# What hurts today? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hurts-today/507204 "2009-08-21T15:26:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hurts-today/507204/41 "2009-08-23T22:28:05Z")
Cramps. Bad ones. Eff this uterus. Stupid bastard. ---
**Author:** ![cruel\_butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5daacb/32.png) [@cruel\_butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cruel_butterfly)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hurts-today/507204/42 "2009-08-23T23:18:59Z")
I’ve got a nasty canker sore between the inside of my cheek and my lower gums. On the same side of my mouth, I have a friggin’ blister on the roof of my mouth. I don’t know where either one came from. I have been taking mass quantities of ibuprofen and acetaminophen for three days just to _dull_ the pain enough so that I can eat. And think. I feel your pain, empathetically speaking, **Faruiza**. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hurts-today/507204/43 "2009-08-23T23:42:56Z")
The only places that don’t hurt are numb. ---
**Author:** ![Risha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/5fc32e/32.png) [@Risha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Risha)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2009, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hurts-today/507204/44 "2009-08-23T23:56:36Z")
> [@KlondikeGeoff](#): > > The only places that don’t hurt are numb. Ouch. What happened? ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hurts-today/507204/45 "2009-08-24T04:28:58Z")
Although it doesn’t lessen the hurt, being able to whine a little to someone helps to cope. Hearing a kind word helps a little too. I just want to say to everyone: I’m sorry you’re in pain and I hope you feel better soon. ---
**Author:** ![Faruiza](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@Faruiza](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faruiza)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hurts-today/507204/46 "2009-08-24T05:34:28Z")
Thanks guys. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hurts-today/507204/47 "2009-08-24T19:37:41Z")
There’s a dull ache behind my breast bone and I’m having trouble swallowing. I get to have an endoscopy (to rule out cancer, hopefully) later this afternoon and I’m so hungry I’m considering chewing off my own arm. Two hours to go. ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hurts-today/507204/48 "2009-08-24T20:11:30Z")
I tore my cruciate ligament in my left knee about 3 months ago…just when I think I am on the mend I have a day like today. It hurts like a mofo today and my knee, calf and ankle have swollen up really badly. Ice, elevation and ibuprofen are just not doing it tonight ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2009, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hurts-today/507204/49 "2009-08-24T20:44:58Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > You need to hydrate better. Muscle cramps are directly related to hydration. Even if you don’t feel thirsty, drink water. **CAN** be, but no exclusively so. In fact, I’ve been pretty active, and athletic most of my life and hydrate better than most people I know. Advice is helpful when it’s not based on false assumptions. ---
**Author:** ![KlondikeGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3e96dc/32.png) [@KlondikeGeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KlondikeGeoff)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hurts-today/507204/50 "2009-08-25T01:21:43Z")
> [@Risha](#): > > Ouch. What happened? I became 82 years old! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hurts-today/507204/51 "2009-08-25T01:28:05Z")
My ouchy is my scalp. I spent a nice fun weekend Golfing and fishing. I religiously use sun block due to sun sensitive skin and previous history of sunburns. Somehow however, in all the fun, I forgot about the increased emigration of my cranial follicle population, and forgot to grab a hat. Now my head is all itchy and burny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-hurts-today/507204.md?page=2)