i reckon it is.
had all kinds of surgery and injuries through my life.
and the worst pain to deal with is caused by a little bloody tooth.
had a lot of pain from a big tooth at the back. it was already root filled, so had to come out.
went yesterday, it took the dentist 35 minutes to get it out. he told me it was one of the hardest extractions he has ever done.
once the injections wore off, the pain started. no worries, i have tramadol. took 2, didnt work. took a codeine. didnt work. took a couple of nurofen. bingo, pain subsided enough for me to fall to sleep for 3 hours.
woke in agony,more nurofen, took 40 minutes to kick in. so been repeating this the last 18 hours.
the pain is by far the worst i ever had. ;o(
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Kidding... a segmented femur was pretty damn painful.
Ribs though, they're not nice when tehy're injured
Yeah it’s nasty but for me ear ache is worse. With tooth ache you can bite down or push on them to get momentary relief something you just can’t do with ear ache.
Prostate biopsy.
Ask a mother.
no.
intestinal blockage is much worse.
The surgery to correct was not much better either.
Not if you've ever had to pass kidney stones.
I told my wife what the doctor said to me, that passing kidney stones is considered more painful than childbirth. "Hmm male doctor was it?" was all she said.
This stung a bit
Worst pain I have ever had was when a sinus infection got into the roots of my front teeth. Went on for days - broken bones settle after a day or two. this didn't. Large amounts of dihydrocodeine got me thru
Flick to the stones must be the apex of this list!
Any nerve pain , I suppose that includes teeth. I had a pain from my back to my ankle but the calf was the worst ever pain pulsating away. It all disappeared after two days hope it won't come back
Prostate biopsy , never felt pain just discomfort. felt like the cat coming back from the vet having lost his gonads. I've a MRI to look forward to so may be same again
> pass kidney stones
^ this, twice. Second time had a temporary ureteral stent. I sat on the removal string one day. That hurt more than the original stones.
No.
Toothache can be bad. I suffered plenty and had nine teeth extracted in one sitting aged 20.
But none of that dental pain came close to that caused by acute pacreatitis. Like a white hot iron bar thrusting through stomach and back plus 40 deg C temp and projectile (4 metres) vomiting.
Nope, it's a constant pain. But not the worst.
Torsion of the testicle was pretty spicy.
Ear or tooth ache are a special kind of pain.
My vasectomy was interesting. The surgeon realised he'd not used enough anaesthetic a fraction of a second after I did.
Gall stones far worse. Never needed morphine for tooth ache.
I've had two prostate biopsies and whilst they are a little uncomfortable they weren't painful. I had osteomyelitis when I was 11 - I can still remember the pain from that and also being delirious.
I hate anaesthetics at the dentist. Had to have repair work on a root canal. Decided not to have drugs this time to "explore" options. I'm still 50/50 on which was worse, even remembering arcing my back, sweating and moaning in the chair.
Infections are the worst though I reckon. I'm just starting to recover from a lung infection. Heat sensitivity (chills and sweats), dehydration, changed tastebuds, muscles all screaming at you like they've been punched 1000x.
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Full MemberGall stones far worse. Never needed morphine for tooth ache.
Yes those sound effing terrible.
Most times with toothache, e.g. minor infection needing a root canal, it is very painful but you can still just about function.
One time however I had some kind of infection in the root of a rear tooth, and it was so painful that it utterly dominated my existence for 3 days. I set my thermostat up really hot but even so, every breath of air felt like a needle made of ice being hooked up to the mains being pressed into the tooth.
It's the only time as an adult that I've ever cried from pain. Absolutely unbearable.
Don't suffer it Ton, if it gets out of hand you won't be able to break the pain cycle - the dentist will give you another jab to do that for you and you can keep on top of it then
Pancreatitis {caused by gall stones}.
Worse than childbirth - and that was coming from more than one female nurse.
Infected anal fistula, it turns out you have many many sensitive nerve endings round your bum end.
I was in agony, wife was looking after two young kids, so I got a mate to take me down the hospital.
Queue him going the short way, to get there faster; it felt like he was smashing over every speed hump intentionally. One of us saw the funny side and it wasn't me.
Dog bite behind right knee from an Akita. It wasn't so much the bite itself, but it did cause a DVT just below the knee. My calf swelled to double the size and the pressure was immense. I had it raised as much as possible, but when needing a pee I had to stand on it. That brought on the worst pain I've ever suffered. I can only describe it as someone slashing my calf with 1000 razor blades whilst simultaneously squirting vinegar into the cuts. I've had some decent injuries including a triple wrist fracture requiring surgery. That was pretty painful, but not a match for this. Also infected wisdom teeth. I agree that teeth are pretty bad though... I (hopefully don't) feel your pain!
That's not toothache, it's lack-of-tooth-ache.
Is it the worst pain? I've no idea, but I have a knackered premolar that the dentist reckoned was 50:50 saveable, it took him three attempts to calm it the **** down and it was probably the worst pain I've known. A root canal was a piece of piss in comparison. It's recently started jangling again, I no longer have a dentist after being struck off by my local practice of maybe 45 years for being slightly late for an appointment once and frankly I'm bloody terrified.
Infected anal fistula
Perfect lunchtime reading 🤢
I had first toothache in my life a few weeks back*. Middle of the night, I leapt out of bed and was wandering round the house going fark fark! But the hazel twig flicking me on the cold nipple when riding was more painful. Thankfully didn't last as long 😀
Booked in October 2022 to have it extracted. Not really looking forward to that now.
Toothache is by far the worst pain I've ever experienced. Had it numerous times at varying degrees of severity, but there was one in particular that completely overshadowed the rest. For hours the pain was bad enough that I felt I was either going to throw up or pass out. It was well beyond tolerable.
I did a huge faceplant and smashed my nose. The sinuses filled up with blood and had to be "irrigated", which involves sticking a tube up there and pumping warm water in until the clot gets forced out. Inserting the tube was fairly painful seeing as I had a smashed nose, but the irrigation itself was like having your head squeezed in a vice, all you know is blinding pain all through your head. Then, the dam bursts and you're suddenly drowning in salty water with blood clots the size of quails eggs.
The other unbearably painful thing I've had is a back injury. I bent over the bike to change a pedal on the other side and screwed up my back. It was just spasming and I couldn't move, I was just stuck there with the bike as a walking frame to stop from collapsing. It took me about 20 minutes to get halfway straightened up and hobble back inside. My daughter was about 9 years old and thought it was hilarious.
Torsion of the testis and gall stones both smarted a bit.
Burst appendix trumps any tooth ache i've ever had, and ive had very bad tooth ache.
2nd burst appendix - that stung a bit. Luckily not had toothache to compare it to
I will raise you three ...
Frozen Shoulder
Scleritis (the most pain I have ever been in when I haven't had a frozen shoulder ( which was 3 times))
Shingles in my face and eyes
Broken ribs and the pain breathing was the worst pain I have experienced.
A dry socket following a tooth extraction was also very painful. Hope this does not happen to you Ton.
Ask a mother who has had kidney stones. Even as a father I can tell you it’s ****ing horrendous.
I once stepped barefoot on a model of a 3 pin plug that was made out of Lego.
Had a tooth out myself, wisdom tooth that came out in nearly 30 pieces with a small section of jaw bone needing to be cut away to access.
Post procedure I got an infection and also suffered with dry socket, in my case an exposed section of the aforementioned cut bone.
Overnight I was on a lot of codeine and still in tears at the relentless pain. That wasn't the worst though, the absolute peak of the pain was the dentist squeezing the pus from the infected area whilst dental assistant washed / suctioned the area including exposed bone with water. Very close to passing out.
I’ve somehow ****ed my back this morning. Never really done my back in before. I’d take toothache over it. Close but yes, back pain is worse.
Having had meningitis before though. The headache from that is like back pain x toothache coupled with every stubbed toe you’ve ever had…
Moving a leg with a double fracture of the pelvis/nerve issues stings a bit.
It's the only time I've ever screamed in pain.
it's what I imagine it feels like when hit in the nuts with a sledgehammer. Whilst someone tries to pull your leg out of its socket.
I've had dislocations, multiple fractures, sciatica, smashed teeth and nothing has come close.
I once stepped barefoot on a model of a 3 pin plug that was made out of Lego.
I once did the vacuuming naked and tripped over backwards and landed on a mortar shell that was lying around.
broken spine, and 4 ribs. Shed loads of morphine didn't help when the muscles went into spasm. Managed to get a shed load of diazapam too. OK after that.
My vasectomy was interesting. The surgeon realised he’d not used enough anaesthetic a fraction of a second after I did.
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Reactive arthritis caused by a staph infection of the wrist. My wife had it and her surgeon told her the pain was “exquisite”. She said she’s known nothing like it. And that includes giving birth to a 10 pound bowling ball with an emergency episiotomy.
My dull sinus pain today doesn’t really count. I did break 15 bones in one go though. Smarted a bit but one tramadol a day saw that off.
6 ribs either side broken plus two cracks in my sternum. Plus collarbones and many of the bones in my feet shagged when the engine and gearbox came to join me in the passenger compartment.
Didn’t actually feel too much pain from that thanks to shock and medication.
4 days later when i sneezed it all apart was a different story.
Frozen Shoulder
Yes mine was quite painful, not as bad as epididymitis though.
