text: where does it hurt when you have kidney stones?does it hurt in your side where the kidneys are?   i have kidney stones!  i'm being treated for them.    the pain is right above your waist on either the right or left side, depending on which kidney is affected.  it feels as if someone is sticking a steak knife into you and twisting it.  and oddly enough, you feel like you want to lie down on the floor.... like the cold hard surface will somehow ease the pain.  (it doesn't)   sometimes the pain moves with the stones.  if you have them, you'll know.  it's excruciating!