[Avixph]

Around eight o clock I took a taxi cab to get home from pathmart. I went into the taxi and I guess I messed something up because I immediately got the most painful leg cramp I have ever had in my life. It's 9 thirty right now and I took an advil forty minutes ago, I can still feel the cramp. So it makes me wonder what was the worst feeling you ever had fellow gaffers?

[Cudder]

A hemorrhoid. Worst pain of my life.

[shortyme]

period cramps, 2 days, every month.

[Seda]

Worst pain I've ever had were abdominal pains just before I had my appendix removed.

[WhatRobEats]

Well today I mulched the flower beds around my house. Shoveling 5 cubic yards of mulch is not easy on the old back and shoulders. Not the worst pain of my life but certainly doesn't feel good.

I don't have any of my prescription pain killers left either... whaaaa...

[Alligatorjandro]

abscessed tooth

[Mohonky]

Coughed and tore a muscle in the back of my neck. Consequently, every cough thereafter was absolute agony.

[toxicgonzo]

I can't speak from experience but I've been told time and again kidney stones are the most evil thing on the planet.

[Pylon_Trooper]

You're not suffering DVT are you, OP?

[Seda]

I can't speak from experience but I've been told time and again kidney stones are the most evil thing on the planet.

and I'm gonna drink a gallon of water now.

[bggrthnjsus]

had my left index finger shredded to ribbons by a fucking moray eel

[Pollux]

When I was a kid, around 8 or 9, I was going down a slide that had a nail sticking up through it, and I sliced the back of my leg open from the back of my knee up to the bottom of my ass. fucking painful as shit.

[Avixph]

You're not suffering DVT are you, OP?

Not that I know of.

[Jtwo]

Had a back spasm/issue when I was 19. Had to lay on the floor for like 2 weeks. The worst.

[Tesseract]

kidney stone.

remember when raziel was cast into the lake of the dead? kidney stone pain is like that.

[Typographenia]

A hemorrhoid. Worst pain of my life.

Worst was when I got mine treated. Searing hot metal rod on the inside of your anal cavity. Fun times!

Lesson learned: don't spend lots of time sitting in the crappy chairs at your college dorm. They're not good for you.

[Smellycat]

Kidney stones

[Claude]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

[CliqWriter]

Same as you OP. After a cross country race one day the team went out for lunch before the drive home. Near the time to leave the restaurant I was trying to get out from under the table when the meanest (first) charlie horse came on. I was still for five minutes wanting to die. Shit felt horrible.

[dragonlife]

I woke up with my neck/head sideways, and could not turn my head and face straight like normal at all, due to the pain.

[Bit-Bit]

I stepped on a nail that was sticking out of the ground. It was about 3 inches long and half of that went into my foot.

Another time, I ran full speed and fell directly onto my knee. I couldn't walk on that knee for months. And now, my leg sometimes just give out from under me.

[hateful]

Cyst in my gooch. Nearly cried.

[GDGF]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

This.

I nearly passed out on the toilet from the pain. It felt like I had been shot.

[Viewt]

abscessed tooth

Yeah, this is pretty shitty. It's my #2.

My #1 is kind of grotesque, so if you're put off by such things, don't read:

When I was 15, I had a pilonidal cyst on my lower back. It made lying on my back pretty much impossible, which in turn made sleep pretty difficult. I've found that it's the pain that deprives you of sleep that'll really get you. You break mentally, and the pain becomes all the more unbearable.

In any case, one day I woke up one morning to find that the cyst had popped - there was reddish-brown pus all over my sheets. But at least the pain wasn't as severe. I went to the hospital to have the now-open wound looked at. They said the worst of it was over, but that they'd have to lance what was left and "extract" any pus that might still be in me.

To this day I still don't know the exact method for "extraction," but I'll tell you what it felt like. It felt like someone jamming a spoon into an open wound in my body, tearing the wound more and more open, and digging out pieces of me. It felt like being stabbed slowly, over and over, for about 10 minutes. The pain was so excruciating all I could do was scream and grip the table for dear life.

What's the lesson here? If you think you have a pilonidal cyst, go to the fucking doctor. Don't let it get worse.

[Ra\/en]

haha yeah that sounds like a DVT op.

[PolarBearsClub]

Gallstones. Hours of pain. If you get heartburn all the time, and it doesn't go away and nothing helps, you probably have gallstones.

[Kalnos]

Inner ear infection. Hurts like a bitch and it's itchy.

[Avixph]

Yeah, this is pretty shitty. It's my #2. My #1 is kind of grotesque, so if you're put off by such things, don't read: When I was 15, I had a pilonidal cyst on my lower back. It made lying on my back pretty much impossible, which in turn made sleep pretty difficult. I've found that it's the pain that deprives you of sleep that'll really get you. You break mentally, and the pain becomes all the more unbearable. In any case, one day I woke up one morning to find that the cyst had popped - there was reddish-brown pus all over my sheets. But at least the pain wasn't as severe. I went to the hospital to have the now-open wound looked at. They said the worst of it was over, but that they'd have to lance what was left and "extract" any pus that might still be in me. To this day I still don't know the exact method for "extraction," but I'll tell you what it felt like. It felt like someone jamming a spoon into an open wound in my body, tearing the wound more and more open, and digging out pieces of me. It felt like being stabbed slowly, over and over, for about 10 minutes. The pain was so excruciating all I could do was scream and grip the table for dear life. What's the lesson here? If you think you have a pilonidal cyst, go to the fucking doctor. Don't let it get worse.

They possibly used this.

[shadyspace]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Could you elaborate please? I've been having stomach issues that I've been thinking could be IBS lately. Did it just go away on it's own?

[Kinyou]

Constipation combined with incredible back pain. It was also the moment in which I realized that nothing would be more pathetic than to die on a toilet

[hateful]

Yeah, this is pretty shitty. It's my #2. My #1 is kind of grotesque, so if you're put off by such things, don't read: When I was 15, I had a pilonidal cyst on my lower back. It made lying on my back pretty much impossible, which in turn made sleep pretty difficult. I've found that it's the pain that deprives you of sleep that'll really get you. You break mentally, and the pain becomes all the more unbearable. In any case, one day I woke up one morning to find that the cyst had popped - there was reddish-brown pus all over my sheets. But at least the pain wasn't as severe. I went to the hospital to have the now-open wound looked at. They said the worst of it was over, but that they'd have to lance what was left and "extract" any pus that might still be in me. To this day I still don't know the exact method for "extraction," but I'll tell you what it felt like. It felt like someone jamming a spoon into an open wound in my body, tearing the wound more and more open, and digging out pieces of me. It felt like being stabbed slowly, over and over, for about 10 minutes. The pain was so excruciating all I could do was scream and grip the table for dear life. What's the lesson here? If you think you have a pilonidal cyst, go to the fucking doctor. Don't let it get worse.

Yeah, I think that is what I had in my gooch. So, embarrassing.

[Yaboosh]

Middle ear infection, caused my entire head and neck to radiate with pain. I didn't enjoy it.

[UnholySpectacle]

Things I have suffered from or still suffer from:

Crohn's disease
Kidney Stones
Two back surgeries thanks to a slipped disc resulting in sciatica.

Of those I would say kidney stones wins in the pain department as there is nothing you can do about the pain until you get injected with a ton of morphine. Sciatica is a close second but at least you can stop the searing pain by lying down. Crohn's is only super painful for me every once in a while.

Drink your water kids.

[Curtisaur]

Crohn's Disease and some stuff associated with it.

Edit: Whoa, UnholySpectacle, we posted Crohn's Disease at the same time.

[Avixph]

I saw a picture of crohn's and it aint pretty.

[Hydranockz]

Cyst in my gooch. Nearly cried.

Where's the gooch? Front or back? If it's the back, I know that feel ;_;

[Nemo]

A nail once got deep as hell in my foot as a child. I dunno how I didn't scream from it but it was awful as hell, luckily haven't had much worse

[RatskyWatsky]

Where's the gooch? Front or back? If it's the back, I know that feel ;_;

The inbetween.

[Avixph]

Where's the gooch? Front or back? If it's the back, I know that feel ;_;

According to UD it is:
Skin between you nutsack and asshole

[vas_a_morir]

abscessed tooth

Yep. I didn't sleep for a week. For that reason... it may be hard to believe, but the root canal was the best relief I've ever felt in my life. As soon as they bust it open and all the pressure from the blood in your tooth is alleviated, you feel normal for the first time in what feels like forever.

[Hydranockz]

The inbetween.

According to UD it is: Skin between you nutsack and asshole

Off by a few inches :p

Either way, I was only comfortable when prone for those days.

[pickle]

Yeah, this is pretty shitty. It's my #2. My #1 is kind of grotesque, so if you're put off by such things, don't read: When I was 15, I had a pilonidal cyst on my lower back. It made lying on my back pretty much impossible, which in turn made sleep pretty difficult. I've found that it's the pain that deprives you of sleep that'll really get you. You break mentally, and the pain becomes all the more unbearable. In any case, one day I woke up one morning to find that the cyst had popped - there was reddish-brown pus all over my sheets. But at least the pain wasn't as severe. I went to the hospital to have the now-open wound looked at. They said the worst of it was over, but that they'd have to lance what was left and "extract" any pus that might still be in me. To this day I still don't know the exact method for "extraction," but I'll tell you what it felt like. It felt like someone jamming a spoon into an open wound in my body, tearing the wound more and more open, and digging out pieces of me. It felt like being stabbed slowly, over and over, for about 10 minutes. The pain was so excruciating all I could do was scream and grip the table for dear life. What's the lesson here? If you think you have a pilonidal cyst, go to the fucking doctor. Don't let it get worse.

yeah, i know exactly what you are talking about. i got mine in the army. brutal.

[HylianTom]

Waking-up from a retroperitoneal lymph node dissection surgery when I was 21. When I woke, there was a brand spankin' new scar from the bottom of my xyphoid process down to my pelvis, and moving any of my core abdominal muscles was pure agony.

I will never forget being made to get out of bed for the first time after that surgery. All the Demerol in the world couldn't have helped with that level of pain. I'm still in awe that I made it through something like that.

[Bolt Vanderhuge]

Food poisoning. Felt like someone was twisting a knife in my stomach for 5 hours.

[Avixph]

Food poisoning. Felt like someone was twisting a knife in my stomach for 5 hours.

I have always wondered how this happens, do you care to elaborate?

[Claude]

Could you elaborate please? I've been having stomach issues that I've been thinking could be IBS lately. Did it just go away on it's own?

Sorry I wasn't more specific. It's a condition that I've had for a while now. It comes around whenever I eat foods that upset me or whenever I have too much of something.

Somewhat gross, so I'll spoiler-tag it for those who don't want to read it: Whenever my IBS kicks in, either I have uncontrollable shits that either look like chunky chocolate milk or meaty shits that looks like it's been tenderized. Eventually, it goes away, but not before it drains all of my energy and leaves me wishing I could die right then and there. Either way, it's awful.

For well over 10 years of my life, I've had to put up with this. It's a god awful condition, and I wouldn't dare wish it upon anyone else.

[shadyspace]

Sorry I wasn't more specific. It's a condition that I've had for a while now. It comes around whenever I eat foods that upset me or whenever I have too much of something. Somewhat gross, so I'll spoiler-tag it for those who don't want to read it: Whenever my IBS kicks in, either I have uncontrollable shits that either look like chunky chocolate milk or meaty shits that looks like it's been tenderized. Eventually, it goes away, but not before it drains all of my energy and leaves me wishing I could die right then and there. Either way, it's awful. For well over 10 years of my life, I've had to put up with this. It's a god awful condition, and I wouldn't dare wish it upon anyone else.

That sucks. Do you have a lot of gas? I sometimes get really bloated and gassy after eating certain foods myself.

[Riggs]

I've been lucky, worse pain I really ever had was shutting my finger in a very very heavy wooden door. Kind of door that if you let it just shut by itself, it slams hard as fuck. I slammed the door with a ton of force and it went right on my index finger. Surprised it didn't sever it off thinking back on it.

[Jarmel]

Inner ear infection. Hurts like a bitch and it's itchy.

Ever blown out your eardrums? Oh fun times. I blew both of mine out while scuba diving and thought it was an ear infection and so tried to clean it out with hot water. I was screaming for hours.

Worst though was meningitis. I had a fever of 103, was dehydrated, and had severe pain for days. It felt like someone was bashing my head in all day long and all night long. I couldn't get any sleep. At a certain point I thought suicide might be preferable.

[Claude]

That sucks. Do you have a lot of gas? I sometimes get really bloated and gassy after eating certain foods myself.

Absolutely. Even when my IBS isn't active, It seems like I have more gas than a petrol station. And yes, certain foods agitate me and give me more as than others.