Clydesdales/Athenas (200+ lb / 91+ kg) - Worst Pain Ev-Vuh?

What's yours? Gah! I've had this molar that's been bugging me for a year! Once month it will get infected, inflamed and burn like a mother. Seems that everytime I want to go do a ride , I have to worry about what I eat and drink, trying to avoid the irritation.

Dentist say it's healthy tooth, different dentists!:eek:. If so, why does it kill me every month. Feels like someone taking a branding iron then shoving it down into my roots. Hurts so much that my eye feels like it flickers during the pain. I guess they think I'm having fun with the pain!:twitchy:

So crash and burn about 3 weeks ago with a separated shoulder, it hurt but no biggie! Last week I was ble to do my father's yard with the pushmower as usual. A little sensitive and a little nursing but it worked. I have to say even the pain from the shoulder doesn't compare to the pain of the toothache!

The holiday weekend was totally ruined, no BBQ, no rides, sitting at home with an icepack on my face wishing the dentist was around. Finally on Tuesday I find a dentist and say, I'm paying cash, now pull the tooth. "Well it's good tooth he says", eventhough my gums are swollen and I can now see pockets of infection building!

But !but!............... I'm paying you now pull it!:mad: Yes, I was rude but I was in pain. I told him to disregard my insurance cause I wasn't there to be examined, I wasn't there for quotes, I was there for an extraction! So he numbs me but the meds aren't working right cause the infection is blocking the passages to the nerve. That's what he says but maybe I hurt his feeling so he gave me the mild dose! Either way, I felt everything, even when he stuck the needle into the infected area hurt, OUCH!:eek:

I'd say having felt most of the surgical extraction, it felt like somebody punched me in the face 3 times! But overall , the pain was still not as severe as the toothache itself.:notamused:

Tooth was extracted 2 days ago, some antibiotics and some Advil, swelling is down and today, I felt like a new man. Did Dad's yard with the pushmower again, shoulder is feeling great but biggest relief is the vanishing tooth!:D

The tooth was hurting so much and so often that I was beginning to avoid rides with thoughts that it might activate the pain. I've been sucker punched in the face, kicked in the nards, beotch slapped, arthritis as a child, migraine headaches, flipped over on bikes. Hit by a bike, torn cartlidge in the ankle but never experienced pain like a toothache!

Happened once before with another tooth.:twitchy:

That's my kryptonite, what's yours?

I have a bum tooth, too, but it's nowhere near what yours was like. It hurts bad, and sometimes REALLY bad, but the problem is that it hurts ALL THE TIME. If I get a sinus infection (I usually have a sinus infection), it hurts REALLY bad. I have nightmares every night because my teeth hit together and hurt. The dentists (3 of them) say it's fine, too. They said if it really bothers me, they'll do a root canal on it, but there's nothing wrong with it. I don't want a root canal. :/

BUT my kryptonite is wrist pain. The right wrist just constantly hurts. It goes from kind-of-bad to wanting-to-punch-someone-anyone-(maybe-myself)-in-the-face bad. Left one hurts too but not as bad. As a cyclist, knitter, musician and computer nerd, it disrupts every moment of enjoyment that I have in the world. My hands shake so bad sometimes that everyday tasks are difficult (and in the past have been impossible). For awhile I couldn't open my front door or turn the knob on the washing machine with my right hand, because it wasn't strong enough, plus it hurt anyway. It is burning right now. I take so much ibuprofen that my stomach is damaged. haha :(

I am in pain or noticeable discomfort at all times. In the past I usually got a break from it when I slept but now I don't even have that. Sucks. The physiatrist said my wrist doesn't have nerve damage so I'm just riding anyway and dealing with it, but I can't ride over 1:15 or so without regretting it deeply later on (or sometimes right away).

worst pain.....reducing (putting back in place) a dislocated shoulder wihout pain relief, the dislocated shoulder was bad on it's own.....but the reduction went over the top.....then immediate relief.

Second worse, having a broken wrist reset about 2 weeks after it was broken, with minimal pain med

Speaking of toothaches and having it happen in a healthy tooth, my boss had this happen to him. They did a root canal and that didnt help with the pain. Then they ended up extracting the tooth. It hurt like he had a dry socket, so they went and did more xrays and everything checked out good. The pain moved from where they extracted the tooth to the next tooth over. He found this and it is explained alot.
http://www.ucsfhealth.org/adult/medical_services/oral/phantom/conditions/syndrome/signs.html

If you think your tooth hurt, try pericarditis. It's an inflammation of the pericardium (the sac around your heart). According to my female cardiologist the pain is equivalent to labor pains except they happen every time your heart beats and it's worse when you breath. Luckily, mine was only beating 28 beats/minute when I went into the hospital. ;) Then you get to be introduced to a cardiac needle...

BUT my kryptonite is wrist pain. The right wrist just constantly hurts. It goes from kind-of-bad to wanting-to-punch-someone-anyone-(maybe-myself)-in-the-face bad. Left one hurts too but not as bad. As a cyclist, knitter, musician and computer nerd, it disrupts every moment of enjoyment that I have in the world. My hands shake so bad sometimes that everyday tasks are difficult (and in the past have been impossible). For awhile I couldn't open my front door or turn the knob on the washing machine with my right hand, because it wasn't strong enough, plus it hurt anyway. It is burning right now. I take so much ibuprofen that my stomach is damaged. haha :(

I am in pain or noticeable discomfort at all times. In the past I usually got a break from it when I slept but now I don't even have that. Sucks. The physiatrist said my wrist doesn't have nerve damage so I'm just riding anyway and dealing with it, but I can't ride over 1:15 or so without regretting it deeply later on (or sometimes right away).

I've gone through a similar episode with hand pain - that burning pain that never goes away and you can't do the things you want to do while consuming ibuprofen like it's candy...yup, been there.

Did you consult a hand surgeon or neurologist for a nerve conduction test? You could have a disc problem pinching a nerve, carpal tunnel, ulnar nerve problems, etc etc etc. Your symptoms are not normal. My road bike almost 2 years ago that I briefly owned caused horrendous wrist pain. After a diagnosis of mild carpal tunnel in my right arm I solved it by selling it and purchasing a recumbent bike, which I looooooove riding, and which completely freed me from hand/wrist riding pain. I also did numerous ergonomic adjustments to my computer workstation that also relieved most of the pain problems.

Mr Beanz, I'll trade my herniated L5-S1 disc for your tooth. This week has been living fricking hell, I can barely walk (I do sort of a zombie shuffle) due to compression of my left sciatic nerve and there is no body position that provides relief. argh.

I was in the ER this week for something relatively minor. The guy accross the hall from me was passing kidney stones. You woulda thought he was being tortured. I've never heard a man screaming like that in my life. The nurses said kidney stones are the worst.

I hiked (well, hobbled and hopped!) about 15 miles on a broken ankle. Carrying a heavyish load of gear. took two days. That hurt. But after the first 8 or 10 hours, it became just a constant annoyance (except when I hit it on a rock). Toothache is horrible, it doesn't ever get dull like that. It used to be a leading cause of suicide.

Getting my tonsils out as an adult. At one point, the pain was so bad I told my SO that "I can't do this anymore." He said, "You don't have a choice."

Some good stuff here, makes ya think!:D...Like the others, my tooth bothered me ALL THE TIME! Just got infected once a month, but hurt just about everyday!:(

I too was also puzzled at the beginning thinking it was another tooth along the same nerve.

I had a bruised rib after a bike wreck that was very painful. It ranked up there with back pain. That type of pain is bad (and annoying) but manageable. The worst was a tooth ache. Nothing worked to relieve the pain. Even when it didn't hurt, it throbbed. Thank God for root canals.

The worst was a tooth ache. Nothing worked to relieve the pain. Even when it didn't hurt, it throbbed.

I hear ya on that one! I was doing a GMR mtn ride with another member. About half way up the thob turned into a twang as if something flicked the nerve like a rubberband. I was lucky, the throb went away at that point rather than turn to pain.

Kidney stone followed closely by appendicitis.

Kidney stone followed closely by appendicitis.

My wife had a kidney stone. waited 8 hours in the ER with her on that one. ****ing ****ty ****ing hospital. I wouldn't wish a kidney stone on anyone.

I'm such a wuss!:D Gina donated a kidney about 10 years ago, cut her back muscles, re-routed bladder nerves etc, still has a 10 inch scar on her side. One month later, she did an ez 5 mile hybrid ride. 3 months later, she did a 40 mile roadride on the trail. Then 5 years later, docs wouldn't diganose her pain correctly, up every other night for about 1.5 years with pain. Turned out she needed her gal bladder (sp?)removed. And I'm here crying about a toothache!:D

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Yeah, I'd be more apt to have a root canal if I knew for sure that would fix it. They don't see a problem with that tooth, so I'm really leery of killing and crowning it if it's the wrong one :(


cod.peace (lol), I have been to a few different specialists and one said I have hypermobility, which means that I have to exert myself just to keep my limbs straight. My joints are too bendy. I am basically one of these with the button pressed:

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The physiatrist did nerve conductivity tests and said I was fine, but he didn't do them during the months that I could hardly use my right hand so I'm not sure.


I think the worst pain I've ever felt has been sinus headaches, and a headache I had when I had pneumonia, and it hurt so much that my vision and hearing went out and I had to shuffle over to the couch with my arms out like a zombie. Chronic pain is worse, though, for me. It just never goes away.

PS: Gina's awesome and I'll admit I'm a wuss! My arm hurts!

PS: Gina's awesome and I'll admit I'm a wuss! My arm hurts!

I think so! Actually we trained and did a century onour tandem the weekend before the surgery. She said that if she could do it, she'd be in better shape for recovery. She never rode a bike til she was 30 years old, so I think she's great! The bike might be the only reason she keeps me around, free maintenance!:D

I think the worst pain I've ever felt has been sinus headaches, and a headache I had when I had pneumonia, and it hurt so much that my vision and hearing went out and I had to shuffle over to the couch with my arms out like a zombie. Chronic pain is worse, though, for me. It just never goes away.

I get migraines, my tongue goes numb, my arm then puke my guts out! I also get the aura (bright blinding like, like running ligths running through a cracked televsion screen) and the pain last for atleast 2 days after 8 hours of sleep ina dark room. Been getting migraines since I was 12, now 47. Doc gave me a prescription called Maxalt that aids the pain but doesn't totally eliminate the symptoms, but everything helps at this point. It's the best I've had for migraines! Now I only get them once or twice a year. When I was younger, once a month.

I once got a blinding migraine on an organized 62 miler out in the desert (Borrego Springs). I was at the halfway point and ready to quit. But I figured I drove 2 hours and paid my $50, I finished the ride, I don't know how, but I did!:D

My tooth hurt so bad it made me stop smoking... 4 or 5 days to get to see the dentist and no urge to smoke, eat, sleep.... Not a bad deal if I never smoke again.

My tooth hurt so bad it made me stop smoking... 4 or 5 days to get to see the dentist and no urge to smoke, eat, sleep.... Not a bad deal if I never smoke again.

:roflmao2:....I quit playing online for a couple of days!:D

Abscessed tooth is tops for acute (just effing kill me) pain in my book.

I second the kidney stone. I spent one of the longest nights of my life a couple years ago in a cabin in the mountains passing a stone over 7 hours. Long Ass Night:cry:

But, one of the most miserable boo-boo's I have suffered was on a secluded whitewater river in the Boston Mountains of Arkansas. I tore a rotator cuff with 8 miles left to paddle out (mostly class III stuff) or hike out 16 miles and have to stay overnight in the woods. I paddled and swam, because I almost no control the 8 miles. Bad day.

But, one of the most miserable boo-boo's I have suffered was on a secluded whitewater river in the Boston Mountains of Arkansas. I tore a rotator cuff with 8 miles left to paddle out (mostly class III stuff) or hike out 16 miles and have to stay overnight in the woods. I paddled and swam, because I almost no control the 8 miles. Bad day.

I saw that in a movie called "Deliverance" a long time ago, yes I'm guessing there is a more terrible pain!:D

Toothache is horrible, it doesn't ever get dull like that. It used to be a leading cause of suicide.

I pray thee peace, I will be flesh and blood;
For there was never yet philosopher
That could endure the toothache patiently,
- Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

It's a toss up between being guest of honor at a 6 man boot party, or having a mid-sized sedan pull a no-signal turn in front of me on a 40mph downhill.
Both were week-long hospital stays.

It's a toss up between being guest of honor at a 6 man boot party,

Had to look that one up, getting stomped?:eek:...Happened to my cousin's husband:( ,... bright side is he has super nice Colgate smile now. Heck that's what I need, a good stomping and a new set of teeth!:D

I'll trade my herniated L5-S1 disc for your tooth. This week has been living fricking hell, I can barely walk (I do sort of a zombie shuffle) due to compression of my left sciatic nerve and there is no body position that provides relief. argh.
Did that to myself in the same spot a little over a year ago. My chiropractor got me functional in a couple of weeks but it took a while till I was anywhere near normal. Yeah, that was even worse than getting a cold (with lots of sneezing and coughing) with broken ribs.

Did that to myself in the same spot a little over a year ago. My chiropractor got me functional in a couple of weeks but it took a while till I was anywhere near normal. Yeah, that was even worse than getting a cold (with lots of sneezing and coughing) with broken ribs.

Oh my garsh! Now that you bring it up!:D When I separated the shoulder, a muscle must have gotten strained, from the armpit to the sternum area. Near the collarbone but can't member the tech name, I don't care, I just know there's a c-bone muscle there.:p Anyways, when I sneezed, it felt like someone was stabbing me in the upper/outer chest.:eek:

Went out to eat a couple of times, forgot and put pepper on my salad! Talk about forgetting at a bad time. Figures it would make me want to sneeze more than ever!:roflmao2:

I guess my worst lingering pain was when I bruised my ribs riding dirt bikes. It took several months to heal, but every timed I coughed, sneezed or hiccuped, it felt like I had just hurt it all over again. The most pain that I had since then was my gallbladder attack. It was 2 hours of not being able to breath. The doctor in the ER kept having to up my dosage to keep me going. The post surgery was only bad for a few day, but I still get phantom attacks every once in a while. They feel like the original attack, but last only about 10 minutes or so, thank goodness. :twitchy:

I guess my worst lingering pain was when I bruised my ribs riding dirt bikes. It took several months to heal, but every timed I coughed, sneezed or hiccuped, it felt like I had just hurt it all over again. The most pain that I had since then was my gallbladder attack. It was 2 hours of not being able to breath. The doctor in the ER kept having to up my dosage to keep me going. The post surgery was only bad for a few day, but I still get phantom attacks every once in a while. They feel like the original attack, but last only about 10 minutes or so, thank goodness. :twitchy:

Bruised ribs, another owie! Few years back I used to play several softball tournaments., We had a team going to Vegas for a tournament. During practice, I ran up for a ball, diving into a full stretch, I missed an landed ribs first on the ball!:eek:. Like you say, coughing and sneezing for months was painful and rare.:D

Now that I remember, I was working with a 13 yo kid playing baseball. He wouldn't throw the ball hard cause he was worried the catcher would miss. I said throw it hard, if he misses, it's his fault! SO I worked with him, throw it harder, harder, harder going for force and accuracy. One time called out harder, he threw it jus as Gina snuck up along my side and asked, What do you want for dinner?" Startled, I took my eye off the ball for a fraction of a second, the ball hit me right on the bone of the eyeball socket!:eek:...instant blackeye! But hey, if he misses the ball, it's his fault, and I missed. Thanks Gina!:p

Another time, playing in a volleyball league, coed. But the gals on our team were college players, tall girls. I stepped up for a ball while one of the gals stepped back, cocked her elbow back and nailed me right on the same bone, opposite eye! Another instant blackeye after a minute of double vision!:D

But still, none hurt like a toothache!:(

Looking back, it was when the judge awarded most of my $#!t to my ex!:notamused:

WTF, Clifton?

I got group-kicked when I was a teenager, but it was by young women and it didn't hurt at all. It was too shocking. But I didn't end up in the hospital. I'm really sorry that happened to you. Violence can change you. I hope it didn't.

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Hmm toss up between a Hurnia, or getting jammed under the front wheel of a 26' tandem axle International Truck.


The hurnia Hurt like nothing i have EVER felt before. Felt like i got kicked in the boys repetedly.

BUT the chest injury from the truck inccident at work caused LONG ongoing pain. Ended up huring to breath espeically deep breaths for MONTHS. Its one of those injuries in hind sight i probly should have gone to see a doc on LOL. My whole chest was purple for weeks too.

The injury to my right hand rates up there too as its one of those injuries i will deal with fro the rest of my life. Was changing a flat tire on a ford explorer on the side of the road. Got the flat off and was positioning the spare when the jack failed and the truck came down. My hand got stuck between the tire and the fender of the explorer. IN a panic i ended up ripping my hand out from the fender and skining all my knuckles and possibly breaking the bone on the far right of my hand. Now my hand is always sore and i have little feeling in my finger tips. I also find doing fine work or putting much weight on my hand causes my hand to go COMPLETELY numb. I also have LOST alot of grip stregth in that hand and writing is quite painfull. ITs another one of those ones i probly should have seen a doc about.

I did go to a doc about this injury last year(happened at least 5 years ago) and the xrays did show some scaring inside but without surgery their aint much thay can do. And it not bad enuff yet that its affecting my work too bad so i gona weight a bit. Besides i cant afford too take the couple weeks off work i figure id need to recover (doc say at least a month but well i deffinetly cant afford that LOL).

Looking back, it was when the judge awarded most of my $#!t to my ex!:notamused:

.:roflmao2:

Bowel obstruction. "Twisted bowel syndrome." Hurt as bad as it sounds. Week in the hospital, and a section of small bowel removed.

Well, you asked :)

I'll try not to be graphic since this is a "family show."

Worst pain for me ... figuring out the hard way that I'm allergic to topical steroids.

Doesn't sound so bad? Sure.

The topical steroid cream I had been prescribed was a stronger replacement for Preparation H. It just made things worse. Not knowing any better at first, I increased the application rate. By the 3rd day I couldn't walk, couldn't sit, and any trip to the men's room was .... not fun. Lived on Campbell soup and crackers for a week.

Worst part was, when I went back to the doc on Day 3 and described what was going on, he LAUGHED at me and said "well then, STOP TAKING IT." The jerk. :)

Ever get gout?

OK, now the 2 "'non family show" issues above must have been a pain in the arse, literally!:D

I feel your pain Mr. Beanz. i've had a few tooth abscesses. the last one was a molar that had a previous root canal/crown.
The pain was unrelenting. I called my dentist, she found an Oral Surgeon for me, and 2 hours later the tooth was out. Since the abscess was right on top of the nerve, the pain didn't subside completely for several weeks.
I totally understand Tom Hanks knocking out his bad tooth in Castaway.

FWIW-the worst pain for me was a fractured pelvis and separated pubic symphysis; injuries from being thrown from a car in a roll over.

Herniated disc pressing on the sciatic nerve and immediately following my knee replacement surgery. Both were agonizing.

I totally understand Tom Hanks knocking out his bad tooth in Castaway..


Ouch on the pelivs!:eek:..........I had the same problem on another tooth, that's why I wanted it out! No root canal or crown will make it better, I know it won't, just too far gone IMO.

As far as Tom Hanks, The other tooth I had was killin gme after a root canal. It was swelling my face and my heart was pounidng hard when I woke up at 3 am. I got a pair of pliers then broke out my tooth to gum level. It was like Rambo doing his own stitches. I was sweating like a dog, flaming red but dang, that pain had to stop one way or another, it did!:D

Dentist was mad at me though, said I could have broke my jaw. But I had to stop the pain!:mad:

my knee replacement surgery.



Now that is one thing I would hate to face, not just during and the time surrounding the surgery. I'd think that would a continuous pain for veeeeeery long time!:eek:

Now that is one thing I would hate to face, not just during and the time surrounding the surgery. I'd think that would a continuous pain for veeeeeery long time!:eek:

It was quite painful for a number of months. I had it done when I was 46 which is quite young to have a knee replacement. I've been told the recovery is much more painful for younger patients than older ones.

From my personal experience, I have to agree.

Ever get gout?
I've heard gout is nasty painful in the joints so every movement is pain.

I've had a broken leg (both tibia and fibulia (sp?)) snapped both bones in a football injury, fractured elbow, bike accident where I broke off my two front teeth and the nerve was dangling and skinned off all the skin on both forearms, kidney stone two years ago, back surgery for the L4-L5, but the worst pain has been after knee surgery. I tore two ligaments, cartilage and a nerve in Tai Kwon Do, my knee joint popped out and the instructor was standing on it to pop it back in, after surgery, it felt like someone had been beating on my knee with a sledge hammer.

Gunshot wound in my left leg and the infection that followed it. Took a 7.62 mm round through the door of the truck when I was working in Central and South Africa in Rwanda and had to drive myself to get medical care with one functional leg in a 100,000 pound tractor trailer.

Gunshot wound in my left leg and the infection that followed it. Took a 7.62 mm round through the door of the truck when I was working in Central and South Africa in Rwanda and had to drive myself to get medical care with one functional leg in a 100,000 pound tractor trailer.

Ok, I think I'll take gout :)

I had a wisdom tooth that did all the massive swelling you are talking about. It was some 11 or 12 years ago now, but like your experience he was unable to numb it. He started talking about scheduling an appointment to have me put under, but that wouldn't be until the following week sometime. I told him to just pull it. He told me it was going to hurt, a lot. I pointed out it was hurting already and his choice of a lot of pain now and it is over with, or a lot of pain for over a week didn't leave me many good options.

He pulled it. Not only did it hurt, but it also tasted disgusting. My wisdom tooth was impacted, so he had to cut down to be able to even get a hold of it, and all that puss and other infection-related goo came gushing out into my mouth. It was nasty.

But, later that day I was feeling fine other than some swelling, but the searing pain was gone.

For 'worst' pain though, I think for me it was a kidney stone. That hurt like nothing I had ever felt before or since. The most amazing part about that whole experience was when it was all over and I got to see the actual stone, and it was just a tiny little thing. I was floored by how something so tiny could cause so much crippling pain.

Most unusual would be when I smashed the tip of my right ring finger between a UPS system (big battery backup for computer systems) and the concrete floor. The raw pain didn't compare to the kidney stone, but my body's reaction was why it is so memorable. I broke out into a cold sweat, got light headed, and nearly passed out a couple of times. This was particularly fun because I was working after-hours and was alone in that section of the building. It is a bit unnerving to be walking toward where you know there will be people, but start to lose your vision and balance. I kept stopping, bending over to get some blood to rush to my head, then going a little farther.

Still, I have been pretty lucky. I have friends who can tell real stories about unfortunate things that have happened to them. It makes mine sound like child's play.

Hemorrhoid attack. They don't call it PITA for nothing.

Gunshot wound in my left leg and the infection that followed it. Took a 7.62 mm round through the door of the truck when I was working in Central and South Africa in Rwanda and had to drive myself to get medical care with one functional leg in a 100,000 pound tractor trailer.

Dude!!! On top of everything else you have been shot?!?! U R DA MAN!!! Next you'll be telling us you've been through a 6 man boot party like Clifton. I'll take my tooth ache. :)

I get migraines, my tongue goes numb, my arm then puke my guts out! I also get the aura (bright blinding like, like running ligths running through a cracked televsion screen) and the pain last for atleast 2 days after 8 hours of sleep ina dark room.

I can relate!! I have a condition called Meniere's Disease. It's an inner ear thing that causes vertigo, nausea, and hearing loss. It's not painful, but attacks are extreme dizziness, puking, etc. Puts me out of commission for about 12 hours. It hit me a few times while riding. Usually I can ride through it, but once I had to call my wife to come and get me because I was so dizzy I couldn't stay up. Good times. :(