The most pain you've experienced in your life?
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k that.Sciatica - absolute agony, complete inability to move at times. Thankfully I haven't had a really bad dose for a few years now, just occasional discomfort.
Worst pain for me had to be when I came off the mountain bike, bust 3 ribs and suffered a collapsed lung. I never knew what pain was until I had to get the chest drain put in.
Another nasty one was getting shot in the eye by a paintball, worst headache ever. Earned me a few weeks in hospital and a couple of operations, they were able to save the eyeball but too much damage done to regain the sight in it.
Worst pain for me had to be when I came off the mountain bike, bust 3 ribs and suffered a collapsed lung. I never knew what pain was until I had to get the chest drain put in.
Another nasty one was getting shot in the eye by a paintball, worst headache ever. Earned me a few weeks in hospital and a couple of operations, they were able to save the eyeball but too much damage done to regain the sight in it.
Gout is VERY painful.
I broke my knee some years ago skiing and that hurt a fair bit, but the gout was MUCH worse and went on for days!
Scariest pain was, as a kid, jumping off a pile of logs and winding myself on landing. A little painful, but being completely unable to breathe was REALLY scary!
M.
I broke my knee some years ago skiing and that hurt a fair bit, but the gout was MUCH worse and went on for days!
Scariest pain was, as a kid, jumping off a pile of logs and winding myself on landing. A little painful, but being completely unable to breathe was REALLY scary!
M.
losing the end of my finger between the chain and cog on my Ultra Burner hurt.
Although my mind was distracted by the ride home, where my mum ran it under the tap.
The incident did lead to the most dad joke my dad ever said when we were in the hospital for a change of dressing.
Dad: so doctor, will he be able to play the piano when it's all healed?
(can you see where this is heading?)
Doc: I don't see why not
Dad: That's good, he couldn't before
Although my mind was distracted by the ride home, where my mum ran it under the tap.
The incident did lead to the most dad joke my dad ever said when we were in the hospital for a change of dressing.
Dad: so doctor, will he be able to play the piano when it's all healed?
(can you see where this is heading?)
Doc: I don't see why not
Dad: That's good, he couldn't before
Bike accident, Right leg broken in 6 places below the knee, Pelvis broken in 8 places, right hand broke the little finger and one next to it and ligaments in right hand.
Broke ribs, and tore out the left hip joint and muscles to left leg above the knee, I tried to get up off the ground after I had turned my right leg and foot round the right way,as my foot was facing behind me, but all crumpled up and I didn't feel any pain.
Was in traction in hospital initially for 5 months, the first night in ICU I had bolts through below my left knee and left foot which were attached to weights to keep my left hip in traction and also my right leg was all bolted together and had weights on for the same reason but I needed a leak so undid the bolts holding my right leg together and luckily for me pressed the call bell for the nurse to ask where I had to go to get to the toilet, that caused some serious bell ringing on the ward.
The worse pain by far for me was the sking grafts for my right leg as they had to take the skin from the back of my Left thigh, which when I had it done I was told was done with something like a potato peeler, it was as though someone had branded the whole of my thigh.
They then put a dressing on the donor site and then as the hair on the back of your thigh grows through it gets ripped off again and again as they change the dressing and apply Iodine back when I was in Hospital.
Since then I have had my Left hip changed 3 times and that is a walk in the park.
Broke ribs, and tore out the left hip joint and muscles to left leg above the knee, I tried to get up off the ground after I had turned my right leg and foot round the right way,as my foot was facing behind me, but all crumpled up and I didn't feel any pain.
Was in traction in hospital initially for 5 months, the first night in ICU I had bolts through below my left knee and left foot which were attached to weights to keep my left hip in traction and also my right leg was all bolted together and had weights on for the same reason but I needed a leak so undid the bolts holding my right leg together and luckily for me pressed the call bell for the nurse to ask where I had to go to get to the toilet, that caused some serious bell ringing on the ward.
The worse pain by far for me was the sking grafts for my right leg as they had to take the skin from the back of my Left thigh, which when I had it done I was told was done with something like a potato peeler, it was as though someone had branded the whole of my thigh.
They then put a dressing on the donor site and then as the hair on the back of your thigh grows through it gets ripped off again and again as they change the dressing and apply Iodine back when I was in Hospital.
Since then I have had my Left hip changed 3 times and that is a walk in the park.
Caesar9 said:
I think sepsis may of been slightly worse as I can't stand hospitals and I will do anything within my power not to visit one but being curled up in a ball sweating and shaking with the worst all over body pain I had to get my mum to take me in. Cue 2 weeks on the strongest antibiotics they had on an IV drip being woken up every few hours to have blood pressure etc taken. I literally felt like I was dieing.
I had same when Hickman line they installed to ease my chemo infusions got infected and I went down with septicemia. All over pain, delerium, temperature 104, morphine didn't work - and Caesar9 - if you had it as bad as me, you probably were nearly dying - I'm told I was near it!! But having escaped hospital, about 10 days later unbeknown to me an abcess formed and burst on my gall bladder - which was excruciating too - I remember crying out for morphine in the admissions ward - resulted in further 2 weeks in hospital cos the septicemia hadn't been cleared properly.dangerousB said:
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Four examples, from racing motorbikes . . .
1) Taken out by another bike at Mallory Park. Result - grade 3 separation of my Acromio-Clavicular joint
Most of mine stem from bike racing as well and I think I've done that one . . . is that when your collar bone pops vertically out where it meets your shoulder? Left my collar bone S-shaped and permanently proud of my shoulder. Effing painful that was. Mine was courtesy of being nerfed off by someone at turn one at Snetterton.1) Taken out by another bike at Mallory Park. Result - grade 3 separation of my Acromio-Clavicular joint
With one exception though, I've found most of my muscular injuries more painful than bones breaking . . . I've broken wrists, arms, elbows, ankles, fingers & toes, my nose, legs, collar bones, pretty much most things and I've found that unless ligaments, tendons or muscles go at the same time, your body does a pretty good job of anaesthetising you.
The one exception happened at Pembrey (turn 4, the one after Dibeni, can't remember it's name). Passing someone around the outside, I got pushed onto the rumble strip, the rear broke loose and I got into a mahoosive sideways episode that seemed to last forever. Just when I thought I'd dealt with it, the rear gripped, my inside foot (left one) came off the peg and slid underneath the bike, just as it was in the process of violently highsiding me.
Result? Multiple tib/fib fractures from the knee to the ankle with the worst being a 4 inch spiral fracture in the centre of the tibia. That really did smart . . . proper intense pain. The drugs they gave me barely touched the sides. Even after 6 weeks I could feel the ends of my bones rubbing together whenever I made the slightest movement. The first week was particularly unpleasant though.
The muscular injury that I've experienced that was probably the most painful was a snapped l/h side adductor (120mph highside passing through a 12ft somersault directly into the splits) which was absolutely excruciating and rendered me the gait of an 80 year old for 2 or 3 weeks.
On the positive side though, it has left me with the ability to perform a genuinely unique party trick, so it's not all bad!
It's so bad, that workmates (now boringly) joke that I've left the coat hanger inside whatever I'm wearing
And yeah, with you on the pain from soft tissue and ligament damage. My list of 'most painful' didn't include bone breaks, because as you say, these seem to be relatively painless compared to tissue, muscle and ligament damage.
By far the worst, as you and I have found out - ouch!
Bike racing? What a ridiculous way to horrendously injure yourself, give you bodily damage that will haunt you with a vengeance when you're older, and make setting fire to bunches of 20 pound notes look like a cheap way of wasting money
Fun though, innit? I reckon I could have had a less-injurious and cheaper Heroin habit though, lol!
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
dangerousB said:
Ray Luxury-Yacht said:
Four examples, from racing motorbikes . . .
1) Taken out by another bike at Mallory Park. Result - grade 3 separation of my Acromio-Clavicular joint
Most of mine stem from bike racing as well and I think I've done that one . . . is that when your collar bone pops vertically out where it meets your shoulder? Left my collar bone S-shaped and permanently proud of my shoulder. Effing painful that was. Mine was courtesy of being nerfed off by someone at turn one at Snetterton.1) Taken out by another bike at Mallory Park. Result - grade 3 separation of my Acromio-Clavicular joint
With one exception though, I've found most of my muscular injuries more painful than bones breaking . . . I've broken wrists, arms, elbows, ankles, fingers & toes, my nose, legs, collar bones, pretty much most things and I've found that unless ligaments, tendons or muscles go at the same time, your body does a pretty good job of anaesthetising you.
The one exception happened at Pembrey (turn 4, the one after Dibeni, can't remember it's name). Passing someone around the outside, I got pushed onto the rumble strip, the rear broke loose and I got into a mahoosive sideways episode that seemed to last forever. Just when I thought I'd dealt with it, the rear gripped, my inside foot (left one) came off the peg and slid underneath the bike, just as it was in the process of violently highsiding me.
Result? Multiple tib/fib fractures from the knee to the ankle with the worst being a 4 inch spiral fracture in the centre of the tibia. That really did smart . . . proper intense pain. The drugs they gave me barely touched the sides. Even after 6 weeks I could feel the ends of my bones rubbing together whenever I made the slightest movement. The first week was particularly unpleasant though.
The muscular injury that I've experienced that was probably the most painful was a snapped l/h side adductor (120mph highside passing through a 12ft somersault directly into the splits) which was absolutely excruciating and rendered me the gait of an 80 year old for 2 or 3 weeks.
On the positive side though, it has left me with the ability to perform a genuinely unique party trick, so it's not all bad!
It's so bad, that workmates (now boringly) joke that I've left the coat hanger inside whatever I'm wearing
And yeah, with you on the pain from soft tissue and ligament damage. My list of 'most painful' didn't include bone breaks, because as you say, these seem to be relatively painless compared to tissue, muscle and ligament damage.
By far the worst, as you and I have found out - ouch!
Bike racing? What a ridiculous way to horrendously injure yourself, give you bodily damage that will haunt you with a vengeance when you're older, and make setting fire to bunches of 20 pound notes look like a cheap way of wasting money
Fun though, innit? I reckon I could have had a less-injurious and cheaper Heroin habit though, lol!
Awesome sport though. Nothing quite like it. I'd do it again tomorrow if it weren't so eye-wateringly expensive (at National level anyway), but I've easily had all my 9 lives and can still walk and talk about it, so we'll see!!!
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