I have genitofemoral neuralgia. According to my neurologist, my pain most closely resembles severe period cramps, and occasionally will manifest akin to childbirth.
Since I’ve had my IUD it’s super sporadic and sometimes I kinda forget and then last week I wasn’t even up trying to pass meds or lift patients or anything I was literally just sitting suicide watch and just doubled over in the chair wondering if I was about to involuntarily expel my IUD, the world’s biggest shart, or both simultaneously. I wound up begging a coworker for a break and finding a bathroom off the unit to destroy.
I have heard that kidney stones are comparable to giving birth, by women who have experienced both.
So I put it on the level of my buddy who keeps getting kidney stones by overindulging in mountain dew. He knows that enjoying too much mountain dew has periodic excruciatingly painful consequences, and yet in the moment another mountain dew sounds pretty good…
I think it’s the years of raising an actual child that’s the real incentive to avoid having another one.
I think this largely friends on how big your stones get. I’ve had quite a few over the years and it’s not even the worst pain I’ve felt. And I’m a guy.
Same here. They just did it in the office with a laser. Nothing in comparison. I have persistent lightning-like stabbing pain in one testicle. That’s what my neurologist likened to period cramps. It’s bananas that women can just go about their day in that condition. It’s way beyond distracting.
When I move the wrong way, the pain floods my entire groin, to the point of complete disorientation, visual white out, profound ringing in my ears, and freezing cold rippling chills throughout my body. I’ve almost passed out on several occasions.
It was initially caused by crossing my legs the wrong way and pushing back while sitting in an office chair. I was then misdiagnosed and had a surgery that compounded the problem with adhesions. It’s been a rough five years.
I have genitofemoral neuralgia. According to my neurologist, my pain most closely resembles severe period cramps, and occasionally will manifest akin to childbirth.
Women are the stronger sex. Trust me.
Since I’ve had my IUD it’s super sporadic and sometimes I kinda forget and then last week I wasn’t even up trying to pass meds or lift patients or anything I was literally just sitting suicide watch and just doubled over in the chair wondering if I was about to involuntarily expel my IUD, the world’s biggest shart, or both simultaneously. I wound up begging a coworker for a break and finding a bathroom off the unit to destroy.
Nursing lyfe.
Only someone strong would want to have another child after having gone through childbirth before.
I have heard that kidney stones are comparable to giving birth, by women who have experienced both.
So I put it on the level of my buddy who keeps getting kidney stones by overindulging in mountain dew. He knows that enjoying too much mountain dew has periodic excruciatingly painful consequences, and yet in the moment another mountain dew sounds pretty good…
I think it’s the years of raising an actual child that’s the real incentive to avoid having another one.
Made me think of this
Accurate
I think this largely friends on how big your stones get. I’ve had quite a few over the years and it’s not even the worst pain I’ve felt. And I’m a guy.
Idk, I’ve had a vasectomy with no anesthesia.
But, there’s really no standardized way to measure pain, so this conversation will always be moot.
Same here. They just did it in the office with a laser. Nothing in comparison. I have persistent lightning-like stabbing pain in one testicle. That’s what my neurologist likened to period cramps. It’s bananas that women can just go about their day in that condition. It’s way beyond distracting.
When I move the wrong way, the pain floods my entire groin, to the point of complete disorientation, visual white out, profound ringing in my ears, and freezing cold rippling chills throughout my body. I’ve almost passed out on several occasions.
This is a great description of severe cramps. Please accept your honorary Period Enjoyer Certificate™ and also my condolences.
Hopefully they come up with a solution for yours, because the solution for mine was an IUD and it sounds like that one won’t work for you.
Your doctors have ruled out physiological causes of it?
It was initially caused by crossing my legs the wrong way and pushing back while sitting in an office chair. I was then misdiagnosed and had a surgery that compounded the problem with adhesions. It’s been a rough five years.