There was a woman visiting her husband while I was in hospital. She'd
had three natural childbirths and a kidney stone. She said another
few kids any time--the stone was beyond imagining.
Stands to reason. If the pain of birth were like a kidney stone the
world would be populated exclusively by only children.
At 06:38 PM 2/28/2009, you wrote:
>Good to know youre thru them, Mark, I remember mine, from way back in
>the late 60s, the most pain I ever felt!
>
>(& then I was told that the only similar pain was giving birth, & I
>thought....!)
>
>Doug
>On 28-Feb-09, at 1:29 PM, Mark Weiss wrote:
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>>For those concerned, my medical adventures were trivial if painful.
>>Kidney stones apparently leave no scars, except for an enduring
>>sense of vulnerability. Not something one toughs out.
>>
>>Mark
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