Viewing Thread:
"Filmmaking is deadly."

I awoke at 5:30am today for a early morning film shoot with some fellow film students here for a current module project. I didn't realise it'd end up being a day I would nearly die through shock.

As a group all four of us went over to some woodland near the university to begin filming footage of a man (me) running very fast through the woodland enviroment (cue cool music and a man disturbing the environment ). We had been filming for over two hours and then on one of the last shots before it got too light the following happened:

I was running like the wind through some brambles and a route had been planned so I could cross up onto a verge with a nice big stride. Once on the verge I would turn very quickly and run up along the track. Anyways, on the turn my ankle (injured last year) gave away and I took a rather mediocre fall onto the ground howling in pain.

My left kneecap had just come to collision with a corner of a huge concrete slab. The result was a shattered kneecap. I didn't get up for a few seconds and instead took too hugging the ground while screaming in pain. I didn't know what I had done but I couldnt feel my left lower leg. My film mates run over and are like 'this is serious, call an ambulance'.

I don't remember much else until at the hospital, but I've been told that I complained that I didn't need an ambulance and wanted to finish the filming. In the end I got a mate from back at uni to drive and pick me up and take me to uni because I didn't want to call out an ambulance for what I thought was a small injury. However, I do remember pulling up my left trouser leg and seeing a 'milk' like substance coming down from my knee.. pulling it further up revealed a gaping dent in my knee, and now blood pouring out.

The hospital was needed. Filming was very much finished.

I got to the hospital (by now in a state of delirious shock). My friends answered some of the questions as to who I was - All I wanted to do was get it seen too, get some painkillers and go to bed. I was very tired with no food or water and the injury.

Basically, I won't go into the details at the hospital. However, here is brief summary of it going from bad to worse to being on the edge of bye-bye.

-I fainted when they tried to disinfect my 'small cut'.
-They realised it was much worse than a 'small cut' and I'd chipped/shattered the left side of my kneecap.
-I then threw up as my kneecap swelled stupidly up.
-They released air from my above my kneecap with some kinda needles - the white 'milk' stuff was liquid from my kneecap
-They gave me an injection in my arm for some reason I forget.
-I lost all power in my body through the lowest blood pressure I'd ever had (and it's been very low before with a nose operation.).
-Apparently my blood pressure and heart beat was so low my body couldn't pump blood up to anything but vital organs so I was beginning to lose sight, something which seriously scared me. Luckily, resting and just not screaming or having them prod me seemed to help and feelings and movement restored a little, they also fed me lots of tea with loadsa sugar.
-All of these happened inbetween me screaming in agony and shaking violently through the shock of the intense pain.

I'm back in my uni room now. I won't be able to walk or move much for a whole week. I probably won't be running again for a few months. This probably tops my 'injuries list'. I really do get some bad eggs.

So guys and few girls. When you film. Check your running path, and if you've hurt your ankle before, don't rely on it.
What a strange day, and it's only 4:35pm. I'm on a lot of painkillers and other randoms at the moment yet still it hurts.
I think 'special circumstances' will mean I don't have to complete the film with the group to hand in.

Peace. Out.
Joby

Got myself properly out of bed today, I've managed to swing myself so ever slowly around on crutches.

At least going to the toilet won't be as bad now!

I'll post the fall and what the point of me running was soon :)

Anyways, an update - been in bed since, which sucks. Tried to stand up about two hours ago and put a lil weight on my bad leg/knee... oh my.. it was like hundreds of tiny daggers stabbing into my kneecap.

Not doing that again for a while. Yet I know it's getting better, cos I'm typing without pain. (work that one out yourself)

Peace. Out.

Major bummer, hope things don't turn out as bad as they could be.

I was born with a damaged foot and my parents were told that I'd probably struggle to walk and run about and things like footy would be a no go.

But I learned to walk with the plaster cast and could run around like most and even played football at an amateur level, got injured in a bad tackle and had to chuck it for a few years.

Guess what I'm trying to say is don't think about what could be, just concentrate on taking it easy just now and then when the time comes work on getting strength and movement back in your leg.

Take it easy and hope all goes well.

I dont think I've been in shock as such, when I fell from a fence onto my head I was 'kinda' in shock, but that was more adrenalyne than shock.

cookie monster wrote:
> Going into shock is a really bizarre feeling.

Definetely one of the strangest, I went into it a few times though.

*shudders.

I'm resting up, I get a nurse to make a call by every two days to me in my uni room. Heh. :)

Going into shock is a really bizarre feeling.

I thought it was a story too. That's why people posting stories sucks the big one.

But not as much as shattering your knee cap! My dad popped his cap playing squash, didn't even shatter it, and he could never do that again. He became a big snooker player.

etc

That sucks man, hope you get better soon and it heals perfectly and you can play football ect again.

Poor chap.

Have some sympathy.

"awwwwww"