Re: I was cast into the pit of hell...
No...no mention of cause. I know a guy who grows and passes them like a factory. I never heard him say what it was that made him that way, either. My first one had to be 6 years ago or so. So I don't grow many, just big ones. 5mm is on the verge of not being passable. That's why they plucked the first one...to big to pass. That's also part of why ER doctor, the first, wanted me to go see the eurologist.
They have me peeing into a screened devise to try to catch it when and if it does come out so they can study it and see maybe if there is a discernible cause.
I'll be more than happy to let them get this one out, too...just so long as that pain doesn't come back between now and when I see them.