Question inspired by a Charley horse that hit in the middle of the night.
Major surgery. I had back surgery when I was 14 to fix my scoliosis. That was over 20 years ago and I haven’t had to have any surgery since.
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Unnatural childbirth it is, then
First day of school.
Thankfully breaking a bone. The only time I broke one was back in the summer of 1999 on the way out to the car with my family, I think we were headed into town for something when I slipped on our porch and fell weird. As my parents supported me down to the car, out of instinct I put weight on my broken leg.
I can still remember the loss of absolutely everything else, my mind was just flooded with that agony.
Sorry to hear that. Though a broken pain must not necessarily mean severe pain. It depends on which bone you break, where and how. You got unlucky there. I had a couple of broken bones, my big toe, my hand and part of my hip (not the joint, but the Illium, which has a purely protective function), and in all those cases the pain was managable without painkillers, as long as I didn’t move the injured body part at least. It was always a closed wound and there was a crack in the xray but the bone had not moved much out of place and never needed an operation. Also adrenaline played a role, I broke my hand at a Judo competition and at first just thought I just bruised, but the paramedid noticed that it moved where it shouldn’t.
With all my traumatic injuries I was consoled by the fact that soon I will arrive in the hospital, will be cared for and the pain will stop.
The worst pains I had were a severe tooth ache and strong migrain attacks. It was worsened by the fact that I didn’t know when the pain will end.
Heroin withdrawals
Over 13 years here, coming on 12 years without opioid withdrawals at all (methadone/suboxone withdrawal can be even worse and is certainly not a catch all solution but definitely worked for me). Great job Kava keep it up.
Thank you sir and congrats to you as well. I’ve been clean from opiates since Dec 26th 2016. I still smoke weed occasionally or use kava so I’m “California sober” but it works for me. Opiates are dangerous substances.
Ouch.
Stubbing my big toe. Ouch!
That I haven’t had? The two major ones are a sinus infection (1994), which in theory I could have again, and appendicitis (2007), which I will never have again.
As a life long skateboarder and snowboarder, I’ve had all kinds of brutal injuries, still do on occasion, but no pain has compared to those two.
Whenever I used to go out anywhere or do anything social, I’d always be constantly, quietly hoping that someone would come along and fall into my life. That I’d pass by someone that looked like they could relate to me, or that would try to talk to me, or be attracted to me. Anyone that would change my life for the better. It was lonely as fuck to constantly want something unrealistic every single day that never happened, for years and years.
Then I met my future wife, and I nearly forgot that pain ever existed.
Getting kicked by the balls
Active addiction and the hopelessness of hunger, legal trouble, and flexing my principles in order to function.
What do you mean by “flexing my principles”?
Flexing doesn’t quite work in that context but I get what he was going for. Probably bending or relaxing his principles sounds better, i.e. lowering himself to scummy behaviors that would normally violate his principles.
I accidentally touched mains power when I was 10 while trying to plug in my gameboy charger. It’s been 18 years since, but that was definitely something I never want to experience again. I remember I could feel it in my muscles for more than a week afterwards
I once had an open fracture. What was strange was that I was so hopped up on adrenaline, I didn’t even notice at first. The pain I’ve had from things like a calf cramp was way, way worse. In this case I called my own ambulance and they loaded me in and were like “uh. Does that hurt?” And I was like “Oh, does it hurt? Yeah, I guess it should, shouldn’t it?”
Dislocated shoulder was the worst for me. The pain meds didn’t help at all and I cried like a baby until the anaesthesia started.
I once had mine popped out then snap back in again while surfing after a hurricane. I got drilled into the bottom shoulder first and felt it separate then it clicked back into place. I then had to get back to shore with one arm, got driven over to a rocky section I had to climb out over (board required minor repairs). I have no idea why I didn’t drown that day. My arm was f’d for a long time.
Much cooler story than mine though. I ordered food, went to the door, slipped on the stairs and tried to grab the handrail while falling.
At least I had some nice Indian food waiting for me when I came back from the ER.
Edit: btw it was fascinating that I immediately knew it was a dislocated shoulder. I never had it before, never had major bones broken or torn ligaments. I still knew, like three seconds after I fell what it was.
That sounds way more painful!
Ingrown toenails… had that shot all the time as a teen… hurt like a mf, and hurt even more to let the doctors ripp my nails off…
I seem to be constantly on the receiving end of painful experiences, so it’s kinda constant. That being said all 3 of my grandmothers have died so I can’t go through that again.
