MCOflyer From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 8557 posts, RR: 14 Posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 2193 times:
After watching Taboo on National Geographic, It occurred to me how much pain these people go through. You see people hanging from fish hooks, people getting run over (as in stunts), people getting half eaten from sharks. What is your opinion?
Pilothica737 From United States of America, joined May 2001, 297 posts, RR: 4 Reply 2, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 2157 times:
MCOflyer From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 8557 posts, RR: 14 Reply 5, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 2133 times:
Well I've heard of people that have had nails in their head. For me, I will post it on request.
TSS From United States of America, joined Dec 2006, 2884 posts, RR: 5 Reply 6, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 9 hours ago) and read 2129 times:
Quoting Bagpiper (Reply 3): I wonder what the closest pain to labor a man can feel?
Passing a kidney stone would be my guess.
However, with labor you only get to hear the horror/war stories; no-one talks about the babies that just "pop" out.
With her first child, my cousin was in labor for maybe three hours, and was up walking around an hour after the child was born. Immediately after the birth her husband said "That's it? My God woman, have a little pride about yourself...at least scream and holler and pretend it's killing you!".
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FlagshipAZ From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3419 posts, RR: 15 Reply 7, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 2107 times:
Well for me, I have passed quite a few kidney stones in my time. I still have them too. I can remember 3 occasions I had to go to the ER, to get morphine and flomax. Once I was prepped for surgery when at the last minute, the stones came thru naturally. But let me tell ya, guys...it's a man's version of giving birth. The pain is incredible! The pain made me irrational & angry, just like a woman in labor. Try pissing out a lima bean thru your wiener, because that's what it felt like coming down my dick! Some of my stones were big as buck shots. My advice to prevents stones...drink plenty of water and cut back on food & drinks containing lots of calcium, mostly dairy products. Hope none of you will go thru this agony.
Regards.
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MCOflyer From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 8557 posts, RR: 14 Reply 8, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 8 hours ago) and read 2094 times:
For me it was 2 things: I had to get my ingrown removed and the needle hurt like hell. The 2nd is not being able to breathe a sinus surgery. They put packing's up my nose and every time I went to sneeze, it hurt. I was crying for a hour hoping they would magically disappear. My advice: never get sinus surgery unless you have too. Till then im clear.
Pelican From Germany, joined Apr 2004, 2530 posts, RR: 8 Reply 12, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 2009 times:
Passing a kidney stone can hurt as hell (so I've heard) but it doesn't have to. I didn't feel much; I was just shocked how bloody it was.
To me a severe migraine episode is much worse.
MCOflyer From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 8557 posts, RR: 14 Reply 14, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 1983 times:
Whats a kidney stone feel like? An ingrown toenail Novocaine shot?
JakeOrion From United States of America, joined Oct 2005, 1247 posts, RR: 2 Reply 15, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 1979 times:
Victim of Flail chest fractures here. Most painful experience ever.
WestJetForLife From Canada, joined Jun 2005, 814 posts, RR: 1 Reply 16, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 4 hours ago) and read 1958 times:
Quoting MCOflyer (Reply 14): Whats a kidney stone feel like? An ingrown toenail Novocaine shot?
It's like trying to pee out a marble: hard, hurts and you need a lot of sedatives and pain relievers to take care of it (or so my dad says).
The worst pain (physical) I have ever experienced, would have to have been when I rode a rickety wagon down a steep hill here in Calgary. (Any Calgarians familiar with Prairie Winds Park and that gigantic hill?)
Ultimately, I didn't break anything but my glasses and my trust in wagons for about 3 years. I can specifically remember that I hit a bump, went flying out of said wagon and landed back first at the base of the hill. About 4 of my friends crowded around me and asked me if I was okay. I just got up, brushed off the dust from my jacket and asked "Where's the coffee?" However, I must have hit a rock with my back, as I had an orange-sized bruise on my back for about a week, and it stung like heck for a good while, even after the bruise disappeared.
Like being stabbed in the back. Nothing you can do makes the pain go away. The best you can hope for is to pop a couple of pills (I was prescribed Percacet)...and hopefully 30 minutes later it finally fades. Or in most cases the pain dulls to an ache that you can live with. Passing a stone is supposedly equivalent to child birth for the male. I passed one stone, which...well...afterwards I was crying on the floor thanking god for seeing the end of that ordeal. I had surgery to remove the others that were too big to come out. That's what happens when you don't drink enough water and you eat like shit, folks. Anyway, the pain comes and goes, and hits without warning. Either way, it's no walk in the park.
Diamond From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 3279 posts, RR: 66 Reply 20, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 1897 times:
I have a friend who had the onset of a kidney-stone attack while we were at LAX airport. One minute he was standing next to me talking. The next minute he had dropped to the ground and was screaming.
The pain is not where you'd expect it to be. The worst pain of kidney stones is in the lower back, just above waist-level. That is when the stone tries to exit the kidney and gets caught in the ureter (different from the urethra).
Aloha73G From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 2305 posts, RR: 5 Reply 21, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 1882 times:
3 words: Peri-Rectal Abscess: a pocket of pus in the tissues around the rectum, the last part of the bowel that ends at the anus.
Been there.....was HELL!! Couldn't even roll over in bed without pain. I thought I was going to die until the puss exploded through my skin relieveing the pressure and the pain after 24 hours of HELL!! Of note....the drainage explosion occurred during my favorite Seinfeld episode, the one where Elaine is in coach and Jerry is in first class. hehe
-Aloha!
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Diamond From United States of America, joined Apr 2004, 3279 posts, RR: 66 Reply 22, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days 1 hour ago) and read 1870 times:
Quoting Aloha73G (Reply 21): 3 words: Peri-Rectal Abscess: a pocket of pus in the tissues around the rectum, the last part of the bowel that ends at the anus.
Been there.....was HELL!! Couldn't even roll over in bed without pain. I thought I was going to die until the puss exploded through my skin relieveing the pressure and the pain after 24 hours of HELL!! Of note....the drainage explosion occurred during my favorite Seinfeld episode, the one where Elaine is in coach and Jerry is in first class. hehe
Aloha73G From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 2305 posts, RR: 5 Reply 23, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 1854 times:
Quoting Diamond (Reply 22): Ok, now that's disgusting right there.
Oh yes, it was.
I bet you wish you were there.
-Aloha!
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MCOflyer From United States of America, joined Jun 2006, 8557 posts, RR: 14 Reply 24, posted (5 years 10 months 2 weeks 3 days ago) and read 1851 times:
Aloha73G, I've had worse. If you wanna hear it, i'll im you.
Hunter
Never be afraid to stand up for who you are.
25 Bagpiper: good grief. I just drank 3 big glasses of water after reading about kidney stones. Don't wanna be there!
26 GQfluffy: Now you'll pee all night. Just be sure to drink 2-3 liters of water a day. I was never one to believe in that "8-12 8 oz glasses of water a day", but
27 TZ757300: Why don't you just share with the class?
28 MCOflyer: I would rather not say for the world to hear me, but will share in a im. Hunter
30 AsstChiefMark: I broke my ankle on an EMS call back in 1988. It was a cardiac arrest call and I had to do my job. That included walking on it and moving the patient
31 TSS: IM me as well, please. You've piqued my curiosity.
32 MCOflyer: I have a kidney stone. Any advice? Hunter
33 Redngold: Depends - are you talking about single-episode or chronic pain tolerance? The worst pains I've ever felt have been 1) when I severely sprained my righ
34 MCOflyer: Good luck. I have that issue now and all that relaxes me is to post on here. Hunter
35 Diamond: There are 3 solutions for kidney stones: 1. let it pass naturally 2. lithotripsy 3. surgery (a last resort) Many doctors prefer to let the stone pass
36 MCOflyer: Diamond my mom suggested Tylenol, is that good? My side feels like someone took a punch at me on purposely. Hunter
37 Pelican: That is the conservative (and natural) way with a little bit of luck it will pass without much effort and with even more luck it won't hurt much. Bec
38 Diamond: Well I'm not an M.D. but I'll give you my opinion: Tylenol is a very mild pain reliever. It may help with headaches, but I don't think it's going to
39 GQfluffy: Yes it is, but it is more vital then leaving the stone unattended. My surgery involved sticking a tube up into the kidney via the bladder, the stones
40 MCOflyer: My lower right above the rear. Hunter
41 Rlwynn: Kidney stones are not like marbles, peas or small rocks. It is like trying to pee out a jack. A Jack A Kidney stone
42 WestJetForLife: No wonder they hurt. That looks painful even looking at it! Wow, I cannot imagine trying to pass one of those things. Nik
43 MCOflyer: I only hopes it back pain. but something tells me its more than that. Hunter
44 747srule: I had a kidney stone 10 years ago. Woke me up from a dead sleep at 1:30 in the morning. I said "take that knife out of my back". I had to get it remov
45 LOT767-300ER: 16-20 and you have stones? Honestly...
46 MCOflyer: I am 20 and drink lots of gingerale and dr. pepper. Hunter
47 TZ757300: I'm 16 and have drakn that stuff since i was little. Sure it isn't a bad case of gas buildup?
48 Kmh1956: Let's see..... Currently getting cortisone shots in the back of my neck for pain management, as the discs between my spinal bones are degrading. You e
49 AsstChiefMark: You don't have a kidney stone. You'd be in the hospital, or at least make a visit to the ER, and be on heavy-duty narcotic pain killers. You'd be so
50 ShannoninAMA: God, That is some of the worst pain i ever had as well....I felt like just shooting myself (The moments that i wasnt completely out of it) and the wo
51 Waterpolodan: That would be a little bizarre if you (MCOFlyer) started a thread about severe pain and soon thereafter find yourself with a kidney stone... Jinxing y
52 FlashFlyGuy: That's not a kidney stone. As others have said you would KNOW it, if it was a stone. I'd say it's from sitting in front of the computer 24/7.
53 Sleekjet: I'm a chronic-pain patient, but the worst thing I've seen happened to my junior-high son. A broken forearm resulted in RSD, reflex sympathetic dystrop
54 GQfluffy: Ah yes, the "but it's still liquid" excuse. WATER, son. 2-3 liters of water a day, on top of anything and everything else that you drink. Besides, I
55 MCOflyer: Good idea. Is that 1/2gal to a gal? Hunter
56 FlagshipAZ: Hunter...3.7 liters equals 1 US gallon. Try not to drink this much water in one swallow. Do it thru-out the day. Regards.[Edited 2007-08-10 20:59:29]
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