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I gave birth, naturally, no pain meds/epidural, and I had retained placenta. The OB had to stick her ENTIRE arm, up to her elbow, inside and pull out my placenta, in pieces, multiple times. I thought I was going to die, started going into shock and convulsing. This is normally done under GENERAL anesthesia, but it was an emergency due to hemorrhage.
And, a gallbladder attack. It was possibly as bad as the retained placenta.
In the 70's--I was returning from a trip abroad. As the plane took off I suddenly became aware of that I had a very serious sinus infection. It was the most excruciating pain I have ever had. We had about six more take-offs and landings before we arrive back in our home airport. Every take-off was unbearable pain.
Thinking about this for over my 78 yrs I come up with 3 I think.
1980's a horrid sciatic nerve outcome after hysterectomy. Went to a chiro every day and on the end of the week he finally put on his gloves and vaginally "moved" the nerve to relieve the pain. Yes, this work is done by those trained in this vaginal work and nerve damage. They are out there and I've had this work done again by another PT.
Drove myself to the ER due to a stomach ulcer from pharma anti inflammatory. This was in the 80's also. Talk about pain.
And now live in pretty much chronic pain with advancing OA and disc degredation, and a mess from hip replacement and the complications I live with. All has been worse since 2010 surgery.
I missed a step and tore three ligaments in my ankle. I knew what it was when I heard the 'pop'.
Even after intensive physical therapy I still cannot balance on that leg.
An abcessed wisdom tooth that swelled up and the infection threatened to close off my airway. Worse than when I broke my foot and when I got a sewing needle through the nail on my left hand index finger. I feel for anyone with kidney stones or anyone who had to have a spinal tap. Hope that never happens to me.
Kidney stone. Nothing else has ever come close. Pain was so severe I was vomiting all the way to the hospital. I have never been as thankful for pain meds as I was that night.
I forgot another one, although I'd rank it as the third most painful experience: during my youngest child's birth, I sustained quite extensive damage that required immediate surgery. A few hours later, the new nurse on duty told me I had to be able to walk if I wanted to finally see my baby. She wouldn't assist me, and evidently no one thought to suit me up with a postpartum pad (and I was too sore and swollen to notice), so a big gush of blood came out when I hoisted out of the bed. I slipped and fell in said puddle, thereby ripping out some of my new stitches.
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