lisarea

Sorry. I was just trying to trivialize your problems.

I saw appendicitis once in an emergency room, and yeah, I think I'd rather give birth to a wolverine while simultaneously getting a root canal from a howler monkey.

I'm glad you're going to be OK, BTW.

HelenM

I'm glad it was something they could take care of, Dark Jedi. I hope you're feeling much better soon.

Helen

Dark Jedi

Hey, trivialize away. I never have hard feelings for anyone.

The description of giving birth to a wolverine is quite on the mark. That's likely the best description I have come across yet.
When the nurse asked "On a scale of one to 10, 10 being the worse pain ever, where does this rank?"
I replied "237"

Dark Jedi

Thanks. I was happy they could take care of it too. I would prefer that they did not have to rip my entire digestive system out, set it on fire, stomp on it, then run it through a blender before re-inserting it minus an appendix.
(I have no record of those exact actions, I can only go by what I felt like when I woke up).

HelenM

I had two C-sections. I think they did something similar to me during those. Except at least I ended up with a baby each time as well as being sore in the middle!

Like I said, I wish you a speedy recovery with no complications.

Helen

Jackalope

Gah, and I thought my life sucked this last week. You win. I haven't had an ER visit in a couple months now.

hydrocodone = Vicodin, Lortab or Norco depending on the formulation (Norco has more hydrocodone, less tylenol than Vicodin/Lortab). That's what I used to take. I'm now on [gasp, horror] oxycodone, the EVIL drug that was was in the news last year. When idiots crushed the pills, snorted and/or injected them, then died of overdoses (duh? darwin award candidates). Truthfully, it's really not nearly as head-twisting as Roxicet (morphine derivative) or Duragesic (Fentanyl, possibly the strongest synthetic opoid in existence).

I do sympathize with the "On a scale of 1 to 10, how painful is this?" The wittiest I ever got was:
"Nine."
"And what's ten?"
"Three broken ribs and a concussion."
"Oh. Uh, lemme find you a place to lie down..."

May your stitches heal up quick, with no nasty infections!

Jackalope

I shouldn't have posted that quip about no recent ER visits. I just dislocated my kneecap today. I'm now in one of those big-ass immobilizers and drugged to the eyeballs. [cartman] Goddamnit![/cartman]

Dark Jedi

Oof! Need some extra Hydracodiene?

Having had knee problems before, I can sympathize. Having never actually dislocated mine, I cannot imagine.

Ronin

Cool...hey, Jackalope, here's something else to look at ~

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Shit...sorry.

Hope you both feel better soon.

Jackalope

Hah. Unfortunately for you, being drugged to the eyeballs just means I get sleepy. Opiates don't really do much for me other than kill the pain. Though I have been so doped up that I fell asleep sitting straight up in bed. My husband thought it was pretty damn funny.

This imobilizer sucks, but it sucks even MORE when I don't wear it. And it's definitely time for another painkiller (6am here). At least I finally got the damn thing adjusted so it fits properly. The ER intern was afraid to do much tugging and pulling, given how incredibly swollen my knee was on Monday night. Sigh. I expect the orthopedics doc is going to boot me over to Perverted Tortures...er, I mean Physical Therapy. Can you tell I hate being gone over by the Professionally Twisted?