"i was at work one night and my gallbladder ruptured on me. that was the worst pain i have ever experienced! the pain was so bad that i was drifting in and out of consciousness. was airlifted to a trauma center and had emergency surgery. they couldn&#039;t do it the laparoscopic way because they had to do the surgery in a rush to hurry and get it out. was given dilaudid through iv every 4 hours after surgery. was very helpful! didn&#039;t feel any pain at all because it pretty much knocked me out."