Worst physical injury you've had

mr_fegelien

Was kicked in the leg by a kid who had metal boots when in America playing soccer in third grade. Doctor said I broke my "distal tibia epiphysis". Hurt like hell to walk to the hospital and I screamed so hard in the ER that everyone was looking at my mother.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Not so bad if you could walk to the hospital.

Fell off a cliff many years ago, airlifted to hospital and a few pins in my leg as a result. Lost the top third of a finger at one point too, but nothing life changing.

NeinNeinNein

Fractured skull, sobering.

tonycascarino

Broke arm twice, broke thumb another time....All were sports related injuries. I was also given a tombstone piledriver (WWE wrestler The Undertaker's finishing move) by a bigger kid on a hard concrete floor when I was about 9 which almost broke my neck.

nthclare

Prolapsed disc.... from a crash..

Very sore

GooglePlus

I got a smack of a car when I was younger and was out cold but didn't break anything.

I put it down to all the milk I drank, which I'll probably also blame for heart disease when the time comes.

Wanderer2010

Childbirth..

Skybirdjb

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Childbirth..

Agreed

John_D80

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Childbirth..

Childbirth is an injury now??

Wayne Jarvis

Just now, I broke my finger clicking into this thread.

alancostello

I've broken my wrist twice, elbow once, arm once, two fingers, but nothing will compare to kidney stones. The SHO in the hospital turned to me and said "I've given birth twice, I've had kidney stones twice, I couldn't tell you which was worse".

punisher5112

Broke just below my shoulder after coming off moped and it then landing on top of me, I picked myself up and the bike and continued on.... Thought was sore but then later it just dropped....

Didn't sleep for 7 days as couldn't turn only lay on back.....

The wife just got me a cracker in the balls with a dog toy.... I was relaxed on the recliner and boom she smacks the dog toy rope with a big knot in my nut sack..... Oh the pain.... Why was I programmed to feel pain...

Came off the motorbikes few times sore knees, fingers and nothing serious....

Out of work last few weeks with excruciating back pain from faulty seats in work.....

I honestly hope the physio will fix me....

mr_fegelien

alancostello wrote: »

I've broken my wrist twice, elbow once, arm once, two fingers, but nothing will compare to kidney stones. The SHO in the hospital turned to me and said "I've given birth twice, I've had kidney stones twice, I couldn't tell you which was worse".

What caused them? Eating too much sodium?

My doctor says I'll most likely develop them from being poisoned with ethylene glycol (antifreeze). My kidneys are fine but slightly underperforming which means they'll probably form.

punisher5112

mr_fegelien wrote: »

What caused them? Eating too much sodium?

My doctor says I'll most likely develop them from being poisoned with ethylene glycol (antifreeze). My kidneys are fine but slightly underperforming which means they'll probably form.

Why were you drinking antifreeze

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

alancostello wrote: »

I've broken my wrist twice, elbow once, arm once, two fingers, but nothing will compare to kidney stones. The SHO in the hospital turned to me and said "I've given birth twice, I've had kidney stones twice, I couldn't tell you which was worse".

Been there with kidney stones - painful to say the least.

JohnnyFlash

I broke a few fingers playing Gaelic as a young fella, but definitely the most traumatic injury I've had is when I got a huge amount of dick and ball skin caught in my fly when I was heading back out in a hurry to see a band I loved at the time. Was fairly well oiled at the time I suppose, and didn't even properly bother tucking everything back into bed.

alancostello

mr_fegelien wrote: »

What caused them? Eating too much sodium?

They never gave a specific reason, there is no definitive cause but some high-risk factors.

I was only 22 at the time so they were surprised I had them so young. I drank a lot of milk then, and some high-protein diets can cause them, they said just drink a lot more water and it's kept me free so far!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

mr_fegelien wrote: »

What caused them? Eating too much sodium?

My doctor says I'll most likely develop them from being poisoned with ethylene glycol (antifreeze). My kidneys are fine but slightly underperforming which means they'll probably form.

There's a whole range of possible causes and four types of stones.

Crystals of calcium, oxalate and uric acid are the main culprits.

HorrorScope

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Childbirth..

A kick in the balls is 10000x more painful than childbirth - FACT!

nthclare

Another one I can remember, boming down the road in a BMX and the chain snapped....

so did something else..

mr_fegelien

Kiana Unsightly Comedienne wrote: »

There's a whole range of possible causes and four types of stones.

Crystals of calcium, oxalate and uric acid are the main culprits.

Well ethylene glycol forms oxalic acid which combines with calcium and forms calcium oxalate. That causes kidney failure and kidney stones

ElChe32

Dislocated knee twice. Ruined my footballing days

mr_fegelien

ElChe32 wrote: »

Dislocated knee twice. Ruined my footballing days

Are you David Icke???

HorrorScope

On topic though I had bronchitis last year and ended up 2 nights getting “broncho spasms” - which is where you cough so hard your lungs basically close. Closest to death I have ever felt, nearly 2 minutes of absolute agony before I could even draw a breath.

markc1184

Dislocated my knee playing rugby.

ElChe32

mr_fegelien wrote:

Are you David Icke???

Yes...

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Well ethylene glycol forms oxalic acid which combines with calcium and forms calcium oxalate. That causes kidney failure and kidney stones

Was I disagreeing with you? You asked, I answered.

Wanderer2010

John_D80 wrote: »

Childbirth is an injury now??

Im not showing you the scar.

mr_fegelien

HorrorScope wrote: »

On topic though I had bronchitis last year and ended up 2 nights getting “broncho spasms” - which is where you cough so hard your lungs basically close. Closest to death I have ever felt, nearly 2 minutes of absolute agony before I could even draw a breath.

You should stop smoking..

Fracture

I got suplexed by a lad at BJJ about 2 years ago, almost broke my neck, it crushed the cartilage in my neck. I've been in hospital a few times with the pain, it still hasn't gone away.

nthclare

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Im not showing you the scar.

Did you fall out head first ?

ThomasC94

Fractured hip at 15 playing football resulting in 9 months on crutches, worst still is that it happened during the warmup!

YFlyer

punisher5112 wrote: »

Why were you drinking antifreeze

Austrian wine.

banie01

punisher5112 wrote: »

Why were you drinking antifreeze

I fúcking knew that the OP was that Noubilez James or whatever that twat of a posters name was!

Bingo!

mr_fegelien

punisher5112 wrote: »

Why were you drinking antifreeze

Thought it would be a cheaper way to get drunk as it methanol/ethylene glycol/isopropanol have a longer half life than ethanol (normal alcohol) so you get drunk longer.

Turns out it wasn't the antifreeze but the isopropanol that was getting me drunk. Full 25 hours as opposed to 2 hours. But I had horrible withdrawal symptoms for drinking the stuff for a week. Luckily I had no kidney damage and the doctor put it down to the liver enzyme, ADH being blocked by isopropanol from metabolizing methanol and ethylene glycol into toxic substances.

mr_fegelien

banie01 wrote: »

I fúcking knew that the OP was that Noubilez James or whatever that twat of a posters name was!

Bingo!

Incorrect. Never forget 2013, the year of great elation

N'oubliez jamais is French for never forget.

Tzardine

HorrorScope wrote: »

On topic though I had bronchitis last year and ended up 2 nights getting “broncho spasms” - which is where you cough so hard your lungs basically close. Closest to death I have ever felt, nearly 2 minutes of absolute agony before I could even draw a breath.

Ain't nobody got time for that

Pauliedragon

Broken heart from Trish when I was in 2nd year was tough.

Gorteen

Broken finger. No pain even though it was at right angles to my hand!
Broken ribs. Meh
Rotator Cuff Tear. Very painful for weeks
Dislocated both knee at different times. Took years to feel they were stable

YFlyer

mr_fegelien wrote: »

Thought it would be a cheaper way to get drunk as it methanol/ethylene glycol/isopropanol have a longer half life than ethanol (normal alcohol) so you get drunk longer.

Turns out it wasn't the antifreeze but the isopropanol that was getting me drunk. Full 25 hours as opposed to 2 hours. But I had horrible withdrawal symptoms for drinking the stuff for a week. Luckily I had no kidney damage and the doctor put it down to the liver enzyme, ADH being blocked by isopropanol from metabolizing methanol and ethylene glycol into toxic substances.

The liver have problems breaking down methanol. Produce an aldehyde, I think?

mr_fegelien

YFlyer wrote: »

The liver have problems breaking down methanol. Produce an aldehyde, I think?

It produces formaldehyde but the most toxic is formic acid which causes kidney failure, brain damage, and most notably, permanent blindness.

barneygumble99

Tore the three lateral ligaments in my ankle playing soccer. The pain was unreal and the ‘snap’ noise didn’t help.

banie01

Kiana Unsightly Comedienne wrote: »

Been there with kidney stones - painful to say the least.

Agreed!
People choose to have more than 1 child...
No-one chooses a 2nd bout of kidney stones!

I have an ongoing issue at the moment that results in quite a lot of renal colic, I've encountered a lot of traumatic injury and had ruptured appendix and also tonsillectomy as an adult all supposed to be painful.

My pain tolerance I'd consider quite high and a recent example would be in late 2017, I sprained my thumb.
Treated it as a sprain for 5 weeks, and when I finally decided it wasn't right and went to the hospital.

Turned out I'd dislocated it, fractured the volar plate and tore the ulnar and radial ligaments.
Basically only regained an approximation big full use again after surgery earlier this year.

I'd live thru that again before I'd endure a kidney stone again.
18 months with no use of my right hand, before the nightmare of kidney stones or renal colic!
Anytime :P

YFlyer

mr_fegelien wrote: »

It produces formaldehyde but the most toxic is formic acid which causes kidney failure, brain damage, and most notably, permanent blindness.

I have unintentionally taken whiffs of formic acid a few times. It gets right up the nose.

Iscreamkone

I remember a lad telling me all about his cruciate ligament injury/operation/rehab.
On and on he went.
When I got a chance I eventually butted in with "I once broke a leg playing football"
He asked was it painful
I answered "probably... but it wasn't mine".

Fionn1952

Two compound fractures (tibia and fibula), multiple secondary fractures and massive blood loss.

External fixation on the lower leg for months, few months in a cast after that. About 14 months before I could walk again.

As a lovely bonus, it has led to extensive arthritis on that knee, and some starting on the hip over the last few years.

_Brian

I was in a car crash few years ago.

Have an amount of lower back injuries, life changing but manageable.

One injury to my neck, can be seen on mri, protrusion inwards “just” touching the spinal chord.

No knowing if or when it decides to advance and no knowing exactly what the result would be, anything from irritating tingling to partial or even full paralysis.

Have had to change my job and consultant says it’s a lottery, my numbers might come up or not.

Beasty

Came off the bike 5 years ago. One broken wrist, a broken elbow, a few teeth shattered, broken jaw. 2 fractures in cheekbone, 2 in eye socket, 2 in temple, 1 in neck, 1 in back

Unconscious for 30 minutes buy fortunately a medic was quickly on the scene and got me breathing again (had "swallowed" my tongue)

Was travelling at 55km/h and came to a halt within a couple of metres (based on GPS on bike computer). Heart rate went from 180 to 90 in a minute. A minute later it went to zero. (I'm hoping that's because someone move the bike out or range for the heart rate monitor signal)

Consider myself very lucky. Cant remember what happened but based on injuries I reckon I flew over the handlebars. Must have put my arms out and those fractures in the arms probably stopped my head hitting the tarmac harder. Helmet almost certainly saved me from more serious injury

punisher5112

Been in numerous collisions over the years, roll overs, to dropping 15 foot down embankment etc....

Worst case was got burnt by air bag and lower back soft tissue damage....

Zaph

Ruptured tendons in both knees. At the same time. That was fun.

lunamoon

I have thankfully never broken a bone but I did slash my leg and got 13 stitches when I came off my bike when I was younger. Bit of a pain when i've to shave my legs.