BoneDog Posted 21 July 2009 Posted 21 July 2009 I once had a quarter of my leg sliced open, a couple of inch above my ankle. Blood was squirting everywhere and I lost about 2 pints in 30 seconds. It went through my mind for a couple of minutes that I would bleed to death! You could see the big vein inside my leg and it was sliced open and just held together by a tiny piece. Was pretty scary seeing blood squirt 2 feet out of my leg. My ankle is still numb now 4 years later (I can feel it but it's got the pins and needle feeling and tingles to the touch). I lost my best ever trainers in that incident, was wounded. I kept em for a couple of weeks but they were some kind of material that had soaked in all the blood and it wouldn't shift so I lobbed em in the wheelie bin and cried
Lillehamring Posted 21 July 2009 Posted 21 July 2009 Thanks for that info V. Never heard that before and I must have been to 50+ appointments at the hospital regarding my asthma now, and they haven't really said anything. Anything I can do in those severe situations that can even just be a stall is a great help. it's nice to know, i tend to do it if i feel a bit breathless rather than going for the inhaler everytime... i learnt a few tricks at the accupuncturist ...it was brilliant how my diagnosis came about, i'd been struggling for ages and went to my GP (the one down the road opposite bucks chippy), and the teat they did was to get me to blow into that funny little tube, then i was sent for a run round the block, and then had to blow the pipe again... unbelievable. and this was only about five years ago, great british medical technology and practice, eh!
Lillehamring Posted 21 July 2009 Posted 21 July 2009 I have had a NDE I was 21 and got run over by a car on my way to work considering i was on the pavement and the driver had decided to drive pissed the outcome was inevitable it was on morrisons island in coalville all i remember was for some reason jumping up at the last second somehow expecting to jump the oncoming car . i was thrown onto the windscreen over the car and landed about 10 yards away in the middle of the road not wanting to move incase i felt pain i had never felt before i was lying there for a good 5 minutes until another car came past who luckily phoned an ambulance straight away. I suffered a broken leg,broken ribs,punctured lung and various lascerations on my left leg which to this day is painfull. While i was at the hospital i suffered a TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) caused by the crash and for about 4 months was unable to remember how to do everyday things like make toast,run a bath,make a cup of tea etc these things were a genuine mystery to me even tho i had done them thausands of times before. is that when peter taylor offered 2.4 million for you?
Head Honcho Posted 21 July 2009 Posted 21 July 2009 Got done by a hit and run driver as a kid and have the scars to prove it. Just left the Evington cinema and thought I was invincible-can't remember what I'd been to see but think it may have been Paint Your Wagon, although I'm not sure I was old enough to see that at the time.
Smudge Posted 21 July 2009 Posted 21 July 2009 In 1982 we were widening the M1 near St Albans. It involved some serious traffic management and much of the early work could only be done at night. Often we would close the whole of the southbound carriageway but occasionally they would leave the fast lane open and contraflow the fast lane on the northbound. I remember walking to the central reservation crash barrier trying to attract someones attention on the opposite carriageway hardshoulder, all of a sudden I heard this whoosh not three feet behind me as an artic passed behind me at god knows what speed. I had forgotten they had that lane open. If I had stepped a few feet back I would have been on my way to London as a lorry ornament. It took me a while to get over how stupid I had been.
StanSP Posted 21 July 2009 Posted 21 July 2009 In 1982 we were widening the M1 near St Albans. It involved some serious traffic management and much of the early work could only be done at night. Often we would close the whole of the southbound carriageway but occasionally they would leave the fast lane open and contraflow the fast lane on the northbound. I remember walking to the central reservation crash barrier trying to attract someones attention on the opposite carriageway hardshoulder, all of a sudden I heard this whoosh not three feet behind me as an artic passed behind me at god knows what speed. I had forgotten they had that lane open. If I had stepped a few feet back I would have been on my way to London as a lorry ornament. It took me a while to get over how stupid I had been. You learn from mistakes right?
davieG Posted 22 July 2009 Author Posted 22 July 2009 You learn from mistakes right? Only if you survive them
Guest Posted 22 July 2009 Posted 22 July 2009 ...it was brilliant how my diagnosis came about, i'd been struggling for ages and went to my GP (the one down the road opposite bucks chippy), and the teat they did was to get me to blow into that funny little tube, then i was sent for a run round the block, and then had to blow the pipe again... unbelievable.and this was only about five years ago, great british medical technology and practice, eh! I had the same test. It's for exercise induced asthma. You can imagine how pissed off I have been with allergy doctor, who doesn't seem to understand the difference.
Raj Posted 22 July 2009 Posted 22 July 2009 Took an overdose when i was 16 and had to be stomach pumped...I've never been the same since!!!
stez Posted 22 July 2009 Posted 22 July 2009 i once read the 'batracer' thread. apart from that i 'died' whilst having my (perforated) appendix removed, back in '88
Lillehamring Posted 22 July 2009 Posted 22 July 2009 I had the same test. It's for exercise induced asthma. You can imagine how pissed off I have been with allergy doctor, who doesn't seem to understand the difference. although, i got my asthma through anxiety attacks.... must have been the thought of having to run round the block that sent me panicking!
David Guiza Posted 22 July 2009 Posted 22 July 2009 When i was younger my sister sprayed all of my face with Mr Sheen or whatever it's called . Had to be rushed to LRI as i was struggling to breathe. Not as dramatic as some of them of here but there we go .
Ashley Posted 22 July 2009 Posted 22 July 2009 I've died twice. I had a asthma attack when I was 9 got brought back twice :'(
Hugo Sanchez Posted 22 July 2009 Posted 22 July 2009 I got shot 9 times. Was that whist you were in the cinema watching Harry Potter ?
DB11 Posted 22 July 2009 Posted 22 July 2009 I've died twice. I had a asthma attack when I was 9 got brought back twice :'( Why are you upset that you got brought back?
Guest Posted 23 July 2009 Posted 23 July 2009 although, i got my asthma through anxiety attacks.... must have been the thought of having to run round the block that sent me panicking! Exercise induced is just a name given to the type. It can also be triggered by allergies, illness, stress/anxiety and changes in the weather, and cold air, but isn't the same as chronic asthma, which I think Nussul has. The funny thing with exercise induced asthma is that one of the things that can help control and alleviate the symptoms is exercise! Quite a few top sports people have the condition including Paula Radcliffe. You should be embracing the chance to run around the block!!
StanSP Posted 23 July 2009 Posted 23 July 2009 I got shot 9 times. 50 Cent wannabe. And they both ain't dead yet.
Asha Posted 23 July 2009 Posted 23 July 2009 Exercise induced is just a name given to the type. It can also be triggered by allergies, illness, stress/anxiety and changes in the weather, and cold air, but isn't the same as chronic asthma, which I think Nussul has.The funny thing with exercise induced asthma is that one of the things that can help control and alleviate the symptoms is exercise! Quite a few top sports people have the condition including Paula Radcliffe. You should be embracing the chance to run around the block!! Yeah, my asthma is chronic. Although I've been tested for exercise induced asthma - they made me run on a treadmill. They ended up setting it to maximum steepness and speed and they couldn't get my heart rate to the required amount to take the test. Exercise isn't really a problem for me, providing i take my ventolin beforehand. Paul Scholes also has exercise enduced asthma, I believe.
Guest Posted 23 July 2009 Posted 23 July 2009 Yeah, my asthma is chronic. Although I've been tested for exercise induced asthma - they made me run on a treadmill. They ended up setting it to maximum steepness and speed and they couldn't get my heart rate to the required amount to take the test. Exercise isn't really a problem for me, providing i take my ventolin beforehand.Paul Scholes also has exercise enduced asthma, I believe. He does. So does Austin Healey and Iwan Thomas. They're the only other ones that I know of. I recently had to do the test on a bike, as I do too much running for the treadmill to work! I had to go through the whole palava because the tests for chronic asthma came back negative. The exercise induced test was a positive. I told the consultant this from the start, and it's been a complete waste of time and NHS money to prove it.
General Smuts Posted 23 July 2009 Posted 23 July 2009 I have aids. It's ok though, its the good kind.
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