Just seen that geezers leg in the grand prix. That has got to be the most pain. Hope he's ok, but suspect it'll be a long time before he's walking again.
Kidney stone. At halftime during the Northampton game (3am local time) I decided to have a sandwich. That made the kidney stone try to pass. Was in complete agony and shortly after the game was over, I had to go to A&E who shortly afterwards got me in an ambulance. Threw up several times and was told it was a reaction to the pain. Helped a lot when I got morphine and fentanyl. A CT scan confirmed the kidney stone. They dislodged me at midday. Got home and had something to eat. Pain returned and was back to the same level as before. Lots of throwing up, so straight back to the hospital. More drugs which helped. Stayed overnight and discharged this morning. Had a bit to eat at the hospital and much milder reaction, so stone should have passed through the worst part and either near or in the bladder. Just need to piss the 4mm stone out. The pain is like stomach cramps coming in waves. Couldn’t even fill out a form when I entered the A&E. Wouldn’t want to wish it on my worst enemy. One of the nurses told me that on nurse school they were told that child birth is a 9/10 and kidney stones 10/10 pain wise. My wife (given birth to two daughters) just gave me the ‘whatever’ look when I told her.
I had kidney stones in 2003 and if there was a button to switch myself off forever, I would have pushed it. You possibly will still get twangs for a while, I went to A&E from work and they later discharged me and I got them worse in the evening which must have been another stone, but I then knew what they were. That was a terrible night. You should have been given a diet plan and my advice would be to follow it, which I did for a while but have to admit, I don't now although I do try to keep myself well hydrated.
I had kidney stones in 2003 and if there was a button to switch myself off forever, I would have pushed it. You possibly will still get twangs for a while, I went to A&E from work and they later discharged me and I got them worse in the evening which must have been another stone, but I then knew what they were. That was a terrible night. You should have been given a diet plan and my advice would be to follow it, which I did for a while but have to admit, I don't now although I do try to keep myself well hydrated.
I was told to see if I could catch the stone. Then they can analyse it and give the exact cause, which will assist around what I should have less of. But will definitely also make an effort now around staying hydrated. Never again!
My kidney stone decided to make a move when I was alone in Lisbon. I crawled down to the hotel reception crying and laid on the reception floor whilst they called an ambulance. I had the double bonus of incredible pain and a very dilapidated overcrowded hospital. Thankfully their English was better than my Portugese and I was well looked after.
The intense pain wore off after about 5 hours, once the stone had stopped moving, and I then had an extended and uncomfortable 3 nights of intense waves of bollock ache in my hotel.
I then flew home (as soon as the seatbelt sign was off I was standing at the back of the plane, where I remained swaying for the entire time until I had to sit down for landing). The UK hospital confirmed that the stone was fairly well lodged in my urethra.
There then followed a few weeks before they stuck a long metal rod up the old fella to blast the stone into bits, followed by the most painful piss ever (basically blood and grit) followed by 14 days with a ureteral stent in place which was very uncomfortable until the day I knelt on the bathroom floor and pulled the piece of string that removed the 12 inch pipe.
That was painful, and was followed by several Urinary Tract Infections I had in the weeks after.
And yes I was also told it's more painful than childbirth - sorry ladies.
Last year, 10 days after having my left knee replacement done, I had to call an Ambulance at midnight because I was in absolute agony, enough to think you wanted to die, sounds OTT, but it really was, and after having a drip of morphine for 24 hours, it was diagnosed as a massive bleed behind my knee caused by blood thinners, Apparently protocol dictates that they are used now instead of support stocking to reduce clots and DVT, but this was terrible at the time, and I was in hospital for 3 days until it settled down. Not a nice time, and would advise anyone having knee replacement to try and insist on support stockings if possible rather than thinners...
I know of a bloke who was struck in the nether regions by a cricket ball. Fortunately, and with tremendous foresight, he had donned a cricketing "protector"(hilariously called a man-hole cover by women cricketers). Unfortunately, said box was a plastic one.
It split open along the length (top to bottom) for a fraction of a second.
For just enough time for his entire crown jewels to descend through the opening.
Before slamming violently shut again.
If there is a scarier sight than this person thrashing about on the floor, frothing at the mouth and wailing like a stuck pig, I have yet to witness it
Great story! If true deep sympathy to the sufferer.
I know of a bloke who was struck in the nether regions by a cricket ball. Fortunately, and with tremendous foresight, he had donned a cricketing "protector"(hilariously called a man-hole cover by women cricketers). Unfortunately, said box was a plastic one.
It split open along the length (top to bottom) for a fraction of a second.
For just enough time for his entire crown jewels to descend through the opening.
Before slamming violently shut again.
If there is a scarier sight than this person thrashing about on the floor, frothing at the mouth and wailing like a stuck pig, I have yet to witness it
Great story! If true deep sympathy to the sufferer.
Further to Chizz story I can believe totally it was true, as being a nippy fast bowler I hit someone in there plastic box, unfortunately for him his box was damaged and it shattered, there was blood everywhere and he was rolling around in great pain. Ambulance came and he was carted off to hospital where apparently a very attractive nurse had the pleasure of plucking out bits of plastics from his Crown Jewels.
My kidney stone decided to make a move when I was alone in Lisbon. I crawled down to the hotel reception crying and laid on the reception floor whilst they called an ambulance. I had the double bonus of incredible pain and a very dilapidated overcrowded hospital. Thankfully their English was better than my Portugese and I was well looked after.
The intense pain wore off after about 5 hours, once the stone had stopped moving, and I then had an extended and uncomfortable 3 nights of intense waves of bollock ache in my hotel.
I then flew home (as soon as the seatbelt sign was off I was standing at the back of the plane, where I remained swaying for the entire time until I had to sit down for landing). The UK hospital confirmed that the stone was fairly well lodged in my urethra.
There then followed a few weeks before they stuck a long metal rod up the old fella to blast the stone into bits, followed by the most painful piss ever (basically blood and grit) followed by 14 days with a ureteral stent in place which was very uncomfortable until the day I knelt on the bathroom floor and pulled the piece of string that removed the 12 inch pipe.
That was painful, and was followed by several Urinary Tract Infections I had in the weeks after.
And yes I was also told it's more painful than childbirth - sorry ladies.
Did they not give you drugs to remove some of the pain? As soon as I got the drip in and morphine + fentanyl + paracetamol, it helped. How big was the stone? And were you under general anaesthetic when they blasted it?
Still waiting for the bloody thing to come out. Don’t really want to experience what you went through…
I'm good with pain...been smashed to bits as a cricketer and footballer....head, face, eyes, hands, the lot but a simple cricket ball to the ankle whilst fielding was for some reason, easily the worst pain I've had.
Pain only came on about four hours after. I was carried into A&E but there was no break or anything. Absolutely fine next morning and not even a mark! Ridiculous episode.
I do not know how many of you have heard of or even had trigeminal neuralgia, but you would not imagine the pain Most doctors will put you on pills or you can get minor operations that only last, if at all, a few months Only cure is a brain operation (MVD), to stop the pain, which very few hospitals perform. It is known as the suicide complaint, as so many people with this problem commit suicide because they cannot stand the pain
My kidney stone decided to make a move when I was alone in Lisbon. I crawled down to the hotel reception crying and laid on the reception floor whilst they called an ambulance. I had the double bonus of incredible pain and a very dilapidated overcrowded hospital. Thankfully their English was better than my Portugese and I was well looked after.
The intense pain wore off after about 5 hours, once the stone had stopped moving, and I then had an extended and uncomfortable 3 nights of intense waves of bollock ache in my hotel.
I then flew home (as soon as the seatbelt sign was off I was standing at the back of the plane, where I remained swaying for the entire time until I had to sit down for landing). The UK hospital confirmed that the stone was fairly well lodged in my urethra.
There then followed a few weeks before they stuck a long metal rod up the old fella to blast the stone into bits, followed by the most painful piss ever (basically blood and grit) followed by 14 days with a ureteral stent in place which was very uncomfortable until the day I knelt on the bathroom floor and pulled the piece of string that removed the 12 inch pipe.
That was painful, and was followed by several Urinary Tract Infections I had in the weeks after.
And yes I was also told it's more painful than childbirth - sorry ladies.
Did they not give you drugs to remove some of the pain? As soon as I got the drip in and morphine + fentanyl + paracetamol, it helped. How big was the stone? And were you under general anaesthetic when they blasted it?
Still waiting for the bloody thing to come out. Don’t really want to experience what you went through…
Yes to the drugs!
I think it was 0.7mm hence it getting wedged.
the op was under general anaesthetic and was fine - The first piss after that was interesting but got better.
one thing that you will do when it’s all over is drink more water!
My kidney stone decided to make a move when I was alone in Lisbon. I crawled down to the hotel reception crying and laid on the reception floor whilst they called an ambulance. I had the double bonus of incredible pain and a very dilapidated overcrowded hospital. Thankfully their English was better than my Portugese and I was well looked after.
The intense pain wore off after about 5 hours, once the stone had stopped moving, and I then had an extended and uncomfortable 3 nights of intense waves of bollock ache in my hotel.
I then flew home (as soon as the seatbelt sign was off I was standing at the back of the plane, where I remained swaying for the entire time until I had to sit down for landing). The UK hospital confirmed that the stone was fairly well lodged in my urethra.
There then followed a few weeks before they stuck a long metal rod up the old fella to blast the stone into bits, followed by the most painful piss ever (basically blood and grit) followed by 14 days with a ureteral stent in place which was very uncomfortable until the day I knelt on the bathroom floor and pulled the piece of string that removed the 12 inch pipe.
That was painful, and was followed by several Urinary Tract Infections I had in the weeks after.
And yes I was also told it's more painful than childbirth - sorry ladies.
Did they not give you drugs to remove some of the pain? As soon as I got the drip in and morphine + fentanyl + paracetamol, it helped. How big was the stone? And were you under general anaesthetic when they blasted it?
Still waiting for the bloody thing to come out. Don’t really want to experience what you went through…
Yes to the drugs!
I think it was 0.7mm hence it getting wedged.
the op was under general anaesthetic and was fine - The first piss after that was interesting but got better.
one thing that you will do when it’s all over is drink more water!
hope it all goes well and it goes smoothly…
More likely 7mm. Mine was 5mm, got lodged in my ureter. The pain as it moved out of my kidney was excruciating. I was in rural Thailand at the time and my GF rushed me to the local village hospital. Luckily I was able to self diagnose, having worked in a Urology Theatre for many years. They got me to an x-ray machine and found it straight away. From rolling around on a stretcher only 2 hours earlier, with the help of pain killers and anti-spasmodic drugs, I walked out of there feeling fine. About 6 months later on returning to Australia I happened to mention it to my GP, who wisely thought we should check it out with a CT scan just in case it hadn't passed.
Bloody thing was still stuck there, and then the surgeon called me straight in for a stent, as my kidney was getting inflamed.
Had the stent in for 8 weeks, then I finally got it taken out, GA, and they managed to grab it with a basket and pull it out, without resorting to the laser. I was drinking far too much diet coke at the time, and I put it down to that and too much stress. Now drinking regular water with Apple Cider Vinegar. Never want to experience pain like that again!
How does one avoid kidney stones please? My eyes are watering reading this thread and a pain of 10/10 if childbirth is 9 is a no thanks from me having watched my then wife try and give birth to our son for over 18 hours before needing a caesarean i can deffo say i would rather not thanks all the same.
at the time it was just painful like a bad back pain. After several hours getting through A and E with no chairs available so I was standing up with crutches I had an x ray done. as soon as the doctor saw the x ray he just rushed over to me yelling at nurses and porters to get me a bed. Ended up laying on my back. He said that at any moment my spine could of fractured more and a piece of it could of gone straight through my spinal cord leaving me either with brain damage or lose the use of my legs.
Eventually after several weeks on my back I ended up at kings hospital to have the operation. On the Friday someone else had the same operation as me. For the whole weekend all I could hear from a ward down the corridor was him screaming in pain. My operation was booked in for the Monday. Was terrified. Still had a high risk of losing the use of my legs and had that man yelling all weekend. Got it done on the Monday morning. Woke up to the most beautiful Irish nurse I have ever seen. Angelic.
The pain after the operation was excruciating but because I had three other people in my room ward I tried my best to keep the noise down as they all had brain injuries. Suffered in silence.
Never felt pain like it. I was relatively alright before the operation.
How does one avoid kidney stones please? My eyes are watering reading this thread and a pain of 10/10 if childbirth is 9 is a no thanks from me having watched my then wife try and give birth to our son for over 18 hours before needing a caesarean i can deffo say i would rather not thanks all the same.
Drink lots of water. Stay hydrated. From now on I’ll be drinking 2 1/2 - 3 litres per day. I read that 1 in 10 men will get kidney stones.
One probably a few have had but a prolapsed disc was the worst I have experienced. No escape from the pain whatever i did. Initial treatment reduced it slightly to just my leg my leg feeling like it was on fire and in the end they cut away the disc to fix it.
My strangulated hernia was pretty bad. Lived with it for 18 months before I decided to go to a&e about it, where the doctor told me it was weeks away from killing me.
Rupturing both my patellar tendons last year wasn't great either, once the adrenaline had worn off it was like my knees were on fire from the inside going outwards. Still missing a piece of each kneecap which hurts from time to time now.
I dropped the largest size full tin of paint onto my big toe whilst helping a friend move. My toe nail immediately turned black and I was in agony. About 5 hours later (5 hours too late) I was taken to A&E where they drilled a tiny hole into my toe nail to release the blood.
Deep joy. If anyone ever does that get your nail drilled asap.
One probably a few have had but a prolapsed disc was the worst I have experienced. No escape from the pain whatever i did. Initial treatment reduced it slightly to just my leg my leg feeling like it was on fire and in the end they cut away the disc to fix it.
Same here, in my mid-twenties. Worst pain was after the surgery but that didn't last long.
I dropped the largest size full tin of paint onto my big toe whilst helping a friend move. My toe nail immediately turned black and I was in agony. About 5 hours later (5 hours too late) I was taken to A&E where they drilled a tiny hole into my toe nail to release the blood.
Deep joy. If anyone ever does that get your nail drilled asap.
Agreed. I dropped a drain cover on my finger and left it for a week hoping it would get better
Mine sounds a bit lame had a cystoscopy having pissed some painful blood 🩸 out a few times and the urologist talked it down pain wise , fuck me sideways a camera crew in my little old boy was a killer , it’s all right nearly finished, he said for the 4th time , you say that again you Cnut and it’s not finished I’m gonna throw a swearing tantrum (I thought this but just swore a bit ) my Tourette’s kicked in , it was like glass and molten lava was pouring through my chap . Nearly there, fuck off and finish .
Diagnosed with CRPS after a hip replacement 4 years ago leaving me unable to move my right leg. Excruciating pain that even morphine could not touch.
I’d never heard of it before but remembered a young female athlete who had appeared on First Dates a couple of years before who begged doctors to amputate her arm to stop the pain.
Anyway, after 2 years of physio and trips to the RUH in Bath plus keeping as mobile as possible, my symptoms improved. Nervous system is still shot, still have pain and bad flare ups (have one this week) but things are more manageable, touch wood.
Had our front passage and steps repainted, builder forgot to mix in some grit to give it some grip. I was a bit late for the train so in rushing I slipped off the top step, 3 steps down I landed on 1 leg with the entire weight going through my right knee. I didn't end up face down but literally my vision went completely white, never experienced pain anything like it and I have a decent pain threshold. Slowly limped to work and some arsehole gave me some stick about moving so slowly round Moorgate and even in my present state I said what did you fcuking say?. Happy to lamp him on one good leg. Took a long while to return to normal tho.
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The pain is like stomach cramps coming in waves. Couldn’t even fill out a form when I entered the A&E. Wouldn’t want to wish it on my worst enemy.
One of the nurses told me that on nurse school they were told that child birth is a 9/10 and kidney stones 10/10 pain wise.
My wife (given birth to two daughters) just gave me the ‘whatever’ look when I told her.
Never again!
The intense pain wore off after about 5 hours, once the stone had stopped moving, and I then had an extended and uncomfortable 3 nights of intense waves of bollock ache in my hotel.
I then flew home (as soon as the seatbelt sign was off I was standing at the back of the plane, where I remained swaying for the entire time until I had to sit down for landing). The UK hospital confirmed that the stone was fairly well lodged in my urethra.
There then followed a few weeks before they stuck a long metal rod up the old fella to blast the stone into bits, followed by the most painful piss ever (basically blood and grit) followed by 14 days with a ureteral stent in place which was very uncomfortable until the day I knelt on the bathroom floor and pulled the piece of string that removed the 12 inch pipe.
That was painful, and was followed by several Urinary Tract Infections I had in the weeks after.
And yes I was also told it's more painful than childbirth - sorry ladies.
Apparently protocol dictates that they are used now instead of support stocking to reduce clots and DVT, but this was terrible at the time, and I was in hospital for 3 days until it settled down.
Not a nice time, and would advise anyone having knee replacement to try and insist on support stockings if possible rather than thinners...
Never again will I chose the healthy option and cycle to work over driving, served me right!
How big was the stone? And were you under general anaesthetic when they blasted it?
Still waiting for the bloody thing to come out. Don’t really want to experience what you went through…
Pain only came on about four hours after. I was carried into A&E but there was no break or anything. Absolutely fine next morning and not even a mark! Ridiculous episode.
Most doctors will put you on pills or you can get minor operations that only last, if at all, a few months
Only cure is a brain operation (MVD), to stop the pain, which very few hospitals perform.
It is known as the suicide complaint, as so many people with this problem commit suicide because they cannot stand the pain
I think it was 0.7mm hence it getting wedged.
the op was under general anaesthetic and was fine - The first piss after that was interesting but got better.
one thing that you will do when it’s all over is drink more water!
hope it all goes well and it goes smoothly…
Luckily I was able to self diagnose, having worked in a Urology Theatre for many years. They got me to an x-ray machine and found it straight away. From rolling around on a stretcher only 2 hours earlier, with the help of pain killers and anti-spasmodic drugs, I walked out of there feeling fine.
About 6 months later on returning to Australia I happened to mention it to my GP, who wisely thought we should check it out with a CT scan just in case it hadn't passed.
Bloody thing was still stuck there, and then the surgeon called me straight in for a stent, as my kidney was getting inflamed.
Had the stent in for 8 weeks, then I finally got it taken out, GA, and they managed to grab it with a basket and pull it out, without resorting to the laser.
I was drinking far too much diet coke at the time, and I put it down to that and too much stress.
Now drinking regular water with Apple Cider Vinegar.
Never want to experience pain like that again!
at the time it was just painful like a bad back pain. After several hours getting through A and E with no chairs available so I was standing up with crutches I had an x ray done. as soon as the doctor saw the x ray he just rushed over to me yelling at nurses and porters to get me a bed. Ended up laying on my back. He said that at any moment my spine could of fractured more and a piece of it could of gone straight through my spinal cord leaving me either with brain damage or lose the use of my legs.
Eventually after several weeks on my back I ended up at kings hospital to have the operation. On the Friday someone else had the same operation as me. For the whole weekend all I could hear from a ward down the corridor was him screaming in pain. My operation was booked in for the Monday. Was terrified. Still had a high risk of losing the use of my legs and had that man yelling all weekend.
Got it done on the Monday morning. Woke up to the most beautiful Irish nurse I have ever seen. Angelic.
The pain after the operation was excruciating but because I had three other people in my room ward I tried my best to keep the noise down as they all had brain injuries. Suffered in silence.
Never felt pain like it. I was relatively alright before the operation.
I read that 1 in 10 men will get kidney stones.
Rupturing both my patellar tendons last year wasn't great either, once the adrenaline had worn off it was like my knees were on fire from the inside going outwards. Still missing a piece of each kneecap which hurts from time to time now.
My toe nail immediately turned black and I was in agony.
About 5 hours later (5 hours too late) I was taken to A&E where they drilled a tiny hole into my toe nail to release the blood.
Deep joy.
If anyone ever does that get your nail drilled asap.
my Tourette’s kicked in , it was like glass and molten lava was pouring through my chap . Nearly there, fuck off and finish .
I’d never heard of it before but remembered a young female athlete who had appeared on First Dates a couple of years before who begged doctors to amputate her arm to stop the pain.
Anyway, after 2 years of physio and trips to the RUH in Bath plus keeping as mobile as possible, my symptoms improved.
Nervous system is still shot, still have pain and bad flare ups (have one this week) but things are more manageable, touch wood.