Storytime: Penn's $10K Dump

Appendicitis? Nope. Kidney stones? Not a chance. For the love, please someone (anyone) tell us this has also happened to you. Leave us your accidental ER trip stories in the comments. #ERstories #expensivepoop #theholdernessfamily
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[@lydiapetersen1201]

My husband was convinced he was having a heart attack. We went to the ER and they rush him back to an exam room so they can save his life. He gets hooked up to all kinds of machines and there are people rushing in and out of the room. After a couple of hours of this things have calmed down and I'm waiting to talk to the doctor about next steps. The doctor comes in and says "good news you were not having a heart attack. Bad news you just spent $12,000 to pass gas." So Kim I think our husbands may be kindred spirits.

[@Brokencyde65]

My husband had something similar happen. Turns out, it was a panic attack.

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

Oh no...it sounds like this happens quite frequently. Not a laughing matter when you get the bill but it's so funny to hear the story. 😂😂

[@sugar_anime3312]

Lmao😂😂😂

[@lindasherwood8932]

Not a laughing matter. Happened to me twice and I had to quit drinking coffee because of too much acid. But that being said, sometimes you do not know if it is a legitimate heart attack or if it is gas pain!

[@patriciag9063]

OMG! I thought it was just MY husband! ER for gas, gallbladder removed because of constipation, urgent care for seasonal allergies (thought his throat was closing up), and most recently hospital overnight for cough.

[@juliemeadows3952]

About 15 years ago, I felt a large lump on the left side of my abdomen. After a few days it went away, but then it came back. I made an appointment to see my dr, but he was booked so I saw his colleague. He couldn't feel anything. He said it could be a cyst on my left ovary. After a few weeks, I still kept feeling it and I made an appointment with my regular doctor. He examined me and told me that because I was thin, I was able to feel my stool through my colon and abdomen. He said that's why the "lump" comes and goes. I was so embarrassed. I wanted to disappear. At least it was just a Dr. visit fee, not the ER!

[@mommytojesse]

My husband demanded we take our 2 year old daughter to the ER (side note: he is a paramedic) because he thought she stuck something in her nose. I was so embarrassed I didn’t go because I felt there was nothing there. He came home with discharge papers stating she had a booger in her nose. 🤣

[@AnnabellaRedwood]

But that's kinda cute though. He's a good daddy.

[@angelm5355]

Wow

[@violetlima7585]

@@angelm5355 LOL

[@daschundloverable]

@@AnnabellaRedwood When my son was about 1.5 yrs. old, he came to me pointing up his nose and told me he stuck a pea gravel up it. Took him to the ER and the dr. said there was nothing up there. I told him, that if my son said what he did, then there is a pea gravel up it. Dr. then took x0rays and sure enough, they found a small stone up his nose and proceeded to take it out. That was a very serious situation they were going to dismiss. I on the other hand started have chest pains on a Sunday and they proceeded til Thursday. Then I went to the ER. I was in the middle of a heart attack and they rushed me into a room and started without anesthetics, so I was able to see on the screen the wire that was going up me. I woke up 1.5 days later with 2 stents. So you just never know. Better to err on the side of caution.

[@AnnabellaRedwood]

@@daschundloverable my niece had a habit of putting all manner of things in her nose. You can never be too careful and must listen to your gut instinct. Better to be safe than sorry. Hope you're much better now. God bless x

[@carleeturner7439]

After this video I got a ad for stool softener LOL it’s ok Penn we’ve all been there 😂

[@BB-wl1lu]

i got a dulcolax ad before the video started!

[@cicishow5674]

I got an ad with penn in it for a Mr.cool DIY ac unit

[@gaydumbass871]

@@cicishow5674 I got that yesterday on A different video!

[@hanabananachanchanchanchan2984]

I got a request for the Democratic Party for a contribution. (That’s a contribution, um, not a sample)

[@zinasecc]

My dog was crying for hours and nothing we did made him feel better. We went to the vet and they ran all these tests on him and after $500 in tests we found out he had gas. He had a $500 fart!

[@abbyc4167]

Lol

[@CoriLane3060]

Hahahahhaha lol

[@midwestlakelife]

Wow. You got a deal. I went through the same thing with my dog last year. $800 for all the tests and it was GAS.

[@lanceandshelleypeters-en465]

We had the same dog! Exactly.

[@amydebois]

"See this area right here? That a HUGE DUMP you need to take!" Omg!!! 😂😂😂 i love you impressions of each other and other people!! Keep the funny stories comin holderni!!!♥️♥️♥️

[@cassandraelefson5654]

I'm not even exaggerating this is legit the same thing that happened to my husband and 7 years later I still tell him we have a diagnosis of him being full of crap 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm literally laughing so hard at this!! Sending to my husband right now!

[@victoriacaddy2221]

I have a reverse. A few years ago we were in church singing and my dad couldn't catch his breath but he thought nothing of it. On the way home we passed a hospital but he refused to go. When we got home we ate then he started watching the usual Sunday NASCAR race in his room but he said his chest hurt. Mom went and checked on him but he started getting mad because he said he was fine. She then started sending me and my sisters in. The last time my sister said that he was laying on the floor watching the race but he said he felt fine. This was towards the end of the race (4 or 5 pm). Mom convinced him to go to the hospital which he never does. They ran all the heart protocol because of chest pain. They were thinking maybe it was a bad case of heart burn but they still had to do the chest x-ray. After the x-ray they came out and asked him if he knew he only had one lung. He said as far as he knew he had two. That is when they figured out his right lung was 100% collapsed. They told him he had about 10 more minutes left before it would've killed him and that they have never seen anyone deal with the amount of pain it caused. It moved his heart 2 inches and it was starting to collapse. So it became a joke that it was a good thing the race didn't go into overtime. He smoked for several years 4 packs a day which has caused all his breathing trouble today. Which has taught me one valuable lesson on why not to smoke. He hadn't smoked in over 15 years when his lung collapsed so just goes to show the choices you make when you are young truly affect you when you get older.

[@josephv5484]

Been through that. I had one fully collapsed lung and the other partially. Work sent me home and said don't come back without medical clearance. Doctors office misplaced my xrays (no, I didn't go to the hospital.. I'm a guy.. Only went to the doctor 'cause of work.) 3 days later I get a phone call sending me to the hospital. They couldn't believe I was still alive. That was 17 years ago. My wife doesn't remember me being sick. Being that we live in a civilized country, it didn't cost me a cent.

[@michellemarie1197]

My mom had a collapsed lung, it was scary, she was a smoker too, after that she quit, and then after awhile she kinda went back on and then she passed from a stroke :( 😞, that's why I don't smoke.

[@melaniev4390]

I had a child with chronic constipation...we went to the ER several times with her doubled over screaming. We used to say we would put it on her tombstone "not poop this time".

[@kinetic.finley]

I've been told to go home while bursting a large ovarian cyst and kidney stones at the same time. Ers treat women and men pain so differently 🙃

[@LibreDeCulpa]

Im so sorry you had to go throug that. Something similar happenned to me once, I honestly thought I was going to die because of a few ovarian cyst that made me bleed for over 3 months, it got to a point where I was so weak that I could barely walk and left my footprints on blood...and all the doctor did was put an IV with electrolytes and vitamins and told me to wait it out...just awful

[@charjones5267]

That is so true!

[@jessicawilson1751]

I had a ruptured appendix and my mom drove me into the ER. The admitting staff sounded skeptical I was in pain and asked if I had a history of ovarian cysts. I told them no so they begrudgingly admitted me (I think also by law they had to accept me to the ER?). Yeah, 2.5 days in the hospital post surgery because the damn thing ruptured. I slept on the discomfort for 24 hours and only went in when I stopped being able to roll over, and I even took a shower before going in >.

[@HealthyDisrespectforAuthority]

Try being female and a redhead.. we feel pain differently - for me, most pain presents as burning..from earaches and tooth pain to childbirth and arthritis. It's said that we need more (or sometimes less) meds for pain but I think maybe we need different ones. Thy just haven't studied it enough because there's not enough money in it for 3.2% of the global population

[@claudiamiller7730]

Men just scream louder and more annoyingly than women…so staff want the OUT of them waiting room ASAP!!💕

[@angels4225]

LMAO! However, I completely understand. So when I was around 15 I was experiencing major discomfort in my mid and lower abdomen. We lived 45 min from the pediatrician. I had been doubled over crying most the morning so we drove to the Dr.s. My mom and I explain just how bad this is. They didn't say it but I'm pretty sure they thought I was having some type of pregnancy problem. They sent my mom out of the room and tried to get me to say there was a possibility I could be PG. I wouldn't do it so they sent me across the street for an ultrasound. I get there and the pain is intensifying by the minute, and we waited for what seemed like an eternity. Finally in walks the guy to do the ultrasound and I about died when I realized it was the hottest boy in schools dad, who was also quite handsome himself. Then immediately has me pull my pants to just below my pelvic bone. Now I'm not only in horrible pain but also now I'm completely mortified. He does the ultrasound and we're like what is it? He says he isn't allowed to tell us anything he just passes it off to the pediatrician who will do the diagnosis. So we wait another hour and a half back at the pediatrician office for results. When the Dr. Came in he was chuckling. "Your going to be just fine. You have a massive air bubble stuck. " My mom not picking up what he was laying down asked what that meant and how we fix that. "He said well basically she just needs to fart. Maybe get her some alkiseltzer. " We got in the car and aren't even 5 minutes away, and I ripped the longest, loudest smelliest fart ever. You would have thought the devil lived inside me. It was instant relief though, and regardless of the smell I had never felt so thankful in my life. My mom had to stop the car and get out. To this day my mom still thinks farts are for the bathroom only. But I know better. You just got to let it go. $100 Dr Visit $400 ultra sound Chernobyl style fart PRICELESS!

[@marycarnahan9205]

Look on the bright side, at least you didn't let loose when the hot kid's dad was doing the sonogram

[@kom066]

This is like a full story book and u wasted your time you didn’t even need to say this you just want attention

[@hallicat]

poor poor girl XD

[@nkowilson8825]

@@kom066 that's mean f* off

[@vo8595]

kom viri you’re awful I thought the story was good and didn’t mind it was long

[@Kirintourist]

My husband and I were in pretty much the opposite situation a few years ago. He had horrible abdominal pain but was convinced it was constipation. I pressured him to go to the ER because he was doubling over in agony and that's rare for him. We found out that his appendix was necrotic and they prepped him for surgery right away.

[@beckaboo3241]

My kiddo had the same problem from constipation. Him being a 6yo, we weren't going to take a chance. It was a relief to know it was only constipation. I'm a dietitian and work with IBS/IBD population. It's true that constipation can be debilitating. Chronic constipation can affect a person's ability to work, go to school and generally enjoy life.

[@dawnh7224]

😂😂😂 I thought my friend’s $1200 vet bill for a constipated cat was bad until I heard this! Glad you’re feeling better.

[@garlandajoyce1980]

🤣🤣 oh my! Penn you are awesome but very dramatic! This was hilarious. I love when you tell stories as each other.

[@eloucks88]

I have a new appreciation for the Canadian health care system.

[@paulam3988]

And at the end of this video I got an ad for a laxative 😂🤣😂

[@jessirenae08]

We had a similar issue with my son (5 years old at the time) He was complaining of belly pain, he was throwing up, he had diarrhea, but no fever. Made a Drs appointment, they sent us to the ER, lots of bloodwork, x-rays, and other scans. He was full of poop. A few weeks of aloe vera juice and he was back to normal. Found out later he was holding his poops, cause hes a small kid, and he was worried he would fall into the potty at school.

[@jenniferanderson4887]

😢

[@jessicawilson1751]

I held onto my poop as a kid because it hurt to poop. I'd also hide my dirty underwear in a drawer because I was embarrassed. Eventually my parents found out and they gave me Metamucil. Now as a 32 year old, I have a Squatty Potty. I wish we had something like that when I was constipated as a kid. Lol, now that I think of it, my dad just asked me during my last visit why I hide my underwear. Embarrassment of pooping in my pants!

[@GrowingUpWithoutBorders]

I'm crying laughing right now. This is the funniest story ever! 😂😂😂

[@bubzilla6137]

Ok, here we go.... So I had a hernia surgery in 2010. It was rough, the recovery was painful, but eventually I was fine.... Until 2015, I believe. I had a double hernia surgery this time. The mesh broke from the first one and a new one popped up on the other side. Now my groin has two incredibly painful hernias, one on each side. So I get both fixed the same day. I go home, I'm in excruciating pain. I remember from the first time how bad it was, so at first I wasn't worried, just hurting really bad. I talked to the doctor every couple days, and he gave me stronger and stronger narcotic pain meds each time. It seemed to be getting worse, so I finally went to the emergency room one night. No amount of pain meds did anything for me. In fact, while I was in the room at the ER, they gave me a shot of something called Dilaudid. I've heard stories from people about how powerful this drug is. It didn't phase me in the least. I didn't feel loopy, it didn't affect my ability to think or process information- it may as well have been a shot of water! Even worse, it did nothing for my pain... So, after a bunch of other tests, they take me upstairs for an ultrasound. Then they returned me to my room. After awhile, the doctor finally comes in and says "I've got great news for you!" to which I replied "I sure hope so!" or something like that... Anyway, he said the ultrasound showed an enormous backup in my intestines or colon, or wherever it was- I just had to poop and I'd feel much better. He suggested something called magnesium citrate. It comes in a little glass bottle, $1-$2, depending where you buy it. To this day, anytime someone is having issues, I tell them to use this stuff- it's so cheap and AMAZINGLY effective! So basically, the pain meds were causing constipation. As I got stronger and stronger pills, it made the issue worse and worse. What took several days to create, and several hours (and several thousand dollars) to diagnose, took only $1.50 and 15 minutes to fix! Those narcotic pain meds are no joke!!!!! Thanks Penn, for sharing your story in such a fun way! I love how you and Kim play each other's roles in this video- hilarious!!! Lol!!! 🙂😂🤣

[@rosencain]

Had a similar issue when in hospital. I had Celluitus on my left leg, shin to ankle. Dilaudid worked pretty good for me, until I stood up. Even the dose they gave me didn't stop the pain at that point and it wore off after about 3hrs. The antibiotics should have you going like a river, but the pain meds are an effective dam. Adding pain and discomfort to the pain and discomfort you are already having is just too much; especially since it was an easy fix to ease some of the pain and discomfort. Next time I was in hospital I warned them about last time and they started a softner that day. It made a huge difference.

[@bubzilla6137]

@@rosencain I hope you're doing better now.... Thanks for sharing! 🤗🤗🤗

[@missymurphy2444]

I had a similar thing happen to me. I was in so much pain that I went my Dr and she said I was backed up. I thought ‘great...I went to the dr for her to tell me I had constipation” due to pain meds. But yeah, magnesium citrate works wonders...

[@christysdeals4u]

yep, took hubby to ER 2 weeks ago and they gave him magnesium citrate! 😂🤣

[@bubzilla6137]

@@christysdeals4u Nice! I hope he's feeling better now. 🙂🙂🙂

[@joan8862]

Penn is such a good sport.

[@eas8381]

I was a nurse in the ER for many years and I can't tell you how often we see this. The "medical term" we have coined for this type of condition is "FOS" an acronym for Full Of Sh*t. But jokes aside it can become a very critical situation if left for a long period of time. Constipation can result in a bowel obstruction that cuts off blood flow to your intestines and needs to be rectified with emergency surgery. So don't let potential embarrassment get the better of you and make sure that you talk to your doctor if you have chronic constipation. This has been your PSA (public service announcement) for the day brought to you by a former RN who too has been diagnosed with FOS in the past.

[@emaayan]

the up side being it turns into a sh*t show you might get to upload a vid about it. :)

[@melissawalker2929]

Haha another RN here who posted above your post nore polite than mine. Just got off shift with a bunch of backed up people and guess this story triggered me haha

[@seameology]

I'm not a nurse but worked in an OR. This is actually pretty common.

[@kalinagilson3694]

This was a few months ago - I was pregnant with my daughter and I woke up in the middle of the night with pain in my abdomen, causing me to double over. I tried pooping, but nothing happened. Later that morning, we went to the ER. We knew it wasn't appendicitis because I had gotten my appendix out at Christmas for that 😅 anyway, it ended up being constipation. Ironically, just last week I had to again go to the ER for abdomen pains, but this time had to get my gallbladder removed! Just goes to show that sometimes it is medically necessary, sometimes its just a false alarm. You never know! 😄

[@celestelopez4333]

Next time the first question should be "hunny did you poop today?"😂😂

[@dayna2688]

Celeste Lopez as a mom that’s always the first question I ask my kids if they complain of a sore tummy.

[@rebecamaria5566]

I took my dog to the emergency 3 times because of constipation. I thought he was dying, he was full of crap. Funny thing: I am a vet.

[@annaliz1981]

I can't tell how many times someone has said their stomach hurt and I suggested they try to poop.

[@MomtoaFullHouse]

As a mom, this is the FIRST thing I say when someone complains of a stomach ache! LOL

[@abbys6803]

OMG! That’s exactly what my mom says and I’m 17

[@oodlespaos]

My parents always say that haha Sometimes it works 😹😅😂🤣🤣🤣😂😅

[@missnaomi613]

Yup. Usually poop. Sometimes a gas bubble.

[@anitraduke3616]

Your absolutely 100% right that being constipated is painful. Make sure your drinking lots of water. No soda, lower your dairy products. There are a lot of reasons you can have constipation. Some so bad that people have to have surgery because they can't get it out or get it stuck half in half out!

[@AmiAngelofLight]

Wow! I can never get over how much medical care is over there! I'm from Australia and i see my GP every week because I have a few issues, it costs me nothing. I've had several hospital admissions over the years, the only bit that costs money is the ambulance ride, but because I'm on the Disability Pension i don't have to pay that. But even if i wasn't on the DSP the actual hospital visit itself costs nothing.

[@elroy8272]

My favorite Big Bang episode is Shedon waking up Leonard to go the hospital. Till he passes gas... " never mind". Lol

[@amandasmith4822]

I was in the ER because I had passed out at work, I work at the hospital as well, and they did three days worth of tests on me. And two blood transfusions. Fast forward to a follow up appointment, I find out that what was causing my blood loss was the fact that I have two uteruses.

[@saklee1777]

ah man that sucks. did u have to get one of ur uteruses removed?

[@rachelgr8584]

Wow crazy. That sucks.

[@leiselclayton5772]

Also, my husband was having some pretty serious chest pain at one point. He went to the ER, because he thought he might be having a heart attack. It turned out, he just had a really bad bruise on his chest, because our baby liked to bang her head on his chest while he was holding her on his lap (she had done this head banging thing for months and he thought it was funny... it took that long before he started experiencing any pain as a result, so he had no idea that had anything to do with it).

[@davidameredith8041]

Exact same thing happened to my husband. He actually thought he was gonna die 😂

[@charlotteabshire4514]

Don't feel so bad Penn I went through the same thing. The pain is excruciating.

[@AdventuresofSageandPoppy]

Thanks for the good laugh! 😂 I went to the Er for extreme abdominal pain and the whole time I was worried they were going to tell me I just needed to take a dump like you but mine turned into something really series and life threatening...so I’m glad I went and also still paying for it 🤦🏼‍♀️

[@ledmcgowan9]

My mother loves to tell the story about when I was 5 or 6 and told her that “the big doo doo hurts”. I showed her this video and she laughed so hard that she almost peed herself. Thanks for all the great potty humor.

[@rebeccarichmond1443]

My husband took our girls to the carnival one day. Hours later that same husband made us take our oldest to the ER he was convinced she had appendicitis. Turns out it was just bruising from the Tilt-a-Whirl. Day at the Carnival..$56 ER Trip afterwards..$6,283 Being able to tell my husband I was right and he was wrong..PRICELESS

[@aaspenn_]

Lmao hahahaha this is gold- you tell em!

[@KitsunePhotography]

My son’s 2nd birthday we took a train into NYC. We had a wonderful day walking around and eating and drinking new things. On the train home my son starts fussing and has a bowel movement. I check his diaper and his poop is BLOOD RED, his diaper looks like a full on period pad. I FREAK OUT. Called a relative to meet us at the train station and drive us to the ER because I’m panicking. We get to the ER and they start running tests and taking x-rays. Finally the doctor comes in and asks “Did he eat or drink anything today with red food dye in it?” I start thinking through our day and remember that at one point I ran out of our normal dye free juice boxes and bought him some fruit punch we’ve never tried before that of course was made with red food dye 🤦🏽‍♀️ I just about died from embarrassment

[@sheherhers415]

Same. But my kid spent the weekend with my dad who loaded him up on his favorite fruit....watermelon.

[@jenniferpook6498]

It sounds like he was getting impacted. It can actually lead to surgery if someone can’t eliminate their bowels. I’m glad it was able to resolve itself

[@MichaelLettner]

We waited four hours in the er to wait to take a bead out of my daughter's nose since urgent care couldn't get it. It took the doctor ten seconds with a five dollar tool you can get on Amazon . It cost us $800 after insurance.

[@frgr36]

Michael Lettner really don’t even need the tool. My daughter had a bead in her nose as well and I saw this truck and tried it. Just plug the nostril that doesn’t have the bead and then blow into the mouth. It will make the object fly out of the nose.

[@anitraduke3616]

With noses the doctor is going to have you to take your finger against the clear side if the nose. Then have you take a deep breath then put your mouth over your child's and blow hard. The problem will come out. Takes about 10-15 seconds.

[@eleanorisaacs9152]

Wow, all of a sudden the NHS is even better.

[@kimnapoleone9934]

Michael Lettner, My 3 yr old daughter tried to smell a hard coated candy in the car. Right up her nose. Redi-med sent us to ER. Her nose was dripping blue but they got it out quickly. Fear of her getting it lodged in her airway or lung. Less than 2 hours and $1000 later.

[@veenitalal5739]

Great story, I love watching you guys.

[@robinsonsomething]

Haha oh I've been there before! I'm a bit of a hypochondriac, too... but I've had numerous trips to the urgent care and ER for stuff like this. At this point, before any trip to the doc, i do the following. 1. Jump up and down. If you can still jump, odds are it's not your appendix 2. Drink a big glass of warm water. Not sure why, but it gets the guts moving so if it's gas, it'll pass. I've had gut problems for years, this is an absolute winner for most gut pain. 3. Drink some apple juice. We used to use that trick with one of our kids who used to have a hard time pooping. Apple juice gets things moving. But ultimately i agree with Kim and i would have been laughing, too 😄

[@LuisPerez-dj6pb]

This is just hysterical! 🤣🤣🤣 But yes, this happens and it IS very painful.

[@sillylilly1003]

You guys should do more story times like this, it reminds me of drunk history shows which are totally ...awesome.

[@mdwoolfy]

Both of my children have had VERY expensive dumps. We thought both had appendicitis

[@bethslaughter4279]

23 years ago, when my oldest son was 4 months old. I was back at work full time but still exclusively nursing so lots of pumping during the day. Apparently I wasn’t drinking enough water. My belly started hurting mid day. By 8 that night I was in so much pain I couldn’t stand up. My ex husband called his mother to come sit with the baby and rushed me to the hospital...where I worked by the way...4 hours and several thousand dollars later I was diagnosed with constipation. The doc showed us the X-ray. Gave me a pain shot and some pills and sent me home. We get in the house and my former mother in law, all concerned, asks what was wrong and my ex husband says calmly, “nothing, she’s full of sh*t”. Spent the rest of the night and the whole next day in the bathroom. Learned my lesson and have never been constipated since...

[@edschermer]

So...this video was replaying in my mind yesterday, when I was on a business trip with severe abdominal pain... Except in my case my wife was texting me from the other side of the country to go to an ER... When I finally ended up at an ER (work health clinic told me to go get an enema an see them the next day, an urgent care doc said...we need see what is going on, and we don’t have imagery here). Had a CT scan that shows a 6-7mm kidney stone!

[@UnfoundFamily]

I thought I was having a heart attack. Couldn’t breathe, chest pain, light headed. Turns out it was really bad indigestion. Maloxx with lidocaine was the cure! Oh...and another time I thought it was an asthma attack...indigestion.

[@AmishGeisha]

I had the EXACT SAME EXPERIENCE. But I was 11. Kinda confusing and scary for an 11 yr old.

[@ashtonmartin2064]

About 10 years ago I was CONVINCED I had a cyst on my ovary so I went to the GYN and they did an ultrasound on me. The tech gave me a funny look and looked back at the ultrasound and said “the doctor will be in here in a few minutes”. When my dr came in she said “honey, you’re just constipated.” 🤣

[@kendallrussell5969]

The same exact thing happened to me this afternoon. Thought I had appendicitis. After a urine test , blood test and CT scan. Turns out I’m constipated and had stomach cramps. I’m a nursing student. I told the nurse in the ER this was not exactly how I wanted to learn how to place an IV. We both got a pretty good laugh at the end of it all when we learned we both had the same lab instructor.

[@calebfinkbiner3469]

Have I seen this 10x already ? Yes Do I laugh every time I rewatch ? Also yea 😂😂😂

[@missrugbyaust]

I once had horrible stomach pain in the middle of the night. I ended up calling an ambulance thinking it was appendicitis. While being in the ER and being checked out after ruling out that it wasn’t my appendix we realized where I was in my monthly women’s cycle and that I was just ovulating.

[@twoolipish]

So funny, I love the videos where you talk for the other one and Penn's face!! LOL

[@notreallyme425]

Similar story with me, really bad stomach pains, wife tells me to suck it up. 4 hours later I’m having my partially ruptured appendix out. Same thing happened with my gallbladder 3 years earlier. She gets a cold and lays in bed for 2 days with a face mask on and somehow I’m the wimp 🤣

[@AngelaJeanBarr]

......and THIS is EXACTLY why I love being a Canadian. 🇨🇦

[@TenilleWilson204]

Gas pain is very painful. When I was pregnant I had major gas pain. At the time didn’t know what it was went to the er. Spent hours there for them to say they didn’t know what it was. But no hefty bill cause I live in Canada.

[@bubzilla6137]

America could really learn a few things from Canada.... Glad you didn't get stuck with a huge bill! 🙂

[@jordynmcgowen3019]

One time I went snowboarding and my boots were too small, but my feet were also very cold. That night my toes went purple and just stung for like 2 hours. We went to the er, and they were like “ yeah this is just very minor frostbite. Take some Advil your fine” then I ended up losing my toenails! Another time I swallowed a hard candy in a weird way and I thought I was choking and my parents called 911. 5 minutes later a cop showed up and told me to drink some water, i was fine, ten minutes later the ambulance made it and I was sitting there content and perfectly fine.

[@NerwenAldarion]

Oh Penn I’ve been where you are, I know how much it hurts...almost as much as your friends and family cracking poop jokes at your expense afterwards.

[@JC-zj7bt]

This same exact thing just happened to me. I thought I had appendicitis but it turned out to be a 💩.

[@louisianasawyer5027]

You guys are amazing! 🤗

[@amarenee2020]

Confession time… I had that happen to me when I was in my mid 20’s. Not as expensive as yours because it was a long time ago! Damn DUMP’s can be soo painful!! Haha 😂

[@renee3461]

This exact thing happened to me as a kid. I was in AGONIZING pain late at night. I finally convinced my parents that I needed to go to the doctor. I think an xray was the first thing they did at the ER and it was solved quickly.

[@princessbride2]

I didn't realize how painful constipation could be until I was pregnant with my son and my abdomen hurt so bad I would be stuck in bed some days. I had to take Metamucil and eat a Fiber One bar (the one with like 45% of daily fiber intake) every single day while I was pregnant to relieve the pain and poop.

[@grievinggeekclairedixon3445]

I don't drink enough water, shame on me. So I get intestinal pain sometimes. But I don't get extremely constipated (just mildly)because I have diverticulosis and IBS, so I "go" at least once a day.

[@realworldmom]

I”ve been full of crap too..so... your not alone..and they thought I had either a cyst rupturing or kidney stones as well.

[@butterflykisses2592]

I had gal stones and had to have my gal bladder removed. one week in hospital and it cost nothing...ahhh good ole Canada!

[@lucyburboa4362]

I started watching you guys once I watched one of your music videos and now I'm watching your vlogs. I also really like how you guys tell the story and then act it out. Keep on the good work👍🏻!!!

[@bayesianXYZ]

It's called a "spastic colon:" (should be a song in there) essentially the large intestine stops working when you find yourself under stress; i.e., you are doing it to yourself; knowing that is half the battle. It causes excruciating, doubling-up pain and took two years before mine was properly diagnosed.

[@kimcampion4095]

I went to the hospital this summer. I had kidney stones before and was always able to pass them on my own. I went to the hospital to get a scan to see if there were others so I could be prepared. Thankfully there weren't others and I passed that one on my own. A few weeks later I had a 102.1 temp for 2 days. I was literally cooking! Then it went away. I was in some discomfort around my lower abdomen, but nothing bad. I called the hospital since that fever seemed strange. I went back to the same hospital. They did a scan and found out I needed an emergency appendectomy. I really wasn't in any pain. I thought of this video and said "well, at least it's not a $10,000 poop!" :)

[@daniellebarnett8680]

My dad had a kidney stone while we were on vacation and he was up at 2 then we were at the hospital at 4 and this really nice guy gives us a blanket when my sister and I were sleeping

[@Minnesotaqueen69]

lol love watching the voice overs for each other

[@briannemcintyre5134]

This exact thing just happened with my daughter this week!!!

[@ac4896]

5:27 - 5:31 Voice overs are Friggin Hilarious...Kim..."So what you mean is my husband is full of crap" 😄👌

[@desihurst2043]

I’m a pediatrician that works in a hospital and oh my goodness so much of my time is spent helping so many families understand that their child’s abdominal pain is 💩💩 and not appendicitis, kidney stones, gallstone or cancer or whatever else google said it might be. Most the time I don’t have to do tests. I just give a whole lot of medication help them go and then there is so much 💩💩💩come out and they feel so much better. Definitely cheaper than all the tests 😂

[@debliz25]

I never landed in the ER but the blinding pain of late pregnancy constipation had me on the bathroom floor sweating and seeing stars fighting the urge to pass out lol. Long long time ago. In hindsight I probably shouldve went to ER but I knew what it was.

[@kdplans8120]

I had constipation early in pregnancy. After a suppository I birthd a fist size ball of it. But the pain had me calling my husband home from work.

[@keriissovery9566]

“Bombard you with electrolytes” 😂 😂 That’s so me! I say things that just don’t go together when I’m telling a story

[@PyeGuySailing]

I just found your videos a few days ago. I'm really enjoying them. It never ceases to shock me the amount of money Americans spend on Healthcare. A funny story for sure though and I love the mimicking faces you do when narrating each other.

[@AnnBearForFreedom]

I can attest that kidney stores are merciless and excrutiating---especially when you have two just-broken ribs at the same time. Heavy duty narcotics (the injectable ones, but only after I was admitted) were my best friend for a couple days. Ribs still hurt, almost a year later, though not nearly as badly. Stay safe and stay sane, my friends.

[@shellyrae777]

This happed to me!! Except mine was an abnormal X-ray where they seen a “mass”. High drama, a hospital admission for a day, just to be told by the doctors no less, that I was “Seriously Full of crap” 😂

[@buffalogirl3313]

I had lumbar surgery a few yrs ago with hardware. Recently after a new and different kind of pain I had an x- ray which showed I had a loose screw. My father in law thought it was so funny that now I am medically diagnosed with a loose screw.

[@sherrieschaefer3578]

Made me laugh forrrrrr real!!! Thanks!!!

[@watermelonhappy8433]

Haha if u lived in Canada this wouldn’t be a problem 😂😂

[@Bella-hh8vr]

Yep

[@izzy4791]

Yup

[@darkdaygirl]

Why not? How would living in Canada change the outcome?

[@scottblunden]

@@darkdaygirl if they were living in Canada, his $10,000 dump would have been a free dump.

[@MoralGovernment]

@@scottblunden *taxpayer funded dump.

[@MammaOVlogs]

oh dear, this was great! l loved it and so funny and great line

[@meglocklear]

My husband has a heart condition but still exercises and is considered athletic. While at a running race in Chapel Hill, NC, well, before the race actually, he started feeling bad due to the heat and was driven across the stadium at the university in a 4 wheeler "gator" with EMTs to the ER for a whole whopping 3 minutes. We were charged for a full ambulance ride of around 200+ dollars.

[@maryel5398]

I’m the opposite - I generally wait too long to go to the ER. I had a bad fall several years ago and hit my head really hard severely times, but figured I would just sleep it off. My husband convinced me to go to the ER the next afternoon because I was vomiting. I actually have permanent brain damage from the fall. Permanent. Brain. Damage. that I was going to just sleep off.

[@maryadams-smith8427]

Loving the NHS right now. 10,000 for a poop oh my !!

[@brianjames5916]

I heard the same thing at an ER last November. Told to go home and take stool softeners, nothing wrong with me - 7 hours in the ER, many tests (CT, x-ray, Ultrasound, blood....etc, etc, etc....EXPENSIVE) Made an appointment with another doctor, colon cancer..... $100,000 later and I am still not laughing. I hear your video and I know the embarrassment. I felt like I could not trust the way I felt and was some sort of hypochondriac. I would most probably be dead had I listened to the ER doctors.

[@daveadams4402]

I know your pain Penn. I can feel it even these 7 months after you posted this video. I no longer have my Gall Bladder because it was failing and only operating at 7%. Before they determined that they sent me to 7 different specialist who thought I had everything from cancer, to a hernia to appendicitis. 7 specialist who all ran test upon test and everything came back negative for 6 months. Four years go by and I would still have random pain in my abdomen that would have me over in pain. Back to thinking appendicitis and more test. Finally this one doctor started to listen to what was happening and ran some test that came back negative on gall bladder being an issue. I explain to him and he runs one more to test my gall bladder function (apparently it is different). Mine had been only operating at 7%. I believe the minimum you need is 20%. So they removed it.

[@lil7948]

This reminds me of the time before I was even born when my dad (who also is very overeagerant )told my mom his stomach was absolutely killing him. She brushed it off and said lay down and it’ll get better.two days later, I’m not sure what happened but they ended up calling the ambulance and he went to the hospital. My mom still thinking it’s gonna be the flu or something else small, finds out that he needs emergency surgery. The doctors tell her something(idk what) and then he got his GALLBLADDER REMOVED. It was really bad I’m not sure exactly what happened for it need it to be removed but now he calls his scar... he calls it his second belly button.... 😂

[@douglasdelongjr6054]

Had the same thing happen to me! Had gallbladder removed. Sent me home with Oxycotion. Did not know they cause extreme constipation. 24 hours later doubled up in the fetal position in terrible pain. Feels like I have appendicitis. Wife take me to ER. They give me codine for the pain and start running tons of test. MRI, XRays. Blood test. It was a teaching hospital so one doctor was there with four other learning student doctors trying to figure it out. Finally after hours and hours found out I was full of crap. But because of the recent surgery admitted me. So I have been up all night the night before all day in the ER and at 2 am they get me to my rooom. This young NEW guy nurse come in with my lactolouse(AK super duper anticonstipation med) and suppository. I shoot the liquid down and he is holding the suppository. I look at him and exhausted and still in pain. Do you do it or do I. Either way?!? I grab it lift my gown and swoop up it goes. I went to bed and 2 hours later holly hell broke lose which I had to call the poor nurse every time. Don't take narcotics for pain. It will mess you up. 💩💩💩💩💦💦💦🔥🔥💩💩👹👺👹👺🙈🙉🙉

[@chean58]

Oh, Pen you really did it this time.

[@spacemonkey340]

I went through this with my son. Thankfully on the way to the ER he urgently needed me to pull over at a gas station so he could use the bathroom. It all came out and we went home. He learned that he needed to poop at school if his body needed it.

[@terridavis6712]

This was the best video I couldn't stop laughing!! 🤣😂

[@4purejoy863]

Been there... it was a military hospital so I didn't get a bill, but like a nurse said, they ran a full rainbow of tests before giving me a laxative. It was a training hospital so... they had fun with it. In my case it was prescription drug induced constipation that was so bad my bladder was blocked too. Afterwards I went to my periodontist and told him after surgery next time he's supposed to prescribe a laxative too. The doctors decided it was a great time to get the interns trained even in giving pap smears. I later learned they turned in my sample for an STD check instead of cancer. 🤦‍♀️

[@sydneystephens7970]

Oh my goodness I loved this video. Another funny video that y’all should do Is a drive thru swap prank. ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@mikemcconeghy4658]

I've been through all of this recently with a family member. The doctor can't fit you in, so you go to urgent care. The urgent care can't do anything, so they send you to the ER. You spend half the night in the ER, and it's just constipation. So annoying!

[@TG-zu2ih]

You two are hilarious! We’re glad you’re ok.

[@susanquiroz1771]

So so funny, so brave for sharing this personal experience, you are both so funny

[@Sassylarita]

I have a cousin who ended up in the ER with terrible abdominal pain. Her regular doctor showed up because she has Down’s Syndrome. After several tests, her doc walked in with an x-ray film and says with all seriousness, Mrs. _____, your daughter has FOS. My aunt says oh no, what is that? He started grinning and said she is Full Of S__t! FOS. Needless to say my aunt was so relieved and couldn’t stop laughing! We have all had a good laugh thru the years. My cousin is a sweetheart and has brought much joy to us all!

[@dianabeauchesne6121]

I had horrible constipation after my second C-section. It was worse than labor or a C-section. I couldn’t sit or stand. I was sweating. It was horrible. After a bunch of tests and enemas I took a huge dump that I swear would make the hospital blow up if anyone lit a match. Lol! I totally understand your pain Penn. Oh and it was expensive. 😆

[@sandybuchanan3479]

Y'all crack me up!!!