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In reply to the discussion: Dumbest ways you've injured yourself. [View all]laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)I simply have issues walking.
I have scars on my knee from the time I was walking on uneven gravel carrying my toddler, and my leg just gave out from under me. We both went down. My leg and knee had very little skin left. My toddler had a scratch on her head, but I managed to put my hand under her head so it could've been worse (my hand was scraped to hell too). Turns out I was pregnant (didn't know it yet) and my ligaments are very lax and my hip pops out when I'm pregnant so that's probably what caused it.
The other time I slipped on ice. I have reactive hypoglycemia and was starving and we were going out for dinner. I slipped on ice, backwards, and used my arm to break my fall. My arm bent backwards (and I'm sure I heard a snap) which caused pain, so I pulled it out from under me and I hit my head on the ice. Then as I crawled back to the car, I passed out like I always do when I hurt myself when I have low blood sugar. My (now ex) husband was less than impressed about having to carry me to the car and drive me to the ER for an x-ray before he got to eat. Everything was fine, just a 'sprain' and a 'possible minor head injury'.
Oh, and the time we were at a hotel and my puppy had to go piddle. So I took him out the side door, and the door closed behind me and locked (ugh!) and it was pouring rain. I grabbed my dog and ran for the entrance, stepping in a huge water filled hole in the parking lot and promptly went skidding across the lot. More scrapes, but no scars that time. The front desk clerk looked at me strangely as I walked in, bleeding everywhere, covered in water and dirt, my once white dog now grey and wet. LOL.