I've had small ones before (based off recent experience, I didn't know at the time). One hospital trip last February for a horrible stone where I wanted to die quite badly. This one wasn't quite as bad.
Started experiencing symptoms yesterday 230pm local time. Waves of intense pain started around 630. Hoped it wouldn't get worse, it did, left for hospital 930pm local time. Got the nice drugs, got the nausea medication (this might have been more important than the pain pills), and was home by 1230 last night. The intense abdomen/low back pain has mostly subsided, but I'm not out of the woods yet. Every bathroom trip is filled with aprehension about the damn thing actually passing, which I want it to do, but I know what I'm possibly in for, so there is some fear.