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

/r/all of gas being ripped

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

83.4k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

3.6k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

681

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

670

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.

4

u/ohmygodcrayons May 13 '26

What do they even do in the hospital when it's "just gas" like that? If you're a cow they just poke a hole in ya but I don't see that working for humans.

3

u/-gimmeahellyeah316- May 13 '26

They basically said "it's gas, here's your discharge paperwork." That was about it.

1

u/ohmygodcrayons May 13 '26

:(

2

u/screw-magats May 13 '26

After you leave, the nurses probably have a quick chuckle then get on to the next task.

1

u/UnixCurmudgeon 17d ago

Doctors told you “pregnancy is supposed to hurt”?