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Doctor Nyse

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My left middle finger was cut off by my older brother's hockey skate when I was about 8..

He was chasing me around the rink, shoved me and skated right over it. They sewed it back on but the finger gets cold very easily.
 
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Kev

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I walked into a table leg and stubbed my toe. I stubbed the hell out of it. I mean really stubbed it. It was sore for hours.
 
QueBert

QueBert

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scary stuff, I watch Scarred on MTV and a lot of those clips are hard for me to watch.

for me, I was about 16 maybe 17, I couldn't find my keys so I was climbing over the gate and didn't 3 nails sticking a good way out of one of the boards, I had on shorts. around the bottom of my thigh is where the nails caught my skin and I was already sliding down. I ended up with 3 gashes maybe 10 inches long each from the nails up my thigh.
 
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monk3y

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Shattered tibia along with a fractured fibula. Motorcycle accident (when I was young and stupid).
 
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Kirby64

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I fell down half a flight of stairs recently... only ended up with really scrapped up right hand and about 3 large bruises(only my ass, left elbow, and right hand). Funny thing was, I had a really bad stomach ache for an hour after I fell down the stairs.

EDIT: On further consideration, I went to the hospital one time because I had severe vomiting that eventually turned into dry heaves. I couldn't eat/drink anything(including medicine), so I got really really badly dehydrated. The pain from vomiting nothingness over and over was horrible.
 
FeuerFrei

FeuerFrei

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Definitely not the most painful, but the thing that drove me the craziest was vicious sunburn. A couple days after the damage was done these stinging prickles set in. Felt like my skin was cracking open or on fire. I was jumping around frantically and nothing would soothe it. I could NOT hold still and made a big fool of myself. Good times, good times.
 
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Jimmah

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Mild case of strep-throat migrated into my gums and caused so much swelling that most of my teeth minus the main front ones were covered by angry bleeding gums, then the week after it went away when the excess gum material all died and I had to practically chew it off to use my teeth again. Pain was worse than anything I've ever experienced by 10x, more unpleasant than rolling over my ankle.
 
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alyssa

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Originally posted by: FeuerFrei
Definitely not the most painful, but the thing that drove me the craziest was vicious sunburn. A couple days after the damage was done these stinging prickles set in. Felt like my skin was cracking open or on fire. I was jumping around frantically and nothing would soothe it. I could NOT hold still and made a big fool of myself. Good times, good times.
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OH, I can top that.

Went to a swimming pool and only put on sunscreen once, mind you, this pool is outside. Grabbed a floating noodle thing and jumped in, lazed around for hours. Got home, discovered a viscous sunburn. I was like, "OK, this sucks, but whatever". Um, no. Wrong.

Next couple of days, I realize my shoulders are covered in blisters and spent the next couple weeks in excruciating, constant pain. Couldn't even shower, couldn't sleep for very long...Nothing would help. It was terrible.
 
robphelan

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tore my left ACL... i just had some xrays done and there's some serious screws in there holding a replaced tendon

happened while playing basketball. it hurt so much that i thought there was a bone sticking out of my skin.
 
Jeff7

Jeff7

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I think I've been fortunate in this respect. No kidney stones, no broken bones, no major surgeries. The worst pain I've experienced probably came from migraines in years past, where you just lie in bed, hoping to pass out, crying slightly - slightly so as to not make the pain worse, and rocking back and forth a little, to provide some distraction.
I also hope that that's the worst I ever have to experience. Kidney stones don't sound like much fun.
 
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marvdmartian

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Wow, you guys make me feel so much better about the goofy stuff that's happened to me! ;)

Let's see.....back in my navy days, had one dentist start a root canal, allegedly had removed all nerve tissue from the root canals of the tooth. 2nd dentist went in there to check (thank God), with one of those miniature drilling files they use to clean out the canal, and found very much alive nerve endings in 2 of the 3 canals! When he hit the first one (until he realized it was there, and shot some zylocaine directly into the root canal), I swear my ass levitated at least 6" off the chair!! :shocked:
Then there was the time I almost took off the fingertip of my left pinky finger with a conveyor chain. The actual injury wasn't bad, but getting the zylocaine injected a few hours later, when I went to get 5 stitches put in at the hospital emergency room, really sucked! What was worse than that was waking up at 3 in the morning, after the pain killer wore off, and having every beat of my heart pulsing through that fingertip! Why don't I ever ask for good painkiller pills??? :confused:
I stood up underneath a steel I-beam that was 1" shorter off the ground than I am tall, one time, that sat me right back down. You know how in the cartoons, when they get hit in the head, they see little animated stars & birdies going around their heads?? Yep, I saw 'em!! :laugh: 4 stitches and a 1" diameter shaved spot on my head for that one.

Oh yeah, and when I was a kid, I swear my Mom thought I made a habit out of stepping on rusty nails!! Man, I had more tetanus booster shots in my life...... :roll: LOL
 
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bctbct

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Skin grafts to repair a compound fracture, 10Xs worse than the bone shooting out of the skin IMO.
 
Chaotic42

Chaotic42

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Over time: Sun burn that wouldn't allow me to wear a shirt for a couple of weeks
Instant: Knee hyperextention. I screamed and passed out.
 
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crab

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Originally posted by: Squisher
Originally posted by: crab
Recovering from this surgery. Actually shattering the vertebrae didnt hurt.
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Rub a little dirt on it, now let me tell you about my kidney stone ;)
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I get them every couple months ;)
 
Kalmah

Kalmah

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I got hit by a pickup truck that was doing about 55 while I was riding on a bike when I was 12. Smacked my head on the cement with no helmet. Was in a coma for about 2 weeks.. then had a headache for at least 2 years.
 
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OVerLoRDI

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Originally posted by: robphelan
tore my left ACL... i just had some xrays done and there's some serious screws in there holding a replaced tendon

happened while playing basketball. it hurt so much that i thought there was a bone sticking out of my skin.
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I did that when I was 5. I barely remember it but I remember the physical therapy and being in a full leg cast for a very long time. Thanks to youth it completely healed, sometimes my knee will ache a bit after I run or am standing on it for a long time.
 
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