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Saturday, March 29, 2008
Sweetness
Yesterday, I got all macho and waited too long for pain meds. Like a sudden spring storm, powerful pain grabbed my arm. It took over an hour for my magic pill to begin to work, so I had a good opportunity to sit and breathe with what felt like a vise around my bone.
Pain is not a solid thing. Nothing is really solidly what we call it. There was intense pain/sweetness/nothingness/calm/emergency all woven together. A mosaic. A kaleidoscope.
And that experience was all BEFORE the pain pill hit, so I KNOW I didn't make that all up!
Pain is not a solid thing. Nothing is really solidly what we call it. There was intense pain/sweetness/nothingness/calm/emergency all woven together. A mosaic. A kaleidoscope.
And that experience was all BEFORE the pain pill hit, so I KNOW I didn't make that all up!
Labels: post-surgery
posted by Carol at 9:29 AM
6 Comments:
Pain can be beautiful even as it is dreadful. Unfortunately, I have a very high tolerance for pain that sometimes results in it becoming excruciating before I do anything about it. Also, I usually forget the wisdom I received from a very competent physical many years ago: “Take those damned pain pills BEFORE the throbbing begins.”
Yeah Nick, Pain is very interesting up to a point. We certainly can get through a lot more than we think we can.
And we're ALWAYS wiser than the docs... until the pain doubles us over... ;-)
Well described! Now describe what it felt like when the pill kicked in :)
Gary,
It felt all floaty and relaxing.
Funny how much attention I gave to the pain sensations, but when things felt better, I quit being as present for those sensations.
Thanks for asking!
Such a vivid description of pain. I'm sorry you felt it so vividly.
(Hopefully this is not a duplicate reply. Blogger blew up on me during my first attempt.)
Thank you, San!
It was only a short and temporary experience. I have a deep compassion for those who live with bad pain on a daily basis.
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