I f*cked my knee up falling off a ladder. Worst pain in my life. Took tylenol.
worst pain in my life was gallbladder issues/ gall stones. Worse than kidney stones (I had two surgeries within one year for that - one ESWL and one retrieval / laser). They gave me dilaudid for the gallbladder issue when I was in the ER. That helped, but didn’t totally alleviate the pain.
My knee buckled the other day, the pain was intense, but not the worst in my life. I go see a specialist for my knee next week.
Doesn't begin to compare with having your knee cut open, pried apart so a CNC milling machine can cut away bone, then wrenched back together with titanium and UHMW plastic substitutes. There's probably a video of the operation on the web somewhere. It's been done to me; I don't want to watch but you may enjoy it.