recovery from full body lift

ovarian torsion - the worst, by far, for me

kidney stones / unmedicated birth are close for #2 and # 3 worst (for me)


After ovarian torsion.... I totally get why people become addicted to pain meds. I would have taken heroin if it had been offered to me

Anonymous wrote:Dang....I’m getting the shivers just thinking about all this pain!

Oh my goodness, yes. It's 2am and I am supposed to go to sleep... I guess I haven't felt that much pain after all (D&C only with local, deep fillings without numbing)

Kidney stone was the worst pain I've ever experienced. Couldn't get away from it no matter what. I vomited so much (sorry, gross) that I was just retching and vomiting up bile; I also burst so many blood vessels in my eyes from the retching that I looked like a demon for weeks. I was always an abstainer of drugs, but in the hospital, once I got that first dose of Demerol, I remember being half conscious and begging them for more because it made the pain go away and I was floating on clouds. When I finally passed it through a strainer, it looked like something from outer space - a small stone covered in spiky crystals (looked exactly like the cocoon that Superman traveled in as a baby). No wonder it hurt so much in the urinary tract.

The thing about certain types of cancer pain is that you know it will only end with death and you don't know how far away death is. And not all people who die of those things are delirious/out of it--my dad was fully aware when he died of cancer and in tremendous pain.

Anonymous wrote:Bone metastasis.

And bone cancer. My dad died of it.

Have never had a kidney stone, but have had childbirth where the epidural did not work on half of my body. Ear infection pre-rupture absolutely worse. Once it ruptured - instant relief.

I feel TERRIBLE for kids after that.

Dang....I’m getting the shivers just thinking about all this pain!

Dry socket after wisdom teeth removal was worst for me. Worse than a c-section recovery without narcotics.

I did not find my kidney stones too painful. They made me really tired, though.

I’ve had two unmedicated births. My worst pain was sneezing the day after laparoscopic hernia surgery.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The pain compares to a woman giving birth to a full term baby.

Not even close. Delivered 3 out of 4 of my children with no epidural, one was 9# 14oz, and I would do it all over again instead of passing a kidney stone

At least after labor you get a baby!

Anonymous wrote:The pain compares to a woman giving birth to a full term baby.

Not even close. Delivered 3 out of 4 of my children with no epidural, one was 9# 14oz, and I would do it all over again instead of passing a kidney stone

Anonymous wrote:I have had a manual reduction of a severely broken wrist and arm with no pain medication, during which I past out twice and my husband was forcibly and physically removed from the building.

That was worse than birthing two kids and a kidney stone.

I kind of want to hear this story, but also want to sleep without nightmares. Yikes!

Ruptured ovarian cyst with no medication for pain