Descriptions of pain.......

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

I just had the worst sinus headache of my entire life. My head felt like it would implode. My eyeballs were on fire. The very SKIN on my face and head hurt. It hurt to move, to breathe, I couldn't speak. I felt dizzy and nauseous. The pain kept coming in wave after wave after wave. Lying down hurt. Standing up hurt. (Note: I have a high tolerance for pain, too....think about that.)

I took two Allegra D and three acetominophen out of sheer desperation. Cried a little. THAT hurt. Finally finally was able to fall asleep and woke up, Ted Kennedy on TV and headache, blessedly gone.

I hate allergies with a passion.

Anyone else have some good descriptions of pain?

[Sabriel]

1. Squeezing, burning, nauseating pain

It starts with the Pitocin drip...the contractions start easily enough, but by Hour 10, they last for over a minute...with little result. Then after Hour 22, the perineum tears...meconium spills, revealing a breech that needs immediate surgery. Now THAT was pain. Funny enough, it's now a distant memory. Odd how relative pain is. At that moment it seemed rather life-threatening.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

3. Oh I can go there with you on THAT kinda pain!

26 hours of labor, no drugs, nine pound baby, perineum tear, nurses accidentally slam my fingers between the door frame and the bed rail getting me to delivery, causing three broken fingers (that's one way to take my mind off the pain, eh?).

Oh yeah, THAT was fun. Guess how many kids I have? Just the one! LOL!

On edit I also vomited the entire 26 hours. Including right after she was born, on my husband's feet.

[mongo]

5. My first wife went through childbirth with no pain meds

I think she had something to prove to herself. It was quite an experience, and I was just an observer. At some point, she stopped talking and was grunting like a wounded badger.

One of the most emotional experiences of my life, for sure.

I'm really glad she went through all that, for I now have a really great 19yo daughter.

[mongo]

2. After my open heart surgery

I was in the ICU, had been taken off the ventilator (thankfully), and then they wanted to remove the chest tubes.

The Dr. said "this is going to HURT, but just for a moment"

Two guys held me down and the Dr. grabbed the tubes and counted to three...

OH MY GOD! it felt like they were ripping me apart, and I was on major morphine at the time.

[Moonbeam_Starlight]

4. Oh ow

my chest hurt just READING that.

You reminded me of when my husband had a pin put in his ankle. The stitching was really one long blue string, so all they had to do was snip both ends and pull. They said it'd hurt and for him to hold onto something. Now he has an even higher pain tolerance than I do, so I wasn't worried, but MY GOD that musta hurt like the Dickens because he squeezed my hand so hard I thought he'd break bones and he uttered the most horrible, primal GROWL I've ever heard. There were two perfect tears rolling down his cheeks when they were done.

My. Yours sounds absolutely horrible. Even on morphine???? Sheesh.

[mongo]

6. But now I have an artificial heart valve

with a lifetime guarantee (grin) and an aorta made of dacron II polyester (same stuff they make the hose at the gas pump out of).

I tick like a clock from the metal valve, but it is supposed to have a life of at least 60 years.

And when you go through open heart at age 29, it makes your 30th and 40th birthdays no big deal.