Kidney stones...or most pain you've experienced?

xLisaBx · 05-12-2015 08:40PM

Broke 3 toes following a trampolining accident. Wasn't too bad, didn't know they were broken because they were all badly grazed (I fell off). Only realized a few months later when I noticed that they were all wonky- obviously had healed in that shape. The doctor offered me a procedure to break them again and reset them, but I didn't bother, I'll just live with my dodgy toes :pac:

Dramatic and all as this sounds, the worst pain I've ever experienced is severe period pain. I've had my wisdom teeth and tonsils out, the wisdom teeth were impacted, my tonsils had rubbed against each other causing both of them to become cut and bleed a lot. I'm also in the middle of an investigation confirming that I have early onset arthritis. But none of this is as bad as period pain.

Men, consider yourselves lucky!

05-12-2015 08:48PM

xLisaBx wrote: »

Broke 3 toes following a trampolining accident. Wasn't too bad, didn't know they were broken because they were all badly grazed (I fell off). Only realized a few months later when I noticed that they were all wonky- obviously had healed in that shape. The doctor offered me a procedure to break them again and reset them, but I didn't bother, I'll just live with my dodgy toes :pac:

Broke toes once when ai wasn't allowed to a disco at 15 or 16. Stormed off to bedroom, in socks, kicked little wicker bin in front of wall, so kicked wall. Not clever...couldn't tell parents I was so stupid so one foot just walked on heel for a while. Completely dislocated a finger too, which looked shocking, bent L sideways. Luckily it just popped into place so didn't bother with doctor.

bee06 · 05-12-2015 08:49PM

I'm feeling very lucky after reading this thread! Haven't experienced anything like some of the things described here. Probably the worst pain was getting my (very bony) ribs tattooed for two hours a few years ago. all self inflicted though so can't really complain. Still have to experience child birth though ... Looking forward to that experience!

xLisaBx · 05-12-2015 08:53PM

Deleted User wrote: »

Broke toes once when ai wasn't allowed to a disco at 15 or 16. Stormed off to bedroom, in socks, kicked little wicker bin in front of wall, so kicked wall. Not clever...couldn't tell parents I was so stupid so one foot just walked on heel for a while. Completely dislocated a finger too, which looked shocking, bent L sideways. Luckily it just popped into place so didn't bother with doctor.

It's actually an ok place to break, they seem to heal pretty quickly

blinding · 05-12-2015 08:56PM

I had the kidney stone.

I was on a train and thought this train is going a bit funny or is it me; it was me

Off the tube train into the toilets maybe (recollection not 100% accurate) a bit of the runs/and getting sick ;out to cab office (white city tube station)

Ask for Cab to hospital; Guy(fooking genius) says your not going to work like that; Me lying against the wall panting and wheezing and sweating.

Into cab ;can't sit on seat so am in footwell in a bad state ; pay cab get into hospital tell nurse i am in big trouble, make way to seat to wait,but have to roll around on the floor in excruitating pain, soon help arrives and they bring me somewhere and give me something and put me on a bed; pain relief not working ,so make my way to nurses once or twice and tell them I am a big boy and i need something stronger ;they give me something stronger and I probably after a while sleep or something; When it is appropriate to approach me they get me to do a urine sample and do something else (Pain, drugs, I am not a reliable witness).

They tell me its probably a kidney stone (blood in urine). After a few hours I go home; at least slightly traumatised. I am okay till midnight and it starts again. Pretty much same as before ; maybe not quite as bad. It must have stopped; i probably had pain relief from the hospital.
Sometime later(I cannot recall how long) I passed my kidney stone. It was about the size of about half the head of a lighting match if that. I still have it somewhere.

I certainly have never experienced anything like that ! ! !

Piece of cake really !

cassid · 05-12-2015 09:09PM

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/trigeminal_neuralgia/detail_trigeminal_neuralgia.htm

Trigeminal Neuralgia when its out of control or on a flare up, you can't eat,drink or talk too painful. Painkillers don't work because its nerve pain and you just exist and walk the floors at nights, holding your face in agony or face down in a pillow. Nothing matters when you are in a cycle of pain, its just too overwhelming.

I remember ringing to see a pain specialist, as gp has thought it was trigeminal neuralgia, the lovely lady on the phone said oh your poor thing, you know they call that the suicide disease, because people kill themselves because of the intensity of the pain. Only good thing is that specialists will see you almost next day or that day when they think you have this. To be told you have the suicide disease is just something no person should ever be told. Have it 5 years now and still remember how rotten I felt after this wonderful sharing of information. I know avoid talking to admin staff in hospitals and keep away from google when I have a medical problem, this frightened me so much.

http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Suicide-disease-often-misdiagnosed-4608600.php

Medusa22 · 05-12-2015 09:11PM

bee06 wrote: »

I'm feeling very lucky after reading this thread! Haven't experienced anything like some of the things described here. Probably the worst pain was getting my (very bony) ribs tattooed for two hours a few years ago. all self inflicted though so can't really complain. Still have to experience child birth though ... Looking forward to that experience!

I got a tattoo done on my back, definitely not as sore as the ribs must have been though, and I had plenty of chub at the time so it shouldn't have hurt too much, but when the tattooist was tattooing my spine, my god, the pain!! 5 hours of gritting my teeth

xLisaBx · 05-12-2015 09:14PM

Medusa22 wrote: »

I got a tattoo done on my back, definitely not as sore as the ribs must have been though, and I had plenty of chub at the time so it shouldn't have hurt too much, but when the tattooist was tattooing my spine, my god, the pain!! 5 hours of gritting my teeth

I'm mad to get a rib tattoo but some places wont even attempt it as a first one :pac:

Medusa22 · 05-12-2015 09:18PM

xLisaBx wrote: »

I'm mad to get a rib tattoo but some places wont even attempt it as a first one :pac:

I got mine done at a tattoo convention and it was my first tattoo but the guy didn't realise that until we were about half-way through, he was surprised that I'd chosen such a big tattoo for my first one. It wasn't all bad though because there was a bar in the hotel where the convention was on and I asked a friend to get me a vodka and coke to ease the pain :pac:

Maybe just don't tell them it's your first

xLisaBx · 05-12-2015 09:23PM

Medusa22 wrote: »

I got mine done at a tattoo convention and it was my first tattoo but the guy didn't realise that until we were about half-way through, he was surprised that I'd chosen such a big tattoo for my first one. It wasn't all bad though because there was a bar in the hotel where the convention was on and I asked a friend to get me a vodka and coke to ease the pain :pac:

Maybe just don't tell them it's your first

Ha, good idea, I'll be like, "ohhh I've done this so many times before" :rolleyes:
The thousands of questions I'll have definitely won't make me look suspicious

mad m · 05-12-2015 09:25PM

OP, wait till you pass stone. Have suffered with stones since I was 23....20 years on I'd say I've had 3/4 stents put in. Not nice getting them put in, even worse getting a stent taken out, they do it while your awake..

They put a small camera down your japs eye while your laying down on bed, put a small grabber in and it grabs stent while a doc is looking down a camera. He then yanks it out.......jaysus....

I've had an 8mm stone block my urethra, had it blasted. I can manage to pass 5mm stones no bother.

Heroditas · 05-12-2015 09:30PM

retalivity wrote: »

The pain in the 24 hrs before I had to get a testicle removed due to testicular torsion. It's effectively a blood clot that cut off blood to one of my balls, and can kill after 48 hrs.

Holy fcuk, i'm wincing thinking about it again...

Suffered the same thing many moons ago and, like yourself, wasn't operated on for 18hours.
Pains all the way from my testicles up into my chest, vomiting for hours. Finally started vomiting blood.
Winced with pain every time the hospital trolley hit the smallest bump.

05-12-2015 09:35PM

mad m wrote: »

OP, wait till you pass stone. Have suffered with stones since I was 23....20 years on I'd say I've had 3/4 stents put in. Not nice getting them put in, even worse getting a stent taken out, they do it while your awake..

They put a small camera down your japs eye while your laying down on bed, put a small grabber in and it grabs stent while a doc is looking down a camera. He then yanks it out.......jaysus....

I've had an 8mm stone block my urethra, had it blasted. I can manage to pass 5mm stones no bother.

Jesus. No thanks. The thought of facing that regularly...it's depressing. God love you.

05-12-2015 09:37PM

cassid wrote: »

http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/trigeminal_neuralgia/detail_trigeminal_neuralgia.htm

Trigeminal Neuralgia when its out of control or on a flare up, you can't eat,drink or talk too painful. Painkillers don't work because its nerve pain and you just exist and walk the floors at nights, holding your face in agony or face down in a pillow. Nothing matters when you are in a cycle of pain, its just too overwhelming.

I remember ringing to see a pain specialist, as gp has thought it was trigeminal neuralgia, the lovely lady on the phone said oh your poor thing, you know they call that the suicide disease, because people kill themselves because of the intensity of the pain. Only good thing is that specialists will see you almost next day or that day when they think you have this. To be told you have the suicide disease is just something no person should ever be told. Have it 5 years now and still remember how rotten I felt after this wonderful sharing of information. I know avoid talking to admin staff in hospitals and keep away from google when I have a medical problem, this frightened me so much.

http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/Suicide-disease-often-misdiagnosed-4608600.php

Know a fellow with this and he was growing his own cannabis and getting by...but busted twice now and kinda at his wits end.

January · 05-12-2015 10:06PM

coffeepls wrote: »

Chest drain. Forcing a tube into your back to drain a lung is so crudely Stone Age and yet is modern procedure. Having it removed was no fun either a few days later.

My daughter had open heart surgery last year and they were removing the chest drain without any pain relief for her, she was 5 at the time. In the end they had to sedate her as she was just in too much of a state for them to do it without it. She also had her pacing wires removed the next day, again, no pain relief for a five year old, just wrapped around two fingers and yanked right out.

It's no wonder she's a bit sceptical of medical professionals nowadays.

uch · 06-12-2015 03:01AM

I got circumcised at 39

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stimpson · 06-12-2015 03:12AM

mad m wrote: »

OP, wait till you pass stone. Have suffered with stones since I was 23....20 years on I'd say I've had 3/4 stents put in. Not nice getting them put in, even worse getting a stent taken out, they do it while your awake..

They put a small camera down your japs eye while your laying down on bed, put a small grabber in and it grabs stent while a doc is looking down a camera. He then yanks it out.......jaysus....

I've had an 8mm stone block my urethra, had it blasted. I can manage to pass 5mm stones no bother.

I think after passing a big one it makes way and they get easier. I passed a 5mm one recently after driving from London to Holyhead. Was a bit uncomfortable but didn't stop me driving. I've passed bigger too.

Smiley11 · 06-12-2015 03:23AM

Gall stones for me. Hands down excruciating. Although I must face labour shortly so I'll get back to ye. I've been told gall stones are still worse so I'm hopeful for now!

uck51js9zml2yt · 06-12-2015 03:24AM

January wrote: »

My daughter had open heart surgery last year and they were removing the chest drain without any pain relief for her, she was 5 at the time. In the end they had to sedate her as she was just in too much of a state for them to do it without it. She also had her pacing wires removed the next day, again, no pain relief for a five year old, just wrapped around two fingers and yanked right out.

It's no wonder she's a bit sceptical of medical professionals nowadays.

Wow that's tough for anyone, never mind a 5 yo.
Had the same a few months ago. Take a deep breath and then yanked out the drains.

Felt a lot better afterwards.

PucaMama · 06-12-2015 03:36AM

When I dislocated my knee cap. Or the migraine-style headaches before I got my medication. Also I had some swelling in my lower leg weeks after getting the knee support off. One night I had some kind of spasm in the calf? Oh the pain. Other than that I've a bad back, which causes enough pain on its own. My other knee isn't great either.

demanufactured · 06-12-2015 04:02AM

Had man flu last week.

08-12-2015 02:28PM

It came back screaming this morning, after a couple of hours of frothing at the mouth and throwing up with the pain got painkilling shots from GP and off to hospital soon. Relief washes over me like a wave...this morning was 11 on the pain scale.

stimpson · 08-12-2015 02:30PM

Deleted User wrote: »

It came back screaming this morning, after a couple of hours of frothing at the mouth and throwing up with the pain got painkilling shots from GP and off to hospital soon. Relief washes over me like a wave...this morning was 11 on the pain scale.

Good luck OP. Hope it passes quickly.

fleet_admiral · 08-12-2015 02:35PM

Cellulitis. I have had it twice and its agony. Im amazed that there is so little awareness of it

Kimbot · 08-12-2015 02:38PM

coffeepls wrote: »

Chest drain. Forcing a tube into your back to drain a lung is so crudely Stone Age and yet is modern procedure. Having it removed was no fun either a few days later.

I had this done 5 times within 6 months, holy cow the pain of it is unreal. Everyone thought I was making up the pain until a few years later my brother had it done.... They learnt pretty dam quick that I was even holding in a good bit of the pain.

Duggy747 · 08-12-2015 02:41PM

Had 2 back teeth either side of my mouth collapse, the most intense pain I've ever had. I'd suddenly wake up in the middle of night in horrible pain and breaking out in a sweat, was like a searing hot poker scratching around inside my skull but I couldn't do anything to stop it. Got both teeth (and a 3rd in my lower jaw that grew horizontally) removed eventually.

Dropped a box of floor tiles on my finger which started bleeding under my nail. The pressure was so fúcking intense I could barely move my hand, I thought my nail was going to pop off from the pressure :pac: I couldn't take it any longer so I got a blade and bore a hole into my nail to release the blood.

Once I got through the blood seeped out, the pain instantly stopped and the nail fell off a few days later

NachoBusiness · 08-12-2015 02:55PM

Kidney stones also. Could not stop vomiting with the pain. Rushed into hospital and even though pain was insane I refused morphine for five hours. Had it in my head they wouldn't find out what was wrong with me if I took. They thought I had a twisted colon at first and discussed operating on me to eh, untwist it I suppose. That guy from the Bee Gees had just died that week from the same thing and so I was like no fcuking way. They then said after much discussion that they were sure I had appendicitis, was only after a Cat scan they found a Kidney stone. They were going to operate at midday but gave me the option of holding out to see if the pain would pass. It did and has never come back since, touch wood. Had had broken arms and a fractured skull but nothing comes close to that pain. Even so, it was only a few days and I'd rather it than long term illness as it passes and the latter obviously doesn't.

08-12-2015 02:55PM

Duggy747 wrote: »

Dropped a box of floor tiles on my finger which started bleeding under my nail. The pressure was so fúcking intense I could barely move my hand, I thought my nail was going to pop off from the pressure :pac: I couldn't take it any longer so I got a blade and bore a hole into my nail to release the blood.

Once I got through the blood seeped out, the pain instantly stopped and the nail fell off a few days later

Friend of mine did the Marathon de Sable in the Sahara, nightly sessions of boring though toenails to relieve blood and pus underneath. She's a tough cookie.

Another friend badly injured himself when he was hit by his own surfboard. His cheek was shattered and his eye came out of the socket, dangling on his cheek. He said he still remembers the relief of the morphine coursing through him. But for months if not years afterwards he was getting injections directly into his eye and he said the headaches were like the vice scene in Casino. Lost most of his vision in that eye, but saved the eye itself.

Mesrine65 · 08-12-2015 03:53PM

Torn anterior cruciate ligament & crushed knee cartilage...

Landed hard after a parachute jump & my knee was bent in the opposite direction :eek:

captbarnacles · 08-12-2015 04:01PM

Was travelling in Europe and had an abscess in a tooth. Went to a student dental hospital and I guess they thought the nerve was dead. It wasn't. Two of them held me in the chair while the other drilled a hole through a live tooth. Excruciating pain. I deeply regret not sueing them.

Kidney stones...or most pain you've experienced?

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