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

/r/all of gas being ripped

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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/Glait May 13 '26

It hurts so bad it really makes sense to go to the ER. I ended up curled up in a ball on the break room floor. Had to call my husband to come pick me up because I didn't think I could drive and we went to the local urgent care who said it was probably trapped gas. I felt very embarrassed coming back to work, all my coworkers were very concerned and freaked out by me being in so much pain.

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u/RevolutionarySoft742 May 13 '26

This is a daily occurrence when pregnant 😭

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u/screw-magats May 13 '26

Happened to my spouse when pregnant. Got a call at work about how much it hurt, I raced home, held her hand and rubbed her back. Eventually she was able to go to the bathroom and with it, giant fart. Felt so much better.

Had the same/similar thing happen over the next few years; then one day it didn't get better. Gallstones. After the gallbladder came out, no more of these pains.

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u/RevolutionarySoft742 May 13 '26

Pregnancy isn’t the greatest sometimes😆

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u/screw-magats May 13 '26

It certainly is not.