FITZZ wrote: Hardly a day goes by that I don't "injure" myself in one way or another,I'm constantly bashing my knuckles or something.
Basically I curse ...then ignore it.

Avatar 720 wrote:If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.

As someone who has a terrible phobia of needles (I mean if you even get one out in front of me I will start to hyperventilate; i'm dreading having my first blood test of my life at some point) and sharp objects wielded by other people (someone cooking dinner with a sharp knife will make me extremely paranoid that something will happen, like it'll slip etc.), pain caused by any of those two is especially bad, since i'm focussed 100% on what is being done, as opposed to banging my knee on the coffee table whilst watching TV, because usually I get distracted.

Avatar 720 wrote:If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.

Karon wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.

^^

corpsesarefun wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.

As someone who has a terrible phobia of needles (I mean if you even get one out in front of me I will start to hyperventilate; i'm dreading having my first blood test of my life at some point) and sharp objects wielded by other people (someone cooking dinner with a sharp knife will make me extremely paranoid that something will happen, like it'll slip etc.), pain caused by any of those two is especially bad, since i'm focussed 100% on what is being done, as opposed to banging my knee on the coffee table whilst watching TV, because usually I get distracted.

Draining a cyst?
Boohoo, try cutting out a wart with a kitchen knife.

Are we comparing pain now? I've been shot between the ribs, barely missing my heart, and twice in my left arm.

"Boohoo"

avantgarde wrote:Pfft...

Back when I was in rehab, I had two root canals simultaneously without any anesthesia.

Perkustin wrote:I listen to Radio 1 near every day when i drive the car.

Karon wrote:

avantgarde wrote:Pfft...

Back when I was in rehab, I had two root canals simultaneously without any anesthesia.

I've heard those were horrendous.

Howard A Treesong wrote:I occasionally get leg cramps, usually when I'm asleep which is a nice thing to wake you up. The pain is indescribable, had a particularly bad one a couple of weeks ago and I couldn't walk all night because the muscle is so sore afterwards. The worst bit is that when one comes on I know it's going to last a good 10 minutes of agony and nothing much can be done to make it stop.

Perkustin wrote:Squeezin' a particularly ripe piece of Back-acme is the good kind of pain. It's like 'AARRRGHH IT FEELS SO GOOD!'... Literally not joking...

corpsesarefun wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.

As someone who has a terrible phobia of needles (I mean if you even get one out in front of me I will start to hyperventilate; i'm dreading having my first blood test of my life at some point) and sharp objects wielded by other people (someone cooking dinner with a sharp knife will make me extremely paranoid that something will happen, like it'll slip etc.), pain caused by any of those two is especially bad, since i'm focussed 100% on what is being done, as opposed to banging my knee on the coffee table whilst watching TV, because usually I get distracted.

Draining a cyst?
Boohoo, try cutting out a wart with a kitchen knife.

rubiksnoob wrote:Stub my toe: curse, move on.

Get shot with arrow: curse, curse, emergency room, curse.*










*Yes, I have been shot with an arrow. It sucks.

micahaphone wrote:Swear a little, go "Arrrggggghhh", hop around a bit, and then just grin & bear.

daedalus wrote:Interesting question.

I have a much easier time dealing with it if it's self-inflicted. No, I'm no cutter, but if I put a knife though my hand, I'm much more calm about it than if I'm, for example, getting stitched up for said knife being through said hand by a doctor. For that, there's nothing but telling them that you need REAL pain medicine and trying not to watch when he's going to work. If I had two hands free, I probably would have done it myself and not gone to the hospital at all.

Typically my means of dealing with it is dependent on the intensity of the pain combined with the type.

Headache? Alcohol, Caffeine, or Aspirin (or all the above)
MIGRANE Headache? Sleep. Nothing will kill the pain, best just to fast forward through it.
Muscles? Alcohol and Vicodin.
Heartburn? A nice cocktail I discovered of baking soda and water, followed by another glass of water. No more than a spoonful of soda though, otherwise you'll turn your stomach into the world most painful fake volcano.

daedalus wrote:Interesting question.

I have a much easier time dealing with it if it's self-inflicted. No, I'm no cutter, but if I put a knife though my hand, I'm much more calm about it than if I'm, for example, getting stitched up for said knife being through said hand by a doctor. For that, there's nothing but telling them that you need REAL pain medicine and trying not to watch when he's going to work. If I had two hands free, I probably would have done it myself and not gone to the hospital at all.

Typically my means of dealing with it is dependent on the intensity of the pain combined with the type.

Headache? Alcohol, Caffeine, or Aspirin (or all the above)
MIGRANE Headache? Sleep. Nothing will kill the pain, best just to fast forward through it.
Muscles? Alcohol and Vicodin.
Heartburn? A nice cocktail I discovered of baking soda and water, followed by another glass of water. No more than a spoonful of soda though, otherwise you'll turn your stomach into the world most painful fake volcano.

corpsesarefun wrote:
Your bicarbonate of soda/water cocktail is a pretty standard trick

FITZZ wrote:

daedalus wrote:Interesting question.

I have a much easier time dealing with it if it's self-inflicted. No, I'm no cutter, but if I put a knife though my hand, I'm much more calm about it than if I'm, for example, getting stitched up for said knife being through said hand by a doctor. For that, there's nothing but telling them that you need REAL pain medicine and trying not to watch when he's going to work. If I had two hands free, I probably would have done it myself and not gone to the hospital at all.

Typically my means of dealing with it is dependent on the intensity of the pain combined with the type.

Headache? Alcohol, Caffeine, or Aspirin (or all the above)
MIGRANE Headache? Sleep. Nothing will kill the pain, best just to fast forward through it.
Muscles? Alcohol and Vicodin.
Heartburn? A nice cocktail I discovered of baking soda and water, followed by another glass of water. No more than a spoonful of soda though, otherwise you'll turn your stomach into the world most painful fake volcano.

In general I avoid hospitals unless absolutely necessary, I've Superglued/Butterfly stitches myself closed on numerous occasions.
In fact...ny last two Hospital visits were to have my appendix removed ( A rather unpleasant experience) and on an occasion when I had a huge blob of slag (That's molten metal) drop onto my hand when I was cutting a steel plate with a torch...I unleashed a torrent of profanity that is as of yet unmatched by anyone I know.

daedalus wrote:

corpses are fun wrote:
Your bicarbonate of soda/water cocktail is a pretty standard trick

Well, I guess it is pretty obvious when you think about it, though the idea only came to me when I was having a pretty bad fit and had run out of the prescription medicine I have. Works like a charm though.

FITZZ wrote:
In general I avoid hospitals unless absolutely necessary, I've Superglued/Butterfly stitches myself closed on numerous occasions.
In fact...ny last two Hospital visits were to have my appendix removed ( A rather unpleasant experience) and on an occasion when I had a huge blob of slag (That's molten metal) drop onto my hand when I was cutting a steel plate with a torch...I unleashed a torrent of profanity that is as of yet unmatched by anyone I know.

I've got a running thing with my friends where they know that if I wake up in a hospital, I'm going to kick someone's ass. Makes it doubly hilarious when I call them up and ask them very politely and calmly if I could trouble them for a ride there. We joked about it for quite a while in the emergency room that night.

I must say though, slag burning through skin sounds like the most horrible thing ever. I've gotten solder on myself and that was bad. I can't imagine an actual blob of steel. :(

Karon wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.

^^

corpsesarefun wrote:

Avatar 720 wrote:If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.

As someone who has a terrible phobia of needles (I mean if you even get one out in front of me I will start to hyperventilate; i'm dreading having my first blood test of my life at some point) and sharp objects wielded by other people (someone cooking dinner with a sharp knife will make me extremely paranoid that something will happen, like it'll slip etc.), pain caused by any of those two is especially bad, since i'm focussed 100% on what is being done, as opposed to banging my knee on the coffee table whilst watching TV, because usually I get distracted.

Draining a cyst?
Boohoo, try cutting out a wart with a kitchen knife.

Are we comparing pain now? I've been shot between the ribs, barely missing my heart, and twice in my left arm.

"Boohoo"

Draining a cyst?

Avatar 720 wrote:

Draining a cyst?

I would say where it was, which would explain my immediate reaction of "If he slips, I will kill him..." when the doctor said he'd need to cut it open to drain it.

But i'll leave you with a clue to help you guess; you'll only find this area on men (real, biological men).

Avatar 720 wrote:If it's household knocks and bumps, usually it's a swear word and a harsh telling off to the object that did it.

Pain as in, say, drainage of a cyst on a sensitive area that supposedly "won't hurt because it's dead skin" without any anesthetic or numbing cream of any sort and just cutting into it with a scalpel and "draining" the contents by squeezing it between thumb and forefinger... totally different story. That goes beyond swear words, we're into the realm of tensing every muscle in your body, gritting your teeth and hoping the doctor doesn't slip/sneeze/whatever.
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