Unlike Bob, I have broken bones, I've taken spills off of bikes going full speed and had the handlebars end up somehow RIGHT IN MY SOLAR PLEXUS, I have been thrown over someone's head directly onto the corner of a hardwood table, I have been in a car as it went spinning into the ditch at 70 miles per hour, I have had surgeries.
All of that pales to the pain of shattering, yes shattering, one of my wisdom teeth. I broke it, literally, in half, so that the still living nerve was fully exposed. It did this in the middle of a meal--which I finished, and then stayed that way for over a day before I was able to get into the dentist's office to get a temporary cap. Which then fell off before I was able to go in again, leading to the same pain all over again.
When I had my wisdom teeth ripped out it felt BETTER.
I survived this pain with no medication--unless you count swishing straight 151 over the exposed nerve until it numbed.
That is, far and away, the worst pain I have ever experienced.
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