[health] Improving

[wispfox]

Ok, so yesterday I _definitely_ had the damn stomach bug that my roommate (aelisdeliria) had when I got home. I'm slowly returning to being able to eat, and was finally able to take pain killers.

Also, I was good and made myself walk around (read: pace, since there's not much I can _do_ while walking around the apartment) because apparently that helps with kidney stupidity (did reduce the kidney ache). Called the urologist, but haven't yet gotten a call-back. Will likely try again before 5p, although at least now I'm not in stupid amounts of pain (and, beyond the intensely painful ache in my right kidney which the pain killer is currently taking care of, haven't been since very early this morning). Not sure if it has passed, though, so we'll see. I'm not sure whether or not the kidney pain goes away immediately upon the stone passing or not, so it's entirely possible it passed this morning when the stabbing-me-in-the-gut pain stopped for longer than it had previously.

I have much cranberry juice, thanks to the aforementioned roommate. I think we need to have it in the apartment at all times, since one or the other of us seems to need it often enough, and since drinking it ought to help prevent these damn things in the future.

Head hurts, and sleepy. But relief from pain. Finally. Over 24 hours of varying intense ache to stabbing pain in my gut is... not fun.

*shakes head* I have repeatedly had people compare kidney stone pain to the pain of giving birth. Why the _hell_ does anyone ever have children, if this is true? (note: this is someone who very much does not want kids asking this question)

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[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I have repeatedly had people compare kidney stone pain to the pain of giving birth. Why the _hell_ does anyone ever have children, if this is true?

Pregnancy rocks. Your body becomes verra beautiful, and you get that glow, and you are very happy because OMG there is this little person inside and okay, she just wedged her foot between my ribcage and my skin and that is uncool, but *wiggle* and ah! There's the little flutter of movements rippling your belly. And you get to imagine what kind of person she's going to be, and it gives you happy tears just thinking about how amazing this all is. (Oh, and people treat you like royalty.)

And then there is the pain so agonizing as to defy description. And yes, you say all of the things that you never think you will; you try to quit and go home; you scream and scream and scream...

And then you forget.

I'm not saying completely, and I'm not saying immediately. I mean, in the near future, it's going to hurt really bad just to pee for like a month, and forget about pooping. And child teething on breast = unpleasant.

But the capacity to bring up the full memory of that pain... just disappears. You can't reference in in your head. The theory I hear is that if you fully remember how painful it as, you'd never do it again.

And me, I'd do it again.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

The theory I hear is that if you fully remember how painful it as, you'd never do it again.

Heard that, too. Point.

Still, baffled. And probably will remain so, since I don't _want_ kids!

(and I have no idea why this wasn't emailed to me, but it wasn't)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

Hee! Yeah, not trying to talk you into it. :) Just that I saw the rhetorical question and something in my brain said "ooh! oooh! i wanna answer that!"

(weird.)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

not trying to talk you into it.

I know! :)

[moosemonster.livejournal.com]

Glad to hope you're feeling better!

[moosemonster.livejournal.com]

err, s/hope/hear/

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

*sympathy*
Glad you're feeling better, though!