That is interesting. I actually didn't cry during either of mine, but I sure was in agony. First one was a uric stone from college, beer, working out/skiing, chewing tobacco, and never drinking water, and the second was a protein stone from using pure creatine powder to build up muscle mass after getting out of college and moving back to PDX. I did go to the ER on the second one, tough, and got a morphine IV. Pissed out a little pebble a few days with a bunch of gunk and all was good. I'm guessing you had larger stone than either of mine.
I was 17 when I had my first. It wasn't crying in the just sitting there sobbing way, but tears were coming out while I was screaming. The second was tiny, so didn't hurt, just soreness. Third one I had to have surgery. The aftermath of the surgery, basically, every time I pissed hurt like hell. For two weeks.
My pain threshold is ridiculous, not sure the last time I cried from pain. But, when it comes to seeing children suffer or stories about people overcoming great odds, I get a little teary eyed.
The guy isn't slick; he's corny. The American Dream obviously means a lot to him. He's lived it. One of 12 kids who took seven years to graduate college because he had to work to pay for it, started a multi-million dollar plastics business and now finds himself as Speaker of the House? He wants future generations to have the same opportunities and he obviously thinks the American Dream is in danger of dying out. I have no beef with him tearing up about it. If I start to think about the limited horizon my son will likely face, it bothers me too. We're so used to polished politicians who manufacture their feelings (Obama, Clinton, Romney, etc.) that seeing someone from the heartland that wears their heart on their sleeve seems contrived. The guy is real. It's a damn sight better than a Speaker who is so full of Botox she constantly looks surprised.
If I get angry, there are only a few choices I have found to relieve the stress. 1. Smash something 2. Smash someone 3. Cry 1 and 2 suck, either I break something I like or I hurt someone. I have done enough of those two in my lifetime. I like 3, it works best. I am just glad I got the smashing stuff phase over with before flat screen televisions became popular.
I would probably cry is Arsenal won the Premier League but it doesn't look like that's going to happen any time soon.
All my life I have heard of this thing "crying." If you explain what it is, I'll be able to answer the thread title.
Kidney Stones are serious pain. I had one hit right after I boarded a militry flight from Fairbanks Alaska to Arkansas... and the pain was so bad I pondered ways to kill myself. The flight took an eternity.
I have about 2 kidney stones a week, no joke. The first one I had, when i was 16, I started throwing up all over the ER and then blacked out. The second one wasn't much better. Now, almost 23, I have them chronically (and have a small ureter to boot) but they are small and pass within an hour or two without THAT much pain.
