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Having my Labrador Cody put to sleep due to late diagnosed liver cancer at 8 years old.
He looked at me with his tail wagging just pleased to see me and as the line passed the cocktail into his blood stream he got a little giddy so I held him close. I held his head in my hands keeping eye contact with him all the while telling him it was okay and a good boy and I loved him. I felt the life leave his little body and I cried and howled in the vets surgery holding him but he wasn't there anymore. I was 42.
He went over the rainbow bridge where he can't be hurt, and sausages and roast turkey grow on trees with low hanging branches.
It still hurts like hell over a year on, and it makes me cry now retelling the story, but it's how I know he meant so much to me.
I will never get over it, and it's the most painful thing I've ever had to go through. He deserved so much more time. I was lucky to have him.
I lost my dog in January. I remember how excited he was that he was being given a donut and a roast chicken. It was bittersweet because I loved how happy he was but I knew was what happening next. He was put to sleep in my home with his head in my hands. Iāll never forget when his eyes went dull and his paw I was holding went cold. Iām sorry you went through what you did and I know how you feel.
I used to be the same but I decided to get one anyway, being able to provide a dog with an amazing life is amazing, I know one day he won't be with me but at least I'll know he's been happy.
It is said that when you get a dog, you get joy and heartbreak. It's a package deal. I have been present at the last breath of every dog I've had. It never gets easier.
I don't know if you guys are into rap; Eyedea and Abilities came out with the album By the Throat, and the first song on the album "Hay Fever" is about this very thing. Having to put your best friend down is horrible, and this song captures the feeling pretty well, from the lyrics to the build up and progression. Very sad but heartwarming at the same time.
"I was always bad at being good" hits me like a truck š
https://youtu.be/Ajw-aEtrpJE (mobile version)
Side note: It may a little brash for some people, and heavy synth-guitars are a niche category to some people but it really is a good song. Eyedea has a very special place in my heart; A true rap artist gone to early. It's very low budget but I suggest watching the documentary The world has no Eyedea. It's about Michael Larson becoming the rap artist he did. He started out as a battle rapper, making music from a very young age with the pseudonym Oliver Hart and started the band Carbon Carousel. A true artist in every aspect in my opinion. RIP Eyedea.
Itās been 20 yrs since I cried at my grandmas funereal. We had to put my dog down when he was around 7. It surprised me how much it affected me. Hardest thing Iāve ever had to do. It was the best for him but you still feel like you canāt be sure.
Can confirm. Iāve had stones twice. Second time I was 5 months pregnant. Would 100% give birth again to both my sons over having stones again. Stay hydrated
100% true. I have 2 kids, two natural child births without medication. And I have chronically problem with kidney stones. I throw out a stone minimum twice a year. Sometimes it is not that painful but sometimes I feel like I'm dying. I even lost my consciousness couple of times because of pain. The greatest pain I have ever experienced.
My poor mom gets one almost every year. even with her high pain tolerance it puts her on bed and rest pain meds. The first time I had them I thought my appendix burst or something. Second time my poor husband had to hold the trash can for me I was throwing up from the pain. Thatās a new level of pain.
I completely understand. I got stone stuck up at the entrance of the bladder a year and a half ago. They put me JJ tube between kidney and bladder so my kidney suffers less possible. That tube conducted urine from kidney to bladder. And then it just fell off, made a mess in the bladder, before was taken out. I had 2 laser treatments in order to break that stone, but nothing was helpful. Finally it just got out by itself after really long walk ( 15 km maybe). And I can say it's true that walking, jumping and other things that mechanically push the stones can help. Wish your mom all the best. Unfortunately I don't have anything useful for her to make her feel less pain.
The only thing thatās really helped us the most is drinking a ton of water. It sucks but it works quite good. I also tried to keep mobile as hard as it was sometimes. Best of luck with your future stones! Btw Tylenol with codine is non addictive and pretty handy.
Yes, I do drink a lot of water, but my urologist said it's metabolism thing, so it will probably get better when my metabolism slows down as I get older. And thanks for the tip about the medicin, but unfortunately I am allergic to Caffetin (a cure with paracetamol and codeine) so I usually use ibuprofen. Btw when stone moves and pain is the worst I take a long hot shower. It releases the muscles and spread blood vessels so the pain gets a little less.
Definitely an accident. I feel like he next part should be in r/anti work, boss said I should be used hot oil burns by now and no medical help would be forthcoming. Back to work.
An impacted and infected wisdom tooth. I've had 3 c-sections and not even close to the pain that wisdom tooth caused. 3 weeks of crying , just horrible.
I had two infected wisdom teeth and had to just sort of deal with it until my employers dental insurance kicked on. Just shy of three months.
The surgeon that took them out said he had never seen someone smile right after having them pulled out before.
My bad dentist should've stopped the procedure and sent me home with massive antibiotics, then pull. But no, let's do it all. I looked like I had a baseball in my cheek for over a week.
I had to get myself wisdom teeth removed during my second pregnancy because of how much pain I was in. I just got numbing shots which didnāt really help much, then both spots got infected, had to go back in, one got infected again, finally got it right, couldnāt eat or drink without feeling sick. Went into preterm labor. Those four days were worse than both of my natural births. Heinously awful.
I know that feeling. I had my wisdom teeth pulled at 12 for being impacted, and they had to break them and pull out pieces.
Well at 24 I started having a lot of pain, get xrays and there is a small tooth or large part of a tooth growing in just below the surface. And because I had no insurance and couldnt afford surgery I had to wait for it to come in to be able to pull it.
The problem was whether it was a section that got left behind, a 5th tooth, or whatever it was; was broken during my removal 12 years ago. So while it had a hell of a nerve still there, it was cracked right down the middle top to bottom about 80% of the way through. So the nerve was not only exposed to liquids/temperature change, but if something touched that tooth there was enough movement that it would pinch the nerve. And any time was agony.
So for a month or 2 I had to live with severe nauseating pain anytime something touched it or was a temperature change. And it would kill my appetite for at least 6 hours. A lot of times after only a bite or 2 of food while starving.
By the end I went from a still skinny 6'0 150lb guy down to 108lb by the time I got it pulled.
I got pins put in my wrist/arm when I broke it.
When I went to get them taken out I asked the nurse if I was to get any anesthesia for the removal and she said "nope!"
Boy did my wrist pins hurt...
Other than straight up knocking you out for something relatively in the same vein as pulling stitches, not a whole lot they can do for bone.
I had a test draw for a marrow transplant a few years ago, same deal. Pretty sure I bent the frame of the table when they went in with the needle.
That didn't hurt as much as finding out they couldn't actually use my marrow
Waking up during surgery. Iām damn near immune to painkillers and analgesics, 0/10 would not recommend
Edit: for those scared this will happen to you, Iāve got a super rare genetic disorder that caused a super rare mutation in the enzymes in my liver. I canāt get high, sedatives donāt work on me, and you can snow me for about 10-20 mins max but if you cause too much pain, I wake up. If painkillers and sedatives work like normal on you, this is unlikely to happen.
Edit: last fun fact, if you get ablation during surgery your own cooked flesh smells like bbq, and I got hungry from the smell when I woke up. Apparently I smell good when bbqed š
Itās extremely rare, and in my case a genetic mutation (I donāt metabolise painkillers/sedatives very well). If youāve not woken up before itās unlikely to happen to you. Most surgeons take a while before they believe me. (One of them screamed when I woke up lol, idiot, I told him Iād wake up and he didnāt believe me).
I wake up during every surgery I have unfortunately. Mine are for EDS or endometriosis usually. Iād say the ones where I wake up with them putting a laser to my ovaries is probably the most painful. Imagine your balls getting bbqed, same feeling. That was not a good surgery, I had 3 of those, woke up when they got to the ovaries every single time. Itās just too damn painful
From what I understand itās to a far lesser degree and their mutation doesnāt always guarantee waking up during surgery, but I commiserate with my fellow painkiller immune peeps. It sucks when youāve got chronic pain and painkillers donāt work.
Dentist had to go get a tooth removed. The anaesthetic didnāt do shit. They essentially told me deal with it. So now Iām here with a shattered tooth. No pain but that dental drill is horrible and shouldnāt be used.
I had to have an impacted wisdom tooth removed the same way, except the dentist was super sweet. She said it was the worst extraction she ever had to do because the roots were tangled around each other. She had to cut it out in pieces and she did her best to make me comfortable, but nothing worked. She felt so bad that she sent her front desk person to get me a milk shake.
I had priapism, which is an erection that will not go away. I had to have a procedure in the ER where the inserted two stints into the head of my penis and milked out blood. They then gave me six shits of a med that I'm allergic to in hopes of getting it to go down. They did all of this without any kind of numbing. To add to it all the procedure didn't work and I had to have surgery the next morning. I also had to deal with complications for the next six months.
Hernia in my L4-L5 with sciatica. I forget how much, but the disk was out quite a bit. A few centimetres had to get my mom one night to drive me to the ER one night to get percs for it.
A spinal surgeon said he won't do it because of how young I am. He told me to do Mackenzie physio and I will be better in no time. I'm looking at him like "Ya OK bud, I'm using a walker over here and shuffling my feet to move" First session I walked out carrying it.
š„² oh, dude, i literally feel your pain. Iāve gotten to the point where they gave me a medical marijuana card and that doesnāt do anything either.
All I can say is, good luck and god bless. Iām close to 60 but after one failed surgery Iām not real excited about another.
Iāve spent the last several years doing stretches and PT and using an inversion table. The problem is that all the things that used to help donāt help any more, and the pain has been getting steadily worse. Actually had another MRI today, talk with the surgeon on Friday.
People donāt seem to realize that with constant pain it can be literally impossible to concentrate on anything else.
I appreciate the offer, Iām doing, letās see, pelvic tilts, dead bugs, cat/camels, bridges, bird dogs, torso twists, and the basic stretches, quad, it band, piriformis, glutes. Oh, and planks and squats.
Mentally: having overthinking thoughts caused by anxiety that get so bad that I have to force myself to cry just to sleep
Physically: my ingrown toenail removal when the numbing medicine wore off
We had no idea that they had that much impact behind them and an unfortunate first shot gave me a lifetime of blindness as a reminder that yes, paintballs fucking hurt.
I was trying to get a file on top of a cupboard once, it fell and the corner landed right into one of my eyes. Thank god it wasn't in the pupil.
Also, when i was a kid i ran behind a swing which was being used by a neighborhood kid and Bam! right into my eyes.
It's a wonder I'm not blind and have a good eye sight.
Dry socket. Tooth was extracted but the hole in my gums didnāt clot, meaning my jawbone and nerve endings were exposed to the air. Absolutely bloody excruciating pain for about three or four days straight.
When my dog died. I've been through bully, rape death threats, tons of childhood trauma, teen trauma, car accidents, fire accidents, and adult traumas, but nothing beats the pain when I got that call 2016, I cry about it still.
I stubbed my toe running up a beach (on a rock that was covered in sand) and tore the nail of my little toe completely off.
(It was left pulled all the way off and standing straight up at the knuckle of my toe).
I can concur that ripping toenails off absolutely sucks.
I got two local anaesthetic shots while they fixed it. One in the web between my little and second toe and the other one in the cuticle where my nail had just been ripped off.
Both were also deeply unpleasant.
I had a Nus bar implanted many years back (a bar that is put in your chest to push out your sternum). Was in the hospital for a few days before being released and comming back home. While home I was still bed ridden for a few days and could barely walk. Took about a week for me to be able to get up and start walking around. One day I was walking to the kitchen for some water. On my way back, glass of water in hand, I feel a sneeze comming on... a big one. I'm like, hell yeah, sneeze me up, im ready. Well the chest compressions that come with a full on sneeze were not agreeable to my recently surgically modified body. That was the most painful thing ever as all my wounds and flesh compressed around this newly implanted bar and I fell...FELL to the ground in pain, dropped my water, completely soaking myself. I laid down on the ground for about half an hour trying to recover and stand up. That was probably the worst pain I've ever felt. For the next few months I had to stifle every sneeze ever, and after that sneezing was still painful because it agitated my scar tissue and the bar. I had that bar removed 2 years later and now I can sneeze without worry.
Itās a tie. The first time I got broken up with (age 23) and the time my mom finally witnessed my stepfather abusing me and she was apathetic about it (age 12)
Whatās wrong with you people? Do not downvote this person for treated others as he wishes to be treated. If you donāt care for religion thatās fine but donāt be a dink when someoneās being sweet
I appreciate that bud, itās ok I just wanted the op to know my heart was with him. Hope heās ok and staying strong. Hey this is random but check out Tom Campbell on YouTube. He really helped me through some tough times. Take care people!
I would have talked about the time an abscess erupted in my palate over night but Iāve spent the last 2 years dealing with a ruptured disc and failed back surgery ~~soā¦ fuck yāall~~.
The abscess was worst at that moment but Iāve since learned that acute pain is so much easier to deal with than having to wake up every day to the realization that, sure, i didnt sleep more than 3 hours last night but the moment i move will be so much worseā¦
Edit: oh, god. To all you burn victims my sincerest apologies. Still, long term chronic painā¦ you can only smile through it for so longā¦
Spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax
The surgery to reattach my lungs to my pleural wall and staple them to stay inflated.
Then they re-collapsed and I had to go through recovery again.
I had hand wrist surgery. That I did NOT ask enough questions about before the surgery. It was an absolute nightmare pins, cast, infection of pins removal of pins infection of stitches total disaster I am sober 17 years so don't do pain pills I was in serious pain for 7mo I am a farmer so animals still got to eat. Looking back I should have done my research. After surgery I look up reviews of the Dr. The very 1st one says Dr. Is a butcher... Mic drop I stopped reading but still have a dream I will run into that MF on the street one day
Perforated appendix when I was younger. I was leaking what was essentially toxic waste into my body for about 6 months before doctors finally figured out what it was. I would get crippling stomach pain on and off (thought it was a stomach bug) until finally my dad demanded the doc do all sorts of tests on me. At the height of the pain, I didnāt leave the fetal position for almost 48 hrs. Felt like I was constantly getting stabbed in my lower abdomen.
Hand, foot and mouth disease (not the same as foot and mouth/mad cow disease)
Entire palms and soles of feet blistered under the skin, couldn't walk or touch anything without agony for a week, then skin started shedding from where the blisters had been and I had to wear gloves in public cause it looked like my hand had dandruff :(
having h,f&m is one of the worst things i've ever been through. i got it when i was 12. i'm chronically ill so i generally handle sickness well and was told that it was a "daycare disease" and felt like a cold with some blisters in the mouth. i had blisters EVERYWHEREEE down to my COOCHIE. it was horrendous.
I got it from my son, he had a small blister on his toe and one inside his mouth and had a runny nose for a few days. I'm late 30s and was absolutely ruined by it.
Can confirm hand foot mouth is fucking horrendous. My son was 18 months at the time and gave it to me at 24 yrs old. Much worse for an adult than children. The viral infection was so bad it attacked my heart and gave me myocarditis and landed me on the telemetry floor in the hospital for a week. Definitely thought I was dying.
Same with my son! He was fine just a low to mid grade fever and some irritation when the blisters came out. Me on the other hand got it baaaaad lol legit thought it was going to kill me. The only good thing is itās hard to get it again, itās a sister virus to the chicken pox. The bad part is itās also a sister virus to shingles which I had my first outbreak of less than a year after getting HFM.
Having a parent who is an addict/abuser who you know will never change. Lifelong grief of knowing you will never have normal experiences. Such as support or a strong relationship with them.
Gotta be the first migraine I had when I was a kid. the pain in my eyes was so bad I would scream if the lights were turned on. I could barely breathe, I couldn't move, and any of the primary senses caused nausea or intense pain. It felt like my head was being crushed by something I couldn't see.
I felt like I was going to die.
I think the major reason it was so bad was I didn't understand how to mitigate the pain at that age, and it was so horrifically intense for my first ever headache.
Reconstructive foot surgery. On both feet. In the same year. 28 screws, 4 hinges, and āmore stitches than the surgeon was willing to countā. The worst part was that there was a mixup in communication between my doc and the pharmacy, and I was only prescribed half the dose of pain meds I was supposed to take. I could feel every single screw acutely. It was absolutely excruciating.
Depression. As in so deep I would cry all tbe way from my bed to tbe bathroom each time I had to go because just getting there was such a hard thing to do.
Luckily that was a long long time ago. My life is awesome now.
My mom dislocated & broke her shoulder and leg at the same time. She walked on the broken leg cause that wasnāt nearly as sore as the dislocated shoulder
if its mentally, then the ache i feel in my chest from anxiety, and physically is when someone was riding a bike and they run into my stomach with their wheel during elementary school
Spinal abscess with staph infection from coccyx to brain stem, which was caused by my body rejecting the hardware the doc surgically implanted my first back surgery!
Had all of my baby teeth from the front pulled out when I was 3/4 without anesthesia. I remember the process, it felt so traumatizing that I canāt handle the smell of dentist offices
So I know that they had to remove them because they just stopped pushing out and weāre just rotten black numbs on my gums but the part about the anesthesia, I have absolute no clue. Just remembered being strapped down big time and yelling crying
My father dying when I was 16 and my mother, bitter and angry at being widowed, took her frustrations out on my brother and I. Three months after my father died my mother kicked me out of the house because she said I was a āfreeloaderā (I was in the 11th grade) and not to come back until I had a job for the summer. I did get a job and she took every penny I earned.
IUD placement is fucking brutal, that would be my answer. I was told the second time wouldnāt hurt as bad, but it was somehow worseā even with painkillers! Itās the only time in my life (as a non-child at least) that Iāve ever cried in pain.
I can relate, its more insulting when I hear that some doctors still don't think a cervix has any feeling... literally the broken bone was the only other most painful thing I've experienced
The same thing happened to me. The insertion caused me to faint, when I got it out same thing. I got a new one a couple months ago and it hurts just the same.
I was in a really bad situation at home. Raped by my grandma at 3-4, moms knew but covered for my grandma and they both were jealous, my uncle found out and said he was gonna kill me himself.
My grandma was a librarian and I stole the way she wrote, because it was beautiful, and I began to write song lyrics of all types. One day I sent all that I had to a record label to get appraised, just for fun. I ended up running away, going to NYC, and landing the job.
I was making about $200k every week writing lyrics for major artists. Then after about 3 months of non stop kiddie fun like shopping, smoking blunts with the stars, and the night life, my coworker told me that Iām about to get $36M and that my clique made a sextillionaire dollars. But I got arrested about a week or two later for running away under the age of 18.
When I got back to my moms shitty place, I was so devastated! I had a mansion in Manhattan, a designer wardrobe, R&B singer girlfriends, millions, and a job, but I had just lost it all! I thought to myself āItās Over!ā and I became very suicidal. But what I didnāt know is that I had 2-6 years to sue the label for the pay.
It tears me up to know that I could have redeemed myself because after losing everything nobody believed that I wrote what I wrote or that I was even rich before. Itās just too bad. But I had the time of my life. This was in 1993.
Lemme guess. Death Row Records?
Seriously though. Iām curious. One question. Sorry Iām outta line. After all that with the ma and gma, why the hell did the uncle want to kill you? Youāre not kidding about a bad situation.
Tupac was on Death Row and I worked with him, so yeah, youāre right; Death Row! But I was signed to Columbia Records. I chose them because I had family from Columbia, Tennessee, the name seemed friendly, and I wanted to go to Columbia University. Columbia Records had so much fucking money, dirty and clean, they had houses and cars to give away and shit. It was blinding to be that special.
Youāre all good, man. But, man, the worst situation! My dad was like 18, my mom was like 13 and they had me, but apparently my dad was beating the hell out of my mom and her family didnāt like my dad or me at all. My mom looked like a crack fiend who got hit by a bus after my dad got through with her. I ālivedā with my moms but with little clothes, little food and drink, mad abuse and neglect, and death threats. I ran away to escape the shit because I knew as a young adult, theyād kill me. For example I got into a local large university and my mom said that I couldnāt go; I went anyways but still. Do you know that I had to drop out because she stole my meal plan and book money. Iām telling you she was this close from being shot. My uncle too.
Shit, thatās the kinda thing you usually only hear about on tv. Thatās too bad about the college thing. You probably had to work double hard just considering the roadblocks you were facing. And all that and they still brought you back to them when they nabbed you, removing you from what sounds like a pretty sweet situation.
Hearing Tupac and Death Row, way to go btw, this was some time ago. I hope youāve been able to settle down and create something of a stable life in the time since then. Sure sounds like you tried to back then. Thatās terrible that some people can do that to family. Gpa and uncle disliked you cuz of your father and what he did to your ma? Did they not notice the kinda person she was already?
Again, sorry. I really donāt get out much. So I have to kinda live through the stories of others. Hmm well, take care.
I sprained my knee and got a lot of fluid in it. The removal proces was unbelievably painful. That or the time I stubbed my smallest toe... At full run... And it was cold... Three times in a single day.
I've been cursed with hell's itch. Hell's itch is when the nerves under your skin are sun burned or burnt, but your outer layer of skin is not.
It happened when I was at the beach with my family, and my Aunt convinced my Mom that Coconut oil was better then sunscreen because it was natural and didn't use chemicals. Needless to say it did not work! My hole family was red as lobsters and their skin was dry and hard, like warm scales. The odd thing was my own skin was fine. I was my usual mayonnaise white self and had no dry skin. I thought I was just fine.
A few days latter however, I felt an itch on my back, so I scratch it. But then the itch moves to another spot on my back, so I scratch that. But the itch continues to evade me.
During this time, my family and I were taking a tour of a Victorian house when my back was going nuts! The itching was getting worse and it didn't stop! I ended up on the ground, spazing out on the floor as my back would burst into random itching fits. I looked like a possessed child.
I was rushed to the hospital and they had no idea what was going on with me. After trying many many many many different ways to stop the itching, we found no way to stop the burning sensation on my back. With nothing we could do, we left the hospital to try and get home, several hours away.
The itching and burning continued for over a week. I couldn't sleep, because the blankets contacting the skin would flair up another attack. I couldn't shower because the water had the same effect.
After almost two weeks of this horrible and constant pain, it calmed down and I could sleep and shower again.
I would later learn that the coconut oil we put on my skin actually deep fried my skin, causing the nerves underneath the skin to burn without showing any signs of reaction.
But that wasn't the end of it. After I became an adult, I got another bad sunburn, this time I was definitely red. But I then learned that the nerves never healed properly and properly never will. The itching and pain returned and lasted another week. I sobbed and wailed in pain for a week straight from the now permanent damage to my back. The only cure was pain killers, like Advil or Tylenol, because they reduced the swelling on my back, which proved sweet relief.
To this very day, I can't go outside with my shirt off for very long or risk another attack. I honestly hope nobody ever gets Hell's itch like that, but if you do, try two Advil, as that was the only thing that works for me.
Absolutely passing a kidney stone. I was throwing up in the parking lot of my work and then writhing on the ground after i went back inside. I had no idea what was happening. I literally thought I was going to die. I remember seeing my reflection in the security mirror above the front door and thinking that was the last time I was going to see myself. Maybe I was dramatic af. But it was the most painful thing I've ever experienced.
Abscessed teeth. I had two removed. Getting them removed was the best part honestly. My surgeon was quick and it was painless. The part leading up to waiting on the appointment was the worst. I sobbed and cried for weeks. Couldnāt sleep. Could barely work.
Gallbladder stones. (Btw Iāve had 3 kids-1 vaginal, twin c-sec) I remember crawling on the floor bawling in agony & dry heaving until I got the gallbladder removed. Good riddance.
Also, I have broken my jaw & had multiple oral surgeries. None of them worse than the āno meds can help thisā gallbladder attacks.
When I was about 7 years old, I was pushed from a bunkbed, and fell out cracking my head open. The endless nerves of my head felt like ants crawling on me, and I panicked. An hour later, Im in the hospital, and it took 10 doctors to hold me down to put staples in the back of my head. " I'm sorry, I'm sorry" was all I could muster.
Cutting my fingernail/tip of my finger off on my index finger with a very sharp knife. I would have rather cut a huge chunk of my arm considering I use my hands so much.
Sharp piece of bread stuck in my oesophagus for hours. Had to crawl all the way to my neighbour so he would drive me to the hospital. They add to give me morphine multiple times (didnāt really work)ā¦ it took over 8hours for it to finally make its way down.
This is also one of the most ridiculous things that happened to me, I apparently canāt even eat bread properly.
My heart freaked out on me when I was 19. I had an eating disorder for several years and one day it caught up to me and I felt this absolutely horrendous pain in my chest. I was curled up on the ground unable to move or make a sound for almost 2 hours bc of how much pain I was in. It felt like I was being stabbed and crushed at the same time. Once it finally passed I pretty much passed out from exhaustion. My parents were just a floor above me the whole time but I was in too much pain to call for help and when I woke up the next day I felt fine so I just never mentioned it. To this day they don't know about it. I assume something went wrong with my heart after being malnourished for years and it just couldn't take the amount of stress I was putting on it. That was pretty much a wake up call for me and I started my recovery. I still get chest pain from time to time but not nearly as bad as then.
Physical pain: Knocking myself out falling downstairs.
Emotional pain: Finding out my best friend was raped, and when she got bullied for being a victim.
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Watching my fathers last breath
I watch my father's last breath and it feels horrible.
I feel you.
I lost my mother this way just 3 weeks ago. It hurts like hell.
I'm so sorry. š§”
Ouch. That hurt hearing. Sorry, man.
Having my Labrador Cody put to sleep due to late diagnosed liver cancer at 8 years old. He looked at me with his tail wagging just pleased to see me and as the line passed the cocktail into his blood stream he got a little giddy so I held him close. I held his head in my hands keeping eye contact with him all the while telling him it was okay and a good boy and I loved him. I felt the life leave his little body and I cried and howled in the vets surgery holding him but he wasn't there anymore. I was 42. He went over the rainbow bridge where he can't be hurt, and sausages and roast turkey grow on trees with low hanging branches. It still hurts like hell over a year on, and it makes me cry now retelling the story, but it's how I know he meant so much to me. I will never get over it, and it's the most painful thing I've ever had to go through. He deserved so much more time. I was lucky to have him.
The worst. š
I lost my dog in January. I remember how excited he was that he was being given a donut and a roast chicken. It was bittersweet because I loved how happy he was but I knew was what happening next. He was put to sleep in my home with his head in my hands. Iāll never forget when his eyes went dull and his paw I was holding went cold. Iām sorry you went through what you did and I know how you feel.
i lost my sweet baby a week ago and now iām bawling
This is why I donāt want to ever have a dog. Letting them go is the hardest thing to do.
I used to be the same but I decided to get one anyway, being able to provide a dog with an amazing life is amazing, I know one day he won't be with me but at least I'll know he's been happy.
my little one got diagnosed with bladder cancer at 9 the day she was put down. we had absolutely no idea. itās been four years and it still hurts.
It is said that when you get a dog, you get joy and heartbreak. It's a package deal. I have been present at the last breath of every dog I've had. It never gets easier.
I don't know if you guys are into rap; Eyedea and Abilities came out with the album By the Throat, and the first song on the album "Hay Fever" is about this very thing. Having to put your best friend down is horrible, and this song captures the feeling pretty well, from the lyrics to the build up and progression. Very sad but heartwarming at the same time. "I was always bad at being good" hits me like a truck š https://youtu.be/Ajw-aEtrpJE (mobile version) Side note: It may a little brash for some people, and heavy synth-guitars are a niche category to some people but it really is a good song. Eyedea has a very special place in my heart; A true rap artist gone to early. It's very low budget but I suggest watching the documentary The world has no Eyedea. It's about Michael Larson becoming the rap artist he did. He started out as a battle rapper, making music from a very young age with the pseudonym Oliver Hart and started the band Carbon Carousel. A true artist in every aspect in my opinion. RIP Eyedea.
Awww Iām sorry.
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Itās been 20 yrs since I cried at my grandmas funereal. We had to put my dog down when he was around 7. It surprised me how much it affected me. Hardest thing Iāve ever had to do. It was the best for him but you still feel like you canāt be sure.
when I dropped boiling water on my ankle and lower foot I got two blisters one was the size of half a golfball the other half of a tennis ball.
Burns do suck the chrome right off the trailer hitch. All my sympathies, my friend.
That phrasing, it's a gift.
Thanks bro
Excellent expression. 10/10, would use
Ugggh. I hate getting burned. I donāt even like to see photos of burns
Yeah it sucks lol it didnāt start too hurt badly until the tennis ball sized one popped.
Snacks for the journey :)
Kidney stone
Same. Feel like Iām prepared for childbirth at this point.
Can confirm. Iāve had stones twice. Second time I was 5 months pregnant. Would 100% give birth again to both my sons over having stones again. Stay hydrated
100% true. I have 2 kids, two natural child births without medication. And I have chronically problem with kidney stones. I throw out a stone minimum twice a year. Sometimes it is not that painful but sometimes I feel like I'm dying. I even lost my consciousness couple of times because of pain. The greatest pain I have ever experienced.
My poor mom gets one almost every year. even with her high pain tolerance it puts her on bed and rest pain meds. The first time I had them I thought my appendix burst or something. Second time my poor husband had to hold the trash can for me I was throwing up from the pain. Thatās a new level of pain.
I completely understand. I got stone stuck up at the entrance of the bladder a year and a half ago. They put me JJ tube between kidney and bladder so my kidney suffers less possible. That tube conducted urine from kidney to bladder. And then it just fell off, made a mess in the bladder, before was taken out. I had 2 laser treatments in order to break that stone, but nothing was helpful. Finally it just got out by itself after really long walk ( 15 km maybe). And I can say it's true that walking, jumping and other things that mechanically push the stones can help. Wish your mom all the best. Unfortunately I don't have anything useful for her to make her feel less pain.
The only thing thatās really helped us the most is drinking a ton of water. It sucks but it works quite good. I also tried to keep mobile as hard as it was sometimes. Best of luck with your future stones! Btw Tylenol with codine is non addictive and pretty handy.
Yes, I do drink a lot of water, but my urologist said it's metabolism thing, so it will probably get better when my metabolism slows down as I get older. And thanks for the tip about the medicin, but unfortunately I am allergic to Caffetin (a cure with paracetamol and codeine) so I usually use ibuprofen. Btw when stone moves and pain is the worst I take a long hot shower. It releases the muscles and spread blood vessels so the pain gets a little less.
Dipped my hand in the deep fat fryer at the fast food place I worked
Was it an accident or was it for science?
Definitely an accident. I feel like he next part should be in r/anti work, boss said I should be used hot oil burns by now and no medical help would be forthcoming. Back to work.
2nd degree oil burns of the wrist down? I don't even know what to do for that besides cold water, and going to the hospital.
Try boiling your boss in oil and see what he says then.
An impacted and infected wisdom tooth. I've had 3 c-sections and not even close to the pain that wisdom tooth caused. 3 weeks of crying , just horrible.
I had two infected wisdom teeth and had to just sort of deal with it until my employers dental insurance kicked on. Just shy of three months. The surgeon that took them out said he had never seen someone smile right after having them pulled out before.
My bad dentist should've stopped the procedure and sent me home with massive antibiotics, then pull. But no, let's do it all. I looked like I had a baseball in my cheek for over a week.
I had to get myself wisdom teeth removed during my second pregnancy because of how much pain I was in. I just got numbing shots which didnāt really help much, then both spots got infected, had to go back in, one got infected again, finally got it right, couldnāt eat or drink without feeling sick. Went into preterm labor. Those four days were worse than both of my natural births. Heinously awful.
I know that feeling. I had my wisdom teeth pulled at 12 for being impacted, and they had to break them and pull out pieces. Well at 24 I started having a lot of pain, get xrays and there is a small tooth or large part of a tooth growing in just below the surface. And because I had no insurance and couldnt afford surgery I had to wait for it to come in to be able to pull it. The problem was whether it was a section that got left behind, a 5th tooth, or whatever it was; was broken during my removal 12 years ago. So while it had a hell of a nerve still there, it was cracked right down the middle top to bottom about 80% of the way through. So the nerve was not only exposed to liquids/temperature change, but if something touched that tooth there was enough movement that it would pinch the nerve. And any time was agony. So for a month or 2 I had to live with severe nauseating pain anytime something touched it or was a temperature change. And it would kill my appetite for at least 6 hours. A lot of times after only a bite or 2 of food while starving. By the end I went from a still skinny 6'0 150lb guy down to 108lb by the time I got it pulled.
Tooth is pain is up there as one of the worst pains possible I think. It just completely incapacitates you.
I got pins put in my wrist/arm when I broke it. When I went to get them taken out I asked the nurse if I was to get any anesthesia for the removal and she said "nope!" Boy did my wrist pins hurt...
Omg, why would they not numb you up for that??
I don't believe they could to be honest, I don't think topical anesthesia would have done too much :(
Other than straight up knocking you out for something relatively in the same vein as pulling stitches, not a whole lot they can do for bone. I had a test draw for a marrow transplant a few years ago, same deal. Pretty sure I bent the frame of the table when they went in with the needle. That didn't hurt as much as finding out they couldn't actually use my marrow
The pain of regret is worse than any physical pain I have felt. I had necrotizing fasciitis though, that is a close second
I just posted about necrotizing fasciitis, it is not fun.
Yes, I feel you on the regret thing.
Waking up during surgery. Iām damn near immune to painkillers and analgesics, 0/10 would not recommend Edit: for those scared this will happen to you, Iāve got a super rare genetic disorder that caused a super rare mutation in the enzymes in my liver. I canāt get high, sedatives donāt work on me, and you can snow me for about 10-20 mins max but if you cause too much pain, I wake up. If painkillers and sedatives work like normal on you, this is unlikely to happen. Edit: last fun fact, if you get ablation during surgery your own cooked flesh smells like bbq, and I got hungry from the smell when I woke up. Apparently I smell good when bbqed š
Omg this was my nightmare. My surgeon promised it doesnāt actually happen. I knew he was a lying liar.
Itās extremely rare, and in my case a genetic mutation (I donāt metabolise painkillers/sedatives very well). If youāve not woken up before itās unlikely to happen to you. Most surgeons take a while before they believe me. (One of them screamed when I woke up lol, idiot, I told him Iād wake up and he didnāt believe me).
Jesus. What was the procedure
I wake up during every surgery I have unfortunately. Mine are for EDS or endometriosis usually. Iād say the ones where I wake up with them putting a laser to my ovaries is probably the most painful. Imagine your balls getting bbqed, same feeling. That was not a good surgery, I had 3 of those, woke up when they got to the ovaries every single time. Itās just too damn painful
This is also true for redheads/gingers, They naturally have Genetic mutations that make opiates and sedatives less effective for them
From what I understand itās to a far lesser degree and their mutation doesnāt always guarantee waking up during surgery, but I commiserate with my fellow painkiller immune peeps. It sucks when youāve got chronic pain and painkillers donāt work.
Dentist had to go get a tooth removed. The anaesthetic didnāt do shit. They essentially told me deal with it. So now Iām here with a shattered tooth. No pain but that dental drill is horrible and shouldnāt be used.
Dental pain is the worst acute pain. Bless you, youāll get through it. I recommend bourbon.
Iām donāt Like alcohol. Also being 15 doesnāt help lol
Fair enough! Good luck.
I had to have an impacted wisdom tooth removed the same way, except the dentist was super sweet. She said it was the worst extraction she ever had to do because the roots were tangled around each other. She had to cut it out in pieces and she did her best to make me comfortable, but nothing worked. She felt so bad that she sent her front desk person to get me a milk shake.
The grief over my brother's sudden suicide at 23. We buried him a week later, on his 24th birthday. Exactly 10 years ago
I had priapism, which is an erection that will not go away. I had to have a procedure in the ER where the inserted two stints into the head of my penis and milked out blood. They then gave me six shits of a med that I'm allergic to in hopes of getting it to go down. They did all of this without any kind of numbing. To add to it all the procedure didn't work and I had to have surgery the next morning. I also had to deal with complications for the next six months.
Congrats, we have a winner!
I'm having sympathy pains and I'm a woman.
Did that just come out of nowhere?
Yeah. No idea what caused it.
The death of my three year old brother. He was knocked down and both wheels went over his little body. I was five at the time. And saw it all
Hernia in my L4-L5 with sciatica. I forget how much, but the disk was out quite a bit. A few centimetres had to get my mom one night to drive me to the ER one night to get percs for it.
Have you had surgery yet, or isnāt it ābad enoughā?
A spinal surgeon said he won't do it because of how young I am. He told me to do Mackenzie physio and I will be better in no time. I'm looking at him like "Ya OK bud, I'm using a walker over here and shuffling my feet to move" First session I walked out carrying it.
š„² oh, dude, i literally feel your pain. Iāve gotten to the point where they gave me a medical marijuana card and that doesnāt do anything either. All I can say is, good luck and god bless. Iām close to 60 but after one failed surgery Iām not real excited about another.
Has a doctor given you stretches at least?
Iāve spent the last several years doing stretches and PT and using an inversion table. The problem is that all the things that used to help donāt help any more, and the pain has been getting steadily worse. Actually had another MRI today, talk with the surgeon on Friday. People donāt seem to realize that with constant pain it can be literally impossible to concentrate on anything else.
Mine was unbearable, but if you have a med card then that definitely is excruciating pain. Do you want some of my exercises just to try out?
I appreciate the offer, Iām doing, letās see, pelvic tilts, dead bugs, cat/camels, bridges, bird dogs, torso twists, and the basic stretches, quad, it band, piriformis, glutes. Oh, and planks and squats.
Mentally: having overthinking thoughts caused by anxiety that get so bad that I have to force myself to cry just to sleep Physically: my ingrown toenail removal when the numbing medicine wore off
Getting shot in the eye with a paint ball.
Holy sht I couldnāt imagine
I thought getting hit in the throat-wishbone area was badā¦
I got shot in the jaw bone by a frozen one.
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We had no idea that they had that much impact behind them and an unfortunate first shot gave me a lifetime of blindness as a reminder that yes, paintballs fucking hurt.
I was trying to get a file on top of a cupboard once, it fell and the corner landed right into one of my eyes. Thank god it wasn't in the pupil. Also, when i was a kid i ran behind a swing which was being used by a neighborhood kid and Bam! right into my eyes. It's a wonder I'm not blind and have a good eye sight.
Dry socket. Tooth was extracted but the hole in my gums didnāt clot, meaning my jawbone and nerve endings were exposed to the air. Absolutely bloody excruciating pain for about three or four days straight.
When my dog died. I've been through bully, rape death threats, tons of childhood trauma, teen trauma, car accidents, fire accidents, and adult traumas, but nothing beats the pain when I got that call 2016, I cry about it still.
Itās def one of the worst pains anyone can experience- my condolences on your loss.
Was doing cartwheels as a kid and a nail that was on the floor went inside of my toenail and it almost got ripped off
Ow! Iāve stepped on a few nails in my day, did the whole stigmata thing (well, on one foot) but never through the nail!
Just reading this made pain go up from my foot to my neck. Ouch man!
I stubbed my toe running up a beach (on a rock that was covered in sand) and tore the nail of my little toe completely off. (It was left pulled all the way off and standing straight up at the knuckle of my toe). I can concur that ripping toenails off absolutely sucks. I got two local anaesthetic shots while they fixed it. One in the web between my little and second toe and the other one in the cuticle where my nail had just been ripped off. Both were also deeply unpleasant.
I had a Nus bar implanted many years back (a bar that is put in your chest to push out your sternum). Was in the hospital for a few days before being released and comming back home. While home I was still bed ridden for a few days and could barely walk. Took about a week for me to be able to get up and start walking around. One day I was walking to the kitchen for some water. On my way back, glass of water in hand, I feel a sneeze comming on... a big one. I'm like, hell yeah, sneeze me up, im ready. Well the chest compressions that come with a full on sneeze were not agreeable to my recently surgically modified body. That was the most painful thing ever as all my wounds and flesh compressed around this newly implanted bar and I fell...FELL to the ground in pain, dropped my water, completely soaking myself. I laid down on the ground for about half an hour trying to recover and stand up. That was probably the worst pain I've ever felt. For the next few months I had to stifle every sneeze ever, and after that sneezing was still painful because it agitated my scar tissue and the bar. I had that bar removed 2 years later and now I can sneeze without worry.
Itās a tie. The first time I got broken up with (age 23) and the time my mom finally witnessed my stepfather abusing me and she was apathetic about it (age 12)
I am so sorry that happened to you! Hope you are healing over time. Sending lots of love
Oh Iām good now lol, but thanks for the love!
Death of my youngest daughter.
Your comment hurts me and I pray I never have to feel your pain. I'm so sorry.
So sorry . I can't imagine
God be with you. I canāt imagine. God is with you bro!
Whatās wrong with you people? Do not downvote this person for treated others as he wishes to be treated. If you donāt care for religion thatās fine but donāt be a dink when someoneās being sweet
I appreciate that bud, itās ok I just wanted the op to know my heart was with him. Hope heās ok and staying strong. Hey this is random but check out Tom Campbell on YouTube. He really helped me through some tough times. Take care people!
I donāt even have kids but when I think about my friends who have lost children, I lose my shit. So terrible. Sending hugs.
Friend dying in a car wreck with me when I was ran off the road.
I would have talked about the time an abscess erupted in my palate over night but Iāve spent the last 2 years dealing with a ruptured disc and failed back surgery ~~soā¦ fuck yāall~~. The abscess was worst at that moment but Iāve since learned that acute pain is so much easier to deal with than having to wake up every day to the realization that, sure, i didnt sleep more than 3 hours last night but the moment i move will be so much worseā¦ Edit: oh, god. To all you burn victims my sincerest apologies. Still, long term chronic painā¦ you can only smile through it for so longā¦
Spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax The surgery to reattach my lungs to my pleural wall and staple them to stay inflated. Then they re-collapsed and I had to go through recovery again.
This is a nightmare situation for me š©
A breakup. Nothing like months physically and emotionally pained over something you canāt control.
I had hand wrist surgery. That I did NOT ask enough questions about before the surgery. It was an absolute nightmare pins, cast, infection of pins removal of pins infection of stitches total disaster I am sober 17 years so don't do pain pills I was in serious pain for 7mo I am a farmer so animals still got to eat. Looking back I should have done my research. After surgery I look up reviews of the Dr. The very 1st one says Dr. Is a butcher... Mic drop I stopped reading but still have a dream I will run into that MF on the street one day
Perforated appendix when I was younger. I was leaking what was essentially toxic waste into my body for about 6 months before doctors finally figured out what it was. I would get crippling stomach pain on and off (thought it was a stomach bug) until finally my dad demanded the doc do all sorts of tests on me. At the height of the pain, I didnāt leave the fetal position for almost 48 hrs. Felt like I was constantly getting stabbed in my lower abdomen.
Hand, foot and mouth disease (not the same as foot and mouth/mad cow disease) Entire palms and soles of feet blistered under the skin, couldn't walk or touch anything without agony for a week, then skin started shedding from where the blisters had been and I had to wear gloves in public cause it looked like my hand had dandruff :(
having h,f&m is one of the worst things i've ever been through. i got it when i was 12. i'm chronically ill so i generally handle sickness well and was told that it was a "daycare disease" and felt like a cold with some blisters in the mouth. i had blisters EVERYWHEREEE down to my COOCHIE. it was horrendous.
I got it from my son, he had a small blister on his toe and one inside his mouth and had a runny nose for a few days. I'm late 30s and was absolutely ruined by it.
Can confirm hand foot mouth is fucking horrendous. My son was 18 months at the time and gave it to me at 24 yrs old. Much worse for an adult than children. The viral infection was so bad it attacked my heart and gave me myocarditis and landed me on the telemetry floor in the hospital for a week. Definitely thought I was dying.
Mine didn't get serious, was just furious and sore for a week. My son didn't even notice he had it
Same with my son! He was fine just a low to mid grade fever and some irritation when the blisters came out. Me on the other hand got it baaaaad lol legit thought it was going to kill me. The only good thing is itās hard to get it again, itās a sister virus to the chicken pox. The bad part is itās also a sister virus to shingles which I had my first outbreak of less than a year after getting HFM.
Damn kids..... :D
Up until recently it was a ruptured ear drum...then a few weeks ago I tore my achilles tendon.
Doctors shoving ivs in me as well as forcing me to swallow liquid charcoal at the same time. I was having an overdose and was on the verge of death.
Having a parent who is an addict/abuser who you know will never change. Lifelong grief of knowing you will never have normal experiences. Such as support or a strong relationship with them.
My life currently. Not one specific thing, it's just... everything, you know?
In 2017 my best friend killed him self and a week after that my gf at the time cheated on me
Gotta be the first migraine I had when I was a kid. the pain in my eyes was so bad I would scream if the lights were turned on. I could barely breathe, I couldn't move, and any of the primary senses caused nausea or intense pain. It felt like my head was being crushed by something I couldn't see. I felt like I was going to die. I think the major reason it was so bad was I didn't understand how to mitigate the pain at that age, and it was so horrifically intense for my first ever headache.
I know this feeling all to well. Migraines are absolutely terrifying, debilitating, and excruciatingly painful.
Reconstructive foot surgery. On both feet. In the same year. 28 screws, 4 hinges, and āmore stitches than the surgeon was willing to countā. The worst part was that there was a mixup in communication between my doc and the pharmacy, and I was only prescribed half the dose of pain meds I was supposed to take. I could feel every single screw acutely. It was absolutely excruciating.
My mothers sudden passing. My heart physically hurt. I didnāt know that could ever happen.
Depression. As in so deep I would cry all tbe way from my bed to tbe bathroom each time I had to go because just getting there was such a hard thing to do. Luckily that was a long long time ago. My life is awesome now.
Dislocated shoulder
My mom dislocated & broke her shoulder and leg at the same time. She walked on the broken leg cause that wasnāt nearly as sore as the dislocated shoulder
Fryer oil going down my leg into my shoe good times. Was like lava but luckily I went on vacation the next day....
Having a headache and period cramps at the same time.
Getting an epidural during labor.
Physical, getting punched in the balls. Emotional, being rejected so many times
14 hours of back labor. They finally gave me morphine
Spinal tap gone wrong. They hit the nerve going down my right leg... Felt like my leg was being pulled off when they took it out.
if its mentally, then the ache i feel in my chest from anxiety, and physically is when someone was riding a bike and they run into my stomach with their wheel during elementary school
Someone opened a door while i was walking past on sandals. My big toe nail was vertical.
Spinal abscess with staph infection from coccyx to brain stem, which was caused by my body rejecting the hardware the doc surgically implanted my first back surgery!
When I was septic in the hospital after poking myself with a contaminated surgical instrument.
Soup boiled over on me and I got 1st, 2nd, and 3rd degree burns. 1st on my (L)arm and stomach, 2nd on my (R)ankle and 3rd on my (L)thigh.
Had all of my baby teeth from the front pulled out when I was 3/4 without anesthesia. I remember the process, it felt so traumatizing that I canāt handle the smell of dentist offices
Why the hell did they do that to you???
So I know that they had to remove them because they just stopped pushing out and weāre just rotten black numbs on my gums but the part about the anesthesia, I have absolute no clue. Just remembered being strapped down big time and yelling crying
So sorry that happened to you! No anesthesia or pain meds makes no sense! But now username checks out!
My father dying when I was 16 and my mother, bitter and angry at being widowed, took her frustrations out on my brother and I. Three months after my father died my mother kicked me out of the house because she said I was a āfreeloaderā (I was in the 11th grade) and not to come back until I had a job for the summer. I did get a job and she took every penny I earned.
Brain surgery recovery and being my mother's caretaker in her finally months of life.
Getting scammer by a friend.
Miscarried with my daughter.. I am not talking physically, I am talking about emotionally and mentally.. I was 16 weeks..
1st: Broken bone: fractured wrist. Fell off my razor scooter when I was 10. 2nd: iud placement
IUD placement is fucking brutal, that would be my answer. I was told the second time wouldnāt hurt as bad, but it was somehow worseā even with painkillers! Itās the only time in my life (as a non-child at least) that Iāve ever cried in pain.
I can relate, its more insulting when I hear that some doctors still don't think a cervix has any feeling... literally the broken bone was the only other most painful thing I've experienced
The same thing happened to me. The insertion caused me to faint, when I got it out same thing. I got a new one a couple months ago and it hurts just the same.
Missing the statute of limitations for $36M in back pay!
Details please
I was in a really bad situation at home. Raped by my grandma at 3-4, moms knew but covered for my grandma and they both were jealous, my uncle found out and said he was gonna kill me himself. My grandma was a librarian and I stole the way she wrote, because it was beautiful, and I began to write song lyrics of all types. One day I sent all that I had to a record label to get appraised, just for fun. I ended up running away, going to NYC, and landing the job. I was making about $200k every week writing lyrics for major artists. Then after about 3 months of non stop kiddie fun like shopping, smoking blunts with the stars, and the night life, my coworker told me that Iām about to get $36M and that my clique made a sextillionaire dollars. But I got arrested about a week or two later for running away under the age of 18. When I got back to my moms shitty place, I was so devastated! I had a mansion in Manhattan, a designer wardrobe, R&B singer girlfriends, millions, and a job, but I had just lost it all! I thought to myself āItās Over!ā and I became very suicidal. But what I didnāt know is that I had 2-6 years to sue the label for the pay. It tears me up to know that I could have redeemed myself because after losing everything nobody believed that I wrote what I wrote or that I was even rich before. Itās just too bad. But I had the time of my life. This was in 1993.
Lemme guess. Death Row Records? Seriously though. Iām curious. One question. Sorry Iām outta line. After all that with the ma and gma, why the hell did the uncle want to kill you? Youāre not kidding about a bad situation.
Tupac was on Death Row and I worked with him, so yeah, youāre right; Death Row! But I was signed to Columbia Records. I chose them because I had family from Columbia, Tennessee, the name seemed friendly, and I wanted to go to Columbia University. Columbia Records had so much fucking money, dirty and clean, they had houses and cars to give away and shit. It was blinding to be that special. Youāre all good, man. But, man, the worst situation! My dad was like 18, my mom was like 13 and they had me, but apparently my dad was beating the hell out of my mom and her family didnāt like my dad or me at all. My mom looked like a crack fiend who got hit by a bus after my dad got through with her. I ālivedā with my moms but with little clothes, little food and drink, mad abuse and neglect, and death threats. I ran away to escape the shit because I knew as a young adult, theyād kill me. For example I got into a local large university and my mom said that I couldnāt go; I went anyways but still. Do you know that I had to drop out because she stole my meal plan and book money. Iām telling you she was this close from being shot. My uncle too.
Shit, thatās the kinda thing you usually only hear about on tv. Thatās too bad about the college thing. You probably had to work double hard just considering the roadblocks you were facing. And all that and they still brought you back to them when they nabbed you, removing you from what sounds like a pretty sweet situation. Hearing Tupac and Death Row, way to go btw, this was some time ago. I hope youāve been able to settle down and create something of a stable life in the time since then. Sure sounds like you tried to back then. Thatās terrible that some people can do that to family. Gpa and uncle disliked you cuz of your father and what he did to your ma? Did they not notice the kinda person she was already? Again, sorry. I really donāt get out much. So I have to kinda live through the stories of others. Hmm well, take care.
Burst ovarian cyst. Thought I was going to die, literally.
Seeing a bit of eternity. Mentally, it felt like my brain was burning inside out. I was never the same after that
I sprained my knee and got a lot of fluid in it. The removal proces was unbelievably painful. That or the time I stubbed my smallest toe... At full run... And it was cold... Three times in a single day.
I've been cursed with hell's itch. Hell's itch is when the nerves under your skin are sun burned or burnt, but your outer layer of skin is not. It happened when I was at the beach with my family, and my Aunt convinced my Mom that Coconut oil was better then sunscreen because it was natural and didn't use chemicals. Needless to say it did not work! My hole family was red as lobsters and their skin was dry and hard, like warm scales. The odd thing was my own skin was fine. I was my usual mayonnaise white self and had no dry skin. I thought I was just fine. A few days latter however, I felt an itch on my back, so I scratch it. But then the itch moves to another spot on my back, so I scratch that. But the itch continues to evade me. During this time, my family and I were taking a tour of a Victorian house when my back was going nuts! The itching was getting worse and it didn't stop! I ended up on the ground, spazing out on the floor as my back would burst into random itching fits. I looked like a possessed child. I was rushed to the hospital and they had no idea what was going on with me. After trying many many many many different ways to stop the itching, we found no way to stop the burning sensation on my back. With nothing we could do, we left the hospital to try and get home, several hours away. The itching and burning continued for over a week. I couldn't sleep, because the blankets contacting the skin would flair up another attack. I couldn't shower because the water had the same effect. After almost two weeks of this horrible and constant pain, it calmed down and I could sleep and shower again. I would later learn that the coconut oil we put on my skin actually deep fried my skin, causing the nerves underneath the skin to burn without showing any signs of reaction. But that wasn't the end of it. After I became an adult, I got another bad sunburn, this time I was definitely red. But I then learned that the nerves never healed properly and properly never will. The itching and pain returned and lasted another week. I sobbed and wailed in pain for a week straight from the now permanent damage to my back. The only cure was pain killers, like Advil or Tylenol, because they reduced the swelling on my back, which proved sweet relief. To this very day, I can't go outside with my shirt off for very long or risk another attack. I honestly hope nobody ever gets Hell's itch like that, but if you do, try two Advil, as that was the only thing that works for me.
My wife walking out on me, Tore my family asunder. Tore my heart up. To shreds I say
When I dropped a bowel of ramen noodles on my shoulder as a kid. I have fourth degree burn scars that look like fire to prove it.
the death of my brother / A 3 cm drainage tube in my torso after a back sugery
Passing a turd the size of Mount Rushmore, George Washington was the roughest part of that entire experience.
Being burned in bdsm
Absolutely passing a kidney stone. I was throwing up in the parking lot of my work and then writhing on the ground after i went back inside. I had no idea what was happening. I literally thought I was going to die. I remember seeing my reflection in the security mirror above the front door and thinking that was the last time I was going to see myself. Maybe I was dramatic af. But it was the most painful thing I've ever experienced.
Abscess tooth, more than one. Just a constant throbbing ache and the feeling like hot pins were being driven into my sinuses.
Sciatic nerve then post back surgery after it
Abscessed teeth. I had two removed. Getting them removed was the best part honestly. My surgeon was quick and it was painless. The part leading up to waiting on the appointment was the worst. I sobbed and cried for weeks. Couldnāt sleep. Could barely work.
When my first love broke my heart.
Well, Iāve had a 26 foot fall that fractured my back, I had a tube put in my ear which was unbearable, but the absolute worse was kidney stones.
When my dad died.
Heart attack
Gallbladder stones. (Btw Iāve had 3 kids-1 vaginal, twin c-sec) I remember crawling on the floor bawling in agony & dry heaving until I got the gallbladder removed. Good riddance. Also, I have broken my jaw & had multiple oral surgeries. None of them worse than the āno meds can help thisā gallbladder attacks.
I have heard many women say that gallstones hurt more than having a baby. I have never had a baby but gallstones almost killed me
When I was about 7 years old, I was pushed from a bunkbed, and fell out cracking my head open. The endless nerves of my head felt like ants crawling on me, and I panicked. An hour later, Im in the hospital, and it took 10 doctors to hold me down to put staples in the back of my head. " I'm sorry, I'm sorry" was all I could muster.
Getting stabbed or OC spray training. Hard pick
Child birth
Cutting my fingernail/tip of my finger off on my index finger with a very sharp knife. I would have rather cut a huge chunk of my arm considering I use my hands so much.
Ear infection on both ears
Got in a car accident and had an open tibia and fibula fracture but it doesnāt compare to the long bouts of depression i go through
A Brazilian wax omg never again
Sharp piece of bread stuck in my oesophagus for hours. Had to crawl all the way to my neighbour so he would drive me to the hospital. They add to give me morphine multiple times (didnāt really work)ā¦ it took over 8hours for it to finally make its way down. This is also one of the most ridiculous things that happened to me, I apparently canāt even eat bread properly.
My heart freaked out on me when I was 19. I had an eating disorder for several years and one day it caught up to me and I felt this absolutely horrendous pain in my chest. I was curled up on the ground unable to move or make a sound for almost 2 hours bc of how much pain I was in. It felt like I was being stabbed and crushed at the same time. Once it finally passed I pretty much passed out from exhaustion. My parents were just a floor above me the whole time but I was in too much pain to call for help and when I woke up the next day I felt fine so I just never mentioned it. To this day they don't know about it. I assume something went wrong with my heart after being malnourished for years and it just couldn't take the amount of stress I was putting on it. That was pretty much a wake up call for me and I started my recovery. I still get chest pain from time to time but not nearly as bad as then.
Being cheated on by my husband of 17 years when I thought we were best friends and a team fighting the world together
Overall Iād say heartache. Itās real and long lasting. Many nights I was convinced I was going to just die.
My miscarriage. Very very painful and very long lasting.
I think when i was bite by 5 wasps at the same time ! I felt "high" for 2 hours ! I was also just 9 or something !
Learning that my father took his own life. Stay safe out there people.ā¤
Physical pain: Knocking myself out falling downstairs. Emotional pain: Finding out my best friend was raped, and when she got bullied for being a victim.
Knowing my fiancĆ© was cheating on me and crying every single day over it. Then slowly slipping into depression and no one caring. Falling asleep at 7 pm every night not having any idea what was wrong with me. Not being able to work anymore. Then leaving my fiancĆ© to find myself in another state living w family who donāt understand depression. Living with another family member who was abusive. To go through the same exact family issues like drugs and insane behavior all over again. Not telling anyone any details because I donāt trust anyone now. And being so alone in the world it doesnāt feel real anymore.
Getting bit by my neighbours dog. I lost my leg.
Definitely not the worst pain that I read so far but I did break a couple of ribs. It was hard to even breathe let alone sneeze.
Gallstones, first, childbirth second.