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Silly injury

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Scoobydoobywho · 09/04/2020 17:01

As I am currently nursing a cut above my lip from a tin falling on my face, I was wondering if anyone else has had a ridiculous injury.

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MutteringDarkly · 09/04/2020 18:51

Some of these are making me feel slightly better about currently being on antibiotics...from scraping my hand on a branch building a den with DC. Infected knuckle anyone? The very last time I try and pretend to be wholesome mum

Elouera · 09/04/2020 19:13

Stabbed a fork on the bridge of my nose. Younger brother was flicking a teatowel at me and I used my hand as a shield. I forgot that I was eating and had a fork in my hand!

Caused a chemical burn to my face as a teen by using a freckle cream and acne cream together- they should NOT be used together BTW!!!

YeahWhatevver · 09/04/2020 19:44

Once pulled something in my neck/shoulder that had me off work for 4 days and in pain for several weeks......all from....... towel drying my hair with too much gusto!

Alarae · 09/04/2020 19:51

When I was younger (8?) we were in the playground running between two fences as a game. You would reach out to touch the fence with the palm of your hand before running back.

I ran full force at the fence but for some reason my hand dropped down (palm towards me) and I smashed it into the fence. Cue falling to the floor in a whimper.

DH has not once, but twice thrown his back out requiring diazepam each time (and one trip to A&E). One time by sneezing while brushing his teeth, the second time by coughing.

Wingingitsince2018 · 09/04/2020 20:00

I broke my arm in 5 places doing (attempting) yoga.

Now have a metal plate, 14 pins and an enormous scar!

I also chipped my front tooth in half on my laptop...

firsttimemomx · 09/04/2020 20:02

When I was 11 I broke 12 bones all at once purely just by tripping over a plank of wood😂

LakieLady · 09/04/2020 20:03

I was at a party one Christmas Eve, sitting in a chair with a drink in my hand, when a large loudspeaker fell off the shelf above and landed on my head.

My Christmas Day started in Epsom hospital having 12 stitches put in the 2" gash in my head and I had concussion that made me feel shit well into Boxing Day.

My friend got the most massive bollocking when her mum arrived home from a dinner party to find her sitting room, hall and kitchen splattered with blood, and me sitting in my bra (for some reason I'd been very keen NOT to get blood on my Ossie Clark top) in her kitchen, bleeding into her sink.

Stickybeaksid · 09/04/2020 20:03

Burned my chin smelling a hot cake out of the oven.

randomchap · 09/04/2020 20:13

Dislocated my knee while washing up

MyNameHasBeenTaken · 09/04/2020 20:22

I sprained my ankle yesterday

In my garden. Sitting on a rug in the sun.
Sitting still.

goldpartyhat · 09/04/2020 20:26

DH had the front driveway altered to allow better water drainage. The front doorstep was removed in the process.

I came out of the door, stepping on the invisible step and did a comedy fall onto my face. Just a bruise!

Iooselipssinkships · 09/04/2020 21:01

I once sat on my straightners - bare arsed.

Rosecottage888 · 09/04/2020 21:17

My nephew tore my big toenail clean off by running over it in his walker

Sliced through to the tendon in my wrist carving a tiny pumpkin

Broke my collarbone coming off the back of a bike down a hill

Broke my finger playing netball

Not all at once

thenaughtyone · 09/04/2020 21:20

Stood on a rake. Proper old cartoon style. Knocked myself out cold and woke up to the biggest purple egg on my head.

MTGGamer · 09/04/2020 21:52

I slipped off the pavement and badly sprained my ankle, needed 2 weeks off work.
Broke a toe in the middle of a pole fitness routine for the work talent show - finished the routine, watched all the other God awful acts, found out I didn't place and then went to the hospital.
Fractured my little finger playing netball in middle school because I was too short to catch the ball.
My brother fell off a lilo on holiday and took 2 chunks out of his knee, that wasn't fun.

MTGGamer · 09/04/2020 21:55

Ooh, and I forgot - got a concussion from opening a big, full height metal cabinet at Guides that was NOT anchored to rhe wall and having its entire contents fall on my head (thankfully someone caught the cabinet)
AND I got whiplash while swimming. Swam underwater and popped up in front of my brother at the exact moment he threw a giant yoga ball at his friend. Hit me square in the face and I had to walk home staring at the pavement with them guiding me so I didn't crash

julybaby32 · 09/04/2020 22:00

Had a colleague who pulled a muscle in his back by sneezing while putting his underpants on. (was on one leg at the time.) He would have got away with pretending it was his trousers (more dignified) but was away for a couple of days and his wife was also a colleague in a different dept so ALL colleagues in ALL dept.s knew about it by the time he was back on his feet and walking very strangely and slowly about the building...

Witchcraftandhokum · 09/04/2020 22:36

I got a black eye, playing frisbee tug of war with the dog.

Theresnobslikeshowb · 09/04/2020 22:44

I have another to add to my previous several posts- age 8ish sat on my skateboard, pushed my hands either side to go down the hill, and the wheels went over my one hand- ripped my fingernail off. The local councillor candidate was going door to door and seen it happen, she ended up coming to the hospital with me, as my mum was screaming in can’t take her look at all that blood’.

(For the record when I went into labour with ds1 she told me if my partner didn’t get there in time I was off in the ambulance on my own, as she wasn’t going to see my give birth. We are now no contact).

Notimeforaname · 09/04/2020 22:56

Both dancing accidents.
Did the splits and broke my thumb
Also kneed myself in the eye, had a black eye for 2 weeks.

LucyAutumn · 09/04/2020 23:21

I tore a shoulder ligament having an emergency c-section

Geekster1963 · 09/04/2020 23:31

I took a chunk out of my ear once on a rose bush while I was out running.

k1233 · 10/04/2020 00:12

I cut my fingernail in half vertically, right down to the cuticle, while quickly making a salad for work lunch. I thought I'd just cut the edge of my nail (bad enough, it hurt!) but then blood welled up from the nail and started pouring out. What do you do when that happens? It's not ambulance worthy. I live by myself, so had to drive myself to Dr's trying very hard not to bump it as it hurt a lot!

Interestingly, my nails grow fast. Did the injury on 1 Nov and nail had grown out by around 15th dec. It had a big divot at the base, but that had grown out by Feb.

BeaLola · 10/04/2020 00:12

Currently have dislocated finger from playing catch with my son

In past - stabbed my foot with a knife that I dropped unloading dishwasher

Ironed into my stomach - twice

The most painful ... misjudged distance between me and car boot and slammed boot shut only it slammed onto my chest - the pain - oh it was soo painful

There have been many others - quite accident prone

k1233 · 10/04/2020 00:14

I also had a ladder related incident. On my step ladder looking at something on the roof. Went to step down but forgot I was on the second step, not the bottom step. Stumbled backwards. Large pot plant took me out at the knees, I crashed into my wooden outdoor table before hitting the ground and dislocated my collar bone near the shoulder.

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