flat
Well-Known Member
i have a severe genetic bleeding disorder and i bleed like a complete stuck pig from the slightest cut lol
i have a severe genetic bleeding disorder and i bleed like a complete stuck pig from the slightest cut lol
jamesmartin
Well-Known Member
do you have to be careful
aaronmorris
Head's a shed
Yes, Lots of times, Bit of electrical tape and away you go.
Well if it's not too bad
Well if it's not too bad
Pikey
Dummy Ejection Facilitator..
Head butted the bottom of a scaff tube, that left an half round scar on me bonce.. & sliced thru me thumb with a stanley knife, whilst slicing lead. went thru the nail and cut it from tip to knuckle. that bled like a stuck pig, but as said bit of blue tissue & some insulating tape, sorted it out.
& sliced thru me thumb with a stanley knife, whilst slicing lead. went thru the nail and cut it from tip to knuckle. that bled like a stuck pig, but as said bit of blue tissue & some insulating tape, sorted it out.
wattfield
AKA Dirk Diggler
My right thumb........
Can't get the picture to load properly (Flickr don't seem to allow this anymore?), but a few years ago I cut off the tip of my thumb by catching it between the chain and sprocket (moving under power) of a 1300cc Yamaha. It got nearly the full length of the nail and crushed the end of the bone.
Can't get the picture to load properly (Flickr don't seem to allow this anymore?), but a few years ago I cut off the tip of my thumb by catching it between the chain and sprocket (moving under power) of a 1300cc Yamaha. It got nearly the full length of the nail and crushed the end of the bone.
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tetsu0san
Active Member
Putting the bins out a little while ago, pushed the binbag into the wheely bin and felt a slight scratch on the knuckle of my left index finger. Turns out it was a jagged edge on a tin can which cut down to the tendons and you could see them moving when I moved the finger. Only 2 stitches though, quite boring really.
tetsu0san
Active Member
Oh, and this story is not good.
When I was about 14 I went out with my Dad to work in a JCB which needed something doing under the bonnet. This was a fairly new 3CX which he had recently bought, having mostly 3C's (if you know your JCB's you will know what I mean).
Anyway, I got in the cab and he told me to lift up the front bucket and cut the engine, which I did. He was working under the arms, one foot on the front wheel and the other on a little ledge on the chassis, under the front arms. After he had done he told me to lower the arms, which I did. Then he shouted at me to start the engine and lift the arm and he duly jumped down and looked pained. The 3C's had about a 4" gap between the ledge on the chassis and the hydraulic ram that lifts the front arms so you could have your foot on there and lower the arms easily. The 3CX had about an 1" gap which my Dad didn't know and lowering the arm trapped the steel toecap, crushed it and then crushed his left foot.
And he had to drive 20 miles home as I was too young and didn't know how to drive.
He was in a lot of pain at home and Mum told him he needed to the hospital as he was obviously in pain and it was pretty serious. So he begrudgingly went and was admitted for quite a few weeks and due to the injuries and the ensuing gangrenous infection he was lucky to have only had half of the big toe on his left foot amputated, and the bones in the index toe (if that is the right name for it) fused. He was very close to losing his foot. And he won't wear toecaps now as these prevented him from being able to remove his foot when he felt the arm come down.
Although it wasn't my fault I still feel guilty to this day and it's been 26 years.
When I was about 14 I went out with my Dad to work in a JCB which needed something doing under the bonnet. This was a fairly new 3CX which he had recently bought, having mostly 3C's (if you know your JCB's you will know what I mean).
Anyway, I got in the cab and he told me to lift up the front bucket and cut the engine, which I did. He was working under the arms, one foot on the front wheel and the other on a little ledge on the chassis, under the front arms. After he had done he told me to lower the arms, which I did. Then he shouted at me to start the engine and lift the arm and he duly jumped down and looked pained. The 3C's had about a 4" gap between the ledge on the chassis and the hydraulic ram that lifts the front arms so you could have your foot on there and lower the arms easily. The 3CX had about an 1" gap which my Dad didn't know and lowering the arm trapped the steel toecap, crushed it and then crushed his left foot.
And he had to drive 20 miles home as I was too young and didn't know how to drive.
He was in a lot of pain at home and Mum told him he needed to the hospital as he was obviously in pain and it was pretty serious. So he begrudgingly went and was admitted for quite a few weeks and due to the injuries and the ensuing gangrenous infection he was lucky to have only had half of the big toe on his left foot amputated, and the bones in the index toe (if that is the right name for it) fused. He was very close to losing his foot. And he won't wear toecaps now as these prevented him from being able to remove his foot when he felt the arm come down.
Although it wasn't my fault I still feel guilty to this day and it's been 26 years.
wattfield
AKA Dirk Diggler
I did. I'd just cleaned it, and had it running & in gear to throw the water off the chain. Then I noticed a dirty mark on the swingarm, and wiped it with a rag, the loose end of which got dragged in with the chain, closely followed by my thumb
Motorbikes and thumbs are an unlucky combination for me, I'm going for surgery on my left thumb (the other one!) 2 weeks on Friday. The ligament that got damaged when I hit the side of an a***hole's Talbot Horizon in 1986 has finally given up 25 years after the last surgery.
flat
Well-Known Member
Extremely, especially internal bleeding or head injuries . Even a minor head bump could cause a fatal bleed.
It's controlled with injections but that still barely improves things.
I lead a normal life tho
Well, if we're talking historical injuries, I had a bizarre gardening accident at the age of 11 when I was pushing a wheel barrow and my feet slid out from under me on the mud and my head hit the edge of the barrow, tearing out a piece of my forehead. I had a skin graft, where they mended it with part of my arm. The scar looks a bit like a map of Ireland. The last few years I've been lucky and not hurt myself too badly.
Do any of you find that with more severe injuries (the ones that need a trip to hospital) you don't necessarily realise how bad they are at first? They don't even hurt very much in some cases. More minor injuries sometimes hurt a lot more.
Do any of you find that with more severe injuries (the ones that need a trip to hospital) you don't necessarily realise how bad they are at first? They don't even hurt very much in some cases. More minor injuries sometimes hurt a lot more.
tetsu0san
Active Member
Totally agree. I was on a bicycle and I hit a car head on and went headfirst into the windscreen, cutting up my face pretty bad and breaking my nose. I didn't feel a thing and even in hospital I didn't feel any pain. I didn't even know I had a hole in my leg from one of the spokes. The nurse only noticed by the bloodstain on my sock.
flat
Well-Known Member
**** dude.......
tetsu0san
Active Member
Yeah...
Can't remember if it was before or after I crushed my Dad's foot though. And notice the 'I hit a car' and not a car hit me? I was going like stink on a brand new racing bike, on the wrong side of the road on a right hand blind bend. I only had myself to blame and I was lucky I wasn't killed.
But the car was an Austin Princess so it's not all bad!
flat
Well-Known Member
yeah, hopefully you damaged it enough to get it off the road, hideous car lol
