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I'm not gonna lie. The idea of doctors steering a thin cable through my brain is one of nightmares.

But the fact that they're able to do so and save lives is a remarkable feat. I can only hope that we can eventually make most strokes much less debilitating.

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Doctors just inserted a less-thin cable through… well, my copy of most men’s favorite organ in order to get rid of a few kidney stones.

I walked out under my own power with some super-duper Ibuprofen. After 5 days I was back to normal, no pain at all.

I’m not going to lie, if I have a choice between invasive brain surgery and the thin cable, I’ll take the cable.

Your experience sounds much better. I had a stuck 6mm kidney stone removed with laser under anaesthetic which after I had to walk around with a tube in my ureter for 6 weeks.

>I'm not gonna lie. The idea of doctors steering a thin cable through my brain is one of nightmares.

Not when the only alternative is open-brain surgery with drilling and sawing big openings in the skull.

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