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08/12/2006 10:49:08 PM · #51 |
Originally posted by fir3bird:
Man, you guys have gone through a lot! I hope you all have peace in the future. I've been pretty lucky myself. The worst pain I've ever had was just 5 minutes ago. I heard this ad on cable:
HeadOn.
Head On. Apply directly to the forehead.
Head On. Apply directly to the forehead.
Head On. Apply directly to the forehead.
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I have to change the channel when that comes on. Hands down the most annoying freaking commercial. Argh!
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08/12/2006 11:02:57 PM · #52 |
I guess it's a good thing I don't watch television - I have no idea what you're talking about.
Worst I have is chronic debilitating headaches. Not classic migraines, per se, but severe muscle tension headaces. It gets to the point that I can almost (almost!) rationalize taking a hammer to my head because at least at that point there'd be a reason for it to hurt so bad.
At the moment, I've done something to my back. I have NO idea what, either, but as long as I don't bend over or turn or sit funny, I should be fine... :-) |
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08/12/2006 11:04:37 PM · #53 |
The only disease here was terminal stupidity - and I must say it hurt really really bad. |
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08/12/2006 11:10:22 PM · #54 |
Originally posted by saintaugust:
WHAT'S the worst illness you've ever had?
could be mental, emotional, physical.
how'd you get over it?
how are you doing?
great.
or.. not so great. |
Medically, I had spinal meningitis as a child. I really don't remember it, but it left me with a terrible needle phobia. Note to parents: it's a good idea to avoid giving your four year old two spinal taps unless it's absolutely necessary, lest they turn out like me, with a permanent note in my file about my anxiety level and an oral surgeon who prescribed valium for me to take the night before my wisdom teeth came out so that I wouldn't flee the state at 2am that morning.
Mentally (and a bit physically), breaking off my first real relationship in my 20's dealt me such an injury that I wound up on anti-depressants and didn't date anyone at all, couldn't even think about it, for three years thereafter. And I really did flee the state that time... though moving to Colorado was possibly the best thing I ever did because, damn, I love it here. Damnstupidloveofmylifegrrrr.....
Message edited by author 2006-08-12 23:23:51.
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08/12/2006 11:16:30 PM · #55 |
Originally posted by Joey Lawrence:
I had a speech problem and couldn't talk until I was around 7 years old, then it got a little better. Everything would come out in a stutter and people would give up on talking to me. I had to take speaking lessons for a few years and now you can't even notice. |
Hah, I started speech therapy when I was two and I think that continued up until around the second or third grade. I was never traumatized by it or anything.
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08/12/2006 11:20:16 PM · #56 |
Originally posted by karmabreeze:
Originally posted by Joey Lawrence:
I had a speech problem and couldn't talk until I was around 7 years old, then it got a little better. Everything would come out in a stutter and people would give up on talking to me. I had to take speaking lessons for a few years and now you can't even notice. |
Hah, I started speech therapy when I was two and I think that continued up until around the second or third grade. I was never traumatized by it or anything. |
sometimes the mouth takes time to catch up with the brain.
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08/12/2006 11:21:38 PM · #57 |
back labor (you feel contraction in your lower back instead of your abdomen) during both labors kinda sucked.
migraines are no fun at all.
been there done that with teh depression thing (several years ago).
Flying and especially landing with a severe sinus infection sucks big time.
Probably the most serious illness I've experienced was when I was nine months old. Intestinal intersusession (sp?). The large intestine telescopes into the small. ouchy. obviously don't remember anything, and only know what I've been told. but, I did almost die from it. |
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08/12/2006 11:28:42 PM · #58 |
Ruptured disc in my neck around the time my 3rd child was born. Kept seeing the chiropractor who KEPT on popping my neck even though this was the worst thing for it. Was incapaciated for 6 weeks. All I could do is nurse my newborn daughter. My 11 year old son had to take care of my newborn because I could barely sit or stand without being in complete agony.
Oh, and I developed a rash about a year ago that is undiagnosed and has been a living hell. I have it under control now, but I still don't know what it is, and I have spent thousands trying to keep it at bay with creams and lotions. Pretty sure its some form of eczema at this point.
Umm....Pnuemonia in 99, nearly killed me. You feel like your drowning in snot.
Oh, I had abdominal surgery in 99 also for an ectopic pregnancy that ruptured. That was horrendous as well. I couldn't even sit up by myself for a week without crying and wailing.
I have a long list of close calls and mega pain. But this is enough for now. |
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08/12/2006 11:31:08 PM · #59 |
Originally posted by karmabreeze:
Medically, I had spinal meningitis as a child. I really don't remember it, but it left me with a terrible needle phobia. Note to parents: it's a good idea to avoid giving your four year old two spinal taps unless it's absolutely necessary, lest they turn out like me, with a permanent note in my file about my anxiety level and an oral surgeon who prescribed valium for me to take the night before my wisdom teeth came out so that I wouldn't flee the state at 2am that morning. |
Dang, Karma...
I had spinal meningitis at age 3, and my earliest memories are of the spinal taps. Needle phobia big-time here too. As a kid, they had to give me injections in my sleep, 'cuz I'd tense up so bad otherwise the needles would break. And this, of course, is what left me deaf.
Thus, my "phobia" entry... 
Konador:
If you think that extraction of the device was bad, wait until you have kidney stones and they put in a stent: going in isn't a problem 'cuz you are out cold, but when you go back weeks later to have it removed, they stick a tube up your ureter, thread a device in, grab the stent, and yank the whole thing out while you are fully conscious. THAT'S simply awful.
And of course, to those who say the kidney stones are bad pain I can only respond with a heartfelt AMEN!
Robt.
While we're at it, add me to the speech therapy campers group as well :-) I did 2 hours of speech therapy 5 days a week from age 3 to age 10. It was a miserable way to be a kid...
Message edited by author 2006-08-12 23:33:23.
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08/12/2006 11:36:57 PM · #60 |
Originally posted by karmat:
back labor (you feel contraction in your lower back instead of your abdomen) during both labors kinda sucked. |
What?! How does this happen? .... okay I did some research... wow. Apparently it is not a hugely rare thing, but I have never even heard of it before. Seems very icky. :(
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08/12/2006 11:38:18 PM · #61 |
Oh, and the colposcopy, that SUCKED. I have never felt such blind physical pain in my entire life. I shook from the reverb and the sheer violation of it for four hours.
Bear_Music: Yeah, I was four, and the needle phobia is awful. I was slightly ill for most of July, but never so much as on the day that I went to the doctor to see about it. They were concerned that I was listing nausea as a symptom that morning, but I explained to them that I was pretty sure the nausea was just nerves. About what? they wanted to know. "Because I know that you're going to want to draw blood..." I had to lie down, and that was before the nurse even came in!
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08/12/2006 11:43:59 PM · #62 |
Originally posted by klstover:
Originally posted by karmat:
back labor (you feel contraction in your lower back instead of your abdomen) during both labors kinda sucked. |
What?! How does this happen? .... okay I did some research... wow. Apparently it is not a hugely rare thing, but I have never even heard of it before. Seems very icky. :( |
In both of my pregnancies, it was because the babies were turned opposite of how they should be. Not breach, but face up instead of face down, or vice versa. The epidurel is my friend. :) I really only felt two or three actual "real" contractions where they are normally felt, and they weren't too pleasant either. |
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08/13/2006 12:04:44 AM · #63 |
Originally posted by karmat:
In both of my pregnancies, it was because the babies were turned opposite of how they should be. Not breach, but face up instead of face down, or vice versa. The epidurel is my friend. :) I really only felt two or three actual "real" contractions where they are normally felt, and they weren't too pleasant either. |
*nodnod* I guess I worry about ever being pregnant, because of my muscle pain and weakness and then putting the additional stress on my body. And so I was wondering if this was something that the preexisting pain could cause, but the stuff I read also mentioned babies being backwards as a cause. So it seems that it's not something I should worry about specifically, then. (Not that I should worry at all, because me being pregnant is a very long way off!) |
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08/13/2006 12:14:24 AM · #64 |
1 medium and 2 major heart attacks count?
(medium=partial, major=complete aterial blockage)
Aside from that, just the usual stuff - you know - like running the tip of your middle finger through a table saw, making it about 1/2" shorter than the other, BUT, I can flip someone the bird in 2 levels:
Left hand: 100% Right hand: 75% (for those that don't deserve the very best)
Oh and then there was a little bump in the road when a radiator violently blew up when I was leaning over it - no biggie - partial thickness 2nd degree burns of the face and chest - the kind that turns the skin on your face, lips and ears white, and gets peeled back from the 275 degree antifreeze hitting the face with 20 psi, then clinging, furthering the cooking process - kinda' like what happens to chicken skin in boiling water.
Oh I think I may have cut myself shaving once.
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08/13/2006 12:15:21 AM · #65 |
| I once was hospitalized for a week for, get this, an absessed tooth!!! 3 days before a scheduled root canal, my left side of my face and neck became terribly infected, got a fever, and it hurt like a b*tch. Went to the dentist, who sent me to an oral surgeon, who sent me right to the nearest ER for surgery to remove the tooth and drain the infection. They put a tube down my throat so I could breath during surgery in case my throat swelled up too. They were very concerned with the infection spreading quickly to my heart or brain. So 4 days in ICU, and 3 days in a regular room... for a tooth! I thought the whole thing was pretty silly, but it was more serious than I thought. My wife told me about a year later that the doctor told her before the surgery that I had a 50/50 chance of "making it". |
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08/13/2006 12:21:45 AM · #66 |
Originally posted by Telehubbie:
I once was hospitalized for a week for, get this, an absessed tooth!!! 3 days before a scheduled root canal, my left side of my face and neck became terribly infected, got a fever, and it hurt like a b*tch. Went to the dentist, who sent me to an oral surgeon, who sent me right to the nearest ER for surgery to remove the tooth and drain the infection. They put a tube down my throat so I could breath during surgery in case my throat swelled up too. They were very concerned with the infection spreading quickly to my heart or brain. So 4 days in ICU, and 3 days in a regular room... for a tooth! I thought the whole thing was pretty silly, but it was more serious than I thought. My wife told me about a year later that the doctor told her before the surgery that I had a 50/50 chance of "making it". |
I had an uncle die that way. Went to hospital because of an infection under an absessed tooth and died the next day. He was 42. :(
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08/13/2006 12:27:57 AM · #67 |
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08/13/2006 12:30:20 AM · #68 |
ok...in the last 8 weeks...
my assistant of 2 years walked out and never came back
my new bike was stolen
replacement bike had tires slashed
evicted (politics) from my apartment
identity theft to the tune of (thankfully only) 900 bucks
LAID OFF from my job of over 2 years
then I severely dislocated my elbow, in a splint for over 2 weeks
and its been a really really long time since I had a good date!! :))
( phew, thanks for the space to vent)
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08/13/2006 12:34:06 AM · #69 |
I've got 2.
First one was when I was 20, it was the worst pain I had ever felt up to that point. I was sideswiped on my motorcycle around the corner from my house. My knee when through the windshield of the oncoming car, and my upper leg hit the edge of the roof above the windshield. Snapped my femur in half with it protruding from the back of my leg. No pain meds for 8 hours while they determined whether I had internal bleeding. After that, surgery and crutches for 6 months.
Second one was when I was 36. For months I had been having "weird" sensations in my right arm. Wind blowing across the arm hairs would cause pain instead of a tickling sensation. Lost the feeling in my fingertips as well. One morning I woke up with incredible neck pain. My Dr. sent me to see a neurologist who immediately sent me for an MRI of my neck. It was determined that I had three crushed vertebra in my neck which were pressing on my spinal column. Surgery was scheduled for 2 days later, since they wanted to have a thoracic surgeon on call. The crushed vertebra were at the base of my neck, top of my spine, and they were worried they would have to open up my chest to get to it. I spent 3 days on heavy doses of Vicodin & Valium, with no relief to the pain. I was unable to lay down, so only sleep I got was sitting up on the couch or on the side of the bed. Surgery went well, and woke up so relieved to be out of pain that I needed no pain meds during recovery.
I'm doing pretty good now, at 47, Still have some hip pains from the broken femur, left leg is now 1" shorter that right, and never got back the feeling in my fingertips from the crushed disks. Overall, I consider myself fortunate, I could have been killed in the motorcycle accident, or paralyzed permanently from the disks pressing on my spinal cord.
Ken
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08/13/2006 12:34:15 AM · #70 |
Originally posted by Rae-Ann:
ok...in the last 8 weeks...
my assistant of 2 years walked out and never came back
my new bike was stolen
replacement bike had tires slashed
evicted (politics) from my apartment
identity theft to the tune of (thankfully only) 900 bucks
LAID OFF from my job of over 2 years
then I severely dislocated my elbow, in a splint for over 2 weeks
and its been a really really long time since I had a good date!! :))
( phew, thanks for the space to vent) |
Geez, Rae-Ann! Keep an eye out for falling pianos, will ya? (At least make sure you get the picture.)
Bummer of a couple of months, dear! Let us know if we can help in some way, shape or form. And hugs to you! |
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08/13/2006 12:42:02 AM · #71 |
Originally posted by Melethia:
Geez, Rae-Ann! Keep an eye out for falling pianos, will ya? (At least make sure you get the picture.)
Bummer of a couple of months, dear! Let us know if we can help in some way, shape or form. And hugs to you! |
Theres my Mel :)) You are too kind!! Thanks for the warm thoughts..
Faith and tenacity will out, tho..I have a new job in a week or so..I ended up with a better apartment.
I figure life is trying to teach me something, I am just hoping I "get it" before the piano hits.....( I will have my cam when it does, I always do!) |
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08/13/2006 12:46:12 AM · #72 |
Originally posted by 2Shay:
I've got 2.
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Thinking about all that stuff made me feel a little queezy... I am so happy you are alive :-) |
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08/13/2006 12:52:48 AM · #73 |
Well, I have to live with myself, if that's any consolation ;) but apart from that, I had a bi-lateral hernia repair that wasn't as much fun as I'd hoped it would be.
Hey btw...does anybody win this thing? |
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08/13/2006 01:00:01 AM · #74 |
I'm feeling so blessed...all you guys I just hope you get better or are able to control your conditions.
I've had a few diseases in my life time ..tonsilitis, viral pneumonia, pleurisy, diganosed with juvenille diabetes at 16 (take about 4 injections a day) para- typhoid, slipped into a diabetic coma once and slipped into an insulin coma about 4 times, had 2nd and 3rd degree burns from hot oil falling on my thigh (probably the most sharpest pain) and dislocated my ankle last year (probably the most annoying and delibitating condition.)
But it will take a lot more than all of that to keep me down! |
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08/13/2006 01:18:36 AM · #75 |
Originally posted by karmabreeze:
Originally posted by Joey Lawrence:
I had a speech problem and couldn't talk until I was around 7 years old, then it got a little better. Everything would come out in a stutter and people would give up on talking to me. I had to take speaking lessons for a few years and now you can't even notice. |
Hah, I started speech therapy when I was two and I think that continued up until around the second or third grade. I was never traumatized by it or anything. |
Kids picked on me and I had no friends. :-) |
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