Gary M Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 Broke my elbow falling of a porch around 9 or 10 Broke wrist in gym class around 11 or 12 Broke four bones in my foot around 13 or 14 Tore my rotator cuff at 15 during a wrestling match, ended up pinning the other guy. Dislocated my shoulder 11 times before it was repaired. The surgery was 3 hours (no orthoscopic back then). Recovery from the surgery was hell for about two days.
Figster Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 Working with my late Dad on a car once upon a time and we made the mistake of turning the engine over with the fuel pump/line disconnected and the exhaust manifold off. What made matters worse my hands were soaked in gas from removing the fuel line resulting in my hands catching fire with very little time to get my Dad out of the car. Meanwhile we have a 20 ft high flame going straight up. Luckily my Pops had the where with all to calmly turn the ignition/car off. Both hands ended up with 1st , 2nd, and 3rd degree burns. Burn is a different, intense kind of pain. 1
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 1 hour ago, no name said: the one that left me disabled. work accident. 20 ft fall from a ladder 5 years ago. came down still on the rung landing on concrete. still in pain to this day, 24/7. no opioids for me. just my indica and I can ease it some and sleep a couple hours a night. had one back in august. first time I had them and no clue what was going on but knew it had something to do with my kidneys. fortunately it wasn't any bigger than 3mm and the pain was much worse going through the urethra then when I passed it. my first one in 97 was mild the 2nd and 3rd were excruciating 2000 and 2001 the last 2 worst than the first but way better than 2 and 3 .. It's been 4 or 5 years stone free.
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 5 minutes ago, ShadyBillsFan said: my first one in 97 was mild the 2nd and 3rd were excruciating 2000 and 2001 the last 2 worst than the first but way better than 2 and 3 .. It's been 4 or 5 years stone free. nothing mild about it for me and I hope to avoid anymore.
SlimShady'sSpaceForce Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 16 minutes ago, no name said: nothing mild about it for me and I hope to avoid anymore. mild to me was not being curled up in the fetal position
DaBillsFanSince1973 Posted October 3, 2018 Posted October 3, 2018 1 minute ago, ShadyBillsFan said: mild to me was not being curled up in the fetal position yeah, that is where I was at, on the couch. couldn't even drive myself to the hospital. had my daughter take me.
CLTbills Posted October 5, 2018 Posted October 5, 2018 On 10/2/2018 at 12:13 AM, Figster said: you guys kicking our ass was mighty painful to watch If that counts. What he said ^^
Marv's Neighbor Posted October 8, 2018 Posted October 8, 2018 Maybe everyone is too young to have had a joint replacement. Tore knee cartilage while at work in 84. After several scopes along the years, had a knee replacement in 2002. Had to go to a pre-op class, where they told you all about what to expect in surgery & recovery. My Doc told me to donate a unit of blood before surgery. At the class the nurse told us that this would be a "bloodless surgery." Had to ask, if it's bloodless, why am I donating a unit of blood before surgery? She said that it's called "bloodless," because they put a very tight tourniquet near your groin, so there is very little blood during surgery. BUT, when they remove the tourniquet "you're going to bleed like hell!" Now, almost 17 years later, it's still holding together. 1
Saxum Posted October 9, 2018 Posted October 9, 2018 On 10/2/2018 at 12:08 PM, mrags said: Until you’ve had an Anal Fissure, don’t talk to me. I have had 2. Surgery and recovery was very painful. Broke knee, toe, nose and took steering wheel to chest in car accident. I was actually awake on operating room table unknown to doctor and that freaked me out. No pain but felt instruments moving around. After surgery I was given medication which was supposed to put me out for hour but it only lasted an hour and I was up screaming in hour. Told I was not supposed to be awake for 8 hours and I told them obviously I am and give me something else or I was going to walk out of hospital in gown to pharmacy. They called a doctor and gave me something else which worked. That was a long recovery. Second abdominal hernia recovery was not; first one was not bad but it did not work. Had something wrong with my neck when I woke up and only way I could stop screaming was to put something in my mouth. Kaiser Permanente in their infinite wisdom had local office closed and my wife needed to drive across the area to another facility. Finding the place in dark was no easy chore with my wife's bad night vision but I was in no shape to help.
Augie Posted October 9, 2018 Posted October 9, 2018 Ahhh, good times! I remember a comedian saying he knew he was getting old when a new word entered his vocabulary: Ointment! You may have goop in your teens, or even twenties. As you get older, you take it more seriously and it gets the respect it deserves. Ointment.
May Day 10 Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 Acl and mcl. Non contact injury playing baseball. Was playing 3rd, got a runner in a run down between 3rd and home. Chased him down. He fell to the ground to try to avoid the tag or something. Guy broke from 1st to second. Applied the tag in stride, pivoted to throw to 2nd. Knee completely buckled under my weight/momentum. It sucked
bbb Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 6 hours ago, Limeaid said: I was actually awake on operating room table unknown to doctor and that freaked me out. No pain but felt instruments moving around. This happened to me. During my aforementioned hemorrhoid surgery. From what I've learned since, anesthesia is actually four different meds. One to put you to sleep, one so you don't remember, one so you don't feel the pain, and one to paralyze you so you don't move while they are operating. So, I wake up in the middle of surgery and I remember it - so two of the three aren't working. Fortunately, the pain one was. I've read since that people have woke up feeling the pain..............And, the paralyze one was working. So, I couldn't let the docs know I was awake.........................I put all my efforts into moving and somehow did because I heard one say "He's awake" and then I was out again. It was like those nightmares when you are trying to run but you can't. Horrible.
row_33 Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 A friend came to completely during a colonoscopy, so she had to go through the whole prep and procedure again the next week.
bbb Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, row_33 said: A friend came to completely during a colonoscopy, so she had to go through the whole prep and procedure again the next week. That sucks, but it's not like feeling somebody slicing you up, even if I couldn't feel the pain. It was crazy.
row_33 Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 3 minutes ago, bbb said: That sucks, but it's not like feeling somebody slicing you up, even if I couldn't feel the pain. It was crazy. For sure. But my hangnail is worse to me than you getting burned to a crisp
Saxum Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 12 hours ago, bbb said: This happened to me. During my aforementioned hemorrhoid surgery. From what I've learned since, anesthesia is actually four different meds. One to put you to sleep, one so you don't remember, one so you don't feel the pain, and one to paralyze you so you don't move while they are operating. Since then for every surgery I have told doctors my reaction to anesthesia and they have made sure I was out completely throughout procedures which I have had a lot of.
bbb Posted October 10, 2018 Posted October 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, Limeaid said: Since then for every surgery I have told doctors my reaction to anesthesia and they have made sure I was out completely throughout procedures which I have had a lot of. That's reassuring. Thankfully, I haven't had surgery in the 26 years since, and I've been really worried about it.
Gordio Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) In my mid 30s, playing Left Field for softball, dove for a ball, it was bit damp & my shoulder caught the ground & I broke my collar bone & separated my shoulder. Whe I separated it my shoulder pushed up & was pressing on a nerve. If I had a knife I would of slit my throat the pain was unbearable. The medics that came wanted to try to pop it back in at the field, I told them "don't f*cken touch me, get me to a hospital I want to be knocked out for this." Went to the orthopedic a few days later, guy told me "Let me guess, mid 30's separated shoulder, softball injury right." Said he has been doing this for 30 years, told me my separated shoulder was the second worst he has ever seen. 10 years later, it still hurts once in awhile, I still play softball, but have never dove for a ball again while playing outfield. Edited October 11, 2018 by Gordio
row_33 Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 (edited) One friend was reffing an upper tier Jr hockey game and was slammed into the boards, hurting his shoulder, he’s a big guy at emergency they tried to un-dislocate his shoulder with bed sheet triangulation and three people pulling on it, to no avail then they x-rayed and found multiple fractures in his arm and collar bone If there is any possibilty of a fracture i never let them touch me until xrays come back ———————— another ref took a puck in the mouth and lost teeth and couldn’t locate a dental surgeon, apparently the stuff that drips down hardens and is very painful, so have a large Windex-type bottle filled with water to intensely dilute the situation until the surgeon can see you.... Edited October 11, 2018 by row_33
bbb Posted October 11, 2018 Posted October 11, 2018 4 hours ago, Gordio said: "don't f*cken touch me, get me to a hospital I want to be knocked out for this." Did they knock you out for it?
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