New High In Pain Level - Gout

Yup, passed two stones this summer, on two separate occasions . Morphine is 20 minutes away. Might as well have been 200 cuz that's what it felt like. Got 3 or 4stones left in there says the ER.Why do they call them stones? I mean stones are little pebbles right? Kidney stones are anything but little stones.It's a concretion. A 5mm non-round hunk of concrete with about 17 million very sharp things sticking out of it, that when it passes from the kidney to the bladder, might as well be satans fist!
Gout too. But a qt of BlackCherry Juice per week seems to be keeping it away. Also reduced my intake of red meats, and YUCK started eating more salads and soups, plus a lot less sitting, with my feet flat on the floor.And worst of all drinking more water/less pop.