re: Worst physical pain you ever had?

I'm a little disturbed by all of these gall bladder attack stories.

I was having kind of a chronic pain in my side. It hurt almost constantly for a year or two. Being a hard headed guy, I tried to ride it out, but it wasn't going away. So I broke down and went to a doctor in Apr, 2019. Diagnosis: Gall Stones.

As it turned out, they found some other things because I don't think I had been to a doctor since I broke my leg in 1992. One of the things was an elevated PSA of 17.1 or something like that. Which is bad. Prostate cancer trumps gall stones - or at least in my opinion. I dealt with that and left my gall bladder alone.

So, fast forward to today...
My side still hurts. I haven't had gall bladder surgery because I've already got too many doctors involved in my life. It hurts, but not so bad that it's debilitating. It's manageable. Just kind of a nuisance.

Then I read - on the OT, so I know it must be true - about you frickers experiencing the worst pain of your lives! I've had plenty of pain and not being a masochist, I'm not trying to set any new personal records.

Do I have to have surgery? You can't go to a barber without them recommending a haircut. Surgeons are the same way.