At 08:46 PM 4/26/2006, you wrote: >Having had a kidney stone I can testify that they are largely transitory and >generally would only debitateyou during the event. Believe me >during the event >you think you are going to die. They generally do not cause the >kind of chronic >problem that would knock you out of the sky. >Don +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Don't take them too lightly, depending on your history of passing them. If you experience stones on a regular basis (God help you) or have one lodged that could pass at any time, you will be corresponding with the fed's on a regular basis. Larry Flesner