Pain

Bob The Mercenary · 12-22-2009, 11:41 PM

Think fast. Most/worst physical pain you've ever experienced.

Got this idea from the root canal I had last week. The night before that I didn't get to bed until 5am. The pain inside my molar was out of this world. I've never felt anything like it. I was literally inches away from hurting myself elsewhere so I wouldn't be so focused on the toothache. It felt kind of like a sensitivity to cold, only times infinity. Every five minutes it would go away completely, then it would give me just enough time to think I could make it to sleep before it came back with a vengeance. It was unreal. Pressing on it, chewing gum, tylenol, ibuprofen...nothing worked. It was torture, at one point I was punching myself to try to get it to go away. My mom even gave me a vicodin and that still only bought me two hours of sleep.

Granted I've never broken a bone or anything like that. I'm sure it's only a matter of time until it's topped.

TopHatAssassin · 12-22-2009, 11:56 PM

Abscess on my undercarriage. Couldn't walk, couldn't sit, couldn't move without it flaring up like a thousand agonizing suns. And it's happened more than once, so SOMETHING must be wrong.

I've never broken any bones either, and I hope it never happens. I can't even imagine what it's like to crack something like that. Not just from a pain standard but also from an ickyness one. I mean, here you are, one of your bones is busted and presumably capable of wiggling around in your tender body meats (if left untreated of course, which I doubt anyone would let happen). Kinda makes me wanna hurl a bit. :p

bluestarultor · 12-22-2009, 11:58 PM

Well, I've never had any dental problems or broken a bone, but falling a good 10 feet out of a tree as a kid was an experience. Especially given it was on bare dirt and rocks. And my cousin thought I was dead because I had the wind knocked out of me and wasn't moving. XD

DarkDrgon · 12-23-2009, 12:33 AM

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Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Well, I've never had any dental problems or broken a bone, but falling a good 10 feet out of a tree as a kid was an experience. Especially given it was on bare dirt and rocks. And my cousin thought I was dead because I had the wind knocked out of me and wasn't moving. XD

Thats a lot nicer then my tree story. I fell out of a tree, landed feet first on the street (brooklyn, so it was asphalt, not dirt or rocks), and then was hit by a van. it hurt. a lot. messed up one of my knees real bad and craked 2 ribs.

Whomper · 12-23-2009, 12:33 AM

I pinched a nerve in my left shoulder after dislocating it. That's what I got for playing some football with friends sans padding. I still recall my father giving me a hard time about it, as if I was just whining about the dislocation. I was able to prove to him that it wasn't the dislocation when I basically shrugged off a dislocated knee after one game.

Pinching a nerve of that size hurts like hell.

Corel · 12-23-2009, 12:40 AM

Hmm, I always always prefer intense short term pain to that of longer term pain which isn't as intense.

Example: Getting smashed in the face and feeling not very good for a whole while vs. having a Urinary Tract Infection for a few weeks with no option of treatment. I know what I'll pick everytime!

To anyone who has ever experienced the latter and having quite a bad case of it, you have my sincerest sympathies.

Azisien · 12-23-2009, 12:43 AM

Tripping and falling on my left leg just after getting my 4-month-long brace removed due to a fairly severe knee dislocation.

It was about five times worse pain than the dislocation itself, which probably takes second.

Seil · 12-23-2009, 12:55 AM

I don't remember pain that well. When I get hurt somewhere, I forget about it after the pain/ailment goes away. But I think I'll go with getting pegged in the hip with a cars side-view mirror.

It was late, and late in the year - so it was also dark and cold. Anyways, I was biking through town, and went to cross the street (after looking both ways) and was suddenly hit by the cars side-view mirror in my hip. I fell of my bike, and immediately the street was filled with stopped cars and pedestrians who saw me get hit. But I felt fine, well enough to get up and walk away from the encounter.

What I didn't know was that I had broken this... gel-pack thing in my hip, which stopped my muscles from rubbing against each other. The more I "walked it off," the more my muscles rubbed against each other and the more it hurt, so the more I tried to walk it off. That night, I got me mum to take me to the E.R.

It was 2AM, I was sitting awkwardly in the car because it hurt way too much to sit properly, and we were listening music from Urine Town, since my mum was music director for the show. I used a combination of her support and a kitsch walking stick I had bought from Spencers to get to the doors, and guessed I looked in a bit of a pain as a few attendants started to unfold a wheelchair for me. I managed to get in without their help and get my hands on a few pain killers, though.

----

Or - ooh! This.

Geminex · 12-23-2009, 01:06 AM

I had a root canal in one of my incisors. Thankfully, that tooth's nerve was dead and I felt nothing.

Worst pain... I sprained my ankle quite badly at tennis, and then walked home before realizing how badly I had sprained it. In my defense, I was 10 and my dick of a trainer didn't once offer to drive me.

Other than that, when I was 2 I fell and busted open my forehead on a radiator. I don't remember it, mind you, but I'm sure that if I were to remember it, it'd rival the ankle.

That will be all.

Krylo · 12-23-2009, 01:37 AM

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.

12-22-2009, 11:41 PM	#1
Bob The Mercenary Bob Dole Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bob Dole Posts: 5,606	Pain Think fast. Most/worst physical pain you've ever experienced. Got this idea from the root canal I had last week. The night before that I didn't get to bed until 5am. The pain inside my molar was out of this world. I've never felt anything like it. I was literally inches away from hurting myself elsewhere so I wouldn't be so focused on the toothache. It felt kind of like a sensitivity to cold, only times infinity. Every five minutes it would go away completely, then it would give me just enough time to think I could make it to sleep before it came back with a vengeance. It was unreal. Pressing on it, chewing gum, tylenol, ibuprofen...nothing worked. It was torture, at one point I was punching myself to try to get it to go away. My mom even gave me a vicodin and that still only bought me two hours of sleep. Granted I've never broken a bone or anything like that. I'm sure it's only a matter of time until it's topped. __________________ Bob Dole

12-22-2009, 11:56 PM	#2
TopHatAssassin Like a millionaire Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 637	Abscess on my undercarriage. Couldn't walk, couldn't sit, couldn't move without it flaring up like a thousand agonizing suns. And it's happened more than once, so SOMETHING must be wrong. I've never broken any bones either, and I hope it never happens. I can't even imagine what it's like to crack something like that. Not just from a pain standard but also from an ickyness one. I mean, here you are, one of your bones is busted and presumably capable of wiggling around in your tender body meats (if left untreated of course, which I doubt anyone would let happen). Kinda makes me wanna hurl a bit. :p __________________ Aye, num nums indeed.

12-23-2009, 12:40 AM	#6
Corel Welcome, to Paedogeddon! Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 1,015	Paaaiiin, I can't sleeeeep... Hmm, I always always prefer intense short term pain to that of longer term pain which isn't as intense. Example: Getting smashed in the face and feeling not very good for a whole while vs. having a Urinary Tract Infection for a few weeks with no option of treatment. I know what I'll pick everytime! To anyone who has ever experienced the latter and having quite a bad case of it, you have my sincerest sympathies. __________________

12-23-2009, 01:37 AM	#10
Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	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. __________________ I am very tired.

12-23-2009, 12:43 AM	#7
Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	Tripping and falling on my left leg just after getting my 4-month-long brace removed due to a fairly severe knee dislocation. It was about five times worse pain than the dislocation itself, which probably takes second.

12-23-2009, 12:55 AM	#8
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	I don't remember pain that well. When I get hurt somewhere, I forget about it after the pain/ailment goes away. But I think I'll go with getting pegged in the hip with a cars side-view mirror. It was late, and late in the year - so it was also dark and cold. Anyways, I was biking through town, and went to cross the street (after looking both ways) and was suddenly hit by the cars side-view mirror in my hip. I fell of my bike, and immediately the street was filled with stopped cars and pedestrians who saw me get hit. But I felt fine, well enough to get up and walk away from the encounter. What I didn't know was that I had broken this... gel-pack thing in my hip, which stopped my muscles from rubbing against each other. The more I "walked it off," the more my muscles rubbed against each other and the more it hurt, so the more I tried to walk it off. That night, I got me mum to take me to the E.R. It was 2AM, I was sitting awkwardly in the car because it hurt way too much to sit properly, and we were listening music from Urine Town, since my mum was music director for the show. I used a combination of her support and a kitsch walking stick I had bought from Spencers to get to the doors, and guessed I looked in a bit of a pain as a few attendants started to unfold a wheelchair for me. I managed to get in without their help and get my hands on a few pain killers, though. ---- Or - ooh! This.

12-23-2009, 01:06 AM	#9
Geminex SOM3WH3R3 Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 4,606	I had a root canal in one of my incisors. Thankfully, that tooth's nerve was dead and I felt nothing. Worst pain... I sprained my ankle quite badly at tennis, and then walked home before realizing how badly I had sprained it. In my defense, I was 10 and my dick of a trainer didn't once offer to drive me. Other than that, when I was 2 I fell and busted open my forehead on a radiator. I don't remember it, mind you, but I'm sure that if I were to remember it, it'd rival the ankle. That will be all.