Most discomfort I ever felt was when I had to have an endoscope put down my nose. They didn't tell me I had to inhale the local anaesthetic so I felt the endoscope scraping against the back of my mouth and throat. I've sniffed the spray every time since!
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How was it after the anaesthetic?
Some mild discomfort but I managed to grin and bear it. There was a nasty aftertaste and numbness for half an hour afterwards too.
Oh you sweet summer child
I had an air bubble in my brain and an orbital floor fracture (and I shattered my sphenoid) after a bike accident. when I moved, I could both hear and feel the trickle of air moving around in my own brain. it didn't really hurt (or if it did I was in enough other pain not to notice) but it was one of the oddest sensations ever.
wear helmets y'all.
Migraine. I've broken bones, had unmedicated childbirth, nothing has ever hurt as much or as disgustingly as a migraine. (ETA kidney/bladder stone came close but at least wasn't in my head!)
Other than that, any pain to do with fingernails or toenails sqiucks me out, I would cave under torture.
I got my tongue split in 2017 so uhh healing that is definitely up there. You basically have the worst sore throat of your life, can't talk, can't stop drooling, and can only "eat" smoothies by pouring them directly into your mouth.
pancreatitis. It felt like someone stabbing me in the side with a dull knife made of burning glass.
Gallstones. When it's a really bad attack it's probably the closest thing to an alien hatching from your stomach.
Worst pain in my life physically was appendicitis. It set a new high bar.
Mentally? Hurts too much to talk about.
anything hitting your shin
Why does pain hurt so much there, but it doesn't also come with extra good sense of touch, like being tickled or rubbed? ๐ฉ
As a teen my appendix ruptured and it took my mother another 4 days to realize I should see a doctor. Sometime around day 2 I was barely able to stand it was agonizing but I still remember it as not as bad as the pain of my eardrums popping from an ear infection a few years later. Ears are the worst IMHO
You're scraping too hard.
Eating without YouTube ๐๐ฌ
Pooping without your phone
Getting an apadravya piercing. Pain level was 11/10 for about 3 seconds. I learned a new level of pain that day.
For those who don't want to do any searching for what an "adadravya" is:
spoiler
it's a body piercing that goes vertically through the head of a penis.
It was definitely unpleasant, but not the worst I've had. The worst was sternum implants; even though they used a shit ton of xylocaine, it was def. wearing off by the time they were pushing the implants in, and suturing me back up was... Ow. Definitely not fun.
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