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To ask you what's the most satisfying thing your body has done?

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Fstt1978 · 01/03/2025 21:28

I've been in hospital for a small procedure which left me with lots of trapped wind. I've been home for 2 days, turned over In bed this afternoon and did a completely silent but REALLY long burp which felt like it deflated my whole body and all the pain in my upper back and shoulders just went. It felt so relieving and satisfying.
My sister once pulled a hair from her foot only to find it was really long and had somehow wound over and under every toe and when she pulled it , she felt it on each one.

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Poppymeldrum · 02/03/2025 10:48

25 years ago on tuesday,I gave birth after finding out I was pregnant on the Monday,and this was the Saturday

(I have written on another thread about having crushing pnd and how my mother treated me)

Anyway,I'd been in agony (which is why I'd gone to the doctors in the first place and found out I was ready to give birth)

I think they called it snp (the joints in my pelvis had softened and I couldn't walk-the pain was unreal)

I managed to stagger to the loo,couldn't 'go' and had managed to stagger to the spot between my bathroom and bedroom-i put my hand on the middle bedroom doorframe and shouted 'I want to FUCKING push!' (Thankfully I had a friend staying over-she raced up those stairs and tried to catch him,failed and he landed on the floor)

Taking away the sheer panic of his birth and what had just happened,the feeling of him shooting out,and 10 seconds later,his afterbirth (which landed on top of him) is the most satisfying thing I've ever felt

On a better note,for years I've had a spot under my armpit-I know it needs to come out when it gets itchy and I can't move my arm properly

Dp squeezes it,('its just a tiny blackhead love') a perfect ball of grey gunk pops out and the feeling of being able to move my arm again is up there with freshly cut toenails

Ilikeviognier · 02/03/2025 10:55

This is disgusting (and needed intervention) but I had quinsy not that long ago (tonsil absess) - unfortunately for me I was overseas at the time. The methods at the hospital to pop the absess were a little different to those in the Uk, so they popped the absess and made my spit out all the horrible gunk into a bowl. Gross but the relief from the agony was instant.

Okthenguys · 02/03/2025 11:03

Dislodging an incredibly inflamed, painful blocked duct on my breast by massaging it while immersed in a bowl of warm salty water. Watching and feeling the clogged piece of milk float out and up into the bowl was amazing. A giant stream of breastmilk then shot out. The instant relief was unlike anything I had felt or have felt since. I actually felt dizzy and was glad I was sitting down.

Mandylovescandy · 02/03/2025 11:17

PurpleChrayn · 02/03/2025 00:33

I've done some noteworthy shits in my 44 years but nothing compares to the satisfaction of scratching off a milk blister and squeezing the breast such that the backed-up milk in the duct comes out like the fucking Trevi Fountain.

Yes, the moment my blocked duct cleared (managed to get DC in perfect position) and the instant relief

Illjusthavethebreadsticks · 02/03/2025 11:26

I got a splinter in my bottom sliding down a slide with my dd. I left it a while then one day I looked at it and the splinter had worked it's way out and was poking up from the skin, I got some tweezers and took it out. Very satisfying !!

ByWildLimeCat · 02/03/2025 11:29

NovaF · 02/03/2025 01:46

I have had this, at work and my eye felt really uncomfortable and saw a little hair poking out a tiny little hole in my upper lid, a little duct. Had tweezers on me, grabbed the tiny bit and out slid a long eyelash. Thank you SO much for reminding me am going to go the bed satisfied at the memory!

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I’ll never forget it!

SomewhereInMyHeart · 02/03/2025 11:59

PickleASturgeon · 02/03/2025 00:56

Had a headache which lasted a few days. Paracetamols didn't really help.

Then one day I felt my nose start to run. This luminous green/yellow liquid came out of my nose and the headache was gone. Such a relief.

I had this too and no one believed me! Had a blocked ear after Covid and after about a week read on MN to put head between legs. I tried it and the liquid shot out of my nose onto the floor (luckily not carpet!) and my ear unblocked. It wasn’t snot it was more watery! And yes luminous green/yellow.

CharlotteFlax · 02/03/2025 12:15

This may be somewhat outing but I once extracted what I can only describe as a TINY HORN from my belly button. It was made up of years worth of fine belly button hairs compacted into this teeny hard horn. It was amazing!

CharlotteFlax · 02/03/2025 12:29

bomalan · 02/03/2025 03:58

I had the implant, and out of nowhere started developing Bartholin's cysts.

It was HUGE with a big yellow 'head' (puss). It was so painful and I could barely walk.

I know frowned upon, but I popped it whilst looking in the mirror. Wow, the amount of puss and whatnot that came out of it. It absolutely oozed and it reeked, but that relief. I've never felt anything like it. Beyond satisfying.

I had 2 more before I got the implant removed, and never had them again!

I got these on the regular, but never when pregnant. Definitely hormone related with me and sounds similar with you.

Emeraldwitch · 02/03/2025 12:32

I had a 'blind spot' on my scalp that eventually got a head on it, it was so sore that I couldn't brush my hair properly, couldn't lie on it, the pressure of it was giving me a constant headache.... It popped but then kept refilling with fluid that kept popping but was like an open wound so was sore for weeks, got ointment and antibiotics from GP, but it still kept coming back. Eventually, my DH had a look at it and grabbed what he thought was a piece of skin/hair hanging out of the hole with tweezers. Turned out it had been a huge cyst and the 'skin' he removed was the sac. It came out intact and the pain relief was immediate and immense, within days it started healing. That was 10+ years ago, and touch wood, it's never returned!

The other one I had was about 20 years ago, I woke up with a sore 'spot' right in the middle of my upper back, right between my shoulder blades. I could feel it was huge, sure it had it's own postcode, but was unable to see it properly to do anything with it and was unable to reach it. I was getting ready for work and as I brought both shoulders back to put my top on, I heard an almighty pop, felt immediate relief and then liquid run down my spine, must have been a massive pimple with the amount of gunk that was in it 🤮

LouH1981 · 02/03/2025 12:34

I had conjunctivitis a couple of weeks after I gave birth. Someone suggested I drop breast milk in my eyes….cleared right up 👍🏻

lobsterkiller · 02/03/2025 12:38

Years ago, I used to take garlic tablets to boost my immune system. After a few days of taking them, I needed a poo. It was the best poo ever. The longest, solid poo I've ever achieved and it wouldn't flush. I had to use hot water to help it along the u bend.

Nothatgingerpirate · 02/03/2025 13:09

Stayed intact, preserved and firm, because it never had the need to nurture and spit out an alien 🤣

violetcuriosity · 02/03/2025 13:09

I had a pilar cyst right on the top of my head for years, it had slowly been getting bigger and I was gearing up to go to the Drs to get it removed. A few days before xmas I was doing headstands with my DD and it was really hurting from the pressure and then felt a bit throbby after that. On xmas eve I had a long shower and washed my hair, when I got out and was brushing it I could see a white line sticking up from the top of my head. As I was watching it I realised it was slowly getting longer. I pressed the side of the cyst and all hell broke loose, the line of white was the head and with gentle pressure I managed to get spirals and spirals of cottage cheese like stuff out of it. I was honestly pushing and squeezing for about 10 minutes, it was all in my hair, my partner was gagging, my kids were screaming 🤣 I was loving every second and still think of it a lot to this day 😄

Disturbia81 · 02/03/2025 13:11

A 10 second fart that instantly cured pain that I had for days!

6namechange3 · 02/03/2025 13:17

A horribly bruised toenail after doing an ultra marathon, the pressure was un bearable. Stuck a red hot safety pin through the nail and a massive squirt of blood came out ( instant relief)

PoppyBaxter · 02/03/2025 13:35

Would someone please share why you get constipated when you give birth?

A recent one for me was going into a sauna and steam room having recently had a cold (and being over it). I felt a rattling feeling in my nose and throat, and had to excuse myself to blow my nose in the toilets.

What came out made me laugh, it was so intense and there was so much of it, and I felt EPICALLY clear afterwards.

changedusernameforthis1 · 02/03/2025 13:45

I was once badly constipated for about a week. Spent days taking laxatives before they kicked in, and that was the most satisfying poo I've ever done in my life. I could have cried with the relief.

I also have a lot of bone and joint issues, and the early morning cracking of joints is awesome.

Microbantime · 02/03/2025 13:46

A day spent in and near the loo after being constipated for two weeks after my section with DS it took all day, 17 years ago but I still remember it all clearly

CriticalOverthinking · 02/03/2025 13:49

Had a massive spot on the side of my head, so painful and when it was finally ready to squeeze it was amazing! Splattered the mirror and the instant relief! Never gad another that lived up to it.

Then after giving birth I hadn't pooped for days, was so bloated and uncomfortable. I was sat on a table just chatting to my sil and she made me laugh, with the laugh came a massive fart which loosened something and I did the best poo of my life. Sil was equally amused and horrified 😂

IWillBeWaxingAnOwl · 02/03/2025 13:55

Babybaby2025 · 02/03/2025 00:02

That thing where you squirt from under your tongue, it happens every few years, always by accident, and can never do it intentionally

Eh?!? Have literally never done this

Muttley17 · 02/03/2025 13:56

After having had a “rattling” nostril for a few days I finally blew out a mucus plug. It was instant relief but literally looked like I’d blown part of my brain out.

Fairislesweater · 02/03/2025 14:00

When my eardrum perforated. Ok it hurt and being deaf for weeks afterwards was shit, but the relief of it bursting after I’d been full of cold and pressure in my head for days was wonderful. And the gunk that came out was very satisfying

Arraminta · 02/03/2025 14:23

lobsterkiller · 02/03/2025 12:38

Years ago, I used to take garlic tablets to boost my immune system. After a few days of taking them, I needed a poo. It was the best poo ever. The longest, solid poo I've ever achieved and it wouldn't flush. I had to use hot water to help it along the u bend.

You needed my DH there with his trusty loo brush to chop it up.

Waffleswithhothoney · 02/03/2025 14:35

When I was a teenager I had a massive blackhead on the side of my nose. Came out like a large lump and left an actual hole. When I went downstairs my mum asked if I’d had my nose pierced and wouldn’t believe me when I told her it was a blackhead. Must have been more than 27 years ago and I’ve wished for another like it but no luck