Is it really possible that I passed a kidney
stone without the horrible pain associated with it?

I think it depends entirely on the size of the stone. I had one a couple
years ago, and at first I mistook it for menstrual pain. I think it is
possible to not have the horrible pain, as long as the stone is small
enough.

As it turned out for me, I ended up taking myself to the hospital because I
didn't know why I could have been hurting so much. It got so bad that once
the ER doc was *finally* able to get around to getting me some pain medicine
I told her I loved her. They told me at the cat scan that the stone was
about 3 mm. I guess, much bigger than that and they have to use an
ultrasound technique to break it up.

I'm glad everything turned out okay for you.

--Jodi