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Originally Posted by TheSadGirl
What is the most physically painful thing you have experienced? I'm curious as pain is so subjective. If you share, please no triggering stories. Just the experience. I dont want to upset anyone.
I've always been told having a baby is the most painful experience. I've had 5. Unmedicated was not that bad.
For me the most painful is kidney stones. I've had them 3 times, surgery once. Last time I was in the ER I thought I was going to pass out from pain. I was woozy. I was also looking for something to cut my own kidney out with, seriously. They gave me hydromorph (stronger than morphine) and fentynal. Took my pain from a 10 to an 8. Wouldnt wish them on my worst enemy
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Jeez, but that’s a good question.
I have always believed that childbirth was the most painful experience, too. My wife was so drugged for her Cesarean that she was giggling and laughing throughout the procedure and unaware that she was ‘giving birth’ to a child. I’ve never witnessed any other type of delivery.
I’ve a number of most painful moments, I think. I’ve had three open-heart surgeries and awakening in recovery with the pressure of an elephant sitting upon my chest and with all of those damned tubes has always been painful.
But.
Having the ‘remainder’ of my left leg removed in 2014 left me screaming for almost 18-hours. On that 1-10 scale, I was at 10. Finally the surgeon stopped by the next morning and he began Dilaudid. First time that I ever felt ‘high’ taking any painkiller.
It’s the pain that I remember, though.
My ex and I had a friend whom we took to the ER when he had kidney stones. They prescribed painkillers (I’ve no memory of which) and gave him a small mesh utensil to catch the stone. We stayed up through the night until he finally passed the stone the next morning.
I witnessed that pain. I can only, now, relate to that pain, I think, with my 18-hour pain marathon. I am now in constant pain. The only relief that I have is medicinal cannabis. My evening strain usually allows me to sleep. I’m in my sixth night with no sleep, though.
I took morphine for 14-years and it was tremendous. Then I had to go to a ‘pain management clinic’ and the doctor there put me on oxycodone and OxyContin (? I think?) and I felt like a criminal when, after 14-months, I was burglarized and all of my meds were taken. The clinic, of course, had a strict policy of not replacing stolen drugs.
Withdrawal was traumatic. It unleashed severe mania that did not serve me well.
And so I am painkiller-free but in severe pain. Except when I smoke/vape weed. I have fantasies about moving back to California (my home state) to take advantage of the lower prices that have accompanied capitalistic competitiveness in the sale of cannabis.
Strictly a (water) pipe dream, though.
I’m going to read the other replies now.