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allankelly1:
I know is not car related but it has four wheels

Went to a skateboarding party with my son when I was 48 and came a cropper

Was half piping with him for about 20 mins then the board got away from me

5 days in hospital but all Logan mates thought his dad was “well cool” busting his arm in two places

Oh well I guess at least it was “much cooler” than just falling down the stairs






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SteveW:
Not really an accident but I had to have major surgery after the big C.
It was Friday the 13 September 2013 and it was the day I was due to have my staples out.
47 staples 3 inches below belly button to 6 inches above.
It was being done by the nurse at our local surgery, the rooms are named after colours and I was asked to go to the black room.
I said jokingly as I went in that this was going to go well being Friday the 13th in the black room.
Sure enough as she removed the staples, half of the wound burst open, she freaked out and called the gp who said I had to get to hospital immediately. They bandaged the hell out of me to keep me together while I went to hospital.
I finally saw the surgeon later who said they could not re stitch or re staple as it would create a void under the skin.
So I had to stay bandaged for 3 months whilst it healed from the inside out, getting the dressings changed at local surgery every other day.
My stomach now looks as if I’ve had an accident with a chainsaw.

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
SteveW that sounds well scary I have had worries about my recent operation scar as it starts over an old appendix scar from when I was 9. This has resulted in an under belly scar that I can't see due to my average sized beer belly overlap. Thankfully no drama like yours me when the clips came out. Stay safe.

hairygit:
Steve W, had similar thing happen to me, they took the clips out while still in hospital about 12 days after surgery, and a large portion of the incision sprang open, leaving  2 sections open, one 4 inches (10cm)long then a bit further down another 2.5 inches (7cm) both open by 2inches (5cm) wide and 2 inches (5cm) deep. Looked quite grotesque, so they put a vacuum dressing on it, which is basically stuffing the wound with sterile gauze then applying a sheet of sticky plastic film over it, with a vacuum pump attached to it sucking out air and slowly pulling the wound together. Was sent home like that a couple of days later, with a portable vacuum pump about the size of a woman's shoulder bag. Then had district nurses visit every day to clean the wound and change dressings for 12 weeks. I won't put photos of it on here as it's Sunday morning, don't want people heaving up their breakfast!

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mike the bike:
My worst prang us when I fell off the loft ladder and suffered a crushed L2 vertebra.  It took a bit of Meccano and self tappers to join L1 to L3.  It still aches like buggery 17 years later.  That's the reason I sold the K75; too heavy for me.
My second worst sprang was when I got thrown off a push bike of all things,  by a speed hump.  I buggered up my right wrist big time and that's held together with more Meccano.  That aches like the devil as well but at least I can still  use it.
I've also broke the other wrist,  a couple of ribs, a toe and lately I slipped on the ice and dislocated my finger.
None of the above injuries were caused by motorcycling in any way,  which is surprising because I don't hang about.

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