What was your most painful injury?

fleet_admiral · 06-05-2015 01:26PM

Got a burn from boiling beef fat a few years on my arm. I turned white and nearly fainted. The skin just peeled off.
Not an injury but I have had cellulitis twice. Its hell on earth

kfallon · 06-05-2015 01:32PM

Broke my arms at different times but I think for pure pain and the shock it was when I was split open by a slap of a hurl when I was about 7 just above the eye!

The shock of all the blood, can still remember it today and the pain of getting the stitches in!

Caovyn Lineah · 06-05-2015 01:34PM

Gout, nothing comes close. I've torn ligaments and broken bones but a gout flare up in my toe tops all of them.

kfallon · 06-05-2015 01:38PM

Caovyn Lineah wrote: »

Gout, nothing comes close. I've torn ligaments and broken bones but a gout flare up in my toe tops all of them.

I've had it, very, very painful and I don't even think I got it that bad!

Always the same reaction to it:

"Yeah I can't play football, laid up with gout!"
"Jaysus it's well for ya, all that rich food, wha???"

:rolleyes:

Aongus Von Bismarck · 06-05-2015 01:39PM

I pulled a groin muscle a number of months ago whilst skiing a particularly unforgiving black run in St. Anton. I decided to tackle the run despite knowing about the lack of fresh snow, and despite the protests of my partner.

The pain was excruciating. I still get a dull twitch in the area every so often. A good physio, plenty of stretching and mindfulness has helped me in my recovery. I still haven't managed to get my 10k time below 39 minutes though.

arayess · 06-05-2015 01:54PM

I've had a few painful ones.

my sister pulled me off a wall when I was a teenager. I chipped my shin bone. I still have a divot in the shin.

Some fool sprayed bleach in my eyes which was particularly painful.

I'd a 10 week dose of sciatica 2 years ago which was an eye opener in terms of disability and pain . for about 6 weeks of that I couldn't walk properly and kept getting spasms. one time I'd to get off the bus in the middle of nowhere so people wouldn't see me crying.

kfallon · 06-05-2015 01:56PM

arayess wrote: »

my sister pulled me off

:eek:

arayess wrote: »

a wall when I was a teenager. I chipped my shin bone. I still have a divot in the shin.

Oh....

Caovyn Lineah · 06-05-2015 01:58PM

kfallon wrote: »

I've had it, very, very painful and I don't even think I got it that bad!

Always the same reaction to it:

"Yeah I can't play football, laid up with gout!"
"Jaysus it's well for ya, all that rich food, wha???"

:rolleyes:

I've started to be able to spot when a flare up is about to happen so can avoid it. A bit of baking soda in a glass of water, stir it and knock it back,then a difene tablet.

arayess · 06-05-2015 01:59PM

kfallon wrote: »

:eek:

Oh....

there is always one....:pac:

kylith · 06-05-2015 02:01PM

Had a toothache recently. Spent one night lying awake trying to remember where my pliers are and whether I'd be able to pull it without breaking my jaw, and spent the next day washing painkillers down with whiskey to get plastered enough to be able to sleep before I could get a dentist appointment.

BoardsMember · 06-05-2015 02:12PM

Twisted testicle or kidney stone, both way worse than all the other stuff I've had, and there has been plenty. The pain was such that I was doubting if I was in pain at all, because it was like something beyond pain.

As a short sharp pain, maybe the relocation of my "dislocated" ankle by the clever doctor who assured me it wasn't broken and she didn't need an xray to prove it, when I told her I bloody knew it was broken as I felt it crack twice. It was broken in multiple places, excruciating pain. I called her all sorts of names. Still have the titanium plates and screws!!

Amprodude · 06-05-2015 02:17PM

Was using a trimmer once, doggy trigger hit my thigh while in motion. Horrible

Lollipops23 · 06-05-2015 02:22PM

Literally fell out of a pub here last Halloween. Knew before I'd hit the ground that I'd done damage to my foot.

My friend half-carried me home and the next day my entire foot was covered in bruises and very swollen. Iced it, wrapped it and rested it for a few days, until it became bearable to walk again. It's still not 100%. If it had happened in Ireland I would have gone to A&E, but it's an admin nightmare to do that here and my health insurance would no doubt refuse to pay out if they found out drink was involved.

petes · 06-05-2015 02:42PM

kfallon wrote: »

I've had it, very, very painful and I don't even think I got it that bad!

Always the same reaction to it:

"Yeah I can't play football, laid up with gout!"
"Jaysus it's well for ya, all that rich food, wha???"

:rolleyes:

Surely if your're big toe was the same as the attached you'd be fine playing football!!

It's a pic of my finger, nothing dodgy!

Caovyn Lineah · 06-05-2015 05:13PM

petes wrote: »

Surely if your're big toe was the same as the attached you'd be fine playing football!!

It's a pic of my finger, nothing dodgy!

I think I'd rather it in my finger before my toe, even trying to walk is nearly impossible when it flares up.

What was your most painful injury?

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