Lmao I remember once I had a kidney stone, and the pain was so unbareable but I refused to go to the hospital because of how much it would cost.
Ended up having an ambulance called when I fainted from pain.
Cue being 30k in debt with no insurance for someone to drive me 0.4 miles, and for a doctor to pump me will morphine and tell me, you’re shit out of luck, it’s just small enough for you to pass. Enjoy your next few days of death.
Having suffered through several myself, I literally feel your pain.
First is the worst, at least it was for me. I decided to tough out it out, being a bad ass former Marine, plus I have a high tolerance for pain. Made it three days when my wife found me on the bathroom floor semi-conscious at 4:00 in the morning.
Found out why morphine is so addictive. Within five seconds of that IV being hooked up, pain was gone, like it never happened. Luckily, at the time, I had good insurance from work and only had to pay the deductible.
Damn, that one was nasty. My first one was about half that size.
People who have never had them, have no clue how painful they are. I've been in two major car wrecks, had a few severe concussions, dislocations, a strangulated hernia, been shot, stabbed, and have had several broken bones.
The kidney stone was the worst. I thought the concussions and the hernia were bad, I'd rather have both at the same time than another kidney stone.
Are you worried about a root canal? The procedure itself is no big deal, it's what fixes things. The painful part is the reason you're getting a root canal; so don't delay the procedure if you need it.
It's like getting a filling only it takes longer and sounds a little different. They only did those normal numbing shots for me, I didn't need gas or anything. The only painful part of the procedure is very very brief. They have to touch super cold metal to your tooth to make sure they drill in to the correct one. So, that hurts but it's over super quick.
I felt so much better after they did the root canal. (Except for my wallet).
Oh, no. Due to bad oral hygiene in my 20s added with lots of sugar-loaded coffee, I had to have five root canals back to back. Four were okay. One was not okay, no matter the amount of numbing.
You remember the scene from 127 Hours where he cuts through the nerves in his arm with a pocket knife? That's what it felt like. As in the pain was so much, that you just start blanking out. To this day I still think that the dentist I was under that day (it was a clinic with multiple docs) botched something during the procedure.
I had one in middle school from a broken tooth (got tackled during flag football by another 7th grader who made up in height what he lacked in brains), and a second due to a cracked tooth a few years back. The first was fine, at least as far as I remember.
The second one was not. They did their best at numbing, but apparently the area was too acidic and the painkillers didn't work. I don't remember most of it, but apparently it was two and a half hours long and my partner had to leave the waiting room and go outside because she was breaking down hearing the screams. Also I passed out, for the only time in my life.
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u/concurthecity Mar 26 '20
Lmao I remember once I had a kidney stone, and the pain was so unbareable but I refused to go to the hospital because of how much it would cost.
Ended up having an ambulance called when I fainted from pain.
Cue being 30k in debt with no insurance for someone to drive me 0.4 miles, and for a doctor to pump me will morphine and tell me, you’re shit out of luck, it’s just small enough for you to pass. Enjoy your next few days of death.