[UncleWede]

Got Montezuma's revenge infecting my liver. They saw the spot on sonogram, but didn't want to do surgery. I had 105 fever on Halloween, and my nurse dressed as a clown. They gave me morphine and 10 minutes never took so long (between doses)
They decided to put a catheter in and around the spot on my liver, thru the ribs. Dr. walks in with what looked like 32" biceps. He has to jab the catheter in, back off and x-ray to see if they got it in place. First poke and I start in with "I'm going to puke!!" "Just turn your head, but do it without moving" So I turn towards the Dr. . . .

You've seen those movie clips where people are left on a gurney in the hallway, moaning? Yeah, cammeo role, again even with morphine.

[tturedraider]

I’ll join the kidney stone brigade. Other than that just a few instances with some pretty significant muscle related back pain. I had no idea what the kidney stone was and I thought my bowels had somehow gotten impacted. Home alone on a Sunday morning and all of my friends were at church. I thought I was going to pass out, which gave me a lot of concern, so I ended up calling an ambulance. I could not believe how tiny that little bugger was!!! But, oh my goodness, covered in needle like protrusions. Turns out the inside of your bladder is a big WUSS!!

Mine was a uric acid stone. It was the size of a grain of sand.

[Buug959]

Originally Posted by tturedraider

I’ll join the kidney stone brigade. Other than that just a few instances with some pretty significant muscle related back pain. I had no idea what the kidney stone was and I thought my bowels had somehow gotten impacted. Home alone on a Sunday morning and all of my friends were at church. I thought I was going to pass out, which gave me a lot of concern, so I ended up calling an ambulance. I could not believe how tiny that little bugger was!!! But, oh my goodness, covered in needle like protrusions. Turns out the inside of your bladder is a big WUSS!!

Mine was a uric acid stone. It was the size of a grain of sand.

Mine was just over 1/8" in diameter and looked more like the crystalline photo you posted. I've never felt anything like it.

[floridaorange]

Originally Posted by wrickem

Pancreatitis caused by gallbladder trying to kill it with stones. Was certain I was going to die from my whole torso being set on fire. Not recommended at all.

The only reason I went to the hospital was because I wasn’t dying soon enough.

Did it give you a new appreciation for normal daily pain free life after it was over?

[floridaorange]

Originally Posted by JMcLellan

I was not a fan of the needle blast of anesthesia to each testicle during my vasectomy.

Egad - guess I’ll keep using condoms

[Watching The World Burn]

Originally Posted by floridaorange

Egad - guess I’ll keep using condoms

Dude - it's really no big deal - they shouldn't have used a needle only, so just make sure you look around before you go. Mine was a walk in the park. The most discomforting thing was the metallic sounds the clamps were making I would say. But they froze with this compressed air blast thing so you didn't feel any needles at all. At most some minor discomfort when they had to pull on the tubes but I think most of that was in my mind.

Don't let that guy stop you - condoms are horrible. But if you get the snip then get checked regularly as I've read too many horror stories of the procedure somehow reversing itself and you aren't shooting blanks anymore. I test every year usually.

[tranquility]

Originally Posted by floridaorange

Egad - guess I’ll keep using condoms

Agreed. FTS.

[wrickem]

Originally Posted by floridaorange

Did it give you a new appreciation for normal daily pain free life after it was over?

It gave me a new appreciation for Dilaudid but yes, it’s a pain I never want again and hopefully now that my AH gallbladder is gone, I shouldn’t have that again.

[Lachlan]

A bit random, but I had a cold and while sleeping somehow burst my eardrum. I think it was something about blowing my nose too hard before bed that set it up.. at any rate it was a hell of a way to wake up. I've broken a bone or two but for me this was worse.

[hubbahubba]

Gout. Horrid, awful stuff.

[CLTMDA]

Kidney Stone 30 years ago and then my gall bladder episode a few months ago. Kidney stone was so long ago all I remember was the pain...and getting the catheter pulled out after lithotripsy.

Gall Bladder did not involve a stone, but the pain sure was bad. Had an attack while in Ireland, stuck it out, went home, week later had another attack, went to ER and they said they did not see anything. They sent me home and I had another attack the next evening, went to a different ER and they checked me in and said I was getting my gallbladder removed, still did not see a stone. Surgeon came in the next am as I am being prepped for surgery and told me he did not see a stone and wasn't sure he needed to take it out. He said it could be an ulcer, which other docs had suggested, and said they might just stick a camera down my throat. I told him, why not put me under, start with the camera and if you don't see anything remove the gallbladder. He liked that plan and I woke up without a gallbladder. He said when he went in to remove it, it was infected and actually ruptured mid-procedure.

Both those things were worse than open heart surgery a few years ago to replace a bicuspid aortic valve.

[brk_05]

#1 for me is l4-l5 herniated disc a few months ago. At its peak, i collapsed and couldnt walk with a horrible burning/shooting/stabbing pain down my ass and hamstring. dragged myself to the car as i wouldn't let my wife call an ambulance. it was that day in the ER that i learned about the wonders of dilaudid.

a close second is breaking my humerus in a ski accident a few years ago. broken in a way that they couldnt repair surgically and just had to be in a sling for 12 weeks waiting for all of the bone fragments to start fusing. the doc described it as a bunch of gravel in my shoulder that just shattered off in addition to the fracture across the bone. sleep was miserable for the first two weeks as any movement i made, i could feel the bones shifting around.

[MaxVO2]

****I can't really relate but a guy I went to college with said Federal Prison was the most pain he ever felt, at least the first few days...

I didn't ask too many questions after that.... He worked on Wall Street for awhile... He is in a completely different line of work now...

[Stamos]

Snapped my femoral neck (hip bone) falling out of a boat. The actual injury wasn't so bad, but the pain after surgery was next level.

I was couch ridden for a two months while I healed. Had to hop around on one leg for the entire time. Fell a few times (split level house) while getting to the shitter.

Good times.

[AmuroRay]

One of my exes cat bit me and it immediately became infected. It was cellulitis, the pain continued to get worse until that night that in the morning I had to have her drive me to the doctor - 8-9/10 pain for me.

[M-technik-3]

The week before I was admitted to hospital with meningitis, the spinal tap was brutal and I was in intensive care and isolated for two weeks. I was twelve.

[CTPJ]

6 weeks (5 days a week) of radiation treatments to my throat to treat my head and neck cancer diagnosis. As a result of the unbearable pain (I could barely swallow a sip of water) and no sense of taste, I lost almost 30lbs. I wouldn't wish that pain on anyone.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by CTPJ

6 weeks (5 days a week) of radiation treatments to my throat to treat my head and neck cancer diagnosis. As a result of the unbearable pain (I could barely swallow a sip of water) and no sense of taste, I lost almost 30lbs. I wouldn't wish that pain on anyone.

Hang in there man, and best of luck to you.

[CTPJ]

Originally Posted by Esteban

Hang in there man, and best of luck to you.

Thank you. Fortunately, it was 10 years ago and my doctor has declared me "cancer free" as have my other two doctors that were treating me for the other two forms of cancer (skin & prostate) I have had. Having a goal of making it to the Amelia Concours 5 days after my last treatment helped me get through it.

[Esteban]

Originally Posted by CTPJ

Thank you. Fortunately, it was 10 years ago and my doctor has declared me "cancer free" as have my other two doctors that were treating me for the other two forms of cancer (skin & prostate) I have had. Having a goal of making it to the Amelia Concours 5 days after my last treatment helped me get through it.

Glad to hear that!

[DubaiRich]

Having my wrist reset after falling on my icy driveway. The orthodontist wondered why I screamed when he set it.

[Watching The World Burn]

Originally Posted by DubaiRich

Having my wrist reset after falling on my icy driveway. The orthodontist wondered why I screamed when he set it.

You should have gone to orthopedics instead. Its more their specialty.