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Jun. 28th, 2005 12:40 pmWhile I wait for some goop to dry, I'll toss this question to the crowd:
What is the worst pain you ever experienced?
Mine was a scratched cornea: don't let anyone tell you there are no nerves in the eye! Writhing pain, with the added nastiness that you can't really don anything but wait until it heals (4-8 hours, typically). And there is no "comfortable" position! Closing your eyes has 'em rubbing on the lid; keep them open and the pain makes tears (salty water open wound=*aieee!*).
A close second would be when I had (unknown to me at the time) a compression fracture of my foot and a helpful salesman jammed my foot into a formal shoe. A magnificent pain that had me hallucinating, blacking out and hearing opera all in the space of a split-second.
What is the worst pain you ever experienced?
Mine was a scratched cornea: don't let anyone tell you there are no nerves in the eye! Writhing pain, with the added nastiness that you can't really don anything but wait until it heals (4-8 hours, typically). And there is no "comfortable" position! Closing your eyes has 'em rubbing on the lid; keep them open and the pain makes tears (salty water open wound=*aieee!*).
A close second would be when I had (unknown to me at the time) a compression fracture of my foot and a helpful salesman jammed my foot into a formal shoe. A magnificent pain that had me hallucinating, blacking out and hearing opera all in the space of a split-second.
since you asked..
Date: 2005-06-29 03:56 am (UTC)The most recent one I can recall was being severely sunburned on the back, and having to stand in a cold cold shower alternating solarcaine on it, for several fruitless hours, in hopes it would subside.
Since you listed a second, perhaps food poisoning I'd list as second.. you feel like you wanna die with some of that stuff...
Even when I broke my femur it wasn't quite as extreme as those two, because the body goes into partial shock.
And since
ADVICE: cutting back Salt and Caffeine drastically has virtually eliminated headaches.
Woulda been nice if someone said something about that years ago.... ;P
take care!