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Don’t Worry, Mark Cuban Has Finally Passed His Kidney Stone

The Toronto Raptors wiped the floor with the Dallas Mavericks last Friday night, easily cruising to a 95-74 win at home. The Mavs then flew to directly to Minnesota for a game the next night with the Timberwolves, which they lost 104-96 in overtime. Mark Cuban, however, didn’t quite make it back to the states for the latter half of the Mavs’ back-to-back, instead remaining in the land of publicly funded health care to deal with his kidney stone.

They’re quite painful, if you didn’t know (via WebMD):

“Kidney stones are made of salts and minerals in the urine that stick together to form small “pebbles.” They can be as small as grains of sand or as large as golf balls. They may stay in your kidneys or travel out of your body through the urinary tract.

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Kidney stones often cause no pain while they are in the kidneys, but they can cause sudden, severe pain as they travel from the kidneys to the bladder.

Call a doctor right away if you think you have kidney stones. Watch for severe pain in your side, belly, or groin or for urine that looks pink or red. You may also feel sick to your stomach (nausea) and may vomit.”

Except Cuban’s kidney stone didn’t slide through his body with ease – it apparently took five days to pass, during which time he decided to somewhat live tweet his ordeal, beginning with this cryptic tweet:

Waiting my turn at a Toronto Hospital Fri nite.Thx to all the nurses and docs@ toronto mt sinai hospital instagr.am/p/TT2TXMO29A/

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) December 16, 2012

Two days later, he revealed the mystery.

Kidney stones are no fun.If this one pops out in one piece I’m either going to get it bronzed or sell it on eBay #pukinglikeaftermyfirstbeer

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) December 18, 2012

Kidney stones are no joke..its good when im doubled over because that means its moving, right.. #twitterpaindistraction

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) December 19, 2012

What should I name the little f*cker ? #nameCubanskidneystone.#moredistractionspleas

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) December 19, 2012

We briefly thumbed through the responses and deemed this one best:

@mcuban Joey Crawford!

— Dan Wade (@Dwade) December 19, 2012

I’d gladly trade this kidney stone for an alien probe..

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) December 19, 2012

Tell Em I’m doing this stone grandpa style.No really, …. #stuffyouthinktryingtopassakidneystone

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) December 19, 2012

The kidney stone is dead.!!!! Thx to all for humoring me this morning during a painful time. it really helped take my mind off of things

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) December 19, 2012

Thanks to Dr moskovitz Medical City and all the great staff for the amazing care Hope I don’t see you for a long while! twitter.com/mcuban/status/…

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) December 19, 2012

Its finally over. It was 5mm and it was special.- Mark Cuban Livetweets Kidney Stone Ordeal inquisitr.com/445788/mark-cu… via @theinquisitr

— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) December 20, 2012

The stone finally passed on Wednesday morning, to Cuban’s delight, and we suspect it would have gone faster had his body been in balance.

[The Inquisitr]

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