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You got that injury doing WHAT???
Not sports related injuries, people.
I'm talking about doing regular, every day shit and something goes wrong and you end up injured. (These usually make funny stories, but that's just how I look at it.)
Mine? Well...back in July I was giving my cat a bath. He's a very slow shedder, and he still hasn't gotten rid of all his winter coat, so I thought I'd help that along. Plus, he was dirty anyway. I did the usual...kitty proofed the bathroom (nothing cloth-material he can cling on), got into some really ratty clothes, the usual stuff. He's squirming and meowing, letting me know how much he really hates me right now.
Mid-shampoo, he bites down on my hand, right in between my thumb and the rest of my fingers. And he bites HARD! I felt a jolt go up my spinal cord and all I thought was "Oh shit, he hit something." I splashed his face with water and he finally let go, fucker held on like a snake. Finished his bath, took a look at the damage. My hand was easilly 5x the size of normal. I couldn't move it, let alone make a fit or anything. The swelling started to go down about 3 days after it happened (ironically, on the day I said "If it doesnt go down today, I'm going for an xray), though it didn't go away completely until after a week. I didn't get full use of my hand until recently, actually, because it still hurt to open jars and shit.
I know I'm not the only one with a story like this, so post yours!
I'm talking about doing regular, every day shit and something goes wrong and you end up injured. (These usually make funny stories, but that's just how I look at it.)
Mine? Well...back in July I was giving my cat a bath. He's a very slow shedder, and he still hasn't gotten rid of all his winter coat, so I thought I'd help that along. Plus, he was dirty anyway. I did the usual...kitty proofed the bathroom (nothing cloth-material he can cling on), got into some really ratty clothes, the usual stuff. He's squirming and meowing, letting me know how much he really hates me right now.
Mid-shampoo, he bites down on my hand, right in between my thumb and the rest of my fingers. And he bites HARD! I felt a jolt go up my spinal cord and all I thought was "Oh shit, he hit something." I splashed his face with water and he finally let go, fucker held on like a snake. Finished his bath, took a look at the damage. My hand was easilly 5x the size of normal. I couldn't move it, let alone make a fit or anything. The swelling started to go down about 3 days after it happened (ironically, on the day I said "If it doesnt go down today, I'm going for an xray), though it didn't go away completely until after a week. I didn't get full use of my hand until recently, actually, because it still hurt to open jars and shit.
I know I'm not the only one with a story like this, so post yours!
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I got up onto the sundeck, but just as i was about to pull my other leg up, I began to slip. I hit the ground so hard, i started screaming ( yes screaming!) I fell I fell!
My brother heard me and started yelling "she felll, she fell!!" after some confusion, my mom ran downstairs and tried to help me up, but i just lied there, i was in so much pain. My ankle started swelling up immediately.
My parents still had a lot of work to do and so i decided i couldn't wait anymore, and i drove myself to Surrey memorial hospital from Burnaby... Good times :)
Shotgun: SERIOUS BUSINESS.
i had left my keys in a gated apartment community. my buddy who lived there forgot the new gate code, so i have to climb a 10 foot rod iron fence to get back in.
so i make it up to the last crossbeam, and as i go to jump off, my baggie jeans catch one of the rods and sends my body parallel to the ground. i land face first from ten feet up. had my left arm in a sling for 3 months...
almost died, just ended up with a scar on my arm, leg, above eye, and fractured wrist for 7 weeks! lol
I probably deserved that one.
a couple years ago, I had just got my first car, my brother and i went shopping and on our way back, we got hit with a rainstorm, It was pouring cats, dogs and other various animals so on the count of three we were supposed to jump out of my car and run to the front door. when i went to slam my door shut my fingers slipped and two fingers got stuck in the door . at this point the door was now locked with two fingers half inside. So i went to reach for my keys out of my pocket, but i dropped them just far enough so i couldn't reach them, my brother came to my rescue and then laughed at me and my bruised fingers for a couple weeks.
the same thing happened to me once...it was kinda cold out so i had those stretchy gloves, and as I was slamming the car door shut, my hand slipped and my fingers got stuck...hurt like hell
and for mine, refer to the one about me getting stabbed