I heard that organs CAN'T FEEL PAIN!

I was just reading about Carnie Wilson's surgery and her surgeons said that, "Another important point for people to know is that the insides of the human body do not sense pain...they can sense like a pulling or burning...if it was possible to get inside the body without causing pain, and to cut a piece of bowel, you would have no sensation of that pain...the pain of the surgery is the pain of the incision-not what was done inside." My whole question is...is this true? If so, what makes this surgery any more painful than a c-section or other types of surgery where the skin is incised (hmm, I think I made up a word there...). I mean, logically, if our organs can't feel pain, then why do we get tummy aches or angina? But if what the doctor says is true...grrrr. I hope you all understand what I'm trying to ask without trivializing the pain all the post-ops felt from their surgeries. I'm just wondering. BTW, the site I got that info from is http://www.spotlighthealth.com/morbid_obesity/carnies_story/cws_trans_the_bypass.html This should take you to the exact page I was reading-it's toward the middle-end of the transcript.

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