Stupid injuries

Trillian

Trillian

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I fainted at a party on Saturday, yes I'd been drinking, an entire 3 glasses of wine. Managed to hit a door frame on my way down, split my head open pretty well! I don't remember much about what happened, but it was my first ambulance ride! Ended up with a 4 inch gash (fnarr) and 9 staples. Now feeling very fuzzy-headed and headachey. Can't wait to get the staples out on Saturday, we're throwing a Halloween party, my costume is Sally from Nightmare Before Christmas, was tempted to keep the staples in for added realism!

It was a ridiculously posh cocktail party too, I'd been worried about it for weeks, but finally found the perfect outfit that covered my tattoos but still looked chic, and my favourite leopard-print stilettos, and I made my hair nice and huge and glamourous. Then ended up with it matted with blood! Ah well. It was a memorable party for all who attended, and I made a lot of friends who would probably have only been passing acquaintances otherwise!

Can anyone help heal my huge embarrassment by sharing gory and/or humiliating injury stories?!
 
Uhhhhhh, was that 3 glasses or 3 BOTTLES?!? lol! Glad that you can look back on it and laugh about it! :)

Back in college, in jazz band, I fell off of the back riser. For what ever the reason, this particular riser didn't have the back bottom trim. Sabotage?? Anywho, I slid my chair back in mid-measure and me, the chair and my trombone went crashing down, during the performance! Stood up and played my featured solo and got the biggest round of applause in the history of EVER! :D
 
Not quite the same, but I came home one night from work with a huge welt on my head. I worked in a bar/restaurant and my door man had an issue with two guys who were "Coked-Up and Beer-Drunk" as we put it. They were thrown out of our place earlier in the night, and came back for more. I didn't mind the one-on-one confrontation, but when the second guy jumped in, so did I. I will add the guy was huge, and I am not, but I was sure our patrons had my back. (Pretty awesome place with the best people!) I think I surprised him so much that when I said "Stay down!" he did just that. Only problem is, when I tackled him, I used the wooden door frame to break my fall! :eek: Maybe it was the blood from my head that made him stay. Anyway, my now wife was not exactly thrilled when I got home :eek:. No stitches, but a real headache! :D
 
I currently have the finger on my right hand in a weird plastic thing to cover the end of it that I almost cut off. Friend and I were moving an old heavy table, her end started to fold under so I quickly kicked my end so it folded under also, but my finger was in the bracket. Cut all the way to the bone, 3/4 of my finger nail is gone and it hurts like hell. If I let it get infected, they will have to cancel my knee surgery scheduled in 3 weeks.:(
 
I fell at a work christmas ball...it was a posh affair & my chance to make a decent impression, top managers & company partners being present...then a girl got her stiletto heel caught in the strap of my shoe on the dance-floor, I hit the deck & everyone, including my boyfriend at the time, laughed at the drunk girl falling over... but then everyone else got trashed & starting throwing blow-up dolls around so I stopped worrying lol

I also slipped on a rock at the beach & smashed my head...I was looking for crabs in rock pools. We had to get a dog walker to drive us home & then ended up in A&E til 2am! 3 stitches and a rather awkward wait while a man reluctantly had a catheter inserted in the next cubicle.

Did they find out why you fainted?
 
I used to walk into open doors and poles a lot. I mean A LOT! Over a period of 3 years I probably had 12 giant bumps on my head from walking into stuff. One time I was running and slipped as I tried to stop running and slammed my head into a cement wall. I figured out how to not run into things after that. :)

One time I was on vacation with my family and we decided to take a tour that included climbing up a waterfall. Me being me, I was trying to catch minnows with my shirt and slipped. I had a bruised butt for at least a week after that! Not a single person offered to help me up and myfamily was too busy laughing. After I was done being hurt, I found a minnow in my shirt though! :D

Edit: I also one time managed to slice off the bottom of my toe in a swimming pool (I have no idea what happened...) i felt it flapping in the water and got out. I was at swim team practice and the coaches got really mad that I got out of the pool until they noticed I was making my own pool of blood on the cement! One of them almost passed out and started gagging. A mother of one of the other swimmers was a nurse and helped me stop the bleeding. She told me there was no point in going to the ER because of the thype of wound. I just kept it clean and it was fine (although strange looking for the longest time!)

When I was little I also messed up my ankle really bad (cant remember if it was a fracture or what) while I was showing off my super cool acrobatics on the monkey bars. I was mortified as the other kids laughed and I was crying. I ended up toughing it out for a day or two but had to get xrays when I messed it up even more by trying to run with it. Then I had to have the uglist boot on my foot! It felt like the end of the world at the time! I too made new friends because of my crazy accident though!
 
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Laurie that is awful!!! I hope it heals quickly and cleanly.

Lys, they weren't sure, all the tests were clear, they think it might have just been due to being in a small crowded room.
 
pssh said:
I used to walk into open doors and poles a lot. I mean A LOT! Over a period of 3 years I probably had 12 giant bumps on my head from walking into stuff. One time I was running and slipped as I tried to stop running and slammed my head into a cement wall. I figured out how to not run into things after that. :)

One time I was on vacation with my family and we decided to take a tour that included climbing up a waterfall. Me being me, I was trying to catch minnows with my shirt and slipped. I had a bruised butt for at least a week after that! Not a single person offered to help me up and myfamily was too busy laughing. After I was done being hurt, I found a minnow in my shirt though! :D
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lol reminds me of my holiday. We were looking at a waterfall & I wanted a pic...I was walking backwards to get it all in shot & tumbled backwards over a giant boulder. This wasn't long after the beach incident so fortunately my instinct was to protect my head!
 
Oh, once I backed a car into a light pole. The kicker? The car was equipped with backup sensors! :eek: It really wasn't my fault. See, I was turning as I was backing up and instead of the "beep, beep, beep" all I got was a long "beeeeeep". The angle messed up the sensor! That's my story and imma stick to it! :D
 
When I was probably 8 years old, my brother and I were riding our bikes with our parents who were walking. I guess I got bored with having to go slow so I decided to liven it up a bit and pretend I had fallen asleep on my bike. My parents were laughing at my silliness until I hit a fire hydrant and flipped over the front of my bike! haha I ended up pretty banged up. Not too embarrassing since it was just my family, but pretty funny!
 
Try falling face first into a rosebush. Just wanting to get a sniff and BAM! Face dive into the bush. I still have a scar from my lip to my chin. My friend had to lift me out of the bush. It was a "bleeder".:eek:
 
Here's a pic of the staples today, not posting the pic from Saturday, it was HORRIBLE. Hubbles confessed last night that he saw ny actual skull while they were flushing the wound...
 

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Mine has to be a few years ago ( bear in mind I am now 40!!) - my daughter got some Heeley's when they were the in thing. Of course, I just had to get my own as it looked like such fun! :eek: One day we were out on the pavement in front of the house as there is a nice gentle slope there - I went down a few times and then I got a stone stuck in the wheel and ended up on my hands and knees! I don't know who was more mortified! Me for almost faceplanting right outside my house, or her because her freinds were watching! Anyhow, I almost busted my knee. I have never felt pain like it - I gave birth to my daughter with no pain relief and this was far worse!
 
I am glad I don't have the klutz title tied up. You do know for every one of us who fessed up there is a least five cowards who are to wimpy to admit what they did.:rolleyes:
 
maxttu said:
Back in college, in jazz band, I fell off of the back riser. For what ever the reason, this particular riser didn't have the back bottom trim. Sabotage?? Anywho, I slid my chair back in mid-measure and me, the chair and my trombone went crashing down, during the performance! Stood up and played my featured solo and got the biggest round of applause in the history of EVER! :D
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You are awesome lol. I don't have any band stories like that. Except for the year I did color guard, we were tossing 2X4's and mine had to be shorter than everyone else's with holes in it (I was only 4'9) and some @$& stole it, I decided to just go with the bigger one, then the @$& that stole my wood tripped me and the plank landed on me shoulder. I got back up and kept going, (my shoulder hurt, but there's no whining in band practice lol) didn't find out for almost 3 months that I was spinnin' on a torn rotator cuff!! All I said to the Doc was "Yeah, it hurts a lil." :D
 
Trillian said:
Here's a pic of the staples today, not posting the pic from Saturday, it was HORRIBLE. Hubbles confessed last night that he saw ny actual skull while they were flushing the wound...
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OUCH! At least they didn't have to shave your head to get to it :D
 
A couple years back, my sister (now 12) got her finger slapped in a storm door by a wind gust. It was hanging on by literally a tendon :barf: Never heard her scream like that in her life!!

Then last year, I went to get Pascal waxworms, it was pouring down rain, couldn't even see 2 feet in front of you. I hooked a curve too hard and lost control (going the speed limit, hydroplaned, jumped a curve, hit a tree, and then hit a pole. Popped the back left and front right tires, scraped all down the left side of my car, and bent up the back and front fender.

Scary part is I had my sister and her friend in the back seat. I was the only one injured, thank God. I didn't go to the hospital though, pretty damn sure I had a mild concussion. Called everyone in my family to come get me, till my brother came and got me. :eek:
 
i have more stupid injuries than i can remember... the big ones though... when i was 5, i was playing in this toy car thingy, jumping up and down on it. then it tipped and i fell and hit my head open on some bricks. my parents took me to the hospital.

when i was around 7, my brother and his friend were playing on a play set and doing flips on this bar. i wanted to try. so i got up there, lost my grip and fell. had my teeth go through my bottom lip. still have the scar on the inside of my lip.

when i was 16, i was working with my uncle in construction, i dropped an ax on my foot and in the same week, shot myself with a nail gun, in the hand. great times having to pull a nail out of your hand... (in between the thumb and index finger)

being a cook, i get plenty of random knife cuts on my hands. went to culinary school and got one every time i went to class... i'm great with sharp objects...
 
kanjiman said:
i have more stupid injuries than i can remember... the big ones though... when i was 5, i was playing in this toy car thingy, jumping up and down on it. then it tipped and i fell and hit my head open on some bricks. my parents took me to the hospital.

when i was around 7, my brother and his friend were playing on a play set and doing flips on this bar. i wanted to try. so i got up there, lost my grip and fell. had my teeth go through my bottom lip. still have the scar on the inside of my lip.

when i was 16, i was working with my uncle in construction, i dropped an ax on my foot and in the same week, shot myself with a nail gun, in the hand. great times having to pull a nail out of your hand... (in between the thumb and index finger)

being a cook, i get plenty of random knife cuts on my hands. went to culinary school and got one every time i went to class... i'm great with sharp objects...
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It is ok, cause I love you. A while ago everyone here got a real kick out of me falling in the hole we were planting a lilac tree in, then pulling the tree in on top of me. Really hurt my left ankle but got no sympathy.:(
 
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