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| k@tie |
I was just wondering what weird accidents/injuries have happened to the TOTAs out there. :conf:
For me, I drank bleach when I was three (thinking it was tea lol) and I had to get my stomach pumped, and I got a pretty bad burn inside my stomach.
Another thing that incidentally happened at the same age was: I was running around the house with a tambourine, tripped, and one of the metal disks on it slit my throat. I still have a scar from that. :whip:
The injury list goes on, but those two are the most memorable ones.
So is it just me, or is anyone else accident prone? :confused:
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| rabbitjoker |
| i got a sliver in my thumb. |
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| DigiNut |
That is some crazy Katie... worst I remember having is a sprained ankle.
I inflicted a few injuries when I was a kid though... do they count? |
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| k@tie |
| quote: | Originally posted by DigiNut
That is some crazy Katie... worst I remember having is a sprained ankle.
I inflicted a few injuries when I was a kid though... do they count? |
of course they count :thepirate
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| Sly_Guy |
I am the head injury king.
7 recorded concussions, a couple other I suspect that weren't, I cut on the interior of my right eyeball, knocked out my front teeth twice, damaged nose [I was too young to break it fortunately], stitches on my head.
Non head related injuries:
3 broken fingers and a couple sprains.
The last really major concussion I had was in 9th grade, playing hockey, I decided to criss-cross with a defenseman on a rush into the offensive zone. Dude didn't realize that was the plan and he ran me over. Guy outweighed me by at least 50 pounds, I got smoked, got up and continued to play. I scored on a wrap around on the same shift. Went back to the bench, took a couple shifts off cuz I thought I just got my bell rung pretty good. Went to b-ball practice the next morning, and the running around must have set me off. Went to first period and noticed some weird things happening to me. First thing was my speech was completely non-functional. I knew what I wanted to say, but couldn't get the syllables to come out in the right order, so when trying to say something like 'can I go to the bathroom' it would come out something like 'room-can-bath-I-err-the-to-bath-room'. What was worse was the absolute pounding headache I had, but couple that with the extreme amount of yellow stars that were creeping up on my periferal vision in my right eye. It got so bad I completely went blind in that eye by 10:30am, and I was starting to get nautious. I had to reherse my excuse to make to my teacher and since I was young I had to go to the office and call my mom to get permission to go home. My head was so messed I couldn't get the right sequence of numbers to dial her right away and it took 3 attempts. My mom is too wise and she figured something was wrong and was gonna meet me back at home. I went home, took a couple tylenol and went to sleep [the exact WRONG thing to do with a severe concussion. Mom came home, I wouldn't explain to her what was wrong with me because of my speech problems, and she assumed I was on drugs and slapped my upside the head. Had to write her a note for her to understand me, then she took me to the doctor, who said I had a third grade concussion [highest grade] and recommended I give up all contact sports, and if I get another one I'd need some CAT scans to make sure there's no perminant damage. Took the next three days off, and was sick to my stomach for all three of them, and there is no worse nausea feeling than that of a concussion. Even today I still suffer irregular bout of what they call 'post concussion syndrome' where I get some of the symptoms of that thrid grade concussion on random days for seemingly no reason at all.
Sorry for all the stories tonight people, I don't know what's gotten into me. |
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| DarkAngel |
Broken ankle in '98. Worst pain ever felt. Had to have 3 surgeries: 1 to install hardware into my leg, 2 operations to remove said hardware. The only brightside: prescriptions to vicodin.
Other injuries include a sprained wrist, sprained ankle. |
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| VERTiG0 |
I got an inguinal hernia about 4 years ago.
That sucked. On the upside, I now have a carbon fibre/kevlar mesh inside me somewhere! Guess where it is and win a prize! |
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| Playa24_7 |
Jumped in the shallow end of the pool at the YMCA like grade 8, and my foot bashed off the bottom hard. Didnt feel like anything. Get on the bus to ride home after, it starts hurting. By the time I get home I can barly walk and was in super pain. Sprained the crap outta it I guess.
Putting new metal pedels on my mountain bike like 4 years ago, feel the wrench slipping but put more pressure on it anyway, wrench slips off, hand goes into chain ring. It went in pretty good, I get some toliet paper and duck tape it to my hand lol, and tell my dad i'm going out riding. He sees my hand "what the hell happend??!!!" then makes me go to the hospital. 3 stitches later, done. |
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| preylude |
Based on a highly scientific sample size of 2 (K@tie and Theresa) I conjecture that females are much more accident-prone than males.
My worst injuries were a) a sprained ankle, and b) a fish bone caught in my throat.
Meanwhile Theresa tells me she's broken a least a dozen bones, and been to the hospital enough times that she must have some sort of frequent visitor perks program. |
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| che |
| quote: | Originally posted by DarkAngel
The only brightside: prescriptions to vicodin.
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Amen. I had two ACL surgeries within 3 months of each other, both on the same knee. Haven't had any of the pins taken out, and thinking about just leaving them in. Boy the Vicodine was awesome :D I'm pretty sure i still have a bottle or two lying around somewhere |
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| k@tie |
| quote: | Originally posted by Sly_Guy
First thing was my speech was completely non-functional. I knew what I wanted to say, but couldn't get the syllables to come out in the right order, so when trying to say something like 'can I go to the bathroom' it would come out something like 'room-can-bath-I-err-the-to-bath-room'. What was worse was the absolute pounding headache I had, but couple that with the extreme amount of yellow stars that were creeping up on my periferal vision in my right eye. |
ugh, I know exactly how that is! I was in grade eight and got in a fight with my brother who is 4 years older than me. Anyways, he ends up picking me up and throwing me on my head. Yeah, not cool. I felt different, and didn't know what was going on. I went to bed and then went to school the next morning. Well, I was asked to read in front of the class and I couldn't see a word on the page! Everything was a big blur. And I was stuttering and the words didn't make sence. I was dizzy and blacking out and my vision was getting worse and worse. I was sent to the emergency room and they said i had a really bad concussion and I had to stay home for like a week, and what was worse: I had to have a month without gym class!!!!!!! :whip:
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| charmscars |
| quote: | Originally posted by preylude
Based on a highly scientific sample size of 2 (K@tie and Theresa) I conjecture that females are much more accident-prone than males.
My worst injuries were a) a sprained ankle, and b) a fish bone caught in my throat.
Meanwhile Theresa tells me she's broken a least a dozen bones, and been to the hospital enough times that she must have some sort of frequent visitor perks program. |
not all females are acident-prone
my worst is a skinned knee and a sprained toe from gymnastics |
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