Ok, perhaps the title was a bit dramatic, but doc says I have gall stones, and they need to come out.

Anyone had this done?
Does it hurt?
Do I need a stick to bite down on?
What's the deal?

I've had my doc for over 20 years and he says "yup, yup, you're close to 40, getting to be a bit of a fatso, it all makes sense, yup, uhuh, uhuh.

I'll have my people call your people and we'll get things started, have a nice day!

I'm being silly now

 

Ya, havn't had anything cut on except for 5 wisdom teeth removed. Going to have the Aorta Valve and/or Aorta replaced one day though, will let you know how that goes.

 

I'm going to bet it isn't as painful as having kidney stones so bad you pass out from pain in a Grocery store bathroom. (my ex did that - what a wus)

 

5 wisdom teeth? wow, you must be pretty smart, or something..

 

correct me if i'm wrong but is there not only 4 wisdom teeth. You are very smart!!!

EDIT:: ATST: I'm going to bet it isn't as painful as having kidney stones so bad you pass out from pain in a Grocery store bathroom. (my ex did that - what a wus).

I had one of my friends go through the kidney stone passing when we were hunting at camp last month. His pain was unreal, sweating, moaning, curled up into a ball yea your right what a wus!!. I hope i never have to go through that he says its as close to childbirth as a man could ever get!: He moaned we went to the bar :

 

My boss passed a kidney stone at work. He did $500 worth of damage to the urinal. Not to mention scared everyone for three blocks with his yelling and screaming.

Habibi-- can't say as I've had any gall stones removed. I did have a bone spur removed and got GOOD drugs. I didn't feel a thing or remember too much of the experience now that I think of it.

 

My friend had that and from what I understand it is the most painful thing anyone could ever experience. It is suppose to be 3 times the pain of women having large babies...

However, if you can put up with women and thier PMS whining then you may not have a lot of pain...

 

I will be having major surgery someday.
I'm on a waiting list for a brain transplant.

I give my doctor a lot of grief but, he was professional enough to put me on the waiting list so, I'm lucky I guess.

I asked him if the procedure would be painful and told him I wanted the truth. He reviewed my X-rays and said the procedure would be through the rectum.

I don't know where gallstones are but, I guess he would go by mine in route. I'll ask him to yank any bad ones he finds and replace them with good gallstones since he's going to be operating anyways. It will prpbably cost me extra but, I might as well get it done while I 'have the hood up'.

Thanks for the tip.

 

I had my first episode with them while on my trip last month.
Everything was fine, I was minding my own business, eating pistachio nuts and drinking a coke, and then the pain started.

I literally keeled over and turned yellow, it felt like I was getting stabbed to death (not that I would have a frame of reference to base that feeling on)

So my Arab hosts now argue over which car to take me to the hospital in, I can't come close to articulating how funny it was, you had to be there.

As I'm hunched over gasping for air, all I can hear is:

"I'll bring the X5 around. bring him to the front"
"No the X5 is chit, bring my Lexus, it's more faster"
"X5, Lexus, my wives drives those, we take him in Cayenne, it more fast)

So now there's 4 of us piled into the Porsche, and then they are arguing over which clinic to take me to, (apparently the clinics are much better than the public hospitals)

20 minutes later we get to one, but it;s closed, ho hum, but the pain went away now and I feel much better.
We arrive at the next one, and it's an elevator ride up to the 27th floor, and I get ushered into a room, as I'm lying on the bed, waiting to get looked at, I hear my friends behind the curtain, telling the doctor what happened:

"He was drinking a coke, and I think he try to fart, and he can't, so the pain come from too much gas."

So everyone comes in to the room and they are saying "ok, you try fart, everything be more better"

Look, I'm not happy I have these stupid stones, but I knew it wasn't from no gas, LMAO
I'll keep youze posted.

 

Hab,

Haven't had them myself - but a lady I work with had them and I'll tell you what, she's a hell of a lot nicer now that those things are out - I'm not even kidding.

I've had hernia surgery and an appendectomy, so I'm more familiar with having my tummy cut open than I'd like, but again in both instances the pain of the ailment was a lot worse than the pain of the surgery. You'll be back up in a day or two.

Keep us posted.

-Graphic

p.s. - I can't remember the name of the drug they gave me last time, but it was a mild hallucinogenic that made me hear voices and see people with melting faces.

 

I had this experience about 22 years ago...
6 hits of purple microdot was the casue of it, haha

Thanks for the post graphic, I'll let you know how it turns out.
I'm sure it's a simple thing nowadays.

 

obviously you've never passed a kidney stone. worst pain I've ever gone through in my life and that's saying something as I've had some nasty experiences over the years.

 

You want to talk about pain?

I was traveling in the back country and got caught in a rabbit snare.
I had to chew off my own leg.

(tasted like chicken. I remember thinking that I wish I had a nice gallstone to go with it)

 

My dad had that about 9 yrs ago. I've never seen him cry since. He said it felt like a rock was trying to come out of his wee-wee.

 

The pain must have been excruciating to make him say 'wee-wee'.