First off, thank you all for the twenty responses I got and for the responses Grover got on his thread. That was very cool and gave me a warm fuzzy. I did kind of need that.

As for the surgery itself, it went great. They got the majority of the stones on both sides, easily getting the larger stones, and leaving some of the smaller, more easily passable stones. It took the full two hours to accomplish as there was a lot to do. The docs really worked hard to take care of me and do it right.

The problem that developed was in the recovery room. They could not control my pain. I was in the recovery room from about 930 until about 415. 6 hours and 45 minutes of trying to deal with this issue. During the course of this I got ill from the pain. I can now say I honestly know the color of bile, so yay me. I was sweating and overheating from the pain and they gave me a mini fan at one point that really helped a lot. I had trouble holding down ice chips. It sucked. I even ran out of drugs that I could be given for the pain. They eventually had to give me pills from my 'take home' stuff.

They wanted me at at least a 4 in terms of pain when I left. I was at a 7. I left because the doctor cleared me. There was some worry that there might be some sort of blockage or buildup in the bladder, that I might not actually be able to pee, so the catheterized me. That sucked, and got out some more fluid but all in all, there was no danger. So the final hypothesis was that with all the work they did my system was reacting a great deal. Thus my everything hurt and felt swollen and stuff. But fundamentally there was no other issues. I got sent home.

So I am on narcotics and motrin. My whole body hurts, from the top of my head to the bottom of my feet, but the pain in my kidneys is gone. This give me a serious happy. Despite all the pain and discomfort, it was very successful. Here's hoping that I can avoid a repeat of this problem.

Thank you all again for your prayers and energy.