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Somewhat tangential here: I once fell off a high wall and broke my leg in two places. A couple months prior to that, I’d had a kidney stone. As I lay there in t
by i_am_nomad 7y ago
Somewhat tangential here: I once fell off a high wall and broke my leg in two places. A couple months prior to that, I’d had a kidney stone. As I lay there in the mud clutching my leg, one of my first thoughts was, “hey, this isn’t nearly as bad as a kidney stone.”
- Baeocystin 7y agoI once had a motorcycle kickstart lever shove my thumb backwards through the middle of my wrist. An odd feeling, looking at hand-bits poking out of one's skin. And my first thought was exactly the same as yours! tl;dr: kidney stones suck. When we say that they hurt more than $terribad_injury, that is not hyperbole.