I have a high pain threshold. Hence, I barely notice small injuries. As I type this, I’m glancing down at a scab on my arm that’s bled several times. And yet I never even noticed the incident that caused it. Which sounds kind of nice. But I’m not the movie hero Novocaine. Low-thresholders are forced to learn how to cope with pain. But us high-thresholders tend to fall apart when we experience real pain. And thus it was a fortnight ago, that I’ll fell into…
My Pit of Pain. It started, said Dr. Nick, when my cold virus hung around too long. Result? My distracted defense system allowed an evil horde of Joy-Destroying Bacteria to launch an all-out invasion. By week two, they’d completely conquered Upper Lunglandia. True, I had non-stop body ache and a nose that forgot how to nose. But my lungs were the center of the attack. And the real pain—the unbearable pain—was in my back. Each time I coughed, it felt as though it was being struck with a sledgehammer by Conan the Barbarian. I made it through the days.
But the nights, oh, the nights! Each night, I’d cry out in agony a hundred times before the sun arose. Sleep was nowhere to be found. My wife, who did her best to sleep between screams (and never became infected), finally insisted I get help.
So I did. Last Saturday, I was given the meds that would in time drive out the bacterial horde. But what about the pain? After two more nights of sleepless screaming, I put on my whiny puppy voice and called the clinic. Dr. Nick was off today, said Nurse Coldheart. I whined louder. She said she’d “look into it.” Which, I figured, was nurse-ish for “go away, puppy.” But thirty minutes later, the pharmacy called with a prescription for a pain reliever and a muscle relaxant—one that makes you (i.e. me) drowsy.
Last night I slept. For the first time in a week. Nearly pain free. And today, the ground is littered with bacterial truncheons and broadswords. I finally feel like me again. Invincible Mitch is back, folks! And Pitiful Mitch? Never heard of the guy.
So, you can expect My Real Memoir to finally resume in this space next week, with nary a sign of my former…
Pit of Pain.
Glad to hear you’re feeling better!
Thanks, Abe!
Continued wishes to get better!
Thank you, Sandy!
Praying for your complete return to health, Mitch! (While I can’t eat solids and am heading to a CT scan this week, just in time for our “kids” to arrive from 4 hours north for Easter. I should work on trying to make this funner, or funnier, whichever. . . )
Oh, dear. Praying, Joy.
2 thoughts–
Tho there may be pain in the night joy comes in the morning.
And, when the pain hangs around it’s time to see a physician
Glad you’re feeling better..
can you copy & paste the counting
What did you mean #hood?
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Thank you, Cora.
Glad you’re better
Thanks, L.G.
Glad you’re on the mend!
Thank you, Cari!
Ah, yes, sickness can bring out a person in you you did not know existed 😂I am glad you are better, Mitch!
;>) Thanks, Erika!
My pleasure, Mitch!
Glad to hear you’re on the mend and digging out out of the pit of pain at last
Thank you, Beth.
It’s seems wrong to “like” this post. I’m sorry for your unbearable pain. Praying healing brings you back better than ever.
Thank you so much, Debi.
Glad you’re getting rid of the nasties, the whining was starting to get on my nerves. 😏
;>)
Yeah, coughing is bad stuff. Glad you didn’t throw your back out with it…
Me too! (May I ask your name, btw?)
You can ask! 🙂
Due to run-ins with crazy authors and fans 10-15 years ago on goidreads, I no longer use my name or an identifiable pix of me online.
My online friends call me Booky…
I totally understand, Booky.
I’ve been afraid to ask.. So glad you’ve rounded the bend on it all! 😊
Thank you, Carol!
Always listen to your wife when she tells you to get help! This is especially true when you won’t (or can’t) listen to your body! Glad you’re back, Mitch.
;>) Thanks, Gail.
Glad you’re feeling better! And just in time for allergy season. 🫤
;>) I’d take hay fever over this any day!
So glad you’re on the mend! 🌹
Thanks, Felicia. Me too!
Glad you’re feeling better, Mitch!
Thank you, dear Liz!
You’re welcome, Mitch.
I’m glad you are feeling better!
LOL, I’ve written a few posts about the “high pain tolerance” folks. Suffice it to say, “stop that!” It is not a pass or fail test. You nailed the wisdom to be found here, “Low-thresholders are forced to learn how to cope with pain.” Exactly! True of all forms of pain, physical, mental, spiritual. Pain is a messenger. 🙂
Not a popular one, but a messenger indeed, Gabrielle.
Glad to hear you got some meds and are feeling much better.
Glad you got through the worst of it.
Thanks, Me too, Venus.
Some would even take a small injury to be career ending
Although I have not personally experienced this malady, I have seen a loved one go through this. It is indeed a pit of pain. Let us thank God for your recovery.
Bless you, Al.
Nurse Coldheart! lol lol And wasn’t Dr. Nick Elvis’ Doctor? Poor thing. I am glad your better, but it is funny!🤣😉😂🫡
Thanks, Wenda!
Oh my goodness. So sorry to hear all you passed though. God bless as you recover
Thanks, Pete!
I hope you continue to improve Mitch. 💐
Thank you so much, Sandy.
Real pain and then looking back at it to be humorous with a pinch of tragedy. Glad you’re out of it for now.
Thank you!
Ein grausames Gif. Macht sich die Kirche immer noch die Ängste der Menschen zunutze wie im Mittelalter?
? Das GIF soll humorvoll sein. In diesem Beitrag steht nichts über die Kirche, mein Freund.
Die mich im Internet ‘Freund’ nannten, waren immer die ersten, die mich verrieten und verließen. In jedem Artikel von dir steht etwas über die Kirche. Gott gibt es keinen, es gibt nur die Kirche, die sich anmaßt im Auftrag eines Gottes zu wirken. Du hast es aber manipulativ gut drauf. Respekt. Könntest auch Kleinwagen verkaufen. Na gut, ist nicht mein Problem. Ich entschuldige mich, wenn ich dir zu nahe getreten bin. Ich muss nur manchmal an die Kriminalgeschichte der Kirche denken und da werde ich ein klein wenig aggressiv .. Sorry
Es tut mir leid zu hören, dass Sie sich von Menschen online betrogen gefühlt haben. Ich war nicht beleidigt. Ich habe nur darauf hingewiesen, dass in diesem Beitrag nichts über Gott oder Kirche steht. Ich habe kein Interesse daran, dich oder irgendjemand anderen zu manipulieren. Ich wünsche Ihnen alles Gute.
Sorry, dann hab ich was falsch verstanden. Auch Ihnen nur das Beste für die Zukunft und Danke für das Verständnis ..
Mitch, glad you got relief from the pain and finally got some rest.
Thank you, Hazel.
You’re welcome! ☺️
Muito bom dia prá você!
Sempre recebendo as bênçãos universais!
São abundantes, permanentes e são pra todos!!!
Obrigado, Gustavo!
I’m glad you’re doing better. A while back I coughed for a month and when I was starting to get better, I found out that pineapple juice with turmeric, ginger, cinnamon, and honey was my new best friend. Next time maybe.
Interesting. I’ll check that out, Lisa.
That sounded terrible. Glad you are doing better and the awful pain is gone.
Thank you, Mam.
There were some nasty viruses and complications from viruses going around this spring. I’m relieved to hear you’re feeling better and are ready to roll-or should I say rock and roll? 🙂
;>) Thanks, Nancy.
Boy, can I relate! When I broke my arm at the age of four, the doctor told my mother I had a high threshold of pain. Twenty years later, when I was pregnant with our first, she was afraid I wouldn’t know when I was in labor. (I knew.)
Glad you’re feeling better!
Boy, you certainly can relate, Annie. And thank you!
I’m so sorry you were sick and in such pain! Thank goodness you’re feeling better now, and I’m hoping you can enjoy a pain and illness free Easter!
Me too. Thank you so much, Ann!
cora do you want to copy & paste the counting
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I reeeally feel your pain! Just getting over a one-week cold! Thankfully, no covid, strep or rsv but it’s been a real pit🤧😫‼️
Yep.
AS someone who suffers from chronic arthritic pain and spends many sleepless nights, you have my sympathy.
And you have mine, dear Susanne.
A pesar de todos tus males, que de verdad siento, he de decirte que.
YOU ARE A GENIOUS!!!.
En medio de tu dolor, has conseguido hacerme reír con Conan el Bárbaro 😂😂😂
Gracias y mejórate pronto
Ay, gracias, Deana (¿es ese tu nombre?). Siempre trato de agregar un poco de humor.
Mi nombre es Ana
Glad you’re feeling better, Mitch! Not getting sleep makes everything worse. 😊
So true, Peggy.
Welcome back!
Thank you, Geoff!
I am glad that you are feeling like you again. This post resonates with me. As a part of my treatment, I had to see a physical therapist in January for excruciating pain due to a tendon tear. When I told her I had a high pain threshold, she said having a high pain threshold can be good and bad. It is good that you can bear the pain. And bad because instead of seeking help early to cure the cause of the pain, you let it get worse until it is unbearable and suffer more. I suppose she has a point.
Take care, Mitch.
Thank you, and you too, Chaya!
Poor baby…
<3
“…After two more nights of sleepless screaming, I put on my whiny puppy voice and called the clinic. Dr. Nick was off today, said Nurse Coldheart. I whined louder. She said she’d “look into it.” Which, I figured, was nurse-ish for “go away, puppy.”…”
😂
We are so much tougher when we’re not the ones going through it.
Thoroughly enjoyable as always.
Blessings
Thanks, you too, Pete.
I would definitely be in a pit of pain after squeezing through an opening like that. (Is that Toomes from “The X-Files”? If not, he reminds me of that liver-eating contortionist.) Glad you are feeling better!
Thanks, James!