Jim Jefferies Tells the Harrowing Story of Passing a Kidney Stone

Jim talks about having a medical emergency in Canada, getting morphine, finding out he had a huge kidney stone, still doing a stand-up show in Ottawa that night, being in extraordinary pain on the flight back to LA, and finally getting rid of it.
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[@tommycampbell]

I am the mate/opening act. I drove Jim to the hospital, filled out the forms and then raced us to Ottawa and went straight on. This is all true and Jim handled it like a champ. Shout out to the hospital in Kingston and the top crowd there and in Ottawa. 🙌🏻

[@MiBzAn]

Kingston is one of the oldest hospitals in Canada! ❤️ That's a wild drive between Kingston and Ottawa - you had to pass Cornwall! (YEeeeeeECH!) 😅🤣 Thanks for being such a good friend to Jim and opening act! ❤️

[@tommycampbell]

@@MiBzAn Thanks so much man. It was nuts. After the hospital we had to wait in a Shoppers forever while they got his meds (more people spotted him,) then I genuinely floored it the entire way to the show. I left Kingston about an hour before the gig was supposed to start. Pretty wild. I am also the guy that was in the back of the police car with Jim (he tells this story) often and in some other adventures of his. That was a fun a kind of crazy though. This was simply mental. Tough to see your bud in pain. Again, such a trooper!

[@MiBzAn]

@tommycampbell oh dear God.. Shoppers waiting room people 🤦🏻‍♀️😅🤣 oh you poor guys! I would've body guarded Jim and shooed the nutters away 🤣 well for what's it worth - making it from there to Ottawa in the time you did, in the conditions you had, is nothing short of miraculous.. Holy biscuits.. what a frigging tale for the ages! Cheers dude! Next time you boys come visit, make sure to stop by in Peterborough! We'd love to have a laugh with ya and we also have the strange ability to create epic stories here.. just ask Tom Green 🤣😂

[@Anne--Marie]

Thank you!

[@tommycampbell]

Thanks! It was wild and we've been through a lot over the years.@@vanghostart

[@davenoppe5405]

I was at Ottawa show. Jim killed it and he explained the kidney stone and pain meds

[@Studeb]

Since it was almost twice as long as intended, any memories of bits you think may have been exclusive to that show? :)

[@Trumpsablasphemousfalseidol]

In 2009 I passed a 5mm kidney stone.

[@davenoppe5405]

@@Studeb I was very high

[@Studeb]

Perfect, you both were then. :D I once watched Doug Stanhope live after drinking a litre of vodka, don't remember much from that one either. @@davenoppe5405

[@SunshineMom121]

I was at the show in kingston! I am sorry that's how he left.

[@jodyvollmer4125]

He’s just as funny, sober without drugs and alcohol. I always enjoy his stand ups.

[@TheMonroemomma]

I have followed him for years and I honestly think he is MORE funny now. He seems happy and healthy and filled with energy. He looks fantastic. I thought this segment was fire! I was in pain laughing so hard.

[@motopumpkin3129]

His podcast is so good

[@lupo3694]

@@motopumpkin3129 ikr, it became on of my favorites

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

@@TheMonroemomma he stole all those jokes in that one special, it was awful. The one before the last one I think it was. Made me so sad.

[@jennifertaylor4194]

As a woman who has had 3 babies naturally (one @ 10.5 lbs!) when I had a kidney stone, I legit thought that my coworkers were going to find me dead in the restroom! Holy cow!

[@mrbamfo5000]

Never had a baby, but I've had 3 kidney stones in the last 30 years. They really suck. My 2nd one, I had forgotten what all the hospital did to cut the pain, so I figure, I don't need to go to the hospital, I can pass it at home. Long story short, after 3 days in agony so bad, I was rolling around on the bed. The pain does ebb from time to time, and you might get 20 minutes of sleep, and it's right back at it. So after the 3rd day, I still haven't passed it, my wife's had enough, and I ended up in the emergency room anyway. 3rd time I just went in.

[@user-mr7qg2xf3x]

I’ve had a couple and I know what you’re saying. After four kids the pain of the kidney was horrific

[@L33tSkE3t]

He’s truly a master storyteller. Turning pain into pure joy.

[@tforal2]

The way in the beginning he emphasizes that it was in a small town makes you totally understand the atmosphere when he says that everybody in the hospital was at the show the night before. It's great!

[@emils-j.3586]

The man just managed to tell a 12-minute story about passing a kidney-stone without getting boring.

[@mrbamfo5000]

I've had 3. They suckkkk!!!!!!

[@speedos]

how many boring kidney stone stories have you heard?

[@overdoer3562]

As someone who works at the emergency in Kingston, this is hilarious!

[@behramcooper3691]

Jim is right on both counts: Kingston is a lovely town and Canadians are lovely people.

[@DonTSmith]

Thank you. It is and we are.

[@twildabuckingham]

Ah thanks

[@notoriouslybratty]

Jim Jefferies stories are always the best.

[@21sled]

I clicked on this video and said “I would love to hear Jim Jefferies talk about passing a kidney stone” 😂😂

[@pakpala1]

💯

[@ryanf1425]

He gets it. I have personally passed a kidney stone in Kingston lol

[@muchomacho79]

This one was horrifying though. I never want to have a kidney stone!

[@notoriouslybratty]

@@muchomacho79 you should look up the horrifying reason he cancelled his Conan appearance 😂

[@b-meaker99]

I absolutely love Jim Jefferies and man I really miss his show on Comedy Central it was so great

[@b-dub6865]

Was it? I was so excited for his show, but only watched a few episodes. It felt like he wasn’t in his element. He’s so much better doing standup.

[@mjn245]

It WAS! I still miss it, even watch old episodes once in a while. Can’t believe they cancelled it. It was maybe even better than the Opposition with Jordan Klepper.

[@kalindatchev994]

His CC show was incredible, I miss it too :(

[@krakenscustoms]

A rare example of an artist who got clean and got better at their craft. A true legend 🙌🏼

[@vatop1304]

john Mulaney and RDJ

[@ateamfan42]

My father has always had a super pain tolerance, and also hates going to doctors. When he had a kidney stone, I knew the pain must have been unbearable, because not only did it motivate him to go to the ER, but he did so in the middle of the night. He was also given morphine, and said it was "really great stuff".

[@ryanfox7166]

All other celebrities on chat shows: "I've got a movie out, go see it." or "I've got an album out, go listen to it." or "I've got a book out go read it." Jim Jeffries..."I've got a kidney stone out..."

[@belrapture]

He's so funny. One of my favorites! Such a good story teller. And it's so good to hear he is sober

[@c.h.5389]

That's so Canadian to let someone go ahead of you - evein in the E.R. waiting room.

[@veganbutcherhackepeter]

Two of the most humorous people on the planet in one show. Epic!

[@pollard068]

That's why it's called "only murderers in the building"

[@kykittykat2435]

I just had an 11 mm stone busted up, no way I was going to try to pass that boulder! I have however passed two 6 mm ones, so I feel your pain! Your story is so funny 😂, glad you got through it!

[@monkeydkhan3665]

What's causing you to have so many? Wana make sure I avoid doing that at all costs! 😂

[@kykittykat2435]

@@monkeydkhan3665 I wish I knew, but Doctors will be researching that soon. They have been years apart!

[@vlvr]

@@monkeydkhan3665 I had one years ago and when I asked the specialist what could have caused it, he said, "We don't know, so your guess is as good as mine."

[@obijon7441]

I've had much the same. I had my first stone 5yrs ago and it was also 11mm, which they did a Lithotripsy on and smashed up. Since then i've had two more 6mm stones that I managed to pass naturally and another one that required surgical removal after it became lodged in my ureta. This last one also resulted in me being fitted with a temporary uretal stent for 6 weeks, which tbh wasn't much more fun than having the stones

[@monkeydkhan3665]

@@obijon7441 so it there a hereditary factor or just your usual keep hydrated/avoid salt related prevention?

[@Fiveeightsix]

I’ve had a kidney stone and you never forget the ‘ping’ or the pain 😮

[@premanadi]

Mine was only 2 mm. Excruciating in the ureter, but not at all in the urethra. They had me peeing into a strainer to catch it for analysis, so no ping (sadly).

[@batistaestefane]

I spent two days at the hospital and the hing didn't come out. Went back the next week for some exams and they told me it came out. I didn't notice the ping or anything but I was probably used to the pain by that point 😅

[@pakpala1]

Jim is one funny story teller.. He made laugh about a kidney stone..

[@natalievargo4132]

I laughed through Jim’s pain! We need a kidney stone story book or something bc I have a feeling every tale has moments that are comedy gold. My 11 mm stone left my kidney while I was riding home from university on the back of a VERY SMALL vintage Honda motorcycle. Clinging to my friend for dear life, covered in sweat, while we hit every bump on the road and I tried not to pass out and fall off. Turns out jiggling the entire body does not help the kidney stone pass more smoothly. 😅

[@kowalski5599]

Jim's stories are the best. Still missing Legit. Jim is looking great and healthy. Underused talent - we want more Jim.

[@swingyohips]

You should check out his podcast. I don’t know about that with Jim Jefferies. Absolutely hilarious!

[@juanitaleak6482]

As an Australian I am proud to say that Jim is an absolute legend ❤

[@Earth1218]

It is hard to describe the excruciating pain of kidney stones. It’s the only pain so intense that I could not think of anything else AT ALL but the pain. You end up pacing the house like a caged animal. You can’t stop moving because you can’t find a position that eases the pain and if you stop moving it hurts worse. I’ve passed several over the years. I wouldn’t wish that pain on anyone.

[@jackwoods9604]

INHUMANE!! Pain....Would Not Wish it on My Worst Enemy

[@LoavesChrozp]

What drug to stop the pain?

[@Earth1218]

@@LoavesChrozp My doctors always prescribed Oxycodone. But as horrible as the pain was, I would only allow myself one pill at the worst phase of the pain. Maybe two altogether because I was concerned about becoming addicted. The couple of times I ended up in the ER, they gave me morphine. It didn’t fully relieve the pain, but it did take the edge off.

[@spacegirl2443]

AGREED! I’ve had two kids via C-section and didn’t take pain killers ( allergic) and I’ve passed 3 kidney stones over these many years… The pain of kidney stones is MUCH worse!

[@nadiamccall4311]

This question was asked on reddit -- what is the worst pain you have ever felt -- and almost every answer was that kidney stones ARE THE MOST PAINFUL, and a lot of them were from women who gave birth to large headed ten pounders, so I figure they would know. I hope to never experience that pain.

[@twildabuckingham]

You had a caesarian without an epidural? 😳

[@jacquiestafford988]

I’m a female and I had a kidney stone. It was way smaller and it was more painful than childbirth and I’ve given birth to a ten pound baby. So I get it. He’s hilarious!! Love the story but so sorry he experienced that pain. Poor guy.

[@odd-one-out4409]

Damn okay. I’ve heard this before from doctors and nurses - I’ve had them but wow okay. I’ll believe it then.

[@kingayy9267]

@jacquiestafford988 Ten pounds!? That kid better bless you every Mother's Day! Women are warriors, my goodness.

[@kurtkrak]

​@kingayy9267 I was 10 lbs 10 Oz, my brother was 10 lbs and a sister was 9.6

[@cleverusername9369]

Jim is up there with Hugh Jackman, Cate Blanchett, Chris Hemsworth, and of course, the late, GREAT Steve Irwin in my pantheon of favorite Australians.

[@ray.shoesmith]

Margot Robbie

[@tewaewae]

Dame Edna at the very top.

[@MiBzAn]

Now that's a showman! Performing while birthing the mother of all kidney stones. Dang Jim! Thanks for literally giving us your all! 🫡❤ Canada loves ya, mate! ❤🎉 (also shout out to Kingston General Hospital & "Dean"!!)

[@nadiamccall4311]

I have a special love for Kingston, and the hospital there. Love from America!

[@wendigo53]

Like a fish that got away, perhaps the kidney stone grew in the telling.

[@MiBzAn]

@@nadiamccall4311 ❤️

[@MiBzAn]

I forgot to add: I love how Jim literally told it how it is in our ERs! People think "ohhh it's Canada! Free Healthcare! They're rolling in good times!" NOPE. Unless you're literally walking with your head split open and brain hanging out or are flat lining, get comfy in that waiting room.. Typically, you're in the first waiting room for a few hours, then the next one for a few more hours. Then you get a bed and most people pass out from exhaustion from waiting by this point.. then the nurse bursts in yelling your name so you may have a heart attack to top of lf your other ailment(s). Then you wait another hour before the doctor sees you. Then you go for testing... another hour.. then wait in the waiting room for results for a few more hours, providing no one forgets to tell you your results (yeah, you lose your bed the moment they send you for tests). ER round trip takes around 12-16 hours. Also our Healthcare isn't "free" we pay for it with our heavily taxed everything! 😅

[@twildabuckingham]

​@@MiBzAnas a Kingstonian, I just hope he went to the Dieu and not KGH...like 1.5x the wait of the Dieu like ALL THE TIME

[@TheSkeptic_1]

Jim is our once in a lifetime comedian. Love that dude.

[@Bbouy1HD]

He's like a 1 in 10 Australian average person.

[@parkinglotstriping9800]

I was 7 days at the hospital because of that. So painful.

[@twildabuckingham]

HA at first I thought you meant cause Dane let him go first

[@axelniesczeri3149]

Been there, done that. Unbelievable pain, made me nauseous, and peeing blood is not reassuring. Doctors told me to stay more hydrated in the future. And I am, because nobody wants to do that twice. Women are amazing, they go through that kind of pain, often more than once. Voluntarily!

[@ykook7000]

Hate to break it to you once you get kidney stones you are always prone to them

[@wholeshebang1]

You can take *apple cider vinegar* (ACV) daily as a preventative. Dilute 1 teaspoon in a glass of water and drink, or add to salad dressing (it's _strong)._

[@jbuehler00]

As a fellow kidney stone survivor, I feel for any man that has to pass one since their ureter is like triple the length of women's.

[@lizledbitter6711]

AMEN! Had one earlier this week. Still amazed at how the pain "switches off" as soon as the stone shifts. The urologist that saw me on a previous occasion said that he had had Women who had given birth AND had had Kidney stones and as the story goes in the episode, the stone was worse!

[@angelikalindenau943]

A charitable thought

[@ZILLION4EVER]

urethra, ureters are the same length ;)

[@CaptainCraigKWMRZ]

Sorry. I had to have triple hernia surgery when I woke up with my gut descending into my scrotum and blocking my ability to urinate. I had an incarcerated bilateral inguinal hernia. My junk sack was so engorged that my doctor requested my wife to take photos for future educational purposes. A living hell that repeated itself two years later. Yeah. Beat that. ... And I have pictures 😂.

[@lauren23160]

Everyone is different. My mom has had kidney stones and has given birth 3 times. She says childbirth has worse for her, then again we have endometriosis…

[@Daneelro]

I was a fan ever since his bit on US guns. And he is looking better than ever - giving up on all the drugs (including alcohol & tobacco) really did him good.

[@looneygardener]

Kingston is a hidden gem on the shores of Lake Ontario. I met Steven Spielberg, Kate Capshaw, and Viggo Mortensen in one day, in downtown Kingston. Stunning historic city on the water with great live music and restaurants.

[@twildabuckingham]

Are you f kidding me? That's wild! I've lived here for about 20 years across my 30ish, think I saw Dan Ackroyd once, and he lived here lol

[@looneygardener]

@@twildabuckingham hang out in market square! I'm a vendor down there. It's crazy who you see! I've never seen Dan. Lol

[@MojoAlmighty]

You're lucky it happened in Kingston, and not Oshawa just 2 hours West. Would have been a similar story, but without the Morphine! 🙂 Family caught the show up in Sudbury, Ontario and said you killed it. Hope to catch you on your next tour.

[@syebethel]

Canadians! Morphine! Edibles!..... great story 😂

[@sirgilmour]

This man is genuinely the funniest man I ever saw at anything he does. Love you Jim!

[@gahd]

Jim Jefferies is by far one of the best comedians and humans in this universe

[@dinocub1]

LOVE Jim Jefferies. PLEASE if Jimmy ever gets a call to do the Oscars again. I sense a brilliant co-host bromance. The two Jims....a match in heaven.

[@gusgus8134]

Jim is one of my favorite humans, comedians ever!❤

[@KelleneHubbard-dz4gt]

❤😂 Jim is Great 😂. Jimmy is Wonderful 😊❤!!!

[@aidancampbell5644]

As an Australian who has had kidney stones… firstly, I wish I could tell a story as well as Jim Jeffries. Secondly… yeah I have been through that. The nurse I talked to said it’s like giving birth to something spiky.

[@wholeshebang1]

*Yikes!* ✴

[@johnransom1146]

Kingston is a pretty city. I took a ghost walk tour. Very grisly past. Glad they treated you well.

[@TheGiggleMasterP]

Just remeber you did something "worse" than childbirth sith 3x shots of morphine 😂

[@jamesstafford5199]

I feel your pain, Jim. I presented at a Melbourne hospital with kidney stones. They took one look at me and diagnosed it. Horrible, horrible experience.

[@gwenverde7970]

Ouch. I hope you’re feeling better!

[@nadiamccall4311]

I love Jim. And btw I have heard from everyone that the greatest pain (more than childbirth, broken back, knees etc) IS kidney stones.

[@kerzytibok3211]

I've passed 7 kidney stones in the past 25 years and it's truly the worst pain I ever felt. It can take two or three days for the stone to pass, and during that time all you can do is lie in bed and curl up in a fetal position in bed and try your best to tolerate the waves of pain. You will find yourself pacing back and forth and sitting on the toilet trying to "push" the stone out of your body LOL. There are short periods where the pain goes away, but it always comes back until the stone passes. If you can get to an ER, then you will get relief --- mine was usually a shot of Toradol which works wonders! Morphine also works good. I discovered that drinking a lot of tea (hot or iced) usually caused my stones. I also got a stone once after eating a a lot of pepperoni as a snack food for two months straight. So there are definitely certain liquids and foods that cause the stones!

[@jackwoods9604]

Worst Pain You Can Imagine Huh...You Have Any Idea on How to Prevent Them?...Like Which Foods/Drinks You Should Avoid?...Drinking lot of Water is Basically The Only Main Answer to Stones (From Doctors)

[@kerzytibok3211]

@@jackwoods9604 drinking a lot of water is great advice --- but for me, the foods you need to avoid are large quantities of tea (either hot or iced) and eating a lot of processed meat, such as pepperoni and salami --- but drinking tea was always the main culprit for the majority of my stones

[@MrKSGrundy]

I was at the Ottawa show. He was as great as always.

[@littlepaul2561]

Was at the Ottawa show it was amazing

[@hopper1415]

my wife and I where at the Ottawa show....haha too funny

[@justinpeter6814]

I was also at the show and it was great show. Not bad for not remembering.

[@AleczandroArdizzone]

JIM JEFFERIES

[@tfcooks]

Jim Jefferies for Speaker of the House. Time to step up Jim we need you. 😉

[@mithrasrevisited4873]

A bit hard when he is not American

[@tfcooks]

@@mithrasrevisited4873 I'm not sure you need to be. Just elected... unlike any republican.🤣🤣🤣

[@TJfromEarth]

@@mithrasrevisited4873 actually Jim is a citizen of the US now. and from what i have read a non US born citizen can be speaker of the house, buuuuut being third in line to the presidency he would run into problems if the pres AND VP were somehow eliminated as both of those positions you need to be a natural born US citizen.

[@ryanoevermann7779]

Jim Jeffries looks healthy. Better life choices, good for him.

[@Daneki]

Perhaps, but not all his stories end the same way - "and them i got home and went to sleep'

[@kennethdodemaide8678]

You were lucky. I had a kidney stone, made it to hospital, doubled over in pain. Diagnosed straight away and put on a drip with pain killers which had no effect. The pain only stopped when I passed the stone. I can definitely sympathize.

[@smokeskull]

I layed in the middle of the waiting room floor writhing in pain. They brought me in right away.

[@Vercingetorix504]

That was enthralling 😍

[@blairtinkle4563]

Dean, god bless you!! I've had 2 kidney stone episodes! I was vomiting with pain! Morphine is a miracle! Woman who wheeled me to the mri said she's had 3 kids and one kidney stone, would do 3 more kids before another stone!

[@courtneycollins649]

I've had 2 kids one completely natural and 2 kidney stones. The pain from the kidney stone hurt soooo much more than natural childbirth I wouldn't wish that pain on anyone!

[@SLYdevil]

One or the other champ

[@anniehuckerby9281]

I used watch him on Comedy Central loved his show too bad he's not on there anymore. Sorry I didn't get a chance to see any Canadian shows I'm one of those Nice Canadians 🥰

[@Loknath009]

You have to appreciate a hospital who cares for patients emergencies more than famous people, bravo Canada!

[@gees6716]

Jimmy Kimmel is full of Jims. I had a gallbladder stone once. I screamed a lot too. Not like my wife though. I was present at all our three kids births. Love you J.K. and you J.J too. of course, GEE S. from Germany

[@joshlouie]

I feel you Jim! I had a kidney stone that came out from my urethra. I was really in pain too. I saved the little stone but I dunno where it is now. Please take care of yourself. 🤗

[@supermahmoud]

I miss this guy, give him another TV show already!

[@keyjam9]

I am a Canadian and I love this guy. Great material at his shows and appears to be a stellar human being.

[@js-93308]

Jim is the only person who can take a kidney stone and turn it into a hilarious story! Shout out to Kingston hospital, they have such an amazing reputation 💜

[@rudymarquez1939]

It’s true- I’ve had a kidney stone and children and the kidney stone hurt worse. However I think back pain hurts more. Maybe having babies doesn’t hurt as much because afterwards you’re so happy. But my sister watched me give birth and she told me later she didn’t want to go through that.

[@kelleylegault5115]

Anyone here remember the moment of entering the hospital- for the birth of your second child- & suddenly remembering in a rush, why you’d sworn (at the time) you wouldn’t have any more, after the first?😱 When I look back, & remember the alarming shock, of that moment in time, it genuinely makes me lol. In my mind’s eye, I see it almost as a cartoon 😂🤣

[@XselfwillrunriotX]

Hahahahhahaha when he said “I understand that life choice completely!” Finally! Someone gets it

[@pdisaslacker]

Was in the ER last week with Kidney stones! There is just nowhere to go with the pain and nothing to do about it, all I could say was F#*k! F#*k! F#*k! and writhe in pain! I wish I could describe how much this hurts, there are just no words. I passed a 6 mm.

[@kimnapier8387]

You poor baby 😭. I've never had a kidney stone but my ex husband has and he had to stay in hospital, due to the pain. This man is hilarious and so charming 😍!!

[@lauren23160]

Childbirth is not the epitome of pain threshold in women, but I have heard from others that endometriosis pain can more commonly mimic kidney stone pain and is actually comparable.

[@JonnyDIY]

As someone who's passed kidney stones, I can confirm that Morphine where it's at! It hits hard within 5 seconds 😂 Lol the 2nd time, I knew what was happening went to emergency & was like give me the morphine please 😆💕👍

[@Angela-mp2lg]

Love him! His Anaheim show was fantastic!!

[@Nathanchoob]

good old Jim, knows how to spin a good yarn

[@gaussmanv2]

This is a really accurate explanation. When mine moved from the bladder to the ureter, I could not stand. I could not stop vomiting. I was at work, an hour away from home. I have never made that trip faster and I checked into an emergency room. Now. If you're bleeding profusely, or have serious trauma, or you're clearly dying, they will bring you back right away. Another way to get back is to ask the nurse - hey your bathroom is out of order. Do you have a place where I can vomit? Right this way, sir, as they whisked me back with my unbuttoned pants falling down. It's up there with breaking a leg. Not quite, but it's close.

[@GalwayComedyFestival]

Looking forward to having Jim at our Festival next week for three nights!

[@ElohimYahwehAnunnaki]

Just caught this clip. I always get a kick out of Jim's comedic stories. I first heard him on Sirius XM on one of my long drives. But anyway, I just want to thank you for being nice and saying nice comments about canadian people, there's still a few azzholes out there, but that's beside the point. That shows you're a class act by respecting the people who attended your shows here in Canada, Thank you, and bless you, Mr. Jim Jefferies👍🙏 .

[@closeupchannel4365]

Someone give that guy a new sitcom.

[@sandrahazeltine8720]

Oh man, I hear you on the food thing Jim!! Me too. No more smoking, drinking or drugs. Don’t tell me I can’t eat what I like too! That’s all I have left. With you 100% on that Mr. Jefferies.

[@marcelabrack]

I had the same experience. Kidney stones thinking it was appendix. Screaming like hell at the ER. But for me morphine didn't work, so theu gave smth else. All I remember is the bill was 20 thousand dollars. Btw, I gave birth naturally. Kidney stones hurt more 😅

[@malcolmpas]

In Australia, all of that would be ‘free’ and covered by the 2% medical tax levy we pay. No one should have to pay for basic medical stuff.

[@adamkis3569]

Kidney stones: all of the pain of childbirth, none of the reward! I'm with you, Jim: all hail morphine!

[@AlexDahlZ]

Watched him live and did a meet and greet in Bergen Norway earlier this year, he was great. But that 6mm kidney stone is childs play, mine was 15mm.

[@kevinsantich4179]

Jim and Jim out here looking like they're brothers....

[@gryphonberlin]

6 to 9 kidney stones a year, since i took Ibandronate for osteoporosis ... in 2007. I have gotten used to it now - except when the journey of the stone stops about 2 inches before the exit... Gods great plan!!

[@brianlandrum3545]

Just went through that three weeks ago. At Noon my back hurt, by 4pm someone had to pick me up off the floor. Stone was too big to pass. Had to do surgery. Humbling when your bladder wants to pee anywhere it wants to.

[@user-og2wt3le4j]

I was at work one night for my shift. There were only 10 people in the place. But then we hear a loud moan and scream through the building. It turned a co-worker has passed a kidney stone. He went home and passed another, passing out on the bathroom floor. He cleaned them up, putting them into a small collector's display case. He did a show and tell the next night showing off his stones.

[@johnglenn30csardas]

Always a great guest. Among the funniest of the funny.

[@ANTheWhizkid]

Man for how many years am I laughing about his jokes. Alcoholocaust still is a gem 😅

[@CaptainTedStryker]

I miss the Jim Jeffries show, damn.

[@rosy111]

News Flash: Canada's universal health care does NOT include pharmacare or dental. We all pay for prescriptions.

[@Steppeponytail]

The irony is at the end of the story he talks about not being told to give up broccoli but that is actually one of the things that could help! Broccoli has tonnes of oxalate and that is the very mineral most kidney stones are made of!

[@twildabuckingham]

Maybe that was the joke and not just "green stuff is healthy"

[@sukhmaidickoff]

I never thought I would totally enjoy to listen almost for a quarter of an hour to a "comedian" telling how he experienced the passing of a kidney stone

[@Atrivion]

Man, how I miss the Jim Jefferies Show on Comedy Central!

[@s1x6x1s]

i'm surprised the hospital in Canada didn't use lithotripsy (either shockwave or laser) to break up the stone. i had shockwave lithotripsy done, felt like small electrocution (or snapped by a rubber band continuously) until the area felt kinda numb. and then back in the room i just drank a lot of water, jumped up and down for a while to help(?) push the pieces down, and peed. i didn't feel the pieces going out.

[@RandomStuff-he7lu]

It doesn't work for all stones.

[@10XRIEL]

😅 his Canadian accent is on point 😂

[@jeffagatstein1104]

I hate to hear about the pain, but this was beyond real and I very much appreciate it.

[@RimbawanGerilya]

Jim's less angry than I remember, but still funny.

[@cBodhi]

gave up drugs, gave up alcohol, has a family and child ...he's got reasons to be less angry

[@joanpaterson7605]

My my the smartest funny guy. I'm laying here in bed watching this😂

[@AlleyCat..]

Two of my favourite people, what’s not to love ❤️

[@Drew-eo2oj]

I've had some horrific bouts with stones and subsequently learned that there are ways to mitigate the growth. For me it has been working well. First of all, certainly drink a lot. But the big thing was one glass of water with fresh squeezed lemon every single day. I feel his pain. One time in an ambulance, I told the attendant to please relieve my pain, or hit me to the back of the head with a 2x4. And I meant it.

[@JoeZaccaris]

LOL anyone who passed a kidney stone fully understands about your 2x4 idea

[@Leftyotism]

Jim looks great, and not at all wasted like in some of his specials!