Worst pain in the world?

Worst pain in the world?

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P-Jay

10,551 posts

190 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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hornetrider said:
Broken coccyx, trust me on this.
Ouch, ive bruised mine once or twice, 4 days shuffling around the flat using a dyson as a zimmer frame.

Matt London

781 posts

167 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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s3fella said:
Pretty sure medically it is gall bladder pain, closely followed by a 'dry socket ' following tooth extraction.
Neither are terribly receptive to pain management. I had a dry socket and it sucked.
Dry socket is awful. Been there, done that Thought it was the worst ever after broken arms etc....but....
Raise you five ribs, broken shoulder and collapsed lung. Morphine had the same effect as Smarties!

R300will

3,799 posts

150 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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Hearing the sound of your alloy grinding along a kerb. Most painful thing in the world. Worse than childbirth.

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joewilliams

2,004 posts

200 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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My missus was quite chuffed with naturalish child birth. Bit of gas & air, waterproof sheet on the sofa, bit of pushing and job done.

Wacky Racer

38,099 posts

246 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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If you were a Manchester United fan, watching Aguero's goal go in last season........smile

CedGTV

2,538 posts

253 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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Had a bad few weeks recently and have had not a lot of sleep due to these never ending nightmares, so in answer to your question.

My greatest pain is losing my little brother 5 years ago.

It's a pain that never seems to dull.


hornetrider

63,161 posts

204 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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P-Jay said:
Ouch, ive bruised mine once or twice, 4 days shuffling around the flat using a dyson as a zimmer frame.
There are many nerve endings in the area. Any, and I do mean any body movement, sends excruciating shooting pains up and down your body.

In comparison, a snapped femur and broken patella were like a cuddle from a cute masseuse.

Dusty964

6,919 posts

189 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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Ribs, collar bone, arm, leg, fractured skull, all in a split second when being run over. Ariel slicing the scrotum was the icing on the cake, but nothing compared with being on fire. That was agony for months.

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

166 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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SL said:
I was told that I should be able to feel a sensation like "washing up in your tummy". In hindsight, I'm not 100% convinced that I was fully anaesthetised anyway because I had full control of my legs and I could feel things like my waters breaking and apparently that's not normal.
When a cow has a C-section she remains standing, if it's done properly. She's kind of dozy, but won't sit down. If it hurt, you'd know about it.

A lumbar puncture is no barrel of laughs, not is meningitis, a broken neck, or shingles.

Morningside

24,110 posts

228 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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Speed_Demon said:
Cluster headache. They are nicknamed 'Suicide headaches', no prizes for guessing why. It ain't nothing like a migraine. It's been a long time since I've had one, thank god. Want to get an idea of how painful it is, check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNouKvGCqIM

Perosnally I couldn't move when I had an attack, any attempt to go anywhere resulted in vomitting. Spent most of the time screaming.
I am also a sufferer of cluster headaches and while I am on-the-edge I wish for a migraine as they can be almost calming after the storm.
frown

On a lighter note:
Pickled said:
Ozone said:
Stepping on the pins of a 3 pin mains plug - now that's pain!!!rage
This! Or a Lego brick...
Or a drawing pin in the knee joint. Or I tend to find one of my 14+pin ICs from one of my projects.
(why do they always go pin upwards?).


DSLiverpool

14,671 posts

201 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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Can only say gout or KFC ankle as its know in our house kills me, can't even bear a sheet on my foot, can't walk, can't think - od on anti inflammatories give you a massive case of the sts but you can't walk - dilemma.

southendpier

5,254 posts

228 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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hornetrider said:
Broken coccyx, trust me on this.
mine still hurts did it 11 years ago.

Bit of a Unit

6,663 posts

196 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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Cutting off my right hand, certainly smarted somewhat.

elanfan

5,516 posts

226 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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Slowed the wking tho'.

Seriously - how and did you manage to have it reattached - if so how much feeling and movement do you have?

SL

868 posts

223 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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Willy Nilly said:
When a cow has a C-section she remains standing, if it's done properly. She's kind of dozy, but won't sit down. If it hurt, you'd know about it.

A lumbar puncture is no barrel of laughs, not is meningitis, a broken neck, or shingles.
It hurt. Trust me, it hurt a LOT. I just assumed that a c-section was meant to hurt and you were meant to be able to feel everything. It was when it felt like my spine was clamped in a vice and being crushed that I realised that the pain was not normal. I have a high pain threshold but this was something else entirely.

The anaesthetist came to see me on the ward afterwards and he said he thought the anaesthetic had worn off - otherwise he wouldn't have put me under. He said that if I have any operations in the future, I need to warn the anaesthetist in advance because of the issues (it also takes longer than normal for the anaesthetic to numb me up).

Also, I've had shingles before. It doesn't even come close. It's a 1/10 on the pain scale compared to the pain in that op.

PumpkinSteve

4,098 posts

155 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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P-Jay said:
Ouch, ive bruised mine once or twice, 4 days shuffling around the flat using a dyson as a zimmer frame.
Haha! rofl

Bit of a Unit

6,663 posts

196 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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elanfan said:
Slowed the wking tho'.

Seriously - how and did you manage to have it reattached - if so how much feeling and movement do you have?
Oh the wking was great, no feeling once reattached!!!

I was 16 and very lucky, the UKs top micro surgeon and his apprentice were on call the night i did it.

Went through the arm at the wrist leaving an 2 inch wide piece of skin that the hand flapped on so I suppose cut off was a very slight exaggeration!

Several hours of micro surgery, seven pints of blood and a surprising genetic defect later I was on the mend. I had an extra artery running down the back of my arm that kept blood flowing to the hand and helping long term recovery.

2 years of intensive physio and I was back playing rugby.

20 odd years on I have my two middle fingers on the same tendon that move together, muscle wastage around my thumb and other than that and the scar you wouldn't know.

Lack of feeling did mean that for a few years I would break fingers etc playing rugby and not know until binding for a a scrum!


Edited by Bit of a Unit on Friday 14th September 19:58

bitchstewie

50,781 posts

209 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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Bit of a Unit said:
Cutting off my right hand, certainly smarted somewhat.
Well I think we have a winner. fk.

Bit of a Unit

6,663 posts

196 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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Prop

Turn7

23,502 posts

220 months

Friday 14th September 2012
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Ive had a blood clot in my lungs - a pulmonary embolism that apparently nearly finished me when I was 19.

I can only describe the pain as feeling like someone had a large knife between my spine and my lungs and was shaking it about...

Worst pain Ive ever experienced.