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What kind of ****** hospital were you at where they reset your hip without giving you versed?!?!
Broke my back in 3 vertebrae on my way for senior finals in college. Ran my truck under a landscape truck stalled on the road in the fog, on Friday the 13th in the morning with a steel beam running through the windshield and stopping from my face about 6 inches. Cops said you're lucky to be alive. I just wanted to go home, thinking I was fine. The pain kicked in big after just the shock of it all.
I acted fine but then spent the day in the emergency room with xrays. I was delighted when the nurses and doctors said we know why you're in pain...drugs and rehab and back braces for the next 6 mos. I still suffer from it.
I acted fine but then spent the day in the emergency room with xrays. I was delighted when the nurses and doctors said we know why you're in pain...drugs and rehab and back braces for the next 6 mos. I still suffer from it.
There were a few times where I have been in pretty good pain.
The first was when I was younger and had ear surgery. When I was born I was pretty much deaf but due to surgery I could hear again (I suffer from slight hearing loss - I keep hearing aids around just in case I need them). When I was about 8 I had extreme ear aches that "rocked" my nerves. I was shaking really bad and had emergency surgery. They had installed a hose in my ear wrong and they needed to re-do what they did before.
The second time was more recently when I had a dental abscess that literally kept me down for a week. I had to go to the hospital every six hours for 4 days for IV treatment. The pain was made worse by the 200.00 dollar medication they had me on as well. When I went in to get one of the "blisters" on my gum popped, they used a numbing shot. Well the nurse was new or something and she put the shot right in my pus infection. So it didn't numb anything! I could feel the scalpel cutting away at my gums and cheek tissue for twenty minutes as they worked to drain it all the way. (The pus went all the way up to the side of my nose, getting serious). The pain lasted all night and was unbearable.
On a side note, the same nurse that made this mistake also ruined a pair of jeans for me. When I went for my last IV treatment, she pulled the tube out of my arm (it was in my arm during the whole week, it's what they attach the IV hose to) and it bled all over my pants. She obviously didn't see that one coming. She was pretty rough and she forgot to close the tubing in my arm off after my second IV treatment and blood started escaping all down my arm. I sure hope I never have to see her again!
The first was when I was younger and had ear surgery. When I was born I was pretty much deaf but due to surgery I could hear again (I suffer from slight hearing loss - I keep hearing aids around just in case I need them). When I was about 8 I had extreme ear aches that "rocked" my nerves. I was shaking really bad and had emergency surgery. They had installed a hose in my ear wrong and they needed to re-do what they did before.
The second time was more recently when I had a dental abscess that literally kept me down for a week. I had to go to the hospital every six hours for 4 days for IV treatment. The pain was made worse by the 200.00 dollar medication they had me on as well. When I went in to get one of the "blisters" on my gum popped, they used a numbing shot. Well the nurse was new or something and she put the shot right in my pus infection. So it didn't numb anything! I could feel the scalpel cutting away at my gums and cheek tissue for twenty minutes as they worked to drain it all the way. (The pus went all the way up to the side of my nose, getting serious). The pain lasted all night and was unbearable.
On a side note, the same nurse that made this mistake also ruined a pair of jeans for me. When I went for my last IV treatment, she pulled the tube out of my arm (it was in my arm during the whole week, it's what they attach the IV hose to) and it bled all over my pants. She obviously didn't see that one coming. She was pretty rough and she forgot to close the tubing in my arm off after my second IV treatment and blood started escaping all down my arm. I sure hope I never have to see her again!
Thank you. Someone else who realizes how much a REAL migraine hurts.
its like your own body giving you a beating to the bass thump of your heartbeat.
*pet peeve : people at work complaining they have 'migraine' when have headache.if they had migraine, they would not be in any shape to complain and walk around.
Already been outdone by a good 50% of this thread, but still.
Stung by a wasp. On the head. Of my...
Yeah.
(Before you ask, I was in the bathroom.)
Stung by a wasp. On the head. Of my...
Yeah.
(Before you ask, I was in the bathroom.)
Well it's good to get the training in while you're still young because as you get older it becomes daily maintenance.
I don't get this joke
Thanks Sushi.
I also didn't get the joke however now that it has been explained, I am not sure I wanted to "get" it.
Cluster Headaches.
I cannot even begin to explain the agony. I compare every pain to that and nothing comes up close. I comfort myself when I have migraines with "at least it's not a cluster headache" (because as bad [and different] as migraines are, they are a piece of cake in comparison). It remains to this day one of my worst fears to have them return.
I cannot even begin to explain the agony. I compare every pain to that and nothing comes up close. I comfort myself when I have migraines with "at least it's not a cluster headache" (because as bad [and different] as migraines are, they are a piece of cake in comparison). It remains to this day one of my worst fears to have them return.
I've had them on and off since I was 12 or so, I missed a whole bunch of school as a result and spent allot of time in hospitals having doctors try to figure out what it was.
They're firmly medicated these days, if I were you I'd keep what's required on hand it's only a very small dose that required.
God, that's awful, you were so young that must have been terrifying and frustrating. Glad you're able to medicate them properly now.
I was scared as hell when it first happened, thought maybe I had another blood clot in my brain (I seem to have lots of head trouble) but the pain was different and I could see fine. My left eye (always my left) would droop and I felt like I was going to lose my mind with the pain. I was the classic looney, I'd rock back and forth, scream, cry, slam my head into walls, hit it with my hands, etc.
It was horrific, as you and only someone who has suffered them can understand. As for keeping something on hand, I've got a strong painkiller which I take if I really need it (for other things). It's a shame one of the best treatments is taboo/illegal. I have no idea where to even get that in the UK. Not sure it would matter anyway. They seldom lasted longer than 40 minutes, which makes it incredibly hard to treat. By the time anything starts working, it's about over. Sometimes I had a warning beforehand when something felt distinctly wrong on that side of my eye/face, but it was only a few minutes warning. So cruel.
My hands are shaking just writing about it. I think it must have traumatized me a bit.
I don't know what changed and why they came and went for me but I'm SO glad to be having a break from it.
This is the right answer. Clinicians say that gallstones are approx. the same amount of pain as childbirth and basically - they are both '11' for pain. Cluster headaches are a close second.
I filmed a project called 'Minor Injuries' for medical education. I've seen some really REALLY nasty stuff.
Fortunately - I've not had to experience any of those. I have had chronic abdominal cramping to the point that I was standing up and it made me fall over. Fortunately, it didn't last long.
I've been lucky, so far, most of my stuff is pretty minor.
When I was younger I didn't have anaesthetic when I needed fillings in my teeth. I was more afraid of the injection than the pain.
Being electrocuted by a large hammerhead flash gun wasn't fun either...
I get cramp in both feet and both calf muscles, at the same time, several times a month. That's bloody painful.
I also suffer from ME/CFS so I'm constantly in pain in one way or another.
When I was younger I didn't have anaesthetic when I needed fillings in my teeth. I was more afraid of the injection than the pain.
Being electrocuted by a large hammerhead flash gun wasn't fun either...
I get cramp in both feet and both calf muscles, at the same time, several times a month. That's bloody painful.
I also suffer from ME/CFS so I'm constantly in pain in one way or another.
I got these pretty regular several years ago as well. A single cramp is pretty painful to start with, but getting a second one in the same area... now that hurt!
Other than that I think I am too old to remember some events in my life. When I was just one year old, I had my face scratched badly by a chimpanzee. The scars healed pretty well and are hardly visible these days, but still enough to make for a good talk with people who don't know the story yet.
Kidney stone pain (luckily for me they weren't that big and I managed to pass them) was pretty rough however I actually think getting my two front teeth removed, 20mm holes drilled into my jaw and screws placed in them over 10 hours was worse.
Having to get the underground home from that was pretty crap, the looks people give you if you are sitting down, heavily sweating, obviously in agony and not being able to talk properly were priceless if only I had a camera.
Luckily though nothing major in terms of brutal injuries or severe medical problems so can't complain.
Having to get the underground home from that was pretty crap, the looks people give you if you are sitting down, heavily sweating, obviously in agony and not being able to talk properly were priceless if only I had a camera.
Luckily though nothing major in terms of brutal injuries or severe medical problems so can't complain.
Not to do like some sort of pissing contest with pain, because all pain sucks but the neurologist I was seeing when I was having cluster headaches said that it was thought to be THE worst pain a person could experience. (Jesus, I hope so!) He said he had patients who had given birth naturally and thought the cluster headaches superseded the childbirth pain. Same with his gallstone patients. (Granted, the type and method of the pain is very different) Now I don't know what unmedicated childbirth or gallstones are like but cluster headaches are a thing of pure evil. Just proppin' up a little roof for my C'headache peeps.
Respek.God, that's awful, you were so young that must have been terrifying and frustrating. Glad you're able to medicate them properly now.
I was scared as hell when it first happened, thought maybe I had another blood clot in my brain (I seem to have lots of head trouble) but the pain was different and I could see fine. My left eye (always my left) would droop and I felt like I was going to lose my mind with the pain. I was the classic looney, I'd rock back and forth, scream, cry, slam my head into walls, hit it with my hands, etc.
As for keeping something on hand, I've got a strong painkiller which I take if I really need it (for other things). It's a shame one of the best treatments is taboo/illegal. I have no idea where to even get that in the UK. Not sure it would matter anyway. They seldom lasted longer than 40 minutes, which makes it incredibly hard to treat. By the time anything starts working, it's about over. Sometimes I had a warning beforehand when something felt distinctly wrong on that side of my eye/face, but it was only a few minutes warning. So cruel.
My hands are shaking just writing about it. I think it must have traumatized me a bit.
I don't know what changed and why they came and went for me but I'm SO glad to be having a break from it.
mine would come and go with the seasons for periods and in that period ramp up/down during periods of the day they've always had a structured pattern to them, they usually start around September and last until the end of spring with the odd small bout in summer, the first signs I get are shadows flying across my field of vision then rising pain focusing through my right eye starting to burn. I found they went away with I first tired mushrooms when they were legal in this country, they came back when I went to university and stopped doing that sort of thing, then went away again when I started going to psytrance parties!
Given that mine happen over much longer periods it's very very useful to be able to abort the cycle though usually I pre-empt them by doing such things every few months.
I've had kidney stones, cluster headaches are worse, it's like someone diving a red hot poker through your eye but you don't get to die and have it end there and then.
The condition numbed me to pain so much that was constantly injuring myself without noticing my coping strategy for when I had them was to sink my teeth into my arm/shoulder to distract myself from it, I still have the scars.
I had them for a few years and I don't think I noticed a seasonal pattern but the bastards did wake me up almost like clockwork when I was going through a particular cycle. Very textbook.
How long do/did yours last? I consider myself "lucky" that they only lasted 30-90 minutes (usually more like 30-40) but I have heard of many who get them for hours.
I know just what you mean about hurting yourself to take the focus away. It sounds insane to everyone else but it's an inexplicable desperation to escape it even for a moment.
Thanks for the tip. I'll remember that.
About 2 weeks ago we went up to visit a friend in Warwickshire… as soon as I got off the train the hiccups started — they lasted the whole weekend.
Nothing I tried got them to stop and everyone jumping out behind doors and trying to give me a fright was getting really old.
When we left Monday morning I was in some pain from all the continuous hiccups.
Weirdly as soon as we got home and I got into the shower the hiccups stopped.
Perhaps my body couldn't deal with fresh country air and needed the London fug?
(no this is not my worst pain contribution, those were hemorroids… Pain… can we talk? Jeeezus.
Long! How awful.
Here's to hoping our idiotic government gets a clue and allows doctors to prescribe Psilocybin. (won't hold my breath) Because the other alternatives are really not that fab.
I was about 15, and I got a 1.5 inch deep and 2 inch wide laceration on my thigh from the edge of a ski.
I was in a GS ski race, and the conditions were bad, with low visibility and and icy slope. I started getting late on my turns and made the mistake of turning too fast (in an attempt to regain my rhythm) and fell. The skis whipped under me and lashed my thigh. I didn't realize until I tried to stand, and realized I couldn't. In the severe cold (cold+thin GS suit) it only felt like a deadleg.
An emergency evacuation, an ambulance trip, several canisters of oxygen, and several hours later, I was in a hospital where they stitched me up with 3 layers of 20 stitches.
The most painful part was when the shock subsided, the adrenaline ran out, and my body began to warm up.
I was in a GS ski race, and the conditions were bad, with low visibility and and icy slope. I started getting late on my turns and made the mistake of turning too fast (in an attempt to regain my rhythm) and fell. The skis whipped under me and lashed my thigh. I didn't realize until I tried to stand, and realized I couldn't. In the severe cold (cold+thin GS suit) it only felt like a deadleg.
An emergency evacuation, an ambulance trip, several canisters of oxygen, and several hours later, I was in a hospital where they stitched me up with 3 layers of 20 stitches.
The most painful part was when the shock subsided, the adrenaline ran out, and my body began to warm up.