The pain is on par with childbirth, except that instead of getting a baby at the end you are treated like a drug addict as you demand the only narcotic you know will make the pain go away. I am quickly labeled a “drug seeker” (which is shorthand for “addict” in the ER), and it’s hard to argue with that because I am seeking drugs, because I’m addicted to the sensation of not being in abject pain. I’m weird like that.
