What's the worst pain you have ever had?

Mint Sauce · 17-01-2011 02:16PM

Getting a tooth taken out due to overcrowding when I was a kid. I pain from the injection was say bad my mums hand was sore for the rest of the day from me crushing it holding it so tight. Mum found me a new dentist after that one.

Steping on a up turned rusty nail that was in a plank of wood, although the nail passed through the sole of my trainners and between my big and second toe, the thought that it had gone through my foot was pain enough.

Sinus pain for me as well.

Brenireland · 17-01-2011 02:18PM

jackie1974 wrote: »

Oh my god you poor thing but that is so funny

aye,quiet painful,but I'm not sure if it were actually the physical pain or just the painfulness of seeing dog poop going straight into me gob following the slip....

Mint Sauce · 17-01-2011 02:20PM

JerryHandbag wrote: »

Almost as bad was when I was playing football and got smacked right in the face by one of those horrible rock hard yellow-ish old skool footballs. Apparently going by my teammates I was sent hurtling backwards into the air....instant nosebleed, in total agony - yet hilarious for those watching :mad:

This hapened to me minus the nose bleed. Never did quite recall what happened between that moment just before impact, and half the lads coming over to see if I was okay, with me lying flat on my face.

BMF Plint · 17-01-2011 02:21PM

NothingMan wrote: »

I went to a dentist to start getting work done. She drilled into a bad tooth to see if it could be filled or if it needed a root canal. It was bad so it needed a root canal so she put a temp filling in until it could be done. The pain crept on slowly but by the Friday I was in excruciating pain. I couldn't sleep and pain killers did absolutely nothing. The only thing that would help was cold water so I was awake for 2 days holding cold water in my mouth to ease the pain. I nodded off every so often but seconds later I woke up in unbearable agony and took more water in my mouth.

By Monday I was near insane from the constant agony and lack of sleep. I got an emergency appointment with a different dentist. She took out the temp filling and was horrified that not only was it a cheap plastic filling but it was sitting directly on a nerve, that's why the pain killers did nothing, she said morphone was the only thing that might help.

What followed made the weekend of the most insane torturous pain seem like fluffy kittens. She removed the temp filling and in an effort to save the tooth she tried to remove the nerve. I was given anesthetic so thought I was ok. She got a long sharp tweezers type thing and leaned into the cavity and began to pick and pull at the nerve. Every single touch off the nerve made me almost pass out. I almost kicked her when I jumped each time. I can honestly say I do not know how I would handle that kind of pain again. It was sharp and deep and felt from my temples to my toes.

She removed most of it and put back on a softer leather filling and told me to go home and see how I felt. Once the novacaine wore off I was back to the excruciating agony, which now felt like nothing compared to getting an open nerve tweezed and tugged. But I went back and told her to remove the tooth. So she numbed me up, got he giant pliers, braced herslf against my leg and ripped the fooker out of my head and even with 3 hits of novacaine the second the tooth was pulled I felt the biggest release of pressure and pain I've ever had and I felt normal for the first time in 3 days. Went promptly home and slept for 2 days and tried to forget that ordeal.

I was left with that type of pain for 7 months. 2 dentists said my tooth couldn't be pulled because the tooth was massive and had a hooked root so if the pulled it the tooth would take half my jaw with it.. I went to the doctor to get something decent for the pain and he thought i was having a brain hemorrhage cos i was so out of sorts. he gave me zydol for the pain and it helped a little.. the only real relief i got was from stuff called bonzai black out of a head shop that fookin stuff put me asleep in no time at all. but then the bastards closed the head shops and the normal bud done nothing.. all that time i was waiting for an appointment in Dublin and heard nothing so i ended up paying €750 to get some other dental surgeon to get it out.. Man the relief was unreal.

stimpson · 17-01-2011 02:22PM

RVP 11 wrote: »

Kidney stones.
2 of them to be exact last year, felt like giving birth to them TBH.:pac:

+1

If you haven't experienced kidney stones you haven't a clue about pain. I recall flying from San Fransisco to Boston doubled up, with no pain killers. It's like being repeatedly kicked in the balls while someone jabs you in the sides with a red hot poker.

carfiosaoorl · 17-01-2011 02:23PM

NothingMan wrote: »

I went to a dentist to start getting work done. She drilled into a bad tooth to see if it could be filled or if it needed a root canal. It was bad so it needed a root canal so she put a temp filling in until it could be done. The pain crept on slowly but by the Friday I was in excruciating pain. I couldn't sleep and pain killers did absolutely nothing. The only thing that would help was cold water so I was awake for 2 days holding cold water in my mouth to ease the pain. I nodded off every so often but seconds later I woke up in unbearable agony and took more water in my mouth.

By Monday I was near insane from the constant agony and lack of sleep. I got an emergency appointment with a different dentist. She took out the temp filling and was horrified that not only was it a cheap plastic filling but it was sitting directly on a nerve, that's why the pain killers did nothing, she said morphone was the only thing that might help.

What followed made the weekend of the most insane torturous pain seem like fluffy kittens. She removed the temp filling and in an effort to save the tooth she tried to remove the nerve. I was given anesthetic so thought I was ok. She got a long sharp tweezers type thing and leaned into the cavity and began to pick and pull at the nerve. Every single touch off the nerve made me almost pass out. I almost kicked her when I jumped each time. I can honestly say I do not know how I would handle that kind of pain again. It was sharp and deep and felt from my temples to my toes.

She removed most of it and put back on a softer leather filling and told me to go home and see how I felt. Once the novacaine wore off I was back to the excruciating agony, which now felt like nothing compared to getting an open nerve tweezed and tugged. But I went back and told her to remove the tooth. So she numbed me up, got he giant pliers, braced herslf against my leg and ripped the fooker out of my head and even with 3 hits of novacaine the second the tooth was pulled I felt the biggest release of pressure and pain I've ever had and I felt normal for the first time in 3 days. Went promptly home and slept for 2 days and tried to forget that ordeal.

Fcuk I felt that:eek:

hubba · 17-01-2011 02:24PM

Top Three:

Abcess under the tooth
Strep throat - so painful I could not swallow my saliva or speak. I was just about to go through having it lanced (anything to end the agony) but it miraculously decided to heal itself.
Jumped off a bed in youthful exuberance and landed on an upturned poker tongs - the upturned blunt prong was driven right into my heel.

These are top three and it must be noted that I also was knocked down by a car which broke my leg, and scalded my arm from shoulder to wrist but the above three were worse.

Pace2008 · 17-01-2011 02:25PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

I broke a punching machine before............not that I threw a great punch but I went for a haymaker, skimmed the bottom of the punch bag and my hand kept travelling until it smashed the machine. My hand was squirting blood, was inflammed but at least it wasn't broken. The next few days though was utter pain.

Those contraptions have no place in any establishment that serves drink.

Friend was telling me about a mate of his, whom I don't know, who had a similar mishap with a punching machine. The machine was situated - badly, in hindsight - just to the right of the bar. Eager to impress, he stood himself a good distance from the target, took a short run up, and went swing a big right hook. But the booze caused him to miss a step, the momentum of the hook turned him 90 degrees to his left, and in an attempt to regain his balance he staggered along the entire length of the bar, knocking every drink off in the process, before landing in a broken heap amidst a pile of glass. Apparently, it was beyond anything you'd see in a slapstick comedy.

The last time I was in Coppers (and I mean "last" in every sense of the word) I noticed they had a punching machine there. Know your audience, I suppose.

jackie1974 · 17-01-2011 02:26PM

stimpson wrote: »

+1

If you haven't experienced kidney stones you haven't a clue about pain. I recall flying from San Fransisco to Boston doubled up, with no pain killers. It's like being repeatedly kicked in the balls while someone jabs you in the sides with a red hot poker.

Childbirth is like being repeatedly kicked in the vagina while someone screams push at you so kinda similar

sbsquarepants · 17-01-2011 02:29PM

Slipped disc. Nothing else has ever even come close to the pain that caused, valium plus pain killing injections only slightly numbed it, 2 weeks of total agony, preceeded by and followed by maybe 4 months of intense discomfort either side. Also it can come back at any time, hasn't yet thank god!
Torn ligaments a couple of times, that's no laughing matter either, but maybe a fifth as severe as the disc thing.

Mr Magners · 17-01-2011 02:31PM

Has to be earaches, sooooo painful.

Was plagued with them as a child, even suffering a perforated eardrum at one stage:eek:

messymess · 17-01-2011 02:32PM

Kidney stone. The undisputed king of pain!

Sykk · 17-01-2011 02:34PM

Snapping my femur (Largest bone in the body).. Couldn't walk for around 8 months.. That was true pain, wouldn't wish it on anyone.

iamstop · 17-01-2011 02:36PM

gum infection. Couldn't eat, barely drink.

tony 2 tone · 17-01-2011 02:37PM

Worst pain I was every in was when I ended up with cracked ribs after Judo training. Felt ok that night, but **** me it was terrible the next day. Took 15 minutes to get out of bed, couldn't sit up and couldnt roll over. Some how managed to sit up a small bit and slide off the bed very slowly. Every time I laughed, sneezed or coughed it was agony. And pain killers did feck all for me.

And to add insult to injury, it was only my second ever Judo class

yeppydeppy · 17-01-2011 02:38PM

The worst physical pain for me was either the week I had shingles or the time as a kid I was trying to fill a hot water bottle and poured boiling water on my foot. After those it would be cracking a rib.

stimpson · 17-01-2011 02:39PM

jackie1974 wrote: »

Childbirth is like being repeatedly kicked in the vagina while someone screams push at you so kinda similar

Apparently ladies who have experienced both think stones are worse. The upside to stones is that you don't have to save for their college fees.

oompaloompa · 17-01-2011 02:40PM

had operation last week removing tumour from my head through roof of my mouth, my whole mouth was sliced open from behind teeth to back of throat, tonsils removed to make space and a hole drilled up back of mouth to drain fluid from skull. believe me... I win!

I assume the prize for this is morphine???

Cook my sock · 17-01-2011 02:42PM

Nipple piercing. or when I broke my wrist and had to get a steel plate in. or toothaches, them too.

cynder · 17-01-2011 02:42PM

Paper cut on my EYE BALL.

Which caused recurrent corneal erosion. Very painful

Had my eye stabbed with a needle 18 times to try to get the cornea outer membrane to re-attach to the inner one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recurrent_corneal_erosion

from wiki:
Recurrent corneal erosion is a disorder of the eyes characterized by the failure of the cornea's outermost layer of epithelial cells to attach to the underlying basement membrane (Bowman's layer). The condition is excruciatingly painful because the loss of these cells results in the exposure of sensitive corneal nerves.

dark crystal · 17-01-2011 02:42PM

Besides childbirth, would have to say gallstones, coupled with severe pancreatitis.

Every inhaled breath felt like a belt made of barbed wire was squeezing through my upper abdomen. Went to A&E and was told it was gastroenteritis, sent home with painkillers.....a week later, the oul pancreas got inflamed. Had to call an ambulance after nearly passing out a couple of times and vomiting steadily for 2 hours, hardly able to breathe. Had to beg the doctor on call for morphine.

Correct diagnosis was finally made and out came the gall bladder. Excruciating that was

grungepants · 17-01-2011 02:45PM

shaved my balls the other night....rash

cynder · 17-01-2011 02:47PM

dark crystal wrote: »

Besides childbirth, would have to say gallstones, coupled with severe pancreatitis.

Every inhaled breath felt like a belt made of barbed wire was squeezing through my upper abdomen. Went to A&E and was told it was gastroenteritis, sent home with painkillers.....a week later, the oul pancreas got inflamed. Had to call an ambulance after nearly passing out a couple of times and vomiting steadily for 2 hours, hardly able to breathe. Had to beg the doctor on call for morphine.

Correct diagnosis was finally made and out came the gall bladder. Excruciating that was

Been there even had the surgical letter to have my gall bladder removed but after a few hours pain eased, i get it on and off, so bad sometimes i cant walk. Had 3 kids so been there done that too.

tallaghtmick · 17-01-2011 02:49PM

watching my ex give birth that was painful to look at:D

not my story but my cousin was on his bike and hit a bump hard he went up off the seat and came crashing down on the bar and split his sack:eek: he says he never wants to feel that pain again

problemchimp · 17-01-2011 02:49PM

RRaff wrote: »

My brother dying in a crash in Spain then my sister dying 11 months later with breast cancer. That year sucked!

Jesus that's terrible. Sorry. My appendix last year was nothing now.

problemchimp · 17-01-2011 02:50PM

grungepants wrote: »

shaved my balls the other night....rash

Why?

dark crystal · 17-01-2011 02:50PM

grindelwald wrote: »

Been there even had the surgical letter to have my gall bladder removed but after a few hours pain eased, i get it on and off, so bad sometimes i cant walk. Had 3 kids so been there done that too.

Would you not just get it removed? Would save you a lot of pain...

IvySlayer · 17-01-2011 02:52PM

Getting whacked in the ear by a champions cup football on a cold Sunday morning is perhaps the most painful thing ever.

17-01-2011 03:13PM

problemchimp wrote: »

Why?

I think the username might hint to that.:pac:

TaraFoxglove · 17-01-2011 03:19PM

A Crohn's disease-related abscess - 10/10 pain-wise. So painful, I was close to passing out a few times, and had to use all my energy reserves to prevent passing out in the street, stumbling along with my vision blurry and red. It was a horrible, nervy, electric shocky pain.

Dan133269 wrote: »

I've been punched in the head repeatedly and it comes nowhere near as close to the pain caused by Crohn's disease!

Yup yup. Awful.

What's the worst pain you have ever had?

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