My pain was in the side to back area. At first I thought I had a pocket of really bad gas and breaking a good wind would take care of it. Not so. I was in the middle of a 90 min. drive to a hike when it hit in earnest. Fortunately, someone was with me. She was an Irish lass who had decided a long time ago to overstay her visa. She didn't have a driver's license, but she could drive. We turned around and she drove me back to Philly and to the hospital. I, too, was curled up in a fetal position and even got dry heaves. To make matters worse, we got stuck in the remnants of a traffic jam caused by an accident we had passed while we were going the other way. Longest ride of my life. I also got the little strainer to pee in at the hospital. I thought that was funny. I have a similar strainer that I use for cooking and for washing berries for cereal. Every time I use it I think of that day.