Recovery

Sometimes a laser is used to pulverize the stone, but when a laser is used, the doctor must use an endoscope, which is a tube introduced into the body, via the urinary tract, to get close to the stone.

The key phrase is "introduced into the body,via the urinary tract."
Being male, you know where that "introduction" took place.

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Here is how may day went....

Wake up, can't eat, can't drink, crap this sucks, drive an hour to the clinic, get an X-ray, wait for a time, get called in, told to "get naked" even though I didn't know her, go pee one last time, get stuck with a needle, get rolled into another room, move onto another table, anasthsiologist says he's adding the fun stuff..... big mask put on my face, didn't realize I was so ugly, now.... heh heh heh....I feel.....heh heh heh.....sleepy.......
heh heh heh...............................................................
I hear commotion........ panic sets in......"It's ok.... you're in recovery...... relax, don't be so feisty....."
feel like puking.....feel like peeing..... I am awfully sore down there....feel violated.... who stuck a garden hose in there ?.....oh dammit, it's a catheter.....I love those....not......... feel a little more alert now.... hurts more....start anticipating removal...hurts more...... right leg hurts....concern about blood clot...hear them talking about possibly keeping me overnight.....oxygen level is in the 80's..... needs to go up..... oxygen mask put on.... BP is high...... normalizes.....nurse sets goal of 45 minutes to send me home...... feel better....
after 20 minutes says I can get ready to go....but catheter gets removed.....OWWWWWW...
son.....of....a.........ahhhhhhh....it's out........she shows me how much bloody urine is in the bag....
oh yummy..... could have gone all day without seeing that...... leg hurts like hell...... ride home....glad that is over....until the next one.....happy happy joy joy.......