The good(?) thing about a kidney stone is that, once it’s passed or broken up and passed, it’s all over, other than maybe some residual soreness. Unlike a burst appendix, which can kill you, and requires actual surgery instead of ultrasound, and you can be left with secondary infections and a long recovery.
I took a first aid course when I was a child; so long ago that they still taught field surgery for appendicitis. I lived in moderate fear of a burst appendix well into adulthood, until I learned how comparatively rare it is.
Today is the tenth anniversary of the day I drove myself to the hospital with a ruptured appendix.
No matter what else, that’s some righteous driving. Dang.
-JRS
I thought I did pretty good driving to the emergency room with a 12mm kidney stone. But you definitely win!
I’ve never had a kidney stone, but I understand they’re more painful than practically anything.
I probably didn’t have more pain driving than you, but I probably had a lot more pain in the seven or eight months I spent recovering.
Ahh, but I hear a spinal tap is the *MOST* pain.
But that’s not to say that any of those are any fun. I’m glad everything turned out well, both for you and for the people on the road at the time.
The good(?) thing about a kidney stone is that, once it’s passed or broken up and passed, it’s all over, other than maybe some residual soreness. Unlike a burst appendix, which can kill you, and requires actual surgery instead of ultrasound, and you can be left with secondary infections and a long recovery.
I took a first aid course when I was a child; so long ago that they still taught field surgery for appendicitis. I lived in moderate fear of a burst appendix well into adulthood, until I learned how comparatively rare it is.
On the semi-postive side, at least you weren’t this guy: http://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/igy1/appendix.html
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