Worst accident/illness thread?

[d000hg]

Slightly macabre but inspired by NF & RC's near misses... what is the most serious illness or injury you've had?

Special mentions for:

• Longest stretch in hospital
• Most broken over life
• Most bones broken in single incident
• Best photo
• Most gross

I'd start, but the best I can do is a broken toe.

[Mich the Tester]

Slightly macabre but inspired by NF & RC's near misses... what is the most serious illness or injury you've had?

Special mentions for:

• Longest stretch in hospital
• Most bones broken
• Best photo
• Most gross

I'd start, but the best I can do is a broken toe.

I'll bid for that prize;

31 years of rugby have provided me with a variety of medical delights;

Bones
3 ribs broken
1 broken wrist
1 broken leg
cracked skull
dislocated thigh
dislocated shoulder
nose (twice)
all fingers, including crushed right middle finger, expertly repaired by one of Europe's best hand surgeons
stress fracture on tibial tuberosity

Muscles/tendons/ligaments
torn elbow ligament
torn quadriceps
torn hamstrings

Cartilages
bent sternum
1 cauliflower ear surgically repaired

[d000hg]

Let me amend that to 2 sub-categories:

- most broken over life
- most broken in single incident

[Mich the Tester]

Let me amend that to 2 sub-categories:

- most broken over life
- most broken in single incident

Yeah, good idea; I'm crap at the second category. I'm still trying to become crap at the first.

[TimberWolf]

Only soft tissue damage (don't know of anyone in my family to have broken bones). I used to knock my knee as I flew over cars in my motorbike days and it would swell up. The bikes didn't come off so lightly. Tore a pec in the gym which put an end to my 300lb bench pressing days.

[MaryPoppins]

I'm in perfect physical condition I'm afraid.

[Mich the Tester]

Only soft tissue damage (don't know of anyone in my family to have broken bones). I used to knock my knee as I flew over cars in my motorbike days and it would swell up. The bikes didn't come off so lightly. Tore a pec in the gym which put an end to my 300lb bench pressing days.

that's either awe inspiring or bollocks

[TimberWolf]

that's either awe inspiring or bollocks

I used to squat with an awful lot more than that. Heck, I used to cheat curl with 220lb.

[Mich the Tester]

I used to squat with an awful lot more than that. Heck, I used to cheat curl with 220lb.

TW in his youth;



Mind you, I've squatted 230kg which is going on for 500lb. Then I got the stress fracture.

[MaryPoppins]

TW in his youth;



Mind you, I've squatted 230kg which is going on for 500lb.

Put your willies away you two