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(Message started by: lelacks on Oct 18^th, 2003, 1:37am)

Title: don't want to start a war...but
Post by lelacks on Oct 18^th, 2003, 1:37am

Just out of curiosity, I'm asking all the women with CH if it's really true. Those who've had kids, that is. Is it really worse than childbirth? ??? Don't worry, answer honestly, I won't blab to the world, but it might help if my wife heard it once from real sufferers. Don't get me wrong, she's very understanding and supportive, but I'm not sure if she or anyone else can grasp the intensity of CH. I sort of see them as 45 minute contractions, 6 hours apart, lasting 1-2 months. That's one hell of a baby! :o

Hang in there y'all.

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by BarbaraD on Oct 18^th, 2003, 3:47am

Having gone through childbirth with NO gas, no spinal or no nothin' - I'll take childbirth any day of the week over CH... No comparison.....

Hugs BD

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by Patrick_A on Oct 18^th, 2003, 6:42am

Thats pretty damn strong! Nothing like hearing it straight from a source who knows!

Patrick

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by ShariRae on Oct 18^th, 2003, 6:48am

I hafta agree with Barb...i too delivered with no drugs, no spinal..no nuttin & would still rather have that pain than a ch any day of the week!
Huggs
Shari

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by Mastifflvr28 on Oct 18^th, 2003, 8:03am

Big Ass DITTO!!
Mast

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by brain_cramps on Oct 18^th, 2003, 8:26am

geeze --- wish an old girlfriend of mine could see this! when she heard CH was known as "one of the worst pains known to man", her reply was always "that's because men don't know pain... WIMPS!"

grant (who still occasionally misses her... with every shot ;))

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by Cerberus on Oct 18^th, 2003, 9:44am

Brain-Cramps,

SQUEEEZE the trigger , don't pull it. And keep BOTH eyes open you'll see twice as well that way ;D here's to hoping you'll miss less often in the future.

Ramon

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by brain_cramps on Oct 18^th, 2003, 9:58am

LMAO bus!!!! ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by nancyc on Oct 18^th, 2003, 10:39am

Had 51 hours of labor...that is why i only had one child..but would have had ten if i could have bypassed the chs....smiles, nancyc

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by River_Rat on Oct 18^th, 2003, 10:40am

I remember when I had my first child, WOW it was really bad, OH Wait I never had any kids, my wife that did that. aww forget it!

LEE

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by lelacks on Oct 18^th, 2003, 11:05am

Thanks everyone! I thought it was a myth.

To happier days. ;D

Seung.

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by catlind on Oct 18^th, 2003, 4:37pm

For me, natural childbirth with my last hit about an 8 on the pain scale, and a CH easily can top out at 10.

One major difference is that at the end of labour, you have this beautiful little miracle to hold. At the end of a CH you have another one to wait for...and nothing good for all your suffering.

Cat

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by Karla on Oct 18^th, 2003, 7:58pm

I gave birth to twins naturally an hour in a half apart. I was in hard labor for 15 hours. I would take delivering a baby or two over having a cluster headache any day of the week.

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by ebk3 on Oct 19^th, 2003, 2:44am

lelacks (sp?)

Great question, one of the best I've run across on this site! I'm thinking perhaps you ought to re-title it/something that refers to your question. I think it would get tons of hits and replies.

Ladies! I've quoted that theory to many people/ but never have I really in my heart of hearts believed it, until now, thank you all!

L. Great description of the episodic Ch suffererer. We have virtually the same symptoms. 6 hours huh? mine are from 2 to 4 hours apart. Every year/ or sometimes I skip a year.

Gene

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by Spindrift on Oct 19^th, 2003, 8:09am

I'd read about this amazing fact too but always doubted it. Not of course that this will ever cut any ice with women who've never given birth, or those who have but have never been through those really fun 2 a.m. brain pounding sessions....

Thanks all,
SD

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by Tiannia on Oct 20^th, 2003, 12:18pm

I've had two kids, one natural, the other with an epideral (Thank God) When these headaches started in July by September I would have given anything for it to have childbirth cause you know it is going to stop at some point and that you will have something to show for it. CH's are not giving, they simply take and the longer I deal with them, the more I realize that they not only take from sufferers but they take from everyone around us.

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by oringkid on Oct 21^st, 2003, 7:56pm

Gotta get in on this one... I had no nothin' with my daughter. I even tore! (sorry guys)

Childbirth was nothin' compared to a CH... I've often described CH to other women as kind of like giving birth through your eye!

Definitely CH is worse than childbirth.

Sherry

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by Prense on Oct 21^st, 2003, 8:09pm

on 10/18/03 at 16:37:17, catlind wrote:

One major difference is that at the end of labour, you have this beautiful little miracle to hold. At the end of a CH you have another one to wait for...and nothing good for all your suffering.

I end up holding a stat-dose pen with an empty vial attached. [smiley=sgrin.gif]

Title: Re: don't want to start a war...but
Post by Mikey on Oct 21^st, 2003, 10:41pm

I don't know about child birth of course, but i have lots of kidney stones that i have past, and a lot more on the way that are still in my kidneys. Passing a kidney stone is certainly no picnic, but i'm chronic, and would gladly pass several stones every day than to have several CHs a day!......Once, i past a kidney stone while having a KIP 10......didn't hardly feel the stone at all..LOL!

Mikey, ;;D