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I'd be interested to know, so I know what to avoid doing.
I'm lucky, I've never broke a bone in my life, so have avoided one of the most painful things right there.
Some things that spring to mind though :
When I was young, I was wearing only shorts and trainers. I climbed a hill which consisted of a steep face of jagged rocks. I then fell down the jagged rocks. I was bleeding all over and in terrific pain. I was v.young though, so the pain is a distant memory
When I was 16 on work experience, I climbed on a fork lifts forks to get to a high shelf. After retrieving an item and placing it on the forks, the guy lowered me down, and I had to hold one of the three stansions. I didn't realise that these clunked together when the forks were lowered. Luckily there was about a centimetre gap between the stansions, which stopped me from losing all eight of my fingers. I couldn't move them all day though, and they went black and blue.
I jumped off a sand dune in newquay onto a barbed wire fence that was covered with sand, and tore a 4 inch gash in my foot. The wound got loads of sand in it, and the surgeon scrubbed it out with a toothbrush. I had 19 stitches
I fell in the shower when I was young, and smashed the soap dish with my back. It was ceramic and dug straight into my back, missing my spine by half an inch. I had 15 stitches.
Ok, lets hear your horror stories :
I'm lucky, I've never broke a bone in my life, so have avoided one of the most painful things right there.
Some things that spring to mind though :
When I was young, I was wearing only shorts and trainers. I climbed a hill which consisted of a steep face of jagged rocks. I then fell down the jagged rocks. I was bleeding all over and in terrific pain. I was v.young though, so the pain is a distant memory
When I was 16 on work experience, I climbed on a fork lifts forks to get to a high shelf. After retrieving an item and placing it on the forks, the guy lowered me down, and I had to hold one of the three stansions. I didn't realise that these clunked together when the forks were lowered. Luckily there was about a centimetre gap between the stansions, which stopped me from losing all eight of my fingers. I couldn't move them all day though, and they went black and blue.
I jumped off a sand dune in newquay onto a barbed wire fence that was covered with sand, and tore a 4 inch gash in my foot. The wound got loads of sand in it, and the surgeon scrubbed it out with a toothbrush. I had 19 stitches
I fell in the shower when I was young, and smashed the soap dish with my back. It was ceramic and dug straight into my back, missing my spine by half an inch. I had 15 stitches.
Ok, lets hear your horror stories :
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MoJoJoJo wrote:
> "i landed square on my nuts without my feet touching the
> floor."
>
> Hooooooooooooooo! Damn... I had to close my legs and cringe after
> reading that. I can't imagine how much that hurt, considering I was on
> the floor after just getting kicked in the balls.
Ho ho, I've had a similar close call like that while skateboarding. I was boardsliding (grinding with the middle of the board on the rail and my legs apart on each of the kicks) a rail and the board came from underneath me. Luckily though as I fell down I leant to one side which meant the rail didn't hit home correctly and I just fell into a lump off one side of the rail.
I have seen people fall straight onto their knackers like that though. OW. I advise to wear a cup when you skate.
> "i landed square on my nuts without my feet touching the
> floor."
>
> Hooooooooooooooo! Damn... I had to close my legs and cringe after
> reading that. I can't imagine how much that hurt, considering I was on
> the floor after just getting kicked in the balls.
Ho ho, I've had a similar close call like that while skateboarding. I was boardsliding (grinding with the middle of the board on the rail and my legs apart on each of the kicks) a rail and the board came from underneath me. Luckily though as I fell down I leant to one side which meant the rail didn't hit home correctly and I just fell into a lump off one side of the rail.
I have seen people fall straight onto their knackers like that though. OW. I advise to wear a cup when you skate.
The other day I got some chips out of the oven whilst wearing shorts, and I looked down just in time to see the oven door slowly closing on my exposed leg. Would have resulted in no-end of blistering and scarring.
Another time I fell through the top of a small conservatory and nearly had to have my leg removed - I was in a wheel chair for 12 weeks (6 of 'em were the Summer holidays between Primary and Secondary school) and I now have a large scar going nearly half-way round my knee, although this has healed up a bit over the last 10 years.
Another time I fell through the top of a small conservatory and nearly had to have my leg removed - I was in a wheel chair for 12 weeks (6 of 'em were the Summer holidays between Primary and Secondary school) and I now have a large scar going nearly half-way round my knee, although this has healed up a bit over the last 10 years.
Hmmm.
Probably falling from one of those large oak trees head first, from pretty damn high up.
The branch I was on kinda snapped, and a flew head first aaallll the way down.
I probably would've died or something if it wasn't for that wonderful last branch, which was still quite away from the ground, which nailed my shoulder, sending my body into a spin, and landing on my feet/legs/bone.
Yey.
Probably falling from one of those large oak trees head first, from pretty damn high up.
The branch I was on kinda snapped, and a flew head first aaallll the way down.
I probably would've died or something if it wasn't for that wonderful last branch, which was still quite away from the ground, which nailed my shoulder, sending my body into a spin, and landing on my feet/legs/bone.
Yey.
Either:
1) Getting a vein in my nose frozen
2) Falling and taking half of a nail off on a finger. Then having the rest taken out at hospital.
1) Getting a vein in my nose frozen
2) Falling and taking half of a nail off on a finger. Then having the rest taken out at hospital.
"i landed square on my nuts without my feet touching the floor."
Hooooooooooooooo! Damn... I had to close my legs and cringe after reading that. I can't imagine how much that hurt, considering I was on the floor after just getting kicked in the balls.
Hooooooooooooooo! Damn... I had to close my legs and cringe after reading that. I can't imagine how much that hurt, considering I was on the floor after just getting kicked in the balls.
I came off my bike while going down a really steep dirt course and my whole body weight went on to my thumb, which landed on a rock. Now I can bend my thumb back ALL the way, so the nail is touching my wrist. That's scared the little kiddies away....
I did exactly the same thing as a kid. Amazing coincidence.
I remember one time were were BMX'ing over some local hills and ramps and I borrowed my mates bike (which had no brakes) and I canned it down this hill and flew off the ramp to a great height. I then proceeded to sh!te myelf as I nose dived the bike completely fu*king up the wheel when I landed then coming off the bike over the handlebars bouncing for a while then sliding on my arm and hitting the bottom of a tree. Ow.
I got lots of cuts and grazes but no broken bones suprisingly. In fact I've never broke a bone in my body ever.
I got lots of cuts and grazes but no broken bones suprisingly. In fact I've never broke a bone in my body ever.
Having my tonsils out at the age of 23 was incredibly painful.
Well, the aftermath was.
Well, the aftermath was.
Not something I did per se, but I once got an infection in my right testicle. The pain was...indescribable!
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