What's the worst accident or injury you've had in life?

Question

Has it changed the way you treat your body or do you still take it for granted?!

Answer 1

I was in a car accident this summer, a drunk driver hit me head on doing about sixty. The seatbelt saved my life, but it broke 15 bones: two different spots on my sternum, 7 ribs, 4 parts of my pelvis, and numerous fractures throughout my left leg. I wasn't able to even sit up without screaming in agony for almost two months. I'm pretty much healed now, but my sternum will still be broken for almost another 6 months. And i'm not allowed to play sports ever again, and yeah....so it sucks, i'm stuck on the bench for the rest of my life. So i can't really do anything to take it for granted

Answer 2

I have had a number of injuries including loss of index finger right hand and a complete rebuild of my right knee. I can't say that I have treated my body any differently because of these injuries. However after reading an article on the dangers of ingesting growth hormones used in the production of meat and similarly the use of antibiotics I became a vegetarian and do not take any medication unless it is 100% natural. Strangely for the first time in my life I put on weight and have been really healthy since

Answer 3

Had a near fatal car wreck 5 years ago. Crushed femur, ulna, hip, toes, three arteries in my stomach. After 16 surgeries, I'm in one piece, although it ended my career as a nurse and I have to use a cane to walk since my right side is 1" shorter. I have a total hip and a total knee replacement on the right hand side. I've learned that after a years of recovery, pain can be a constant companion but you can learn to ignore it. And there is always someone worse off than you are. I go out dancing and enjoying whatever I can. Every day above the ground is a good day for me! Godloveya all....amazing what a human body can endure!

Answer 4

My worst injury wasn't that bad compared to the rest of the answers here....I was taking part in a sport and during warm up we had to run a lap that had small benches at different intervals, after a while I got really tired and tripped and fell over one of the benches. My lip burst open and there was blood literally everywhere...I didn't need stitches but it took along time to heal and was very painful. I was only 7 when that happened but since then Ive been terrified of falling...it keeps me awake at night with nightmares. So I guess Im pretty careful with how I carry myself so I dont fall again....

Answer 5

When I was 6,I got hit in the head by a swing that had a steel plate across the bottom. I went for 5 days before they found out I had a fractured scull. Spent 2-weeks in Children's Hosp. I now have a silver plate in my head,which drives the scanners crazy at air ports. I figure every day of my life since then is really a gift from God!!

Answer 6

I dislocated my right knee just over 3 years ago, and it's not really been the same since. I still get pain when I bend, and it's not as strong as it was before. The injury came about because I slipped on something, so now I am really cautious on slippy surfaces - to the point where I will avoid them if possible. I really dread winter because of the thought of ice, I end up walking so slow it takes about ten times as long to get where I want to go.

Answer 7

I severely strained my whole lower back muscle at work, spent 3 months off work and have been told that my back will now be very weak so not to lift anything too heavy or it will go completely and ill be in a wheelchair for life, my back has never been the same since esp on cold days.
Also breaking my ankle in a game of football, foot went half on half off in a crater and my ankle gave out the loudest crack that was heard by a friend on the other side of the pitch... 6 months off work...

Answer 8

I had a car wreck when I was 16. I drove an older car with no shoulder strap and a hard steering wheel. I knocked my front bottom teeth loose on the steering wheel and the lap belt caused me some problems with my back. I have to watch what I eat and be careful picking up anything. I also have issues bending over now. I just have to remember, I cant do it like I used too.

Answer 9

when i had just learned to ride a 2-wheel bike, i wanted to be like the older kids on the block and ride my bike down the big, steep hill. There was gravel at the bottom, my bike went one way and i went the other. i was lying in the road for about an hour before someone saw me and brought me to the ER, i had road rash over the entire right side of my body and face, and had a broken arm, fractured knee, and 2 broken fingers. mY helmet was cracked in 2 peices straight down the middle. if i hadnt been wearing the helmet i would have died. i was in the hospotal for 5 days before they relesed me.

Answer 10

When i was drunk, i fell from the top of the stairs, and crashed through the stairgate at the bottom which knocked me out unconscious. Ended up breaking a finger, snapping my big toe & the one next to it, and worst of all fracturing my spine! Im ok though, i can still walk! just get a slight pain in my back when its cold.