Worst medical condition you've experienced

[Chemical Alia]

This is me right now.

Just had wrist ligament reconstruction after first failed dorsal capsulodesis in 2007 for scapholunate dissociation. Went undiagnosed/untreated for 5 years, and chronic pain came back a year after surgery last time. Sucks because i'm an artist and use a computer for my work.

 

[SIXVI06-M]

Sleep paralysis! - it's the closest sensation I've had to death! (apart from a car accident I had many many years ago and I'd JUST put my seatbelt on pretty much seconds before the crash).

It's pretty consistent too, and thus it's why I NEVER sleep on my chest or have anything heavy covering my chest. I also position my pillows so that my head is pitched backwards so I have a clearer airway- in case it happens; coz what's worse than a case of sleep paralysis where your body decides it no longer has the resources to move or wake up? the fact you can't breathe either (and sleep paralysis also affects breathing - you'll feel like you're breathing through a blocked straw).

However, I've found a way to thwart it and I remember it well so I've stopped panicking when it happens: wriggle your toes and fingers and gradually work your way until you're literally flailing your arms and legs and shaking your head around - that pretty much forces your body to jump-start and wake up fully.

 

[thedevilscousin]

Well to be honest i've never had anything extremely severe besides a few cracked ribs and a few broken fingers with a fractured arm after a bicycle accident when i was 11(the helmet did nothing!!!)
But a friend of mine really had it shitty, he got hit by a van that vent over his foot and caused it to break in seven places(two toes if i remember correctly) took 6 months to recover, his leg still is a bit weak.
I also have a very sensitive vertebrae and sometimes suffer from extreme back pains, so i have to use a specially designed bed, pillow and computer chair. I also normally go to a chiropractor and a massuse. The cause of this is the job i used to have(construction work when i was 14, for 7 months) fucked me up proper.

 

[Colinmac93]

Lemme see...
I had leaukemia when I was six, pneumonia when I was seven/eight, and I'm currently living with migraines which are genetic and run in my mum's side of the family, stomache varices, portal hypertension AND splenomagly.
Other than all that, I'm fine.

 

[LCP]

Broken arm, and pneumonia when young... ahh the good ol days...

 

[thylasos]

A combination of broken ribs, a concussion, and a split lip.

Never broken any other bones or been seriously ill; my sister had bird flu, and apparently I'm immune, if we consider that I was largely the one who brought her meals and medicine and such.

Oh, yes. Severe depression and social anxiety disorder. CBT and major conifdence boosts work wonders though. Still with me, but I handle it a lot better, nowadays.

 

[Kyle Roberts]

Well being told i've got Schizophrenia.

Its funny because i have a sort of voice at i talk to in my head and i Occasonaly suffer from hallucinations.

Im also paranoid most of the time aswell.

 

[similar.squirrel]

I had persistent asthma throughout my childhood, but it thankfully stopped when I hit puberty. And I vomited so much once that I literally couldn't move. I think it was actually a case of my body running out of nutrients. Muscle exhaustion/cramping, probably.

Oh, and acute social anxiety, which has returned with a vengeance in these past few months.

 

[dommyuk]

A brain tumor that I was diagnosed with just before my GCSE exams, so I only ended up passing one and resat another one. >.>

 

[chris11246]

Well I was born with a hernia and apparently the power went out while I was in the operating room.

Since then the worst I've had was a broken finger, although I broke it all the way through the joint which required them to put pins to make it grow right and I had a cast that went halfway up my forearm. I still cant bend it all the way, but It bends enough to not be a problem.

 

[ChildofGallifrey]

Worst I've had is kidney stones, but I've had 5 of them since I was 15 (21 now).

This. Oddly enough same quantity. More oddly, same timespan (15-21).

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...-looks at avatar-...

...I'm keeping my eye on you.

Holy Twilight Zone Batman!! Did you drink ludicrous amounts of caffeine your entire life too? Were you addicted to RC Cola as a child? How far does this rabbit hole go?!?

 

[zpm4737]

I almost bit half of my tongue off in a crash. It was stitched up in the ER. It swelled a lot, I couldn't speak or chew properly for a week. Still have a bit of scarring on mt tongue.

 

[MinimanZombie]

Well I got swine flu once. It was a minor case but for the first few days it hurt like hell. Every movement was like a metal pipe being smashed against my head. Then it dissapeared, Oh and I'm strangely small for my age and have a inflamed nose which they thought was a pollup for several years, making me take the wrong medicine. Apart from that nothing terrible.

 

[zombones]

I have crohn's disease so yeah its sucks really really bad

First time poster, long time lurker, and I have a feeling this guy is me.

I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease when I was 11, but I suffered since I was 10 due to medical experts not knowing what was wrong with me. Before I was diagnosed, my joints would swell up, including my elbows, knees, and ankles, and left me housebound and missing a lot of school. I couldn't eat or drink anything without needing a toilet nearby (that's still true today), as well as my appetite being non-existant. I could barely drink water without wanting to hurl or feeling my bowels cramp. Due to the medication I've been on, It's caused my bone age to suffer a lot, so I've also been diagnosed with Osteoporosis.

Since then (basically, my entire teen years), it has psychologically affected me to the point that I feel that I will always be rejected by my peers, by potential girlfriends, as well as other social circles as I don't think they want to have to babysit a guy who can't (literally) hold his shit, and it's caused me to develop no social life. On the plus side it does give me a few guidelines to live, as I can't drink much as it would massacre my liver, and it lets me know my limits.

I was diagnosed last June when I just turned 14, it took them a while to find out I had to have a colonoscopy

 

[Sudenak]

Worst I've had is kidney stones, but I've had 5 of them since I was 15 (21 now).

This. Oddly enough same quantity. More oddly, same timespan (15-21).

...

...-looks at avatar-...

...I'm keeping my eye on you.

Holy Twilight Zone Batman!! Did you drink ludicrous amounts of caffeine your entire life too? Were you addicted to RC Cola as a child? How far does this rabbit hole go?!?

D8 I...need to go have a good cry >_> Yes, ludicrous amounts, far more than a human should consume. Yes, I loved RC Cola. But I have one thing: I know you don't like Amps >_> Please say you don't, I am scared.

 

[MaxwellMurder]

Water Diarrhea and fire hole at the same time it was like excreting lava

 

[MrTub]

Extrem dehydration (Stopped responding? (ambulance to hospital) Very bad asthma. used to be Allergic against Grass & mites. Fell down a stone stairs (Had to get 5 stitches on my forehead) bad hearing, bad sight, something close to tinnitus. Probably forgotten a couple of things but overall I guess I would be pretty lucky compared to some people in this thread

 

[joshthor]

mine is a story: i left the lights on in my car and had to push it out of its parking spot to get a jump. i was a little overzealous and was pushing too fast and almost hit another car. i sprinted into my drivers seat and hit the break, and my right knee popped the hell out of place. while still horribly dislocated (the doctors said it was one of the worst they had seen) i threw my other leg over to hit the breaks quickly.

i did not hit the car, narrowly stopped before hitting it. i could not move, so i kind of did a barrel roll out of my car onto the ground and called for help. unfortunately, i was at the air force base at the employee parking lot behind the bx (im a microsoft vendor out there) and didnt have anyones number. so, i sat there for 5 minutes before someone came out for a smoke break. it took about 5 minutes for the base police to get there and interrogate me for 20 minutes before the ambulance showed up.

all in all, super fun day took me 2 weeks to recover.

 

[AndyFromMonday]

A kidney infection when I was 5 but that went away quickly and haven't had any problems since. Chronic sinusitis for the past 3 years which is a total *****. Apparently it runs in the family since both my grandfather and father have it. It's not genetic though so I guess we're all just morons who can't take care of our lungs. Have also gotten pneumonia 2 years in a row so woo for me! It was mild every time though. Broke my clavicle, both knees, right hand (still hurts), both big toes on my feet.

After a football accident my 2 toes near the big one on my left foot have become extra flexible. Had bronchitis once, that was a *****. Recurrent "mild" migraines every 6 or so months. I get the aura and everything but the pain isn't that bad. Developed generalized anxiety disorder when I was 9 with recurrent panic attacks though they've become weekly now rather than daily so that's a good thing. I also have mild sight problems and tinnitus. I know it's not much when compared to some other stories here but I thought I'd share.

 

[Mild_en_Snakz]

I don't get sick much but i've gotten plenty of injuries and close calls. Broken thumb, dislocated jaw, head injury directly followed by seizures, almost lost my right hand to frostbite and almost permanently paralyzed from the waist down when i broke my tailbone. Breaking my tailbone was easily the worst one of them all, not only was the initial pain the worst i experienced, i couldn't sit and could barely stand and walk for at least 2 weeks.

I also have a scar on my thigh where the muscle has been permanently destroyed so it looks like a small but noticeable chunk of my thigh missing.