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Dante

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Possibly, though I really hope not, if its Gallbladder, they will need to remove it, and if they do, there are problems after losing a Gallbladder I would rather not have.


is it possibly a kidney stone? they can bring you down with a lot of pain. i hope you can find the problem and get better soon @Dante . morphine usually helps but not always. i remember my last kidney stone i turned grayish and was in a tremendous amount of pain. the ambulance people looked at my pain meds and said what we can give you won't do any good for you, you already take way more than we can give. that's when you know you're screwed lol..mike....*hug*console*shake
I've had kidney stones twice before, and this feels similar, but there are key distinctions, whenever I have had kidney stones no painkiller under the sun made any difference, I once choked down 300mg (not 30, 300) of dihydrocodone in under 6 hours because I had to do an 20 hour shift or loose my job (my boss was a dick) and I was desperate, but no effect whatsoever, I may as well have been eating M&Ms, and one time I was taken away in an ambulance from the pain, they gave me morphine into he vein, nothing, but this one does often respond to a mix of codeine, paracetamol, ibuprofen and caffeine (doctors refuse to prescribe any pain meds so I got creative), there are also differences in how the pain comes and goes, Kidney stones when the pain stops it was always sudden, like someone flipped the pain switch off, this one tapers off gradually over hours, also unlike kidney stones a single period of pain can last days, kidney stones only lasted a max of 15 hours at a time, the list of differences goes on but all in all, Im pretty convinced its not kidney stones.
 

Auri

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Excuse me for a moment,Nick’s about to whine. The number is it hurts and I can’t sleep! I don’t really know, i don’t deal with mouth pain well.

I’ve got the regular back, hip, neck, knee pain so eh. It’s been a real pain the ass all year. Then last week my filling fell out. I’ve got pain all along the gums, teeth, jaw, cheek and stabbing into my ear which makes my head hurt. Dentist says the nerve is exposed and it’s infected (cause Nick can’t go a whole damn month without some fucking infection). They need $1500.00 up front to fix it. Well fuck, let me go pick the money tree. Anyway I can’t live like this. So I’m going to call on Monday to make the appointment and we’ll just add it to the debt. In the meantime, I’ve barely slept since Monday.
WTFH is that price... This is not okay. *blub I'm sorry you're in so much pain, Nick, I hope you feel some relief real soon.
 

sinking_ship

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Excuse me for a moment,Nick’s about to whine. The number is it hurts and I can’t sleep! I don’t really know, i don’t deal with mouth pain well.

I’ve got the regular back, hip, neck, knee pain so eh. It’s been a real pain the ass all year. Then last week my filling fell out. I’ve got pain all along the gums, teeth, jaw, cheek and stabbing into my ear which makes my head hurt. Dentist says the nerve is exposed and it’s infected (cause Nick can’t go a whole damn month without some fucking infection). They need $1500.00 up front to fix it. Well fuck, let me go pick the money tree. Anyway I can’t live like this. So I’m going to call on Monday to make the appointment and we’ll just add it to the debt. In the meantime, I’ve barely slept since Monday.
fuuuuckk. No. I'm wincing just imagining it. I've been there, and tooth pain is the worst. I'm really sorry you're dealing with that, I hope it heals soon.
 

sinking_ship

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Possibly, though I really hope not, if its Gallbladder, they will need to remove it, and if they do, there are problems after losing a Gallbladder I would rather not have.




I've had kidney stones twice before, and this feels similar, but there are key distinctions, whenever I have had kidney stones no painkiller under the sun made any difference, I once choked down 300mg (not 30, 300) of dihydrocodone in under 6 hours because I had to do an 20 hour shift or loose my job (my boss was a dick) and I was desperate, but no effect whatsoever, I may as well have been eating M&Ms, and one time I was taken away in an ambulance from the pain, they gave me morphine into he vein, nothing, but this one does often respond to a mix of codeine, paracetamol, ibuprofen and caffeine (doctors refuse to prescribe any pain meds so I got creative), there are also differences in how the pain comes and goes, Kidney stones when the pain stops it was always sudden, like someone flipped the pain switch off, this one tapers off gradually over hours, also unlike kidney stones a single period of pain can last days, kidney stones only lasted a max of 15 hours at a time, the list of differences goes on but all in all, Im pretty convinced its not kidney stones.
I hope they can figure it out soon and get you some relief *hug
 

Nick

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Thanks @SillyOldBear and @sinking_ship it's less than ideal for sure

WTFH is that price... This is not okay. *blub
That's cheap, the last one cost me twice that. Dental care here is a joke. They make the jokes about the hillbilly's with no teeth, well there is a reason they have no teeth. They can't afford the dentist. Thanks though. I hope I can get in soon to get it sorted.
 

Auri

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Thanks @SillyOldBear and @sinking_ship it's less than ideal for sure


That's cheap, the last one cost me twice that. Dental care here is a joke. They make the jokes about the hillbilly's with no teeth, well there is a reason they have no teeth. They can't afford the dentist. Thanks though. I hope I can get in soon to get it sorted.
*faints

I'm so sorry, Nick. :( I hope so too... *console
 

Angie74

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I'm at about an 8.5 with nausea. Hoping the odansetron kicks in soon. Heat, and not enough sleep last night are not helping. Much earlier to bed tonight...and I can't wait until this heat wave ends. It's 30 degrees out, supposed to be 31 tomorrow, and then only going down to 28 for a few days. How i long for winter...
 

1964dodge

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I'm at about an 8.5 with nausea. Hoping the odansetron kicks in soon. Heat, and not enough sleep last night are not helping. Much earlier to bed tonight...and I can't wait until this heat wave ends. It's 30 degrees out, supposed to be 31 tomorrow, and then only going down to 28 for a few days. How i long for winter...
*hug*shake
 

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