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| Which hurts more? |
| stubbing your toe |
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4% |
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| a kick in the privates |
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59% |
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| a stomachache |
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| a headache |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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Had only had migraines twice in my life before moving to Korea. Had them one a week for a while. You are welcome to kick me in the balls (not that I have any,) give me chronic food poisoning and charley horses if I can never have a migraine again.
(I just recently got Safari 3.0.4. The web spell check is the most awesome thing! Why do any of you not have it? I may, one day soon, learn to spell migraine.) |
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indytrucks
Joined: 09 Apr 2003
Location: The Shelf
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 2:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Obviously none of you have ever had a back strain. Nothing is more immobilising, painful and frustrating than back problems. Seriously. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:35 pm Post subject: |
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| indytrucks wrote: |
| Nothing is more immobilising, painful and frustrating than back problems. Seriously. |
Whiplash.
Though I was surprised how debilitating torn knee ligaments, ankle sprains and achilles heel injury can be (from a slightly off-course cliff jumping incident).
Still... I fear - DREAD - calf knots in a way I don't anything else.
Migraines of course are worse but so easy to medicate, hence doesn't end up hurting as much if caught early, allowing for a sweet night's sleep. |
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Draz
Joined: 27 Jun 2007
Location: Land of Morning Clam
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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Voted headaches.
Technically, stubbing your toe hurts the most, but it's over soonest. Stomach aches can always be waited out. Couple hours, it's gone. Headaches sometimes stick around for days. Hate headaches. |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:07 pm Post subject: |
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| SuperFly wrote: |
| Absolutely NOTHING beats serious stomach problems/pain. NOTHING. |
If you include stomach "pangs" from not eating or drinking so much as a drop of water for 5 days? Yes, I would agree. Wow, talk about stomach pain. Non-stop for the last two of those five days, and painful enough that I couldn't sleep more than 30-45 minutes a night.
You don't know desperation in a man until you see him cry over receiving his sippy cup so he can finally drink some water. |
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kimchi_pizza
Joined: 24 Jul 2006
Location: "Get back on the bus! Here it comes!"
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 4:42 pm Post subject: |
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| No-brainner as a swift kick in the privates will crumple an crimple any guy. A spinal tap will be second on the list or any back injury. I'm surprised a punch in the nose didn't make the poll. Even a slight bump will cause tears to gush just as quickly as blood. |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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| gastro has to be the most painful thing I have felt. when you are shitting blood, massive stomach cramps. I never thought I would actually want to die, but that is how it felt like. Lost 10kg in a week |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 5:37 pm Post subject: |
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I've had migraines, hamstring charlie horses (holy shit), been sacked, drove a nail through my foot, tore a rotator cuff (muscle in my shoulder) and cracked a kneecap once.
The worst pain I remember (I might not remember so well, it was 1987) was when I went over the high jump and the mats were apart so I landed square on the small of my back on the ground. Couldn't walk for a couple weeks.
I don't get migraines anymore but I remember one where I was throwing up and the only relief for a few hours was to sit in the bathroom with the lights off sticking my head in a sink full of cold water.
Anyone else had charlie horses in their hamstrings? Again, holy shit! |
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Young FRANKenstein
Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Location: Castle Frankenstein (that's FRONKensteen)
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 6:36 pm Post subject: |
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| cracked a kneecap once. |
A friend in uni had a sisters whose kneecaps had been surgically removed for osme reason. They replaced it with something to protect the area underneath, but anytime she bumped her knee even SLIGHTLY, you'd see her face immdiately turn white as a sheet, and seconds later she's puke from the pain. |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I doubt she'd want to run into a concrete baseball dugout at top speed knee-first then. |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 10:11 pm Post subject: |
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i had to be taken to the hospital for a headache.
never been to hospital for any of the others. i've also had headaches last for days.
edit: i found that Imitrex (injection) works best for migraines, but you have to give yourself a shot. (though if you're having a migraine, the pain of a shot isn't particularly scary) |
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OiGirl
Joined: 23 Jan 2003
Location: Hoke-y-gun
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| Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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i had to be taken to the hospital for a headache.
never been to hospital for any of the others. i've also had headaches last for days.
edit: i found that Imitrex (injection) works best for migraines, but you have to give yourself a shot. (though if you're having a migraine, the pain of a shot isn't particularly scary) |
Awesome. Is it available in Korea? Any idea how much without insurance? I don't want to talk about what I take for migraines, but it's not migraine medicine.  |
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Boodleheimer
Joined: 10 Mar 2006
Location: working undercover for the Man
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:53 am Post subject: |
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| OiGirl wrote: |
| KWhitehead wrote: |
i had to be taken to the hospital for a headache.
never been to hospital for any of the others. i've also had headaches last for days.
edit: i found that Imitrex (injection) works best for migraines, but you have to give yourself a shot. (though if you're having a migraine, the pain of a shot isn't particularly scary) |
Awesome. Is it available in Korea? Any idea how much without insurance? I don't want to talk about what I take for migraines, but it's not migraine medicine. |
dunno! i haven't had to take it in about 4 years, thankfully. i also recommend Midrin and Fiorinal (both pills). all are prescription in the US, of course. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:54 am Post subject: |
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| OiGirl wrote: |
(I just recently got Safari 3.0.4. The web spell check is the most awesome thing! Why do any of you not have it? I may, one day soon, learn to spell migraine.) |
I'm not sure why people don't use it, but it's in the latest versions of Firefox too |
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JeannieAbroad
Joined: 27 Oct 2007
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 8:28 am Post subject: |
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| indytrucks wrote: |
| Obviously none of you have ever had a back strain. Nothing is more immobilising, painful and frustrating than back problems. Seriously. |
I agree. Nothing will make you cry faster or take your breath away. Eww, I'm almost crying now just thinking about it.  |
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