Talk Elections

not including accidents or injuries.

Bells Palsy

Pneumonia

Chest pain from a myocarditis I had a couple of years ago.

Hospitalized for a week - in Riyadh - because of dehydration.

I had an infection in the cartilage in my rib cage which pushed against my lungs and heart causing immense pain. I was treated for suspected heart problems for a good hour before things were diagnosed.

The clap- my johnson was dripping like a busted pipe...would've been medically discharged from the service so had to tough it out...miserable

I had Hepatitis when I was 10, almost killed me.  I don't remember much of it (thank your God), but I do remember some.  I got headaches so bad my nose would bleed.  Could have been all the cocaine though...hey, it was 1983, everybody was doin' it!

Pneumonia and Pharyngitis...

Migraines.  Thankfully, they went away once I grew up, but every month or so when I was a pre-teen and a teenager I got a blinding headache in the evening that forced me into a dark quiet room for a hour or two and then go throw up, which usually made things feel much better all around.  Yup, I got to "enjoy" having hangovers without getting drunk!  Probably one reason I never took up drinking.  I didn't want more hangovers.

Testicular hernia.

I had the same thing. Haven't had one in about 4 years now, which has been nice. I do drink though and incidentally don't often get very bad hangovers. Definitely none that have kicked my ass like a migraine.

kidney stone - imaging one of your testicles placed in a vice and being torqued CONSTANTLY (without a single moment of relief) with ever increasing pressure, for HOURS on end.  That is EXACTLY how a kidney stone feels.  The kidney is basically plugged by the stone and fluid pressure starts to increasingly build up until the stone has passed into the bladder.  The nerve that picks up this pressure runs to the testicle on same side of the affected kidney, so the pain is felt in the testicle.

A severe case of strep throat coupled with (this was the probably the worst part) horrendously painful earaches in both ears. I wanted to kill myself.

Appendicitis

I had chicken pox once.

That's it.

Chrohns Disease

This actually happened yesterday.

For whatever reason, I wasn't feeling good at all. The stomach pains I felt were the most intense and horrifying pains I've ever felt in my entire life. It literally felt like my insides were on fire. I had the runs real bad and in between, it would just. f**king. hurt really bad.

It's gone now, but I was legitimately scared.

:(  Sorry to hear that. Quite prevalent in my direct family, and I have a holy fear of it.

The worst thing I've ever suffered trough was probably a (*googles*) Inguinal Hernia when I was just about 4 years old. Don't remember anything about it though, so perhaps it wasn't all that bad. Other than that I had a rather nasty fall when I was 10 or so which nearly tore off my lower lip, but even that was more of a 'look shocked at all the blood' type of moment than one of excruciating pain. On the whole I've been spared any real pain so far. Let's hope my luck continues.

Actually, leg cramps were a bit of a bitch.

I dunno, had a really nasty case of chicken pox age 4, first case of strep throat age 7 was pretty awful too, and of course severe peanut allergies are never fun.

Not going to go into details, but I probably win (or lose?) the thread. Though who knows.

Some of you are seriously nesh though.

May I ask why you won't go into details?

Not unless you want a clip round the ear.

Who said I didn't?

I'm so used to them, but I completely forgot about my migraines!!!

I've had them now for nearly 22 years, on and off... generally manageable, but there were times when death was certainly considered a reasonable option...

For how long did you 'tough it out', my friend?  I know that this ailment is very messy - it must have played heck with your under-garments, and might have raised a few eyebrows at the base laundry.

As for myself, I never really feel pains.  Oddly enough my shoes also never wear out.