pop ( more so your dark colored pops, your body has a **** of a time getting ride of the dyes they use I guess ).
I'd rather get a red hot poker threw my balls than go through that again. I hope you pass them soon and you really should see a doctor.