[Tyga11]

I will kick things off.

Broken left arm. Broke it playing football when I was in middle school.

Let’s hear yours?

[dreamingat30fps]

A long long time ago, before I was anointed by the queen herself, I had to wait in line at the airport with the plebs. Made everything hurt down to my bones.

[TR930]

Torn rotator cuff surgery. Followed closely by an acute Gout attack.

[Llarry]

A couple of years ago, I went to a new dentist for a tooth extraction. I think he did not give me enough Novocain and the pain was excruciating. In addition, the tooth came out in pieces, so he was messing around in the socket for what seemed like forever. In the grand scheme of things, probably not the worst pain imaginable but certainly unpleasant at the time.

[M_Six]

Motorcycle crash. Bad enough when it happened, but later when the pain meds wore off...

I can attest to the fact that denim jeans do you no good at all. Took the doc a while to dig the little bits of gravel out of my hip and leg. Add in a damaged rotator cuff, stitches in my left arm, and general bruises all over. Ouch, indeed.

[ezaircon4jc]

It's a toss-up. Rotator cuff surgery (I pretty much hated life for a few weeks and questioned if the surgery was worth it) or the crown I had that was sitting on my jaw bone; that was excruciating!

The most unnerving thing was when I woke up from my CABG with the vent tube down my throat! I was sure I couldn't breathe and the tube kept filling up with fluid.

[vreihen16]

I got hit with the heart paddles in the hospital TWICE while wide awake.

/thread

[Buug959]

For me it was passing a kidney stone. Vomiting kind of pain. Could not stand up kind of pain. I've broken five different bones (one twice) over the years with one requiring a metal pin and none of them even came close to the kidney stone.

[c1pher]

Kidney stone 1st and distant second was breaking an ankle. I also had stomach flu once and that was pretty far up the list.

[Murf the Surf]

I had diverticulitis just after I got married that required surgery and post op developed a leak which lead to Peritonitis which eventually lead to sepsis. I was in hospital a long time fighting infection and the pain was horrific. Another time I caught my Johnson in my zipper, also horrible.

[soldes]

Pelvic Fracture while riding a horse and tumbled, followed by a kidney stone. Compared to those 2, shoulder replacement surgery was like a week at Club Med (for those of you old enough...).

[RockCrusher]

Would have to say the worst pain -- and longest lasting -- pain was after a motorcycle accident. Car (Ford Pinto...) turned left against a red light in front of me. Head over heels after slamming into the car -- I was on my Honda CB750 -- then a very hard landing on the pavement.

Right femur broken into 3 pieces. Where the right knee hit the car (or the pavement) a horrible gagged gash.

Each fracture (3) pinned then a plate was screwed (7 screws) to the bone so I would not have to spend months in traction while the femur healed.

After being wheeled out of surgery into the recovery room and as the anesthesia wore off the pain was over me like nothing I've experienced before or since.

Pain was with me the 6 days I spent recovering in the hospital then was with me at home. Pain medicine made me throw up blood.

But I got better rather quickly -- physical therapy helped me recover full use of the leg -- and in 14 weeks after the accident I was back at work. Work which had me on my feet 8 hours a day.

A postscript was about 7 years later I changed careers and entered an apprenticeship program to become a journeyman machinist. I was employed at a machine shop specializing in large part machining. Largest part I ever "handled" was 14,000lbs. Of course I wasn't expected to move this part by hand. But nonetheless the work was very physically demanding.

All the standing, walking, and lifting while smaller parts were still pretty heavy had me after a few years suffering from severe back pain.

Went to see my orthopedic surgeon. After some discussion he had me remove my work boots and pants and with a tape measure appeared to measure the distance from a point on the hip to a point at the knee joint this for both the right and left leg.

After the measurements he had me walk away from him then walk towards him.

Opened his desk drawer and removed some squares of plywood. Had me raise my left foot and placed some plywood under my left foot. (I broke the right leg.)

When I put the left foot down and was standing on both legs again the pain was gone. The doctor played around with various thicknesses and settled on a 5/8" thick shim for my left foot. Doctor said the right leg had grown 3/4" longer as the result of the fractures adding bone as they healed. But he wrote a prescription for 5/8" as he said better to be a bit under than over. The leg length difference was the cause of my back pain.

Since then every new pair of work boots/shoes has had first thing out of the box a 5/8" shim installed in the left heel. My shoes are the first thing I put on in the morning and the last thing I take off at night. Have not felt any pain in my back since.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

I had diverticulitis just after I got married that required surgery and post op developed a leak which lead to Peritonitis which eventually lead to sepsis. I was in hospital a long time fighting infection and the pain was horrific. Another time I caught my Johnson in my zipper, also horrible.

I did that once when I was a kid. Man, did that hurt.

Worst pain ever was back in 2009; pancreatitis and double pneumonia. It was excruciatingly painful to take a breath. Spent 9 days in the hospital. Discharged myself because I couldn't stand it in the hospital anymore. Spent weeks with an oxygen tank at home to help me breathe.

[XutvJet]

The worst immediate pain (like the first 3 minutes)? My numerous ankle sprains and two Jones Fractures from playing volleyball.

Lingering extreme pain? Kidney stones.

[DocL]

I was hit by a car on I95 on my motorcycle, and it was pretty painful. I had two herniated disks in my back that was excruciating for two weeks and caused my right leg to go numb and have pins and needles. But the worst pain ever was caused by MOTHERFUCKING GOUT!

I'll never forget that pain. It happened in 1996 with my right big toe. It was as red as Rudolph's Nose, and nothing touched the pain. I had to get ACTH shots, and it took four days before I could walk, and I couldn't wear a sock or a shoe for a week. Just air from a fan hitting my toe caused pain.

I do have sympathy for everyone else who posted in this thread. But if you've never had a Gout attack, fuck you. There's a medicine, Colchicine, that you have to take until you start to vomit, and then you get explosive Diarrhea. Yeah, I didn't make it to the bathroom a few times because the pain was that bad. I was at the point of giving myself a Lidocaine injection and sawing my own toe off.

[SpeedBuggy]

Originally Posted by Murf the Surf

I had diverticulitis just after I got married that required surgery and post op developed a leak which lead to Peritonitis which eventually lead to sepsis. I was in hospital a long time fighting infection and the pain was horrific. Another time I caught my Johnson in my zipper, also horrible.

I can agree with the diverticulitis, herendous pain put me on the floor. Actually crawled to the car so the wife could haul my ass to the hospital. Didn't struggle with any complications but did have to put up with an illiostomy bag for six months which was reversed successfully.

Never caught my Johnson in my zipper though.

[vreihen16]

Originally Posted by DocL

I was at the point of giving myself a Lidocaine injection and sawing my own toe off.

I had a gout attack on my right toe many moons ago, and told my primary care doctor that I would self-amputate with a rusty hatchet if I ever had it again!

But...riding the lightning twice while awake at the hospital is even more painful than the gout.....

/thread

[kscarrol]

When I was 10 I was riding my bike to the store to buy some candy and foolishly tried to cross the street and was hit by a car. One of those old, shin busting pedals took a chunk out of my left thigh out which required 120 stitches to close. I did manage to hang onto the dollar bill I had in my hand!

[nunzo]

I had lung surgery 12 years ago where they got the anesthesia wrong and I had to be brought out of it and until they got me the correct meds, that was definitely #1.

#2-3 both were pinched back nerves where I couldn't breathe without causing spasms. Had to have my dad carry me out of the house to get to the hospital. Stopped playing hockey after that.

[DocL]

Originally Posted by vreihen16

I had a gout attack on my right toe many moons ago, and told my primary care doctor that I would self-amputate with a rusty hatchet if I ever had it again!

But...riding the lightning twice while awake at the hospital is even more painful than the gout.....

/thread

Oh yeah, I'm sure. You definitely get the mic drop for this thread.

When I was kid I stuck the wires from a small electric engine into a socket and got a good jolt.

[billnchristy]

Gout or arthritis in my knee.

And I've cut a finger off, those two are way worse.

[other_evolved]

Kidney stones when I was 16 takes top spot for me. A close second is having a chest tube removed.