Looks like fun doesn't it? Trust me it is not. No, I didn't shoot myself..contrary to popular belief I am not a moron! No, my wife didn't shoot me either..we haven't been married long enough for that..check back with me next month on that one.
What actually happened is I fell down a flight of stairs into my buddies basement and got a chair stuck in my leg. Someone was thoughtful enough to place a small metal chair upside down on the stairs with the legs positioned "just so" that anyone that happened to be tumbling down the stairs would get it stuck in their shin. The chair leg went in at an angle and grated along the side of my tibia (that felt especially good) for a little ways before being pulled away and rotating laterally and then popping out. When I got to the bottom of the stairs I thought I was in deep shit..did I mention that I was there by myself and he lives about 20mi away from the nearest gas station...let alone a hospital. I was laying sideways and ran my hand down my leg and found it covered in blood. I thought "great..compound fracture of the lower leg, laying in basement, no cell phone reception, here by myself.." I was relieved to find that there was only a giant hole in my leg!!! I never thought I would be relieved to have that happen. So, beat up and about sick of "moron falling down the stairs jokes" from everyone I thought I would share my pain with all of you!. Doc says 2 months for it to be completely close..partial tear of tibiliar tendon and I have to try and stay off of it for a month. Sucks..

OH yeah.. that white stuff in the hole is my tibia!!

Man that is one nasty wound. Rest and heal up. Guess you were in Indiana, as basements are pretty rare down here.

I don't think i could taste ANYTHING for a month after the swearing i would do.

Heal Fast, Keep it clean

So, Alex, how was your trip?

Sorry, but someone had to....

At least you have that new wife nurse to take care of you

Daniel... I like how you are thinking.. there is still time to get a nurse outfit for the wife. That should take my mind off the pain for a little while!

Damn I ran a Screw Driver through my Hand and out the other side last Month. Chipped the bone on my firt finger, That was a little neddle prick compared to that Hole.

Pour some peroxide into the hole. It'll be fine!

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Originally posted by gwindrider1:
Pour some peroxide into the hole. It'll be fine!

good lord, i think i heard him screaming from here

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Someone was thoughtful enough to place a small metal chair upside down on the stairs with the legs positioned "just so" that anyone that happened to be tumbling down the stairs would get it stuck in their shin.

That hurts to even look at that. Them legs were also "just so" that they might have gone through somebody's eye socket and death might surely soon follow. Time for a full-staff safety meeting...

When I was a kid every hole, knife puncture wound, etc. my dad would put Metholiate on it. It feels real good when he put it on too.

Got one smaller than that on my right calf that only closed about a month ago. A hardhead catfish stuck a pectoral fin in me about 1/2" one day down on the Gulf. Sucks to have a hole full of little critters you can't see. Still got a knot in there. Doc will see it again in two weeks.

Take care of that hole, matey.


I forgot to say that the dirty deed by Mr. Stickerfins was done last May.

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Originally posted by jeffeosso:

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Originally posted by gwindrider1:
Pour some peroxide into the hole. It'll be fine!

good lord, i think i heard him screaming from here

As to peroxide and screaming--

had a patient in the ED that the grandmother decided to irrigate a puncture wound in a foot with an OTC irrigation syringe and Hydrogen Peroxide---


terrible results--

had to open the foot to relieve pressure , then the Ortho took him to OR and debrided the destroyed tissue-

guy had several more surgeries--

Moral-- H2O2 for surface wounds only-

forcing it into the subcutaneous tissue produces disastrous ( and from what I saw horribly painful) results

Tis a mere flesh wound. Such a baby!




JK. Doesn't look like a lot of fun to me. Heal well, and while you're waiting, come up with a better tale to tell when people ask about the scar. Wild boar hooking sounds plausible...

Had kidney removed some years ago.
A friend at a bar started telling folks that I was attacked by a guy with a samurai sword and that I had to kill him.

If you have the scars to prove it...

Just sayin...

Alex, I'm very sorry for your accident and I hope you heal up soon. I can't be ungratefull after all the beautiful postings of your hot wife, but I never want to see another picture of your hairy leg with a nasty hole in it!

Accidents will happen . Surprisinly, we survive most of them. Shot myself in the hand with a nail gun and 3 1/2 nail once. The nail went in by by thumb and continued on, leaving just the head sticking out. Luckily, no bones were penetrated. It happened at work, so they took me to Emerg and I ended up being paraded all over the hospital with my hand bandages and the nail sticking out. Quite an attention draw. After all the x rays and the other crap, the doctor takes me aside and while discussing the situation with me, just grabs the nail and pulls it out Tetanus shot and I was on my way.
Grizz

now that your on the mends this is no reason not to share the model photos! LOL

Knowledge bump. Q:what did we learn A:don't fall down stairs. You need to learn something new every day.

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Originally posted by DuggaBoye:


Moral-- H2O2 for surface wounds only-

forcing it into the subcutaneous tissue produces disastrous ( and from what I saw horribly painful) results

+1
Peroxide kills bacteria, but it also damages healing tissue as well. Wouldn't recommed "injecting" any kind of fluid into a wound like that as a DIY project.

looks like a good spot for some left-over bedding compound!...
seriously, looks nasty, heal well.

had a scist from a tick develop once and after the doc removed it we had a hole just like it. Took over a year to heal.....had to keep it clean and was not allowed to put anything in it. That being said I once put a 380 case in it for demonstration of size. Man that pissed off my wife!

One of these days, you will get to a point, where you start to "do something"...

And you will ask yourself...

How can I do "this" without "hurting" myself, or others....

I've heard that during the War of Northern Aggression, the most cherished bayonets were round rather than knife-like. These took much longer to heal from, assuming someone survived the piercing.

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I've heard that during the War of Northern Aggression, the most cherished bayonets were round rather than knife-like. These took much longer to heal from, assuming someone survived the piercing.

You mean like the chinese ones?
Grizz

So, I guess we will see you around next fall?? Please do us all a favour though, you have already proven that you have a far better photographic subject. Just stick with that. Anything with round holes, most of us will go with Saeed,s buffaloes.

Rambo would fill the hole with powder and strke a match.

So how's your hole?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U65_0TlycIw

LOL!!!

The hole is doing well and has just in the first week of Dec closed completely. There is still a scab over the top of where the puncture wound was, but it is such a relief to not have to pack gauze into my shin every damn day! I can walk mostly normal, and when the wife kicks me in the nigh (did I mention that she sleeps like a ninja fighting to take over the world) I can go back to sleep!

That was an experience that I am glad is over!!

Glad you're on the mend.

Ouch!

Good thing the little rubber thingie on the foot of the chair leg didn't stay in the hole, Kind of hard for the body to absorb that. OUCH!

Glad you are on the mend, I hated having drainage tubes in me, hope you do not have to go that way!