What's the worst injury you've ever had?

@emisle (3822)
Ireland
December 4, 2006 6:55pm CST
Well mine weren't too bad, well, compared to what they could have been! I've stretched my left thigh muscle twice (very VERY painful) Strained my back muscles (I couldn't stand up straight, or stand in a comfortable position) Got my foot run over by a car, had some bad bruising on my foot, was very sore to walk but it could have been worse. What about you guys?
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@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
5 Dec 06
whiplash - lady with a ponytail with a collar around the neck due to whiplash from an injury most likely in a car or amusement part ride
would have to say whiplash has been my worst injury since the person that hit my car hit me and ran..the 30 day tags had been purchased with a stolen licese and so my insurance had to loan me a car. my neck was sooo stiff and sore..fortunately I have recovered and lived without a problem since then.
@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
6 Dec 06
o someday i'll find u...and you'll be incredibly old! lol!
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
5 Dec 06
It's great that it wasn't more serious, and I just had to say, again, that I just LOVE ur pic!..:)...i want that kitten! lol!
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@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
5 Dec 06
kitten - fuzzy, furry kitten with bright eyes and perky ears.  paws to walk silently with feline grace
wish I had it for real and could give it to you!
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• Janesville, Wisconsin
5 Dec 06
I was hit in the chest with lightning the direct bolt hit 13 feet from me then a branch off of that got me... The aftermath of that was painful.. The worse most painful to me was... When I was fastwalking through my house I stopped to suddenly after my sister throw a bunch of toys at the doorway, I went to brush them aside with my foot but because I stopped so fast, I blacked out, and then did a forward nohanded flip I came out of the flip heading for the toy fire truck my foot landed on the edge of that, and I went flying backwards into another partial flip spin, and smacked in the wall, then put my left arm out to catch my fall, My arm popped out of joint busted my shoulder, and I could not move. I yelled for help my evil sister laughed... I could only move my right arm rest of me was paraylised.. until I bent my arm backwards and pressed my back, and then moved everything with my hand into a aligned position and rubbed and slapped my spine and legs until I could move again then .... Just hurt like heck as I begged to go to the doctor no one took my injure seriously because I could still use my arm. 1 year and half later, it was checked out I had validating that I have indeed busted that arm and shoulder before and it healed up twice as strong but I have serious scar tissue in my tendons and legmants that sometimes restricts my movements, and bothers my entire left side of my body..... So that to me was the worst... - DNatureofDTrain
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@gifana (4833)
• Portugal
5 Dec 06
Don't mean to be cute but up to the time you described your injuries it sounded like something straight out of a Three Stooges, or Laural and Hardy or a Charlie Chaplin movie. There's a Spanish saying that goes (rough translation) There is nothing bad that something good doesn't come out of it. Think that might be true in your case. They said smile it could be worse....so I smiled and sure enuff, it got worse.
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
3 Feb 07
...I think some people are just very unlucky.
@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
5 Dec 06
Holy mother of God! I mean bad enough you were hit by lightning, i mean, you have to be REALLY unlucky for that to happen! But that second incident, it's like something you'd see in a movie!...you could always sue your sister?! lol!...ah no, it's great that you're still alive and everything's intact..:)
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@claudia413 (4280)
• United States
5 Dec 06
hurt - I'm sure glad I've never been hurt bad enough to have that many bandages around me.
Guess I've been very lucky so far. I hurt my back tumbling when I was about 14 (I'd told the P.E. teacher I couldn't do what she wanted me to do), but she wouldn't listen. The only other thing I can think of just happened to me about 5 weeks ago. Our office had just moved into our new building and boxes were all over the place. I didn't see one of them, tripped over it, fell against the corner of the desk and bruised my ribs. I can finally lay down at night now without severe pain, but I was in agony for about a month. As I say, I think I've been very lucky.
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
5 Dec 06
well i certainly feel extremely lucky compared to lightning hit guy above!
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@Lydia1901 (16351)
• United States
5 Dec 06
I broke my ankle once and it was really painful.
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
5 Dec 06
I had a teacher who sprained his ankle while playing Gaelic football (irish football), he couldn't feel the pain cos of the endorphines, so he played on, and to this day he sometimes gets pains in his ankle. And I hope never to break a bone, but only time will tell...:)
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@Darkwing (21583)
5 Dec 06
My worst injury was a slipped disc. It lasted for around 5 months, until finally, the physio put it right. I still get back ache from time to time, but never as bad as that was.
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
5 Dec 06
that...sounds...painful! The back has to be one of the worst, if not the worst place to hurt.
@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
5 Dec 06
well, apart from your head, obviously! lol!
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@comp2man (204)
• United States
5 Dec 06
ironic you should say that but i am just recovering from a bad ankle fracture. I fel down last month precisely on the 14th of October. spent 10 days in the hospital and just now recovering.. Do tells me 4 month for a total recovery
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
5 Dec 06
That's quite a long time, so no driving/daredevil antics for you for a while!
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@Rumble (523)
• United States
5 Dec 06
The worst Injury I have ever had was a broken hand, when I was younger it use to re-break all the time.
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
6 Dec 06
That must have been a pain in the a...well, behind!
@Justme2007 (1848)
• United States
5 Dec 06
Pulled a muscle in my back,fell off some steps hurt my foot,hand back, pulled the muscles in my butt thats all I can think of now, in pain for weeks scar to move
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
5 Dec 06
I just have to ask, how did you pull a muscle in your butt?! I mean, that would affect everything you do, even lying/sitting down.
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@medooley (1873)
• United States
6 Dec 06
snattered nose - snattered nose
A little over three years ago while I was playing softball I took a bad hope and the ball smashed into my face. I had to have reconstrive surgery to fix my shattered nose.
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
6 Dec 06
ouch ouch ouch!
@Desdemona (1301)
• Canada
6 Dec 06
broken collar bone -- eek it hurt and I looked funny as hell.
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
6 Dec 06
wouldn't it be handy if we could all heal like Wolverine in Xmen?!
• United States
6 Dec 06
I don't know how bad my injuries might compare, but I surely had enough of them over my 50+ years!Broken toes, all ten of them at once. Broken collar bone, never set correctly. Dislocations of several joints. Fractures in my spine. Sprained ankles. Broken ribs. Cuts requiring stitches in the hundreds. If it can break, sprain or dislocate it has probably happened to me. I am as usual falling apart. LOL!
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
6 Dec 06
..wow...i don't quite know what to say to all that! lol!
@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
6 Dec 06
after which injury did you realise that you weren't?! lol!
• United States
6 Dec 06
Wasn't so much, I used to break wild horses, I was young and I thought indestructable. LOL!
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• United States
5 Dec 06
I was working for this resturaunt about 10 yrs ago chopping onions and my thumb got in the way and chopped the tip off down to the bone. They could not do anything for it because it was the tip. all they did was give me pain meds and antibiotics because i hit the bone. it still hurts to this day. it grew back most of the way, but is it hypersensitive.
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@what_now (554)
• Canada
6 Dec 06
hmm worst injury or injuries? 3 bullets one went right in my left knee the other left a big mark on the back side of left hand and the 3rd one managed to pass just touching my right elbow. Very painful! and then I had an accident on a motorbike my right shoulder mis-placed broke my left leg 3 frectures, and broke 2 fingers of my right hand lol, I am pretty much broken evry where but I am very lucky none of these injuries were permanent. cheers.
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
6 Dec 06
....they're not that serious at all! lol! It's good to be alive..:)
@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
13 Feb 07
I think the worst injury I have had is basically my whole back. I have compression in the upper back and the lower back where it should be curved it is now straight. Mix that with athritis to the neck, hips and shoulders it's just a lot of fun. I was driving and someone turned in front of me. I saw it about to happen so I slammed on the breaks and my hands tightened on the steering wheel. I jammed everything from my wrists up and my neck down to my hips. Royal mess. Other then that the worst injury I had was when I broke my leg in two spots as a child. I broke it just below the knee and just above the ankle. I was tyring to ice skate on one foot. I didn't make it :) Oh well live and learn.
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
13 Feb 07
Man that sucks. I hope you're not in too much discomfort.
@Idlewild (6090)
• United States
5 Dec 06
My left arm got broken a couple of times. First time I was 6 and fell down some stairs. Second time was in 8th grade gym class, I was in a wrestling match with my best friend and when the match ended he accidentally rolled over my arm. It's a good thing young bones heal fast...
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
5 Dec 06
a very good thing indeed..:)
• United States
5 Dec 06
i had to get stitches on my head for i fell on a corner and had split.....i still dont remmember anything more then what happened after i fell
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
5 Dec 06
That must have been quite sore.
@Waiter (834)
• Italy
5 Dec 06
I broke my ankle once and it was really painful!!!!!!!
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
5 Dec 06
hopefully i'll never experience the pain!
@mfrancq (1806)
• United States
5 Dec 06
My body was beat up badly after having my son. I couldn't move afterwards, let alone take care of my newborn. My husband had to take care of him for the most part. Not exactly an injury, but it hurts worse then anything else i've gone through that is for sure. I had a very difficult pregnancy, everything that could go wrong made sure to find it's way there. I made it through though and have a beautiful baby boy to be very proud of! He's my miracle.
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
5 Dec 06
I'm glad everything's okay now, and that all the pain was worth it..:)
@teikloon7 (136)
• Malaysia
5 Dec 06
dislocated wrist. it's not painful. okay it's painful if you touch it. weird, god made us so vulnerable yet so tough. i can still move my fingers when my wrist is dislocated :D
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
5 Dec 06
thanks for that last bit! lol!
• United States
5 Dec 06
Mine was a dislocated hip playing baseball in high school. Now 8 years later i am a golf professional and the constant turning while swinging gives me pain every day.
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@emisle (3822)
• Ireland
5 Dec 06
isn't golf supposed to be enjoyable! I hope the pain isn't too bad..:)