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The worst injury you've ever had...
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Nothing to crazy. Just a few scrapes here and there with only a few needing some stitches. One made me loose some teeth but those grew back after a while. No broken bones or anything like that and I pray that it stays that way for not only me but most importantly my family as well. Kinda surprising considering I've been in 1 serious car accident and 3 train derailments
Compared to some others in my family, my life has been pretty uneventful (thankfully).
Compared to some others in my family, my life has been pretty uneventful (thankfully).
I got hit in the eye with a baseball when I was a kid and got a black eye. Ive been in some pretty big wrecks and came out unscathed.
I've been hit by a car and got bounced 20 feet, fell 3 stories out of a tree on my back, had 3 auto accidents once headbutting the steering wheel, bitten on the leg and dragged down the street by a doberman, dove into a river and bashed my head on a rock, slammed my hand in a 1/2 ton metal sliding door breaking my middle finger, slipped on a pile of dog **** twisting my ankle, nearly lost my left index finger to an angle grinder, sand blasted my knuckles, sliced open my right knee exposing my knee cap, electrocuted twice servicing appliances, and set myself on fire once refilling my Zippo lighter. It surprises me I still walk and talk sometimes--apparently I heal quite quickly....but that's just the short list.
I've also broken my nose and sprained my big toe. I think that's it.
We need to discuss safety precautions.You better not let go of the rope when we climb next time!
That's it? I thought with your spider man moonlighting you had at least a broken arm or something.
Interestingly, none of that is from climbing. The most serious injury I ever got from climbing was a ripped callous or a cut fingertip that needed a band-aid. Most of it was from rugby, skateboarding, soccer, and getting hit by 7 cars. Some of the really minor injuries were from parkour, like stitches for my hand, but truth be told I should have been wearing gloves. I'm very safe with my body, it's other players (and drivers!) that picked on the smallest and weakest kid.
I tore my left bicep from the elbow due to a car accident that was not my fault.It sucked cause I'm a bodybuilder so I could not train biceps or back for a whole year.The doctor had to reattach my bicep back to my elbow.It's funny cause you would think that with all the heavy weight i used in the gym i would have an injury from the gym and not in a car.....go figure !!
I accidentally amputated a portion of my left thumb in a table saw incident at work. They were not able to reattach it.
About the worst I have ever had was a accumulation of neck injuries, (car wreck, bike wreck, being a rollercoaster fanatic, etc.) leading to a ruptured disk and pinched nerve. A plate and four screws and I have never felt better - thank God!
Growing up on a farm, it's amazing I never broke a bone despite being run over by a hay wagon, mauled by a 300 lb. sow, thrown off a tractor, and drug 30 yards by a calf and kicked in the jaw (though that one gave me a concussion) among various other adventures. Lots of cuts and scrapes, though!
Growing up on a farm, it's amazing I never broke a bone despite being run over by a hay wagon, mauled by a 300 lb. sow, thrown off a tractor, and drug 30 yards by a calf and kicked in the jaw (though that one gave me a concussion) among various other adventures. Lots of cuts and scrapes, though!
Man, my table saw is the one tool I don't take any chances with!!!
Being born. It's very traumatic for babies. of course, I guess it's not really an injury, and everyone has to go through it at some point in his life.
For me personally: I fell off the back porch and hit my head on a cinderblock when I was about 5 or 6. I was out for a few seconds and needed stitches. I don't remember it much.
For me personally: I fell off the back porch and hit my head on a cinderblock when I was about 5 or 6. I was out for a few seconds and needed stitches. I don't remember it much.
Rupture of my left Achilles tendon
not recommended
Not good
needed surgery
5 weeks in plaster and about six months of physio
not recommended
Holly cow, I've heard that is one of the worst...
Not good
needed surgery
5 weeks in plaster and about six months of physio
How the hell did you do that?
I've been out with him. I understand it.
Nah, I'm too safe to get hit while doing that. I used to have to cross the most dangerous intersection in the city I grew up in twice a day.
I actually virtually never get hurt of my own accord. I practice very safe parkour!
I've been doing post-rehab with a client who ruptured his Achilles tendon. He was able to play basketball again for the first time last month!
You know I'm teasing. But you still have to explain getting hit by cars 7 times.
I've been hit once, and that was enough.
Now that I think about it, being circumcised has to be on the top of my list, even if I don't remember it.
Dislocated my shoulder and my hip at the same freakin time while doing some nasty **** on my skateboard
Now that I think about it, being circumcised has to be on the top of my list, even if I don't remember it.
That's an evil, barbaric thing to do to a kid.
Dislocated my shoulder and my hip at the same freakin time while doing some nasty **** on my skateboard
Back when I was a kid I dislocated fingers several times and both hands, at different times.
My worst is probably nearly having a little finger amputated by a door being slammed shut on my hand when I was 7 or 8.
Now that I think about it, being circumcised has to be on the top of my list, even if I don't remember it.
Well otherwise you learn pretty quick to watch out when you zip your fly up...