How Many Stitches Do You Have?

“BowlderSon has three more now, this time in the back of his head. Had a collision during a football game on the playground and the playground won. There was enough blood that one girl puked and another emailed him last night wondering if he was OK since they saw all the blood on the ground (I told BowlderGal "at least there wasn't a chalked outline on the ground"!). No concussion. When I put his shirt into a sink filled with cold water, it looked like I was trying to cover up some dastardly crime! He's back at school today, but no running around at recess....”

“Kewl! ;-)
He'll be The Big Man On Campus for a few days.”

“I have so many that I have a wing named after me at the local Hospital.”

“Glad your son is doing well. I dread the day I get to deal with such things. I'd rather have them myself and lord knows I've had my share.”

“Sooner or later, you'll get the call from school: "Hi, it's Susie from the school office. Junior's OK, but there was an accident on the playground that I need to tell you about...."”

“I'm actually suprised it hasn't happened yet.”

“Lumberzac has been stitch free since 1978.”

“I have been stitch free since around 2001!”

“cool!!!...i wish i would have made a girl puke with my blood when i was a kid...and he had another girl concerned about him to boot...watch out, your son's gonna be a playa ;)”

“stitch free since '05!








Or do surgical stitches not count? It is kind of a wussy way, no?”

“three on my lower lip from when i fell off a couch when i was 3 years old.

two on my right middle knuckle from a machete accident when i was 13.

6 in my right eyebrow from getting kneed in the face when i was 13.

4 staright across the top of my forehead form hitting myself on a cement overhang while playing an overzealous psychopath in a school hanuted house production.

three on my left index finger from an accident involving opening a beer bottle and taking the top of it off along with the lid and slicing down to the bone.

also had 40% of my right arm burned when i fell into a campfire working as a counselor at a boy scout camp when i was 15. big scar on the elbow there.

good times. 8)”

“I got nailed with a razor under my arm. Didn't even know I was sliced. 3 layers of stitches down to the bone. Don't think I got any when I got gunshot.”

“don't think i've had any since i was a kid around middle school age i guess. But I used to be a regular customer.”

“stitch free since 2004!”

“Wow, I thought I was the only person in the world to have his tongue stitched. Fell out of a "safety" swing at about three and a half. 21 stitches in my tonge. They said I would never talk. HA did I prove them wrong! Seems to have set the tone for the rest of my life though:

Age five, three in head, six in elbow
Age seven, five in head
Age eight, ten in head, four in left eyebrow
Age twelve, five in head, three in chin, six on each side of cheeks under my eyes
Age thirteen three in my chin, four in right eyebrow.
Age sixteen, ten in my right hand, seven in my left, four in one wrist
Age nineteen, six in my face, twelve in my scalp, four in one knee, five in one arm, two in my tongue. (car wreck)
Age twenty, fifteen stitches, twelve broken bones...(fell off a rock)

Also had a few concussions...Five medically treated.

Totals:

135 stitches (six self inflicted, before I discovered butterflies).
fifteen broken bones.
five concussions.
four major sprains or dislocations...shoulder, hip, ankle, thumb
And let's not even talk about my nose...
I lost an acl somewhere in there, too.

and i wonder why i have to crawl to the john every morning.


I fell down a lot.”

“Jeebees Papa Wolf! You're definitely more accident prone than I am!”

“LOL...years ago we were reviewing Medical Histories of various applicants for a training course. In the process we saw one where the guy had like 15 injuries from Combat. A bunch of the people were oohing and aaahing about it. Another leader looked at the report and said,"Dang looks like he never learned to keep his head down."

What made it funny was the guy who made the comment probably had more from his numerous years as a medic.”

“um lets see

21 from getting stabbed durning a mugging


well all others after that dont count.”

“BowlderSon's a little bummed out now - because of his plus another kid's injuries, the school has banned football during recess, at least until they can figure out a way to avoid the bloodletting....”

“I can't remember all the times I have had stitches. I certainly don't know the total number of stitches.”

“oh, come on...Just count the scars as a reminder!

Actually, I was a little inebriated with the last post, and Forgot another twelve in various parts of my hands.”

“Do staples count? After my hernia operation I felt like I was held together by office supplies, i.e. staples and tape. Three stitches from sticking a knife into myself while cutting an extra slit into one of those cable channels that goes across the floor. Four stitches from slicing through a frozen bagel and into my finger. I don't know how many from when I broke the tiniest bit of the end of one thumb in a cycling accident. Pretty much it, I've been lucky.”

“Staples are popular and also a substance like super glue to close wounds. My last surgery I looked for stitches and didn't see any and the reason was the outer skin was glued together. The advantage I guess is no scar from the punctures of tiny stitch holes. There still is a scar from the incision.”

“I use actual superglue on my kids (and myself, to be honest). Works better that stitches, with no stitch marks. Technology marches on. Haven't had a stitch in almost seven years. (oops. Might be revealing my age.)”

“Hey, I have an Idea! Lets show our jackassery, by listing the stupidest way to get stitches! I'll start! (The freeclimbing fall doesn't count.)

I was cutting my weight lifting gloves with my fancy new knife when somebody honked a horn. I ended up with three stitches on one side of my hand, and two on the other. any takers?”

“

I forget how many I had.”

“nice one Dub!!!”

“stitches are for wusses. Sutures are where it's at.”

“pshshshsh!
electrical tape. Thats the way you close a gaping wound!


Looks like Dub got some vicodin out of the deal too. LOL!”

“Then there's a long vertical one at base of spine, two in the navel....”

“if I had a small patch that connected my back to my hip and my hip to my femur I would have tracks from the nape of my neck to the tip of my toes.

Shark attack....just ask AmyG, she knows all about it”

“LOL....I stopped counting”

“Only 3 stitches that I can remember

Sutures in my throat when they yanked my tonsils and got more than they bargained for

I don't know how many staples from an emergency C-section.

I didn't get stitches for my shark bite since it was so small. Some dipshot was fishing and caught a small shark. He thought he'd keep in a tide pool near where me and a bunch of other kids were playing. I found it first.”

“I have had every internal organ replaiced.”

“yet he uses the name wounded "knee"...
Cyborg might be more appropriate. LOL!”

“Luckily, I have since grown up a little, and don't do outrageously stupid things. Most of the time.”

“I have been accused of being a living Heart Donor...”

“I have a few stitches inside my mouth as we speak.”

“More than normal.”

“I think shifting into the wrong gear on my bike and taking off the tip of my thumb is right up there.”

“your lucky the tip of your thumb was all you lost!”

“Try using the derailer next time. It's much easier on the fingers. LOL!”

“I was dam lucky. I only lost a small piece of bone, but it was a compound fracture and required plastic surgery. Good thing I was wearing a helmet, because when I shifted down instead of up when cresting a hill, my feet came off the pedals and I executed a sort of barrel roll.”

“Damn you're lucky. EVERY time my feet slip off I rack myself. I'm surprised my kids aren't brain damaged! I've been pretty lucky bike wise. Only about seven stitches and a concussion from biking. Climbing, on the other hand, has totally kicked my a$$!”

“9 stitches in my forehead when I was three, I wanted to swing too, but my sister thought it`d be good to fling it at me,..

74 stitches to my left calf, from fallin` on a steel spike that impaled me,.. not fun, I was 13

stabbed several times while in school and fightin`,.. prolly close to 40 some odd stitches for that,.. got shot several times too, but only 7 stitches for that,..

got the tip of my finger sliced off in a sludder machine, took 23 stitches to put `er back on,..

got my fingers mashed off in my glove once, two were just hangin` on by bits of skin and the other two fingers were still in my glove,.. that took a zillion stitches to put back together, had three surgons workin` on my fingers that first day, later two different surgons redid `em all,..

an auto accident, severed my right ankle almost completely off,.. butt load of stitches for that sick puppy and the left one was ground up, took umpteen surgeries and 8 years of it too, enough staples in `em to build 3 miles of fences,.. broke all my ribs but one then too, one punctured my lung and another rib was stickin loutta me, several stitches to fix that back,.. crushed pelvic bones, crud load of stitches there too,..

got layed wide open goin` through fences on wild horses several times, various car wrecks and motorbike accidents,.. add a slue of stitches for that and slidin` offa the pckin` shed roof on a basket lid and those lead head nails makin` an abrupt stop outta a good thing contrubited to more stitches,..


you get the idea don`t`cha,.. I could keep goin` on and on,.. I`m the poster child for what not to do,..LOL


Bill”

“Yeah, I miss the vicodin.”

“Daaaammmm You don't need stitches, you need a padded room and a helmet. LOL!

I think I have only had 3 stitches, not counting the ones in my mouth when I had my wisdom teeth removed. Oh and then I think there were like 4 from my vasectomy. But the only ones that were put there by accident were in my thumb from a really sharp knife, and a poorly designed knife sharpener,and my carelesness.”

“LOL! @ Dub
Don't we all dude...”