Childbirth is said to be the most painful experience that a human can experience, and it’s a pain that nobody assigned male at birth can ever really understand. Except for Disturbed guitarist Dan Donegan, apparently, as he thinks that his gout is worse. In a recent interview with Instagram Live on a drive back from visiting his father, he had some choice words about his struggle with gout (as transcribed by Blabbermouth):
“I’ve been up since 1:02 a.m. last night. [I] haven’t slept. I’m fucking in pain. My knee is killing me. I don’t know what the fuck happened. And I don’t know if any of you have experience with gout. I’m not really sure if it could affect the joints and the knee and stuff like that. I know it’s mostly the big toe. I’ve had that before and it is fucking brutal pain. It’s worse than giving childbirth to twins.”
That’s a bit of an overly dramatic description, but Donegan seems to be aware of that, as he admitted a few moments later:
“You know how dramatic us men could be. I’ve had really bad colds that was, like, very difficult. So it’s like giving childbirth. But I always mess around with that because… But gout, seriously, is no fucking joke. That is such fucking pain, and I don’t wish that upon my worst enemy. And it’s not affecting my toes right now. So that’s why I didn’t know if it… It doesn’t happen often. I haven’t had a gout flareup all year. It’s been a while. [I had] a small flareup maybe earlier last year, but that was it. I kind of caught it early on, but, man, when that kicks in, that’ll fucking fuck you up. You can’t walk, everything hurts on your toe, and you can’t put a sheet on your toe. No matter what you do, you’re in pain, and it is fucking brutal. And I’m not sure if that’s what’s going on, if it could affect the joints of the knees. So if there’s anybody who, who has experience with gout, if they know it could affect your knee or the joints, your ankles or your knee…”
All joking aside, pain is pain and we wish Donegan all the best in managing his pain. But I’m pretty sure mothers everywhere are going to have something to say about his comparison.