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Edbear

28th July 2011, 20:35

My propensity for falling over and hurting myself is well known and somewhat of a family joke. I usually just crack or break a rib or two and skin my knees, but this afternoon I went one better and split my head open on the concrete. :shutup:

I was assisting my son-in-law tie our grandson's new bed on the trailer, see, and I'd just chucked a rope over and was climbing over the drawbar when my foot got hooked up and down I went in a classic face-plant! It was a loud and disorientating crack as I hit, scratching and bending my glasses and cracking a rib in the process. I saw stars and bled all over the concrete while son-in-law grabbed the first aid kit and tended my wound. Wife, daughter and grandson came around to the loading bay at the store and were a bit put off to see the blood all over my face, but I reassured them it felt worse than it looked... :innocent:

So Mrs. Bear had to drive me to A&M in Red Beach where the nurses behind the counter had little difficulty in ascertaining the reason for my visit. :yes:

Talk about coincidence, the Doc attending to me had just got back from a cosmetic surgery class about how to suture a wound! :woohoo: So I got the best treatment!

So now I'm in bed having taken several painkillers and feeling very sore. I also hurt my back in the fall, but I've got an appointment for a CT scan on Monday anyway...

Mrs. Bear is not happy, naturally, as this comes on top of getting a call today that her Mum is in Waikato Hospital having heart surgery and may not survive so we have to go down there tomorrow.

YellowDog

28th July 2011, 20:42

Oh dear. Not nice.

Good to see you can still smile about it.

Heal up soon Ed :yes:

Daffyd

28th July 2011, 20:47

Maybe you should start wearing ATGATT

Spearfish

28th July 2011, 20:58

Ahh crap what a thing to happen.

Keep an eye on that back twinge though.

Edbear

28th July 2011, 21:00

Maybe you should start wearing ATGATT

Funny you should say that, that's pretty much what my son said when he got home from work...

Edbear

28th July 2011, 21:04

Ahh crap what a thing to happen.

Keep an eye on that back twinge though.

Yeah, my surgeon won't be impressed if I stuff up his handywork... :blink:

gijoe1313

28th July 2011, 21:06

Owch! There but for the grace of ...

Better stories to tell when things get boring? :scratch:

steve_t

28th July 2011, 21:10

Good suturing doesn't leave scars. Doesn't Mrs Bear dig scars? :innocent: Heal up quick mate.
Oh, and best wishes to Mrs Bear's mum :yes:

Edbear

28th July 2011, 21:15

Owch! There but for the grace of ...

Better stories to tell when things get boring? :scratch:

Yeah the Doctor and Nurse were a crackup! The nurse reassured me that chicks dig scars and I said I had a few of those. She said, "What, chicks or scars..?"

The Doc was praising his own handiwork and reassuring me I was going to have an awesome scar, rather jagged, but well stitched together! I said I was running out of areas of skin without a scar or two, and the Nurse noted from my file that the time before last I was there for skinning my shin while falling off a trailer and the last time was for a cracked rib, as well. I think that was the time I fell down our stairs...

Edbear

28th July 2011, 21:18

Good suturing doesn't leave scars. Doesn't Mrs Bear dig scars? :innocent: Heal up quick mate.
Oh, and best wishes to Mrs Bear's mum :yes:

It's going to take awhile to see how good he was as the wound was bone deep and jagged.

Thanks for the support for her Mum. She's 80 and hasn't been well for a long time. A lifetime of smoking has given her Emphysema and a weakened heart. She's been housebound for years.

Edbear

28th July 2011, 21:20

Oh, and Mrs. Bear is long over me and my scars... :bye:

riffer

28th July 2011, 22:33

Hmmm.... a bash to the head. Not really what you needed was it?

Ouch. Stay out of trouble now.

oldrider

28th July 2011, 23:14

I'd like to offer sympathy and all that but I'm afraid it might just encourage you!

Now listen carefully Ed, "your wife is the blond one" if she can stay out of trouble "so can you", HTFU man! (secret best wishes all the same!) :doctor:

tigertim20

29th July 2011, 03:18

bloody'ell! hope your balance and propensity for accidents on a bike does not parallel that of the rest of your misadventurous life!

jazfender

29th July 2011, 05:20

you need the new zimmerframe from Apple - the iFrame.

tweets when you fall, diverts your calls and updates KB with a thread...including pics.

all while looking superfly.

jafar

29th July 2011, 05:42

Well @ least you didn't fall off your bike:innocent:
Hope you heal up ok mate

Maha

29th July 2011, 07:46

...never a dull moment in the bear household eh Ed?
All the best with today mate, really hope that it all goes to plan at the outcome is.....whew!

sinfull

29th July 2011, 08:17

oneofsix

29th July 2011, 08:27

Well @ least you didn't fall off your bike:innocent:
Hope you heal up ok mate

perhaps you should ride everywhere, might be the safest mode of transport for you :laugh:
We tease my Mrs because she has a habit of injuring herself on holiday but even she hasn't got a patch on you and she was blond in her younger days. Best she has managed was suspected concussion much she refused to get check out and another time a ruptured tendon which is still healing, but shes got nothing on you dude.
Heal well, stay warm, and all the best for the mum in law.

Edbear

29th July 2011, 08:31

Well @ least you didn't fall off your bike:innocent:
Hope you heal up ok mate

Yep! I don't seem to have a problem riding, just walking... :shutup:

I'd like to offer sympathy and all that but I'm afraid it might just encourage you!

Now listen carefully Ed, "your wife is the blond one" if she can stay out of trouble "so can you", HTFU man! (secret best wishes all the same!) :doctor:

I do try mate, Some reckon I'm very trying... :innocent:

bloody'ell! hope your balance and propensity for accidents on a bike does not parallel that of the rest of your misadventurous life!

Funny thing is I've never crashed a bike! :blink:

you need the new zimmerframe from Apple - the iFrame.

tweets when you fall, diverts your calls and updates KB with a thread...including pics.

all while looking superfly.

Love it!!! :facepalm:

Edbear

29th July 2011, 08:33

perhaps you should ride everywhere, might be the safest mode of transport for you :laugh:
We tease my Mrs because she has a habit of injuring herself on holiday but even she hasn't got a patch on you and she was blond in her younger days. Best she has managed was suspected concussion much she refused to get check out and another time a ruptured tendon which is still healing, but shes got nothing on you dude.
Heal well, stay warm, and all the best for the mum in law.

Thanks mate. Np news overnight, so hoping she'll pull through.

...never a dull moment in the bear household eh Ed?
All the best with today mate, really hope that it all goes to plan at the outcome is.....whew!

Thanks mate, we'll let you know how she is.

yungatart

29th July 2011, 09:08

ATGATT or we could just wrap you in bubble wrap...please be a little more careful, Mr Bear.:blink:

willytheekid

29th July 2011, 09:26

Ohh Ed :facepalm:

I gotta agree with everyone else...ATGATT....or at the least a helmet! :laugh:

Take care Ed, wishing you and the family the best as usual :yes:

...please don't leave the house without your new safety equipment mate. :killingme

Edbear

30th July 2011, 21:28

Thanks guys and gals! I'm a bit sore, but it only hurts when I laugh or raise my eyebrows! I didn't suffer any symptioms of concussion so that's good!

Everyone, and I mean everyone! is getting at me and telling me off, LOL!!!

Mother -in-law is not well. They've fitted a temp pacemaker and if she can hang in there and get a bit better they'll fit a permanent one. However she won't be going home again as she needs to be somewhere they can monitor and treat her so it'll be a resthome of some sort for her if she survives. But she's gone backwards a bit today which is a worry. We're off down again tomorrow, so we'll see how she's getting on.

Mom

31st July 2011, 08:10

We're off down again tomorrow, so we'll see how she's getting on.

Give Jill a hug from me, I know what you guys are going through and the stress of it is immense. As far as you are concerned...

Hopeless, absolutely hopeless :yes:

Edbear

31st July 2011, 21:35

Give Jill a hug from me, I know what you guys are going through and the stress of it is immense. As far as you are concerned...

Hopeless, absolutely hopeless :yes:

We went down today and we were all able to see Jill's Mum. She was sitting up and looking remarkably well, chatting and smiling. She tires quickly though so we didn't stay long with her and the nurses are very strict about getting enough rest. She won't be going home to Whitianga again, if she can recover enough for them to fit the permanent pacemaker she will have to remain in Hamilton so they are looking for a unit to move into.

As for me? I's fine! LOL!!! Just hurts when I laugh...

Oblivion

31st July 2011, 21:40

We went down today and we were all able to see Jill's Mum. She was sitting up and looking remarkably well, chatting and smiling. She tires quickly though so we didn't stay long with her and the nurses are very strict about getting enough rest. She won't be going home to Whitianga again, if she can recover enough for them to fit the permanent pacemaker she will have to remain in Hamilton so they are looking for a unit to move into.

As for me? I's fine! LOL!!! Just hurts when I laugh...

Perhaps it time to become one of those sour ol' coots dem youngins' keep talking about.:buggerd:

Edbear

31st July 2011, 21:41

Perhaps it time to become one of those sour ol' coots dem youngins' keep talking about.:buggerd:

I would but I'm just irrepressable... :shutup:

Blackshear

31st July 2011, 22:27

Don't worry mate, I fell down the stairs on Friday night and it still hurts.
Fucking bourbon.

Edbear

31st July 2011, 22:43

Don't worry mate, I fell down the stairs on Friday night and it still hurts.
Fucking bourbon.

At least alcohol is a reason for falling down, I fall down stone cold sober... :innocent:

FJRider

31st July 2011, 23:41

At least alcohol is a reason for falling down, I fall down stone cold sober... :innocent:

Is that a very bad case of premature inebriation ... ?? :innocent:

Edbear

1st August 2011, 08:33

I suffer from premature inebriation, prem altzeimer's and lots of stuff

ducatilover

1st August 2011, 08:47

You're not meant to fall over like that Edbear :facepalm: When will you learn?

Although, I fell over a month or two ago, standing on stairs lighting a smoke, took me a few hours to notice that I had bone hanging out of my elbow. What a muppet.

Edbear

1st August 2011, 11:22

ducatilover

1st August 2011, 13:33

Hasn't everyone told you smoking is hazardous to your health...? And you just thought is was a cancer risk...:innocent:

:facepalm: I can see a pic of my little scar on a cigarette packet "smoking causes you to fall over"

Edbear

1st August 2011, 14:58

:facepalm: I can see a pic of my little scar on a cigarette packet "smoking causes you to fall over"

Perzackery! I've never smoked so I have to find another excuse...

Edbear

1st August 2011, 15:00

I had a CT scan this afternoon of my back, and should know the results by tomorrow or Wed. One thing they did find, was that I have a kidney stone! :bye: So as it's about 3-4mm I guess I'll go see the Doc and see what to do about it before it starts moving and causing me more pain... Mutter, mutter... :facepalm:

Oblivion

2nd August 2011, 20:58

Edbear

2nd August 2011, 21:17

Your at that age huh? Where everything seems to go wrong at once, then when its over you're good for another 30 odd years :bye:

I guess with my medical history, the next 30 years should be good! There's not much left to go wrong...:innocent:

Edbear

7th September 2011, 14:56

willytheekid

7th September 2011, 15:26

Had my 6mth check up with my surgeon this morning. Lo and behold, that trip and fall over the trailer drawbar, did in fact break my back again! This time the L4 suffered a fracture! :blink:

Wondered why I've been in more pain lately... :facepalm:

:facepalm: jesus Ed

Please put your helmet on and get some bubble wrap cloths!
Take care Ed and I hope your back gets sorted soon....or Im coming up with some industrial bubble wrap!

Edbear

7th September 2011, 15:30

:facepalm: jesus Ed

Please put your helmet on and get some bubble wrap cloths!
Take care Ed and I hope your back gets sorted soon....or Im coming up with some industrial bubble wrap!

My poor darling long-suffering wife is about at her wits end wondering what to do with me.... :bye:

willytheekid

7th September 2011, 15:42

My poor darling long-suffering wife is about at her wits end wondering what to do with me.... :bye:

Don't worry Ed...we here @ KB CAN make you stronger!...faster!? better??...oh well we tried!

If she leads you around the back of the house towards a big hole...ITS A TRAP ED!!

Please send my warmest regards to your better half mate....shes a gem for taking care of you mate:love:

Edbear

7th September 2011, 16:37

Don't worry Ed...we here @ KB CAN make you stronger!...faster!? better??...oh well we tried!

If she leads you around the back of the house towards a big hole...ITS A TRAP ED!!

Please send my warmest regards to your better half mate....shes a gem for taking care of you mate:love:

Yeah, she's a bit special... :love: Anyone who can put up with me this long has to be rather special... :innocent: