Your Worse Pain

[coriolis]

LOL at Bill.

We should swap war stories sometime.

[bevgo]

Ruptured lumbar disc. Could not straighten my leg and NO pain med took the pain away--even large doses of demerol in the hospital

[Swimdude]

My worst pain... Probably when I was 7 years old, on this playground at my dad's company party... I climbed through this little space that I wasn't supposed to... And some older teenager jumped from above me, kicking me in the head with his spiked cowboy boots. Made a nice puncture in my head. I thought I had been shot. My mother still talks about this to this day...

[vbhoutex]

Definitley when I had to have my appendix out. Imagine a 6'3" tall 200 pound man doubled over in pain and crying. That was me! The doctor got it out just before it was going to burst he said. It was like 3 " long!!!

[azsnowman]

I've been diagnosed with Degenerative Disk Disease in the lower back, L4-L5-L6 are going QUICK. I have to live on pain meds, of course, when I'm on duty, I have to suffer through the whole shift without them. I am a canidate for Disk Replacement surgery but to be honest, I DO NOT want someone screwing with my Vertabre or disks, I don't care HOW good the surgeon is, one slip, one "OPPS" and I'd be DONE with for life! I'll just suffer and continue to medicate myself thank you!


Dennis

[azsnowman]

Shhhhhhhhh...my worst pain is in the next room.

Would a Industrial Size Preparation "H" help?

Dennis

[Miss Mary]

You guys are soooooo bad today!

My husband had an emergency appendectomy after a 12 hour span of what he thought was severe heartburn. I see others have had severe pain from this type surgery too. Turns out of course he needed surgery. Even though the incision was 2 inches long, he had severe pain from it. He spent one night in the hospital (1998), now they do the surgery via laparscopy as an out-pt., but they offered him another night's stay. He wanted to come home in the worst way but what we discovered (and I paid close attention to for my surgeries just one year later), once they remove the IV and you switch to pill form pain meds, they are not rapid. Sometimes it takes 20 to 30 minutes to kick in. Let me just say that the first 24 hours he was officially home and needed help, was very rough. Back then our children had parents who focused on THEM all the time. Suddenly I was a post-op nurse and our kids were underfoot. The wild and crazy scene with me running out into the hall shouting comes to mind - "be quiet, if I hear one more word out of you two, you'll be severely punished (read, no TV for a week, grounding, etc.) and don't call me unless there's blood!" The look on their faces....oh my, I know I shocked them. They didn't even eat dinner until 9 that night they say now - well, kids sometimes that just has to happen.....after it all was all over, Jim finally admitted - now why didn't I stay 2 nights?

Mary

PS - I still wonder why my surgeon didn't remove my appendix while under. I hope mine never ruptures or needs to come out!

[Windswept]

Shhhhhhhhh...my worst pain is in the next room.

rofl

[Meso]

Where to start, I'm only 18 and I've had back and neck problems caused from rollerblading, i've had kidney stones twice.. and tooth ache at the moment, But I'd say Kidney stones was the worst, :/

[streetsoldier]

I've been diagnosed with Degenerative Disk Disease in the lower back, L4-L5-L6 are going QUICK. I have to live on pain meds, of course, when I'm on duty, I have to suffer through the whole shift without them. I am a canidate for Disk Replacement surgery but to be honest, I DO NOT want someone screwing with my Vertabre or disks, I don't care HOW good the surgeon is, one slip, one "OPPS" and I'd be DONE with for life! I'll just suffer and continue to medicate myself thank you!


Dennis

No, really...I have degenerative disc disorder in C-3-4-5, T-5, and L-3-4-5. The cervical vertebrae have bone spurs "digging" into the discs. I also have heavyweight arthritis in both rotator cuffs (shoulders), both hips, carpal tunnel both hands, and enlarged heart/pulmoinary artery disorder.

Dennis, I cannot take the pain Rx you have, because it's contraindicated by the Rx I take for DSS, anxiety dosorder and dysthemia (low-grade consistent depressive state).

You guys/gals can't imagine this extensive pain, 24/7...and I can't describe it adequately. And, yes...$cientology and those who buy into it? They don't have a clue.

[Kelarie]

I have have migraines that have lasted a week. Also bilateral pulmonary emboli (blood clots in my lungs) and that hurt like h$ll. I could breathe without pain, I couldn't walk without pain, I couldn't do anything without pain. It was a really bad time. The kicker was the emboli were a result of medication, wonderful side effect, eh?

[therock1811]

1) Septic shock, October 2000. Nothing is worse.
2) Spinal surgery, October 1997. Three weeks later, I was still feeling it.
3) Bowel obstruction in November 2000. My stomach hurt for 5 days straight.

[JenBayles]

Wow - how to choose just one!

1. Spinal headache for 7 days following a botched myelogram.
2. 2 cervical spine fusions complete with titanium plates.
3. Open hysterectomy - thank God I only had one uterus.....
4. Gallbladder, appendix and 2 foot bowel resection.
5. Numerous small bowel obstructions - now THERE'S some real fun.

Edited to add:
6. Rotator cuff repair. The rehab is unbelievably painful.

[Guest]

I am going to try my best to keep this PG.

Basically, back in 8th grade (1996) I had a torsion of some particular urological/reproductive organs. It was more than "Ouch"; it was "YEOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWW".

I was on spring break the week prior, and this occurred early in the morning on the day school resumed. To make a long (painful) story short, I had another week and one day of spring break due to my FIRST surgury EVER!! The pain got so intense, I went to my physician, then to a specialist and finally the hospital all in two days. I had to get the condition fixed, but the prospect of surgury scared me to death!

Thankfully, everything went well. The doctors, nurses, etc, were all very kind and understanding.

The pain from the condition is something I will remember for a LONG time!

Otherwise, I have not broken any bones/sprained anything. A more recent pain (not as major or evasive as my surgury) happened several years ago at work. I was helping a customer out to her vehicle with her groceries. After thanking the customer, I closed the car door; unfortunately, my finger had not moved! Needless to say, I was not working for about a week. Nothing broke, thankfully!

[Skywatch_NC]

When I threw my back out helping my Dad do an oil change on my car when we lived in se NY state...a few visits to a chiropractor and a Thompson table took care of the problem!

Eric

[alicia-w]

kidney infections and a heart attack.

[VanceWxMan]

simply put... 2 things..

When I was beaten half to death and left for dead, only to be found by a friend and rushed to the hospital.

and Dry Socket

Aaron

[Hurricaneman]

Broken toe

[Pburgh]

Physical pain
Broken tailbone OUCH - pain no matter what position I was in. (Rollerskating with my kids)

Broken ribs - breathing was painful and I don't want to even talk about the pain of sneezing or coughing. YIKES (new shoes on carpeted steps)

Childbirth - quickly forgotten cause of the precious gift
Want more??? Hey I'm 60 how much time do ya have??????? jk

Mental pain
Death of my Dad, my Gram, my fiance. I think mental pain is the worst kind of pain.

[streetsoldier]

"I think mental pain is the worst kind of pain..."

I didn't mention that, but as usual, Karan, you hit the nail.