i was released from a hospital on last sat. the wed. before they surgically put in a drain...because of a kidney stone....i am learning of herbal helps to break down and remove this stone. (the dr who has treated me before has not yet told me what is next (obviously to remove this drain and stone...i see so many herbal products to choose fr0M and a friend told me of her herbal experience which was all positive with 12 yrs of no more problems ( after 5 stones and traditional surgeries etc ...i have dr apt on thursday (tomorrow) can you point me in a good direction ? a yr ago i had a surgery to repair a small tube (where this stone could be located....a robot type surgery took a piece of my original tube away and thaat left me with what ever i have...i understand they removed and then put the two open ends together creating a new tube for me ... most likely larger than the other they repaired. it was 8 months of stents to get to the repair....and i never had uti s or any stones i know of...everything was well till this last week.