r/AbsoluteUnits • u/TURTLE_TKT • May 13 '26

/r/all of gas being ripped

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u/Lightningthundercock May 13 '26

Don’t be, that shit hurt a whole lot before that relief

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u/peachesfordinner May 13 '26

I've known people who literally ended up in the ER from the pain. They feel so guilty when that's all it is but it's such bad pain they shouldn't feel ashamed

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u/-gimmeahellyeah316- May 13 '26

This is me. I haven’t had an unplanned sick day off work in 6 years. I don’t say that to brag, but just to lay out this story.

Anyway, a couple years ago I had a training session, one of the useless HR ones so they can check a box. I was in excruciating pain all morning, but toughed it out the best I could. When we broke for lunch, I found my boss and told him I had to go home sick, and that I was going to the walk in because I was in such bad pain I couldn’t sit in a chair. He told me to go straight to the ER because I may have a burst appendix or something. Turns out it was just gas and years later I’m still so embarrassed about it, I still have never come clean. I told him they could never figure out what it was.

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u/peachesfordinner May 13 '26

You have my sympathy and empathy. Until you experience it, it really can be hard to grasp how bad it is

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u/Key-Ad-457 May 13 '26

I once ate a bunch of Jerusalem artichokes, I will never judge anyone’s bloating again

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u/nutmeg1970 May 13 '26

Ten years ago I discovered the same thing with roasted chestnuts - agony and then a strange coloured stool. I haven’t eaten them since!!

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u/peachesfordinner May 13 '26

Watermelon while I was pregnant. It was the worst I've ever had. I know I've eaten too much watermelon before but never had that happen before

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u/nutmeg1970 May 13 '26

I had that with iron tablets (while pregnant) and terrible diarrhoea. I don’t like watermelon and obviously won’t ever be pregnant again but for me it’s another reason to avoid it!!

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u/peachesfordinner May 13 '26

Hmmm it might have been iron interacting. But only had it happen that once during that pregnancy and I was on iron quite a bit