Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire What is the worst health issue you have had??

I have had numerous broken bones, bad knees and worn out shoulders for most of my adult life. Bacterial menigitius almost got me as a youngster, and melanoma that spread to lymph nodes. By far ,and I mean WAY far ,the worst thing I ever been through was having a stent removed from a kidney through the natural course of drainage after a kidney stone removal with no pain deadner other than the doc saying , "this is gonna suck , but I will make it quick!!!!!"

Been pretty lucky, other than broken bones (too many to list here)
Long head of the bicep re-attached in both shoulders.
Blood clots in my leg.
TIA at age 44.

Cancer.

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Motocross

Clap in '91

MS . . . BTW, it doesn't go away.

Bad car wreck (hold my beer) when I was 17. Rare benign tumor at the base of my skull when I was 55. Had it removed and all good since. 66 now. Work out at the gym everyday. Try to eat right. Still chase my wife around a little and generally feel pretty damn good.

Our health can change in the blink of an eye. Live every day to the fullest and thank the BiG GUY in heaven for everything he gives us.

Mackey

CIDP, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy. An autoimmune disease similar to MS but the peripheral nervous system is damaged instead of the central.

Propane burn 2 years ago. Spent 3 nights in the hospital and minor surgery. Wasn't that bad but definately got close to if any more would have got burnt it would have sucked. Debridement is not fun, but fentanyl helps.

My impending death. I don't know when, how, where it till happen or whether it will be instantaneous or if I will linger for months, but it's a sure thing my earthly life is rushing toward an end.
My eternal life is another issue.

3rd degree burns over 10% of my body when I was 5. Bad car wreck about 20 years later. I don't remember buckling my seat belt, but it was. EMT's said it saved me. Plus a couple other times I came pretty close to death. My guardian angel is really on his toes.

G23

Steward Hamblem, "Don't be afraid of the River of Death son, Our Father owns Land, on both sides of The River."

Paracaditis (sp?). An infection in the sack surrounding the heart. Felt like a heart attack.

Have an abdominal aortic anurorism and type 2 diebetes that needs constant monitoring

a couple of strokes over the last few years.

About 8 years ago, feeling like I was in good health, several doctors insisted I do the treadmill heart test.
They freaked out and pulled me off the treadmill after a few minuets.
I laughed and told them I could do this all day long.
Cardiologist insisted on an angioplasty.
Major blockage of all four main arteries.
A week later I had a quad bypass

Hyponatremia bad enough that I flatlined. CPR and a number of IV’s and I got started again. Took a while to recover. At least I learned my limits.

Old70

Leukemia 2012 in process of cureing the cancer I developed gragh vs host disease that trashed my lungs. I now have COPD so bad my doctor gave me 6 months to live. That was in September 2020 I'm in a wheel chair and unable to walk more than 20 feet without running out of oxygen. I thank the Lord every day I'm alive.

May God Bless You kind sir.