List your annoying injuries. - Page 3

Fayshun · 16-06-2009, 20:22

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Originally Posted by kaiowas

The glasses are straight on my face, it's just that I obviously have a slight head tilt that I didn't know about.

My nose isn't straight. I didn't notice till I started wearing glasses.

I pulled a muscle in my chest about 6 weeks ago, wrestling with a prisoner in a cell and as it's one of the muscles you use to move your ribcage to breathe it took about 4 weeks to stop hurting. It still feels a bit tender occasionally.

Mark · 16-06-2009, 20:35

Several years ago, a week before I was due to go on a short break to Paris, I went over on my ankle on what looked like a perfectly flat pavement (some time later I went back and looked, and was rather puzzled as to what caused it). I just about managed to hobble back home, in pain, and then got a taxi down the hospital where they found a serious sprain and put me on crutches for a few weeks while it healed.

I've had a habit of going over on that ankle ever since. Usually I manage to catch myself, but just occasionally I'll go over in the most spectacular way. I've even gone over on my own front door step.

Having been involved in two RTAs (one on a bike in the 80s and pedestrian meets car outside Staffordshire Uni in the early 90s), it's entirely possible this weakness has an earlier origin.

Del Lardo · 16-06-2009, 20:55

The tip of my little finger on my left hand has no feeling as a result of a badly broken wrist (both bones snapped clean through in two places and a bit of bone sticking through the skin) 13 years ago. During surgery to repair the break the surgeon accidentally severed a nerve resulting in me having no movement of feeling in the left half of my left hand for over a year. After lots of eleccy shock treatment I got most of the movement & feeling back but never the tip of my little finger.

Occasionally annoying when I'm typing but generally I find it quite amusing.

Garp · 16-06-2009, 21:20

My lung stuff got to be really annoying. Lung collapses maybe 15%, you get a pain in your chest, kinda like you've sprained something internally. Anything beyond slow and steady movements results in jabs of pain, chest tightness et al.
For the next week I'm somewhat akin to an old man, keeping that measured pace so as to avoid pain, then seemingly overnight I'm back to normal.

*touch wood* as there have been nothing since the post-op collapse and their quick fix job, all is good.

Other irritating one is my right knee. For reasons phsyio and doctors are unable to explain I go through spells of getting pains in my right knee for 4 - 5 months when I bend it under weight. No weight and it bends happily. Occasionally it will also just release without warning. Then all of a sudden I notice the pain is gone and it's all hunky dory again.
Last lot ran from July last year through to November. It started when I did a dolphin swim and I 'stood' on their noses whilst they propelled me through the water. Had to lock the legs to remain upright and found I was unable to lock my right knee under that much pressure from them.

Del Lardo · 16-06-2009, 21:34

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Originally Posted by Garp

Other irritating one is my right knee. For reasons phsyio and doctors are unable to explain I go through spells of getting pains in my right knee for 4 - 5 months when I bend it under weight. No weight and it bends happily. Occasionally it will also just release without warning. Then all of a sudden I notice the pain is gone and it's all hunky dory again.

Had a similar thing when I was a nipper and it turned out to be something to do with the cartilage in the knee joint. Can't remember the details as it sorted itself out but could be worth asking about.

Kell_ee001 · 16-06-2009, 22:08

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Originally Posted by Belmit

Oh, forgot another. Because I was a massive nerd at school and carried all my textbooks with me in a rucksack slung over one shoulder I now have one shoulder lower than the other. You wouldn't notice it unless I told you though.

Arse.

Same here - well, not the nerd bit bt carrying a bag over 1 shoulder and then later favouring 1 arm when I worked in the supermarket. Given me a slight curve in my spine too that after loads of physio I just live with.

Mark · 16-06-2009, 22:14

Oh yes, curvature of the spine. I forgot about that one. Was diagnosed with that in the mid-teens. I suspect that causes a few aches and pains (my weight really doesn't help the situation) but generally doesn't bother me.

Wellington · 16-06-2009, 22:50

I have curvature of the spine, requires occasional acupuncture followed by direct manipulation, I aggravated it when I was working in a Kitchen, was off work for some time with that.... Doc's now say it's causing my spine to deteriorate which isn't soo good.

Also don't have enough cartalidge (not how it's spelt) in my knees, can cause my kneecaps to grind a little which can occasionally be a little uncomfortable, not been a problem for ages tho.

Darrin · 16-06-2009, 23:00

Whilst working in a restaurant making Caesar salads I was cutting the Romaine lettuce. Ended up rolling the knife across my right middle finger 1/4" past the last knuckle. Cut everything (including half the bone) without even noticing.

Needless to say, the whole batch of lettuce had to be thrown away after 30 seconds of me bleeding on it without noticing. 9 stitches for that one. The tip of the finger still goes numb if it gets too cold. Not good when you're stacking firewood in Minnesota at 40 below.

First time riding a two wheeled bicycle I raced my brother down a hill. Big rock jumps out in front of me. Bike stops, I don't. I slam face first into the road and flip arse end over teakettle and slam the back of my head into another large rock.

Two weeks later I regain consciousness after slipping into a coma four times. 135 external and 90 internal stitches for that one. The second impact dislodged a portion of my skull at the back and set it at an odd angle. Doctors at the time said if they tried to move it it would kill me, so to this day I have a double bump on the back of my head versus the usual single. Various doctors have attributed it to the reason I have extremely low blood pressure. As in 80/50 at times. Lowest recorded is 60/40. BTW, normal is 120/80 and high blood pressure is anything above 140/90...

Fayshun · 16-06-2009, 23:01

Not really an injury but my toes grind when I point and wiggle them. It sounds gross (apparently).

16-06-2009, 21:20	#24
Garp Preparing more tumbleweed Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Hawaii Posts: 6,038	My lung stuff got to be really annoying. Lung collapses maybe 15%, you get a pain in your chest, kinda like you've sprained something internally. Anything beyond slow and steady movements results in jabs of pain, chest tightness et al. For the next week I'm somewhat akin to an old man, keeping that measured pace so as to avoid pain, then seemingly overnight I'm back to normal. touch wood as there have been nothing since the post-op collapse and their quick fix job, all is good. Other irritating one is my right knee. For reasons phsyio and doctors are unable to explain I go through spells of getting pains in my right knee for 4 - 5 months when I bend it under weight. No weight and it bends happily. Occasionally it will also just release without warning. Then all of a sudden I notice the pain is gone and it's all hunky dory again. Last lot ran from July last year through to November. It started when I did a dolphin swim and I 'stood' on their noses whilst they propelled me through the water. Had to lock the legs to remain upright and found I was unable to lock my right knee under that much pressure from them. __________________ Mal: Define "interesting"? Wash: "Oh, God, oh, God, we're all gonna die"?

16-06-2009, 22:50	#28
Wellington Long Island Iced Tea Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Cranham, Upminster, Essex Posts: 293	I have curvature of the spine, requires occasional acupuncture followed by direct manipulation, I aggravated it when I was working in a Kitchen, was off work for some time with that.... Doc's now say it's causing my spine to deteriorate which isn't soo good. Also don't have enough cartalidge (not how it's spelt) in my knees, can cause my kneecaps to grind a little which can occasionally be a little uncomfortable, not been a problem for ages tho. __________________

16-06-2009, 23:00	#29
Darrin Dirteh Kitteh Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding out in Mormon Country Posts: 1,629	Whilst working in a restaurant making Caesar salads I was cutting the Romaine lettuce. Ended up rolling the knife across my right middle finger 1/4" past the last knuckle. Cut everything (including half the bone) without even noticing. Needless to say, the whole batch of lettuce had to be thrown away after 30 seconds of me bleeding on it without noticing. 9 stitches for that one. The tip of the finger still goes numb if it gets too cold. Not good when you're stacking firewood in Minnesota at 40 below. First time riding a two wheeled bicycle I raced my brother down a hill. Big rock jumps out in front of me. Bike stops, I don't. I slam face first into the road and flip arse end over teakettle and slam the back of my head into another large rock. Two weeks later I regain consciousness after slipping into a coma four times. 135 external and 90 internal stitches for that one. The second impact dislodged a portion of my skull at the back and set it at an odd angle. Doctors at the time said if they tried to move it it would kill me, so to this day I have a double bump on the back of my head versus the usual single. Various doctors have attributed it to the reason I have extremely low blood pressure. As in 80/50 at times. Lowest recorded is 60/40. BTW, normal is 120/80 and high blood pressure is anything above 140/90... __________________ A bullet may have your name on it, but shrapnel is addressed "to whom it may concern".

16-06-2009, 23:01	#30
Fayshun Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Adrift in the Orca Posts: 6,845	Not really an injury but my toes grind when I point and wiggle them. It sounds gross (apparently). __________________ We must move forward not backward, upwards not forward, and always twirling, twirling, twirling...

16-06-2009, 20:35	#22
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Several years ago, a week before I was due to go on a short break to Paris, I went over on my ankle on what looked like a perfectly flat pavement (some time later I went back and looked, and was rather puzzled as to what caused it). I just about managed to hobble back home, in pain, and then got a taxi down the hospital where they found a serious sprain and put me on crutches for a few weeks while it healed. I've had a habit of going over on that ankle ever since. Usually I manage to catch myself, but just occasionally I'll go over in the most spectacular way. I've even gone over on my own front door step. Having been involved in two RTAs (one on a bike in the 80s and pedestrian meets car outside Staffordshire Uni in the early 90s), it's entirely possible this weakness has an earlier origin.

16-06-2009, 20:55	#23
Del Lardo Absinthe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge Posts: 2,539	The tip of my little finger on my left hand has no feeling as a result of a badly broken wrist (both bones snapped clean through in two places and a bit of bone sticking through the skin) 13 years ago. During surgery to repair the break the surgeon accidentally severed a nerve resulting in me having no movement of feeling in the left half of my left hand for over a year. After lots of eleccy shock treatment I got most of the movement & feeling back but never the tip of my little finger. Occasionally annoying when I'm typing but generally I find it quite amusing.

16-06-2009, 22:14	#27
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	Oh yes, curvature of the spine. I forgot about that one. Was diagnosed with that in the mid-teens. I suspect that causes a few aches and pains (my weight really doesn't help the situation) but generally doesn't bother me.