What is the most pain you have ever experienced?

[Rnm62]

Some say tooth pain is one of the worst pains to have.

What would you say the worst pain is you’ve experienced?

Coming round from a general post an operation to put a pin and plate in a broken ankle. I came round without any pain relief and for a couple of minutes, which felt like a lifetime, it was proper 9/10 writhing in agony, gasping, crying pain. The anaesthetists were really sweet and dryly funny so I wasn’t actually that pissed off about it.

After that it’s:

• having a coil fitted (8.5/10)
• recent mystery pain/cramps (8.5/10. Nearly passed out). Ovarian torsion initially suspected, then OHSS. It disappeared, remains a bit of mystery.

Biliary colic from Gallstones.
Undoubtedly the worst I've ever experienced.

Kidney stones.
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I've had a long back to back labour and that was hell, and longer lasting. But the kidney stones, during the worst bit, was more painful. Was scarier too - I knew what was happening during childbirth.

Out of interest, how did you tear your plantar fascia?

Gallbladder attack, then breaking a toe by stubbing it.

The moment my Achilles tendon ruptured. Absolute agony for about an hour.

Toothache x 10000000 - way worse than childbirth (induced and put on the dreaded drip thing that makes you have contractions). That was a walk in the park in comparison. Toothache with infected roots and gum is the only moment in my life when the pain was so great, I seriously contemplated death as a positive alternative.

Gallstones I think. Excruciating and frightening when I didn't know what it was. Definitely thought the pain would kill me.

kidney stones then tooth ache (why is it called ache? it is not an ache its fucking agony) then childbirth

Frozen shoulder. The constant un-ending-ness of it. Absolutely broke me physically and mentally.

I'd have both labours again if it would take the frozen shoulder away.

Scarlet Fever. How I imaging trying to swallow razors over and over would feel .

If I accidentally eat gluten that is a whole night awake in horrific pain with a hot water bottle for company but hasn’t happened for a while thank god.

Having an exposed nerve after a dental extraction, worse than child birth like a hot poker going up through my eye and head x

Gallstones and childbirth. With the gallstones I didn't know where to put myself. Awful.

Tonsillitis
Ruptured appendix
Torn glute

Probably mastoiditis

Specifically, the week of pain after having the stent removed after kidney surgery to remove a kidney stone. I genuinely wanted to die when the spasms of pain came and I had a week in hospital on PCA morphine. The kidney stone was sore and the uteroscopy recovery with the stent was bad but the post stent removal colic was indescribable.

Abscess in my jawbone that led to sepsis. I was in labour for nearly 3 full days and it was nothing compared to that.

Male - so can't compare childbirth - but Tooth abscess for me, nothing else has ever come near.

Labour. I passed out repeatedly in labour with my first and had no control over my body. The actual pushing with my second was worse though because I had no pain relief (gas and air does fuck all for me) and I thought I was being torn in half.

I’ve been lucky to never break anything though so nothing extreme to compare the pain to.

Oh I should add breastfeeding through tongue tie and bad latch which led to mastitis. The pain was unbelievable!

Cluster headaches.

When I was much younger, having bone marrow taken. Like someone vacuuming my chest out of a pinprick.

Childbirth and gallstones. In fact, I was frantic that I was about to become one of those crazy stories of surprise babies when the mother never knew she was pregnant when the gallstones hit.

Same... I used to say if I had a gun I would have shot myself

2 surgeries later .. I'm pain free .. thank god

Gallstones