Itching!, Graah... Options

[CovertYawn]

I'm in pain! but for you to understand, I'd have to tell the full story, don't worry, tis pretty short.

On Thursday last I decided that I should re-live my boyhood youthiness by climbing a tree... I picked a nice big one and started my vertical adventure. Well, I got really high up, and ran out of tree.. so I decided, as you do, to start going back down. about three quarters of the way down I ran out of hand/foot holes so I decided to jump the last eight foot. Now, here I must inform you that (touch wood) I have never broken a bone and consider myself to be quite resilient (fallen twenty five feet onto my back and walked away.. fell fifteen feet onto concrete after falling through a roof only to walk away again.. you get the picture) so I jumped, as I landed I knew something was wrong.. mainly cause I was in a hell of a lot of pain, I'd sprained my bloody ankle.. it flamed up in under a minute.. so after gathering my stuff I hobbled home.

Now. the reason for my pain.. my ankle really really itches, I know I shouldn't scratch so I'm writing this instead to stop me... oh god its soo itchy... Not fair stoopid ankle....

write write write.

I want sympathy! Please?

edit: Ooh I just realised this is the third ever thread I've started! Whooo!

[Caughtinlife]

aww *gives much sympathy*
Im glad you are resiliant to breaking things... i broke my arm just going down a slide.. but that was after breaking it before and well long story
anyway ehum how can you stop itching... get drunk?

[CovertYawn]

Yaay! Thanks for the sympathy!

At the moment I'm entertaining the idea that the best way to stop this itching is to chop off my leg at the knee.

[The.Wheezing.Gho...]

wow---my accidents are just klutzy. Like the time I stood up while my foot was asleep and my ankle got a hairline fracture from it. And there was the time I was wlaking down the hall swinging my arms and then I jammed my pinky finger into the wall and had to get a cast up to my elbow-- that was pleasant.

I know your itchful pain! *sympathy*

[CovertYawn]

Aww ty for the sympathy.. you can have some yourself for the arm in plaster thingie! **gives sympathy**

[Caughtinlife]

At the moment I'm entertaining the idea that the best way to stop this itching is to chop off my leg at the knee.

Well i do have a rather large kitchen knife if you need any help with that
and apparently man flesh (woah too much lotr) tastes rather nice

[CovertYawn]

I'd like to keep my manflesh where I can see it ((Ooh Matron))

[Phyllis]

aww *gives much sympathy*
Im glad you are resiliant to breaking things... i broke my arm just going down a slide.. but that was after breaking it before and well long story
anyway ehum how can you stop itching... get drunk?

Really? I broke my collar bone while going down a water-slide.

And AWWWWW poor Covert. *hugs and dishes out much sympathy*

Here: *hands you some anti-itch cream* Enjoy.

[Caughtinlife]

aww *gives much sympathy*
Im glad you are resiliant to breaking things... i broke my arm just going down a slide.. but that was after breaking it before and well long story
anyway ehum how can you stop itching... get drunk?

Really? I broke my collar bone while going down a water-slide.

well what happened though was when i was about 7 cause it was pre divorce methinks... i got my first ever pair of open front shoes, they were really white and pretty anyways the slabs in the town i used to live in all stuck up and i tripped over them in my new shoes and broke my arm.. which i had in plaster for 6 weeks, then i had it off for about a week when i broke it again. We used to put the slide in the paddling pool and i went down it and because we live on a hill i carried on going straight into the bush with the paddling pool and slide landing on me.. and yay another 6 weeks in a cast
im really accident prone, so far ive been to hospitals in greece and italy.. hehe the greece one was funny...

[CovertYawn]

Not having actually experienced it I must say that breaking bones does sound wierd to me.. I always imagine it as a sort of wrenching inside your arm/leg.

[Feyliya]

I broke my arm in 2 places playing in the woods when I was in first grade, and I broke my right index finger playing basketball.

[magikeyes14]

*uber sympathy* im srry your hurt Covert... i wish i ocould help your ankle from itching *giggles* try using amonia... it smeels and stings at first, but it stops the itching..... *uber hugs* i hope you feel better

[FurryMammal]

At the moment I'm entertaining the idea that the best way to stop this itching is to chop off my leg at the knee.

unfortunately... i hear that your knee starts itching a little bit after that. You will have to keep lopping bits off.

or you could pray feverishly for it to stop. theres no garuantee (sp??) that it will work, but who knows...

[vicrawr]

I say use anti-itch cream. And don't scratch. You'll get it infected.

[TigerLily013]

*buys you a new leg*

This should help you somewhat, if not at least you get $100 off your next purchase

[WeeJ]

I'm sorry guys...I beat you all at the 'nastiest accident' contest.

One operation. Five screws and a bar in my left ankle. 6 weeks in plaster. Lots of physio.

I milked it for all it was worth

What?!
Oh come on! Like you wouldn't!?

[Caughtinlife]

I'm sorry guys...I beat you all at the 'nastiest accident' contest.

One operation. Five screws and a bar in my left ankle. 6 weeks in plaster. Lots of physio.

I milked it for all it was worth

What?!
Oh come on! Like you wouldn't!?

owch how did you manage that? and yes would milk it untill the cows ran away

i still win funniest accident though

[WeeJ]

I'm sorry guys...I beat you all at the 'nastiest accident' contest.

One operation. Five screws and a bar in my left ankle. 6 weeks in plaster. Lots of physio.

I milked it for all it was worth

What?!
Oh come on! Like you wouldn't!?

owch how did you manage that? and yes would milk it untill the cows ran away

By being slightly enebriated (sp?) and flinging myself onto my boyfriend amongst a mosh pit.

The cows have long gone now. No more sympathy for me This happened at the begining of April and I can now walk normally again. I can't point my toes properly but I've been told that will come back eventually.

[monkey_called_na...]

breaking things....... one word-- horses-- i have 4 and a week after i got my newest one i was riding and my g-pas dog started barking as i was walking the horse took off needless to say there was a creeck and i woke up in a hospital, they saw the horse take off toward the creek and they followed (lucklly) and got me out of the water really fast after the stupid horse tried to jump it.... oh what great memories. i broke 3 ribs.


but anyway *dishes sympathy* you need it!

[Phyllis]

breaking things....... one word-- horses-- i have 4 and a week after i got my newest one i was riding and my g-pas dog started barking as i was walking the horse took off needless to say there was a creeck and i woke up in a hospital, they saw the horse take off toward the creek and they followed (lucklly) and got me out of the water really fast after the stupid horse tried to jump it.... oh what great memories. i broke 3 ribs.


but anyway *dishes sympathy* you need it!

*shudders*

My sister once fell off of one of my parents' horses onto a barbed wire fence. Good thing she missed the post at least. At any rate, it still wasn't pretty. She had bruises and wounds up the entire right side of her body.

So Covert, how's the itching doing? You really should try ammonia if you don't have any anti-itch cream, magik was right...it'll help.

[Jonman]

I'd like to keep my manflesh where I can see it ((Ooh Matron))

I'd like you to keep your manflesh wher I CAN'T see it, thank-you-very-much.

Anyway, my story beats everyones, maybe even Weej's, not for pain or size of injury, but for location and timing.

So, I'm in Hawaii last December on a three day business trip with a flight test airplane. I have the afternoon off on the arrival day, so I go snorkeling off the beach (which incidentally is about 20 seconds walk from the lift in my hotel). At this point, I'm strongly considering the fact that I have the best job in the world.

I go out that evening, and have dinner, and foolishly go out on the beers with a few of the mechanics. One thing leads to another, and to cut a long story short, I end up falling while jumping about being an ass, and screwing up my ankle. I actually fractured it, but at the time, i thought I'd just sprained it.

I wake up the next morning, and my ankle's the size of a balloon. I've got a massive hangover, but I hobble off to work. I can't walk on that foot at all, and it takes me ages to go the 2 minutes walk to meet my colleagues. Off we go, flying around Hawaii on the test airplane, doing what we have to do. On landing, while we're still rolling down the runway, someone notices smoke coming out of one of the engines. Someone else notices flames. Yup, the airplane's caught fire, and the fire is directly beneath the wing. Which is where the fuel tanks are. Hmm, not good.

So we evacuate the airplane - put down the inflatable slides and jump down them. I'm somewhat hesitant, as i had to be helped to the door of the airplane by the guy I was out on the piss with, as my ankle's totally buggered. So there's me, in a tropical paradise, hopping across the runway as fast as I can in a bright orange jumpsuit, trying to put some distance between me and the big airplane that may explode at any moment.

And to top it off, the airport manager who's just sped up in his car comes running over to me to check and see if I need medical assistance, as I obviously can't walk properly. The look on his face when I had to admit it was something I did the night before while drunk was priceless.

So, crap injury - comedy timing.

[WeeJ]

You win. Your story is one to tell the next door neighbour, postman AND grandkids

[monkey_called_na...]

i got to the part about the ornge jumpsuit hoping away from the near-exploding airplane and fell out of my chair

[Guest_Logicman_*]

I have never broken anything... I saw my kneecap once though... through a wound I got slamming my knee into a metal staircase... It was pretty sick.

[Cath Sparrow]

*walks in dolling out sympathy and hugs to who ever want them*
Nope never broken anything touch wood *grips on to wooden table for dear life* but covertyawn reminds me of one of my friend who ended up with the nick name of Mr Indestrutable cause what happen to himat our parties! To start with there was the climbing up 3 floors on the banister (sp?)& falling back down the middle knocking the bottom banister off handing it to the owner of where we were having the party & skipping off for more alchol. Then the being hit on the head with a hammer & the door being slamed into his head sveral times & not noticeing. The thing that finaly finished him was falling 20ft out of a window & being taken to hospital where he was told he had liver poisoning and had to cut back on his drinking which he did & is alot calmer now when he drinks the just gave him bruising.