Old thread is old, but I had to jump in because I unfortunately have a lot to offer to this discussion.
I think I must just have a ridiculously high pain tolerance because I’ve passed a few kidney stones, and while it was miserable, it wasn’t, like, the worst thing in the universe. I puked while passing one once, but… meh. Fun fact: I once slept through passing a kidney stone. That one was pretty small, though.
I have ulcerative colitis and when it’s active I sometimes get intestinal cramps that are ridiculously painful.
Then I had the pleasure of catching what we think was pleurisy earlier in the year which was miserable. For about a week breathing caused intense pain, as did lying down. I’m pretty sure I got about four hours of sleep that whole week.
But the winner goes to sepsis, which I had last June after an intravenous line got infected. That shit hurts. The first symptom was just horrible pain, mostly in my joints and especially my knees. Trying to walk felt like my knees were being crushed. Ughhh. I’m just lucky I survived that shit, honestly. >_>
Holy god I sound like such a medical case, sorry