Been very lucky

[doubleboost]

I was lifting a box from a high shelf.
It all came crashing down , I fell backwards .
Once i had regained my feet I had a 2.4 mill tungsten sticking in to my wrist .
It had a good hold and would not come out.

Straight in at A&E
Could not operate as i had eaten.
They kept me in overnight with my arm suspended above me .
I had 3 10ml doses of IV Morphine and still never slept.
They did a nerve block on my arm it was totally numb.
I watched the Surgeon slowly work his way in then pull it out.
I told him that I had tried . He pointed out to me that if i had nicked the artery I would have had 3 minutes
The medical care I recived was amazing

 

[tom2207]

great result , shows how fast simple things can go wrong ,,, glad your on the mend.

 

[Scalarocco]

Glad to hear you're on the mend. Just goes to show what can happen when you're least expecting it.

 

[Bullet2012]

At least you know your tungsten’s are sharp.
Glad all is ok and the nhs got you sorted.

 

[dobbslc]

Ooo you bustard!
Hope it's going ok DB.

 

[armalites]

WOW! that could have been a lot worse

 

[My Old Landy]

Very lucky John, hope it heals fast!

 

[JOEPRO]

Did you get your tungsten back(?)

Get well soon!

 

[mtt.tr]

No no no, sod that

 

[AVI_8]

Jeez, thank god it missed an artery!

 

[doubleboost]

Did you get your tungsten back(?)

Get well soon!

No they wanted it for the trophy cabinet

 

[George A2Y]

Glad they got you sorted out, hopefully doesn't slow you down for long.

 

[Craig-SM]

I've not tried TIG welding but I'm pretty sure that's the wrong way to hold it.

 

[gaz1]

you was bloody lucky doc was right that could have been so much worse than what it was

and all caused by stupid large boxes being high on shelves

 

[Shox Dr]

Ouch.

At least you didnt fall on open bag of carrots.

 

[SwissTony]

Did you ask for the tungsten back?

 

[pressbrake1]

Shows how days can go horribly wrong even doing the simplest of things

 

[ajlelectronics]

Ouch.

At least you didnt fall on open bag of carrots.

Or the vacuum cleaner.

 

[SwissTony]

Or the vacuum cleaner.

Or a glass jar

 

[chunkolini]

No.not lucky.
This drives mad.
Years ago in traction and agony 'well you were lucky' was the common theory.
Same when I broke my back.
No I bloody wasn't.
I had an accident, that is not a lucky event.
Fortunate not to be worse off? Definitely but not lucky.
But hey Doubleboost, it looks as though you are fortunate.