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WhiteZinfandel

Had a migraine today. My vision was all fucked on the left side for about half an hour and my eyes hurt at 3 or 4 for maybe three hours. I still managed to attend class and all but it wasn't a picnic.

Darkness Mundus

My migraines are devastating experiences. I used to get 3 to 4 a year in high school. I've had like one in the last 5 years. Weird. But they're incapacitating. I can't open my eyes, experience noise, move an inch, feel vibrations without wanting to fucking die. Dry heave until I pass out basically. They're horrendous. So when people say they did stuff with them, I wonder what the hell. Perhaps I get the xtreme version.

WhiteZinfandel

Darkness Mundus wrote: »

My migraines are devastating experiences. I used to get 3 to 4 a year in high school. I've had like one in the last 5 years. Weird. But they're incapacitating. I can't open my eyes, experience noise, move an inch, feel vibrations without wanting to fucking die. Dry heave until I pass out basically. They're horrendous. So when people say they did stuff with them, I wonder what the hell. Perhaps I get the xtreme version.

The vision part was pretty bad, but it was only on one of my eyes and it didn't last long. The pain was bad enough that I wore my sunglasses indoors and put my head down when we were going over material I understood, but not so bad that I had to leave ahead of time.

I guess...

Your migraine may vary?

Darkness Mundus

Every single time. Incapacitating. Head hurts so bad that I throw up until there is nothing left, and then I do it some more. Perhaps they're not migraines at all.

SCREECH OF THE FARG

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_headache


Maybe something like this then?

Darkness Mundus

ITT I learn there are a shitload of headache types.
EDITO
"Approximately one-third of people who suffer from migraine headaches perceive an aura—transient visual, sensory, language, or motor disturbances signalling that the migraine will soon occur." Yeah I got that.

SCREECH OF THE FARG

So like really lame psychic powers.


Also I had a teacher who had cluster headaches. I got a nightmare once from the stories he told about them

Darkness Mundus

Seriously I cringed reading that. Then the frequency with which they occur.
And yes. Really awful psychic powers. My eyes basically go crazy, I can't focus them, gaps appear in my vision. Like a sweet light spot over someone's face or whatever. It's really really really obvious for me when I'm going to be having a migraine. It was enough warning in school after I realized it that I could walk to the nurse's office and be like "seriously, shit's about to get bad. call my mom" and they would ignore me and give me an ice pack until I started throwing up constantly. School nurses.

Slider

WhiteZinfandel wrote: »

Garthor wrote: »

Slider wrote: »

Catheters aren't very fun. Getting them removed is very nice, as well.

I also had a stent pulled out through my dick. That was pretty awesome.

The one time I've had a catheter, it wasn't THAT unpleasant. I mean, it's weird, but it's not PAINFUL. At least, not as painful as you'd imagine pulling a balloon through your urethra to be. Though, I wasn't awake when they inserted it, so who knows?

Which reminds me that the OTHER time I was in a hospital, I guess I didn't have a catheter? Maybe ball-surgery precludes that sort of thing, but that seems backwards to me (I don't think they'd want me fiddling with my junk as I go pee after they've sliced it open). But, no catheter, so I dunno. Maybe I just wasn't out long enough to justify it or something.

Speaking of which: testicular torsion.

Don't try it.

I had a catheter once, and it really wasn't so bad. I was on 2 mg of morphine at the time, not sure how much that really is, but it was only moderately uncomfortable. Of course, I also only had it in for about a minute. I imagine having a catheter for hours or days would suuuuck.

E: Oh god I live in constant fear of testicular torsion. If I suddenly come into enough money to be frivolous, I will go straight to the doctor and tell him I need preventative surgery. Staple my balls down doc, I don't trust them.

I had my catheter for two days.

I was not conscious when it was installed.

I was conscious when it was uninstalled. I couldn't sleep very well and then the nurse came into my room at about 4 or 5am to take it out.

The stent removal was far more painful.

About a 7/8.

It reminded me of when Neo had that tracking device removed through his navel by Trinity.

Munkus Beaver

I've been conscious when a catheter was put it.

I was on morphine, didn't do any good.

I straight up asked the guy, "Is this gonna hurt?"

Nurse gave me a look like I was stupid. "Yes. A lot."

At least he was honest.

Thetheroo

I had some of my wisdom teeth taken out today in addition to various other oral surgeries and so far the post-op pain hasn't been too bad. I've never had nitrous oxide or hydrocodone before, so it's been an interesting experience.

Garthor

Munkus Beaver wrote: »

I've been conscious when a catheter was put it.

I was on morphine, didn't do any good.

I straight up asked the guy, "Is this gonna hurt?"

Nurse gave me a look like I was stupid. "Yes. A lot."

At least he was honest.

Man, what the hell?

You got some kinda pussy dick or something?

Spoiler:

I just wanted to say "pussy dick"

Spoiler:

The nurse was probably just shitty

Viscount Islands

I've never been in a huge amount of pain thankfully. I fractured my leg once and smashed my eyebrow on a stone, but the pain-memory has long since faded to a vague yellow instead of a vivid fire red.

Peter Ebel

The worst pain I've had was some spontaneous back pain. There was no turning my head for about three days. alcohol made it better though. I'll say the pain was about a strong seven, the fear and horror as my body betrayed me was a good nine though.

Beasteh

sliced my thumb open with an incredibly sharp kitchen knife a few weeks ago

still sore

Beasteh

fell in the shower a year or so ago, somehow managed to rip a large chunk out of my right hand

got a nice big scar on my palm, couldn't close the hand for a long time

Stale

Garthor wrote: »

Munkus Beaver wrote: »

I've been conscious when a catheter was put it.

I was on morphine, didn't do any good.

I straight up asked the guy, "Is this gonna hurt?"

Nurse gave me a look like I was stupid. "Yes. A lot."

At least he was honest.

Man, what the hell?

You got some kinda pussy dick or something?

Spoiler:

I just wanted to say "pussy dick"

Spoiler:

The nurse was probably just shitty

I wore a foley for a very long time

it was never, ever pleasant to insert or remove.

Sal

I had a catheter removed while I was conscious

It felt really odd but I wouldn't characterize it as very painful

On the other hand I was on pain meds so that probably played a role

Viscount Islands

Countdown till this turns into a sounding thread.

DivideByZero

Few years back I broke my jaw.

(Actually that's not entirely accurate, it was broken for me but that's another story.)

So I have to get it wired shut for two months, which is kind of like having braces again except with extra wires wrapped around every tooth and between both halves of your jaw.

So the first night back from the hospital, after the demerol has worn off and I'm subsisting on codeine and positive thinking, my jaw starts spasming uncontrollably. The strongest muscles in my body. Completely out of control. Wanting to open. I wake up in the middle of the night with my jaw trying to force itself apart, only it can't because of the roughly eight meters of wire holding it together, and I'm nearly delirious from the pain and exhaustion and not thinking rationally and oh god my teeth are going to get ripped straight out of my jaw they're coming loose i can feel them coming loose why wont it stop oh god make it stop

And then it stops and I drift back off to sleep.

And then two minutes later it starts right back up again.

This lasted roughly 24 hours.

skettios

Viscount Islands wrote: »

I've never been in a huge amount of pain thankfully. I fractured my leg once and smashed my eyebrow on a stone, but the pain-memory has long since faded to a vague yellow instead of a vivid fire red.

I've broken my pinky and fractured my wrist.
Don't remember the pain.
I do remember being pissed at the nurse not being gentle enough when helping me remove my snow gear to check out my wrist.

Beasteh wrote: »

sliced my thumb open with an incredibly sharp kitchen knife a few weeks ago

still sore

I sliced my finger open pretty good earlier this year.
Finally got all my feeling back a month or so ago.

Septus

I think the most severe pain I can claim(That I remember) is when I took my contacts out from the most dry eyes of all time without wetting them first. I basically tore off the very top layer of my eyes, so no matter what I did, they were sort of on fire for most of the night, making it nearly impossible to sleep. That was probably a 6 on my wussy pain scale.

Iron Weasel

About 10 years ago I had pericarditis - it feels like a heart attack, but isn't really. It felt like someone was pounding a nail through my sternum. So I guess a 6 or 7?

Of course, the fear that I might actually be having a heart attack at twenty-one rated about a 37 out of ten.

Stale

I had two heart attacks back to back when I was 23.


I was pretty pissed off thinking that after all I had lived through, laying down hardwood flooring was going to kill me.


it didn't. close. but no.

Iron Weasel

I know people keep saying this but

Jesus, Stale.

Cogliostro

I know I'm late, but... kidney stones are comparable to child birth in terms of pain. Every doctor and nurse I know say that if a man wants to experience what the pain level is like, get a kidney stone.

And as for male catheters... yes they can be painful but most people I know just thought they were uncomfortable going in, more like a pressure. The few that I've done were on patients that were unconscious soo... they really didn't complain much.

Stale

Mine were awful because I regularly got infections due to my lack of any kind of immune system


an infected catheter is God's way of telling you to go fuck yourself

Stale

MY DICK IS INSIDE-OUT AND ON FIRE OHH HELP ME JESUS



JUST CUT IT OFF FUCKING CHRIST JUST GIVE ME A KNIFE

Cogliostro

D: Holy god.

SCREECH OF THE FARG

man if your dick was on fire do you call the hospital or the fire department

PiptheFair

you call uncle jack daniels

Berk

I remember when i was at my friends house in intense pain and was all

dont make me laugh it really hurts when i laugh

and with out a word he proceeds to grab a bottle of shampoo swivels round and pretends he's ejaculating all over his own room

that was agony

ShimSham

When I was 13 I tripped while running up bleachers.

I landed tooth first on the corner of a wooden seat. My front tooth launched out of my mouth and landed 10-15 feet away, and the rest of my front teeth were not where they should be, but they were at least still in my mouth. Below me lay a puddle of blood.

That was the worst pain I've ever had.

BigDes

I have a big old ulcer on my ankle

I don't know where it came from, probably my skates are a bit rancid but it hurts like a bastard when I rub it

Jacques L'Homme

Epididymitis

It's like someone's kicking you in the balls

Every ten seconds

All day long

Slider

DivideByZero wrote: »

Few years back I broke my jaw.

(Actually that's not entirely accurate, it was broken for me but that's another story.)

So I have to get it wired shut for two months, which is kind of like having braces again except with extra wires wrapped around every tooth and between both halves of your jaw.

So the first night back from the hospital, after the demerol has worn off and I'm subsisting on codeine and positive thinking, my jaw starts spasming uncontrollably. The strongest muscles in my body. Completely out of control. Wanting to open. I wake up in the middle of the night with my jaw trying to force itself apart, only it can't because of the roughly eight meters of wire holding it together, and I'm nearly delirious from the pain and exhaustion and not thinking rationally and oh god my teeth are going to get ripped straight out of my jaw they're coming loose i can feel them coming loose why wont it stop oh god make it stop

And then it stops and I drift back off to sleep.

And then two minutes later it starts right back up again.

This lasted roughly 24 hours.

Holy shit! I was just imagining how horrible this may have been.

Remind me never to break my jaw.

Campion

Goddamn mosquitoes are the worst pain. Nuuuuhh

Slider

While I was in college back in 2002, I had been employed as a gymnastics coach. During summer camp, I'd stupidly allow kids to climb all over me in the pool and over time my lower back began to get a little sore. Finally, one day when I was extremely sore, one of the bigger kids jumps on my back when I was prepared for it.

The next day I tried to put on my socks and couldn't bend over. I had to lie on the ground and scrunch into a ball to put them on. It was then that I thought I should drive home and go to the doctor.

My back got progressively worse that day and before I knew it I couldn't walk. My back would throw itself into a spasm whenever I tried to walk, or whenever I would laugh, cough, sneeze, etc.

I couldn't walk for a week. That was pretty bad pain.

Almost every few years after that my back would go out.

WhiteZinfandel

Stale's stories don't really affect me. It's sort of like the difference between hearing about your neighbor's murder and the Columbine Massacre. I just have no way of relating with that.

Weretaco

My most intense pain happened just over a month ago.

Getting Tonsils/Adenoids/Uvula out and trimmed soft tissue. The pain in the hospital wasn't as bad because of morphine shots, but about 2 days after getting home I got a head cold which meant I was sneezing a lot.

*sneeze*, almost pass out from pain. Then about a week after that my stitches started to come out and a piece of one got stuck on some food as I swallowed. Cue 4 inches or so of stitches ripping out of the back of my throat and I start puking as I am choking on it


Fun times.. but at least I don't snore anymore and my Apnea is cured