Wednesday 18 April 2007

Morphine

Well, that title has to get you wondering, especially if you know me. But I just wanted to Thank God for Morphine.

About a month ago, I had a kidney stone. 3 days of intermittent agony (or so I thought). Each day, for two or three hours, I would have an ache that transformed into some serious pain. The worst pain I'd ever felt. I toughed it out, it went away, and I made some lifestyle changes.

Sunday, I had a similar experience with my left kidney. Two to three hours of pain, that then went away. I thought I got lucky. Murphy was just toying with me. Tonight, I had to go to hospital for real pain. I've never vomited due to pain before. The admitting nurse jumped me in the queue because I was white as a sheet.

When the morphine finally kicked in, I knew what Heaven will be. It will be that true knowledge of the joy of the absence of pain.

Thank God for Morphine.

3 comments:

Anathema Heterodox said...

Sorry to hear about your kidney stone woes. I wish I could empathize, but I have never had kidney stones.

I think to ease the kidney stones pain, you should read my blog post about coffee......espresso to be precise.

http://anathema-heterodox.blogspot.com/2007/04/espresso-how-much-is-that-crazy-cup-o.html

Laterz.
AH

Anathema Heterodox said...

One more thing, I found a blog about books for you:

http://gem-vita.blogspot.com/

Laterz.
AH

JP said...

Well, good news is very, very few people die of kidney stones these days.

Bad news is, almost every one of them wishes he did.

Always there for you, man. ;))