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Turn the other cheek, rise above, look on the bright side. I had done a pretty good job sticking to all these things during my surprise surgery on my esophagus , trigeminal neuralgia and unexpected time off work. However, when the excruciating pain in my back hit just two weeks later after a night shift and I could not get comfortable, I admit I was not looking at PINTEREST for “feel Good “ quotes. I knew a kidney stone was trying to work it's way out of my body. That tiny shuriken in my ureter was the last straw in my life’s haystack. I was pleading with the Lord to have it pass quickly when I received a text from my RS president. She told me she had been thinking about me and wondered how I was. I lied and said I was good. I wondered if a lie was not quite as black in text form. I was still trying to be some type of “big" person. Later, after the stone passed ,I was just so grateful. For the relief and for the reach out from an in-tune person. It made m...