I'd like a word with the designer....

[Res Ipsa]

Actually three words: Kidney Stones. Really?

That is all.

[Jersey Girl]

I've heard those are very painful. So sorry!

[Gunnar]

I've heard those are very painful. So sorry!

I can certainly vouch for that! Having kidney stones is the most intensely painful experience I ever had in my life. One of the nurses at the hospital who had previously experienced them herself said they were more painful than her worst childbirth experience. Gallstones, they say, can be just as bad or even worse. Fortunately I have never had that experience!

[Res Ipsa]

I've heard those are very painful. So sorry!

I can certainly vouch for that! Having kidney stones is the most intensely painful experience I ever had in my life. One of the nurses at the hospital who had previously experienced them herself said they were more painful than her worst childbirth experience. Gallstones, they say, can be just as bad or even worse. Fortunately I have never had that experience!

Yeah what Gunnar said. My dad had a horrible experience with them years ago. Even knowing what he went through, I didn’t anticipate what intense and relentless pain would feel like. On the other hand, I did get a sampler of Modern pain medication...

[Brack]

I've heard those are very painful. So sorry!

I can certainly vouch for that! Having kidney stones is the most intensely painful experience I ever had in my life. One of the nurses at the hospital who had previously experienced them herself said they were more painful than her worst childbirth experience. Gallstones, they say, can be just as bad or even worse. Fortunately I have never had that experience!

I have had gallstones before.

[Res Ipsa]

Yikes. I don’t even want to think about gallstones.

[Jersey Girl]

On the other hand, I did get a sampler of Modern pain medication...

Any morphine?

[Res Ipsa]

On the other hand, I did get a sampler of Modern pain medication...

Any morphine?

Fentanyl in the ambulance, Dilauded (sp?) at the hospital (so, yes, morphine), and Oxycodone at home. The morphine was like being washed over by a wave of relief. The fentanyl was slow, gentle relief, as if the pain receded slowly into the distance. But it was really short-lived. Oxy and I don’t get along. It’s slow to kick in and doesn’t last nearly as long as it’s supposed to. I hate taking it.

Been pain free since late morning, so either it crumbled or I passed it. I don’t need to ever do that again.

[Jersey Girl]

Any morphine?

Fentanyl in the ambulance, Dilauded (sp?) at the hospital (so, yes, morphine), and Oxycodone at home. The morphine was like being washed over by a wave of relief. The fentanyl was slow, gentle relief, as if the pain receded slowly into the distance. But it was really short-lived. Oxy and I don’t get along. It’s slow to kick in and doesn’t last nearly as long as it’s supposed to. I hate taking it.

Been pain free since late morning, so either it crumbled or I passed it. I don’t need to ever do that again.

Dilaudid isn't morphine. It's stronger than morphine. Maybe one day I'll get to try it but I hope not. But wow, you had some high powered drugs on board!

My favorite drugs of all time are morphine and propofol, but my experience is limited in that regard. I think if given the right (or wrong) conditions I could easily become addicted to morphine. It was like being wrapped in a warm little cotton ball. I loved having propofol because it just shuts you OFF.

So happy to hear you are on the mend! Don't do that again, k?

[Gunnar]

Yeah what Gunnar said. My dad had a horrible experience with them years ago. Even knowing what he went through, I didn’t anticipate what intense and relentless pain would feel like. On the other hand, I did get a sampler of Modern pain medication...

I was stationed at Bergstrom AFB at the time (which gives you a clue to how old I am; it closed in 1993!), and they kept me in the base hospital, where they made me pee through a strainer until it passed (about 1 or 2 days--I forgot exactly). When I saw how small it was, I was amazed that something so small could have caused me that much pain! It didn't seem a whole lot bigger that a dust mote or a very small grain of sand!