My first most painful memory that I can recall is getting my tonsils out when I was 11 or 12. I think it's true that it sucks more the older you are, because it really set me back. It took me a week or better to be able to actually eat real food again. I couldn't even swallow my own spit, not to mention my pain meds, despite being liquid. I remember I'd choke on it trying to swallow it and then cough and rip my stitches up and spat blood for like 10 minutes. It was the worst. And I couldn't sleep of course, because it hurt too much and breathing too deeply felt like sandpaper on the wound. I was constantly light headed from lack of sleep and dehydration and my mom almost gave up on me and had me rehospitalized after she realized I had visibly lost weight since getting them out, which is disgusting since it had only been a few days afterwords. Dehydration is the worst.
The second thing I can think of is when I had my gallbladder tested to see if it was the cause of my frequent and unbearable stomach aches I had been having for a few months when I was in 8th grade. I had to lay under a machine and drink some crap that goes directly to your gallbladder to break down, and they can watch it go through you on a screen and see how your body reacts. Everything was fine for a few minutes and I was just chilling and talking to my dad, and all of a sudden my entire body just broke out into a sweat and I started dry heaving so hard that my body came off the table and my parents had to hold me down. It felt like every muscle in my body tensed simultaneously and my insides were giving up on me. It was just my gallbladder of course, but seriously, it felt like I was going to die. Getting it out was a cakewalk and not a big deal at all, but the test was awful. My gallbladder was tiny, black and shriveled when they took it out, as opposed to pink and healthy. That explains that, I guess. Luckily I don't have any problem eating all the regular problem foods for people who lack gallbladders, so good riddance.
As for painful memories, I'm at a total loss. I've had some pretty sad times off and on but things are usually resolved in time or it's something that can be worked past. I can't think of anything that upset me and really messed me up. I still have plenty of time!
My first most painful memory that I can recall is getting my tonsils out when I was 11 or 12. I think it's true that it sucks more the older you are, because it really set me back. It took me a week or better to be able to actually eat real food again. I couldn't even swallow my own spit, not to mention my pain meds, despite being liquid. I remember I'd choke on it trying to swallow it and then cough and rip my stitches up and spat blood for like 10 minutes. It was the worst. And I couldn't sleep of course, because it hurt too much and breathing too deeply felt like sandpaper on the wound. I was constantly light headed from lack of sleep and dehydration and my mom almost gave up on me and had me rehospitalized after she realized I had visibly lost weight since getting them out, which is disgusting since it had only been a few days afterwords. Dehydration is the worst.
The second thing I can think of is when I had my gallbladder tested to see if it was the cause of my frequent and unbearable stomach aches I had been having for a few months when I was in 8th grade. I had to lay under a machine and drink some crap that goes directly to your gallbladder to break down, and they can watch it go through you on a screen and see how your body reacts. Everything was fine for a few minutes and I was just chilling and talking to my dad, and all of a sudden my entire body just broke out into a sweat and I started dry heaving so hard that my body came off the table and my parents had to hold me down. It felt like every muscle in my body tensed simultaneously and my insides were giving up on me. It was just my gallbladder of course, but seriously, it felt like I was going to die. Getting it out was a cakewalk and not a big deal at all, but the test was awful. My gallbladder was tiny, black and shriveled when they took it out, as opposed to pink and healthy. That explains that, I guess. Luckily I don't have any problem eating all the regular problem foods for people who lack gallbladders, so good riddance.
As for painful memories, I'm at a total loss. I've had some pretty sad times off and on but things are usually resolved in time or it's something that can be worked past. I can't think of anything that upset me and really messed me up. I still have plenty of time!