Wow..
I couldn't possibly feel more sorry for you mate... I tend to think that i have a decent tolerance for pain, but i had some teeth broken a few years ago and didn't do anything about them (due to me being a dentophobic and an all round numpty).

All this resulted in horiffic dental pain and me stealing tramadol and other high-power drugs from my step-dad, who had recently had spinal surgery.

Anyways, it's sorted now, went to the dentist and had him knock me out before i freaked out big time, (me - 6 ft, 17 stone of ex ice hockey player.. him - 5ft9 and about 8 stone wet through, he was hardly gona be able to restrain me if i lost it..) and did some damage.. that 2 months or so was not necessarily the most intense pain i ever experienced, but it was definitely a worse experience overall because it was persistent.. it was just constant.. i imagine that your pain must be like that, but times a hundred.. have clickies for the bravery.
(InkyFingers, Fri 24 Jul 2009, 13:05, 1 reply)

Toothache is very much a persistent pain, and one I enjoy 'possibly' even less than the clusters
Had a wisdom tooth out a few years ago, and after complications, took nearly 4 months to heal (they never closed the gum up properly after ripping it out, so my jaw was exposed for a few weeks - the tooth also shattered inside my mouth as well during the extraction) The pain was - as you rightly say - not so much the worst, but because it's constant, it drags you down worse than anything else. Nothing deals with it effectively.

With the clusters, it can be like that, especially when you don't keep busy, you just wait for the next one. However, once you've gone through the 'attack' and come out on the other side, the relief afterwards really is a blessing. Trouble is, you never know how long the 'attacks' will last. The shortest one I've had has been for around 20 mins, the longest going in at nearly 4 hours.

What a pisser
( The Great Architect is still waiting for his account to be deleted on, Fri 24 Jul 2009, 13:22, closed)