Yeah, well if any woman ever tells you that you have no idea about pain because you've never had to deliver a baby . . . you can laugh in their face. "HA!!!", you can say.

I have had two natural births, and was drip induced with both. I had 52 hrs or labor with one, and 36 with the other. Yeah, it hurt . . . but absolutely pales in comparison to a bad TM attack.

I think the hardest part is how long it lasts. At least with labor, it's over in hours to days . . . but with this, it goes on excruciatingly for WEEKS, and you can't escape it with pain relief. The other hard part is the "overstimulation" of sensations that are going on . . . the mind just goes on overload.

I was thinking the other day, they should probably just put us in an induced coma for about 6 weeks, like they do burn victims. When I have had other bad pain (like with the botched LP), at least I was so doped up I didn't know what was going on most of the time. Also, it's kinda like we have an out of body experience when we have very bad "normal" pain . . . but with this neurological stuff, there is just NO escaping it, it seems.

Just a week or two more, and it WILL get easier and easier from then on . . . .

Cherie