Good luck with that surgery, hope it goes well. My sister in law just had her knee replaced and is doing great. They've come a long way since you had your other one done.
Thanks.
Well it was my own damn fault and this was an era before people started suing instead of accepting responsibility for their actions.
I dealt with plantar facsiitis about a year ago; not fun. It's under control now, but over time it led to a hammer toe on that foot, so that's another thing I've had to deal with.
Around 10 years old, my friends and I thought it would be a good idea to all jump on a trampoline at the same time. The trampoline was really old and didn't have a covering over the springs connecting the metal frame and platform. I ended up getting launched in the air fell off the trampoline, my left leg caught in between two springs with my body hanging over and arms touching the ground. I screamed so loud the neighbors across the street ran over to see what was wrong and ended up tearing ligaments in my left leg.I've (somehow) never had a serious injury, but I've managed to dislocated a knee about once a year since childhood -- most recently about an hour ago. It really, reeeeally sucks right now but it'll be 100% fine tomorrow. I've also been hospitalized with pancreatitis a few time in the past; it's intense, nonstop pain that I wouldn't wish on anyone.
Anyway, what's the worst you've ever been messed up?
Did you grow up in Lexington? Because we did this exact scenario to my friends little brother who would have been about 10 in the mid 90s.
Same age and around the same time but I was in Harrison County. Crazy how as kids we don't think about stuff that could hurt and even kill you, lol.
Oh I know. We didn't plan on hurting his little brother, thought we could launch off the trampoline on to the deck. Pretty sure he split his nuts open on the bar
How did you bruise your Adam's Apple without doing something pretty gay, Boston?
I was carrying a large box. Went to open a door, before I could get all the way thru, it hit me on the backside. That caused me to jerk forward and the edge of the box jammed into my throat
I haven't read every post in this thread but this will be hard to top unless someone had an even worse injury and they rise from the dead to post about how it killed them.
I hear gettin' "hit on the backside" will do that to a fella. I wouldn't know of course.
Your story reminded of something that happened to me when I was about 11-12 yrs old….When I was about 7 or 8 my friend was standing and pedaling his bike and I was riding on the banana seat behind him with no shoes on. I felt something tugging on my foot and looked down to find my big toe was caught between the chain and sprocket. The brake kept it from going back and with my toe in there it made the chain too tight to go any further forward to get my toe out. So it was stuck there until we could get tools to loosen up the chain. Of course it was a trip to the hospital to get the toe stitched up but it was about 1/2 of an inch from cutting it completely off. I remember we wrapped it in a towel and by the time we made the 20 minute trip into town the towel was full of blood. The worse part was cleaning the grease out of the wound before they sewed it back on.
Second would be 2-3 bad ankle sprains over the years with one being when I stepped out of our camper onto a chair with slides and rolled it over. It still swells and gives me fits.
Actually I had somewhat forgotten about it but Creed’s post triggered the memory. Thankfully it wasn’t a serious injury so that’s why I don’t think about it that often.
I made it through high school basketball, baseball and football pretty much unscathed.I've (somehow) never had a serious injury, but I've managed to dislocated a knee about once a year since childhood -- most recently about an hour ago. It really, reeeeally sucks right now but it'll be 100% fine tomorrow. I've also been hospitalized with pancreatitis a few time in the past; it's intense, nonstop pain that I wouldn't wish on anyone.
Anyway, what's the worst you've ever been messed up?
Similar thing happened to me, went to ER, they ran about 8 different tests and found nothing. Went home, ate a bowl of ice cream, 20 minutes later had the same symptoms. Turns out I’m lactose intolerant. That was my last bowl of ice cream.
I have mild lactose intolerance. I can normally eat milk byproducts like cheese, for example, but if I drink a glass of milk or like a milkshake then I am destroying a toilet for a few hours and making it practically a necessity for others to wear a gas mask if in the same room with me.
