Ladies, would you rather have kidney stones or give birth ?

@AbbeyRhode I have had kidney stones too, terrible!

@Nimbus I know, several times, *Hugs*

@AbbeyRhode *hugs*

@AbbeyRhode

I passed three kidney stones (one on the right, two on the left) and it was absolute non-stop agony. I was left to suffer for 3+ hours in the ER before they processed me and learned a new definition of pain.

@PatKirby OMG, didn't they give you anything for pain? 😯

@AbbeyRhode

Nothing for 3+ straight hours. Totally ignored me at the front desk, even though I was writhing in pain, because it was a big line and policy to find the cause first. You would think they would practice triage more effectively.

@PatKirby That's horrible. No one in that kind of pain should ever wait that long.

@AbbeyRhode

Thank you for understanding. Not ashamed to admit it brought this former bodybuilder down low with a few tears in my eyes. While finally administering a pain relief injection the staff told me they'd seen grown men over 6 feet tall on their knees squealing like a pig.

@AbbeyRhode

I can tell you that during those 3+ hours of complete torture I actually thought of death a couple of times and how it would somehow be ok because I was at least there in the ER where they would help me. Ironically I also noticed that I felt closer to the almighty creator. I did notice that when I finally realized there was no escaping the severe pain and fighting it brought no relief whatsoever, deciding to give in to the pain actually reduced it! Moments after my injection I was in relief heaven and thought I was floating on air! That lady who injected me was a saint and I told her so! I didn't care if she even injected me directly in the eyeball, it stopped the evil satanic pain 🤣

@PatKirby I do. By the time I got to the hospital, I was crying from the pain, but thankfully, I was given a shot for the pain fairly quickly.

@AbbeyRhode

That's great to hear you got relief quickly from the excruciating pain. Did they recognize the symptoms quickly?

@PatKirby Yes. The doctor tapped a specific spot, and it sent me through the roof, and he said kidney stones. They gave me a painkiller right away, and then took x-rays.

@AbbeyRhode

Ok so this was in the ER or an Urgent Care clinic or just a clinic?

@PatKirby it was the er. I was also 9 months pregnant, and having never had kidney stones, I was frantic that something was wrong with the baby.