blue balls
blue balls
1/ trigeminal neuralgia flare ups. you realize everything you thought was pain was merely varying degrees of discomfort.
2/ reading Ventolins' posts.
In HS, had a stress fracture in my femur I didn't know about. Running a 4x800 at a large invite it broke. I was the first leg and didn't finish lap one. The pain wasn't bad until they put it in traction to take me to a hospital. Then there wasn't enough pain killer in the world.
I can believe that - did 3 sets of four of the same session - not as quick (18-19 range), but I was more 1500m/3000m and steeplechase guy.
Result, splitting headache, unable to stand up, having do lie down with feet elevated for about 15 min until blood returned to head.
Agree with kidney stone. Thought I had pretty good tolerance for pain until I got bad kidney stones.
Woke up girlfriend to drive me to hospital, and was rolling around on the backseat when I got there. Had shakes went into shock, and needed two bags of fluids.
Told me afterwards that the one I passed was about as large as you could pass without it being removed.
That did really get rid of illusions about toughness!
I don't think I've ever experienced anything close to as bad as childbirth, but I know there are worse things.[/quote]
There is really only one pain that is excruciating and that never goes away and that dwarfs all others: the death of a child. It is the nightmare you never wake up from, the ache that never stops. Broken bones, perforated organs, even kidney stones - these all suck big time but with time they pass and you forget. The death of something you gave life to is a torment that doesn't end.
Disclaimer: I thank the Giant Spaghetti Monster (or whatever deity works for you) that I've never experienced this but I mentioned this thread last night to some friends who have so I'm speaking for them at their request.
Explainer to the Morons wrote:
Circumcision without anesthesia, true story, just know it is painful, and I broke my jaw and was away from medical care for 12 hrs. Top that minions, top that
You broke your jaw while circumcising yourself? You win. And you're really flexible.
The removal of so called "problem" reptiles is a free service that I offer to the community and surrounding areas. I have been doing so for several years and the service enables me to educate the public about snakes, reduce the risk of a snakebite, and more importantly it prevents yet another snake from being hacked into a thousand little tiny pieces.
Why do I make mention of this service?
Well firstly, it implies that this black mamba bite was not a random accident.
Secondly, it is because of this service that I found myself at that precise location on the morning of April 20th 2005 at 10:32am
I received the call from a rather frantic owner that the three metre snake had taken up residence in the roof of one of the chalets that was to be occupied by guests later that day. Needless to say shacking up with a black mamba was not listed in the brochure as one of the activities, and therefore it had to be removed.
Let me start by saying that receiving a black mamba bite has never been high on my list of priorities, nor any bite for that matter. I approach every situation with caution and follow strict procedures that will ensure the safe removal of any snake. That being said however things don't always work out quite the way you planned them.
It was clear from the start that this was not going to be an easy capture. The 10cm gap between the ceiling and the corrugated roof panels made it impossible for me to climb into the roof. The only way of getting to the snake was by removing the roof panels one by one until the snake was found.
Once on the roof, the first step was to remove all the screws that secured the roof panels to the woodwork. This was done by one of the gardeners.
The first rule when capturing a snake is never let an untrained person assist you. So, once all the screws had been removed I informed the gardener to move back whilst I personally removed the panels. By the time I removed the second panel about a third of the snake became visible. At this point the unthinkable happened....
The gardener, who had been standing well out of the way behind me, leapt in action without warning. To this day I have no idea what went through his mind to prompt him to tackle a three metre black mamba with his bare hands. In a flash he grabbed the snake's tail and began trying to pull it out. Instinctively I reached out to smack his hand away from the snake, and at that moment the snake,turning back on itself, lunged forward and bit me on the hand.
My initial reaction was that maybe I was lucky and received a "dry bite", and had not been envenomated. This proved to be a fleeting thought.
Within 30 seconds I began feeling a "tingling" sensation in my hand as the powerful neurotoxic venom began to take effect.
The following is a step-by-step account of the symptoms of my black mamba bite, and time frames within which they occured. I mentally documented these symptoms becuase I had recently met Dr Roger Blaylock, South Africa's leading venom expert, as well as Professor Graham Alexander of Wits university (currently involved in ground breaking research on the Southern African rock python). I knew that should I survive the black mamba bite, they would want all the "gory" details!
* Within two minutes the "tingling" sensation had spread throughout my arm.
* There was mild swelling at the bite site which was slightly painful when touched. This was more a reaction to the physical bite rather than the venom itself.
* Six minutes after the bite the "tingling" sensation had spread throughout my body. It feels like millions of insects crawling under your skin.
* Eight minutes into the bite I experienced increased salivation.
* I began sweating excessively.
* After about ten minutes I could "taste" the fillings in my teeth. I experienced a "coppery" taste.
* Twelve minutes after the black mamba bite I began feeling drowsy. It became difficult to keep my eyes open. It felt like someone had tied bricks to my eyelids which prevented me from opening them fully.
* After about a quarter of an hour my coordination began to falter. At this point I could still walk, but it felt as if I had punished a couple of bottles of tequilla (without the usual removal of clothing and singing Twistered Sister's "I wanna Rock!").
At this point help arrived to take me to hospital. I realised that my condition would deteriorate rapidly. The effects of a black mamba bite, or rather the neurotoxic venom, attacks the central nervous system which affects motorised coordination including speech. I knew at some point I would lose conciousness. I informed the lady assisting me that should I pass out that the medical staff inject 8 vials of antivenom, and have a respirator on hand should my breathing stop.
(I also informed her that should I "cash in my chips" she should tell my wife that I love her....what a woes! I'll never live that one down)
* Twenty minutes into the bite I begin to lose the ability to control my bodily functions and I experienced incontinence of faeces and urine. Not my finest hour!
* At this point I started developing chest pains, almost as if a sumo wrestler was sitting on my chest.
* After about twenty five minutes confusion and slight hallucinations begin taking over my system. (this probably explains the "how much I love my wife" bit. At least that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it).
* 30 minutes into the bite. Flacid paralysis sets in. I am unable to walk. My arms, legs and head hang limply. Although concious I am unable to respond. My speech is slurred and responses slow.
* After about 40 minutes the real pain sets in. I began trembling and muscular seizure begins to set in. It's like having a cramp in your calf muscle except in this case every muscle in my body cramps up.
* 45 minutes, I begin to have difficulty breathing. Fortunately this coincides with me fading in and out of conciusness.
This lasted for approximately two and a half hours with all of the above symptoms taking their turn at beating the living *** out of my system.
These are all classic symptoms of a black mamba bite and the effects of a neurotoxic venom.
The beauty of a neurotoxic venom is that unlike a cytotoxic venom, there is no residual effect. I was bitten on the Wednesday, Thursday I was out of hospital and catching snakes again.
Although I cannot say that I enjoyed the ordeal the whole experience has proved invaluable when lecturing and educating the public.
In order from least to most painful:
Tooth ache prior to root canal.
Non-sedated collection of a bone marrow sample from lower back. A fat needle is stuck right through the bone.
Torn nut sack. Still don't know how it happened. Just felt a bad pain and found it when investigated it.
Shingles- On face. Felt like non-stop bee stings over one side. The pain was not as intense or acute as others above, but it went on and on for days.
Hit a nail head sticking out of a wall hard with the top center of my head. Blood came out and I still have a dent there. Thinking about the initial jolt still makes that spot hurt, even though it was many years ago.
Emotional pain when told I have an incurable cancer. Slept poorly and didn't think about anything else for months. Turns out to be treatable, but keeps coming back for life.
Sub arachnoid brain hemorrhage. Lay on the floor at my home for about 3 1/2 hrs. before my wife came home and found me!Hurt so bad I wished I was dead!
Here are 10
1) My friend shot me in heal/achilles area with a bee-bee gun. I limped home, then discovered the bee-bee was actually lodged into my skin, with the skin forming back around it. My mother had to squeeze my achilles area to try to pop the bee-bee out. It took her 4 or 5 attempts. She would get close to popping it out, then she would loose grip and the bee-bee would recede back into my skin. She finally got it out. Very painful. I think I got a tetanus shot after.
2) Knocking out a tooth was bad enough, but having a needle stuck right into the wound to numb it was absolutely excrutiating....and I couldnt move while it happened. I read someone elses post who said having a numbing needle jabbed into their wound was their most painful moment.
3) Sciatica problems. Flared up so bad one night that I was rolling around in pain.
4) Breaking up with a girl friend and watching her cry
5) Being broken up with
6)Smashing my thumb and thumbnail while moving furniture. It hurt so bad I was nausious and pail. I lost my nail a week later.
7) 5 x fast 1600's with 5 min rest
8) lactic acid
9) 1986, watching the Angels loose to the Redsox four games to three after leading by three runs in the 9th with a three games to one lead and being a stike away from the World Series.
10)Having poison oak in my crotch region. Not fun
the black mamba bite makes top 10