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Two occasions, but they were separated by so many years that I don't really recall which was more painful.

First over a decade ago was a sudden stabbing pain in my chest. I drove myself to the hospital and puzzled the doctors until they determined that I had a spontaneous pneumothorax. In English, my lung partially and inexplicably collapsed. I was in pain for several weeks, but the issue was able to resolve itself without surgery.

Second, early this year, was a serious toothache that kept growing in pain. I manage to get an appointment with a dentist, he sees that it is root resorption and gets me an appointment with an endodontist that same day. In for a root canal, and the pain was gone by the time the novocaine wore off. Got a crown within a few weeks and no problems since.