With me, though, I never felt any pain before it happened. Or even during or after--only pain was being poked and prodded every other hour, and having tubes up my nose and other places. I should have been in agony, but I wasn't. Until I threw up blood I just thought I wasn't hungry, and was having the hottest (and longest) hot flash the world has ever seen.

Yeah, yours does sound awful, too. A lot worse if you're able to feel it, plus all that other nasty stuff.