Injury At A Cache And Need Advice

1.7k · January 15, 2004

I ripped my leg OFF when placing my first cache, at a county park.

(Actually, the barbed wire ripped my pants leg off, if you have to know. The leg itself was just mildly mangled.)

No photos, thank goodness.

2.3k · January 15, 2004

Ok, I totally wish I lived in Miami and needed a "caching buddy" right now...

Let's see...imports and is surrounded by lots of hot cars and hot-car parts....check.

Kickin' horn-rim style throwback glasses....check.

Beauty pageant winner....check.

Sassy......check.

Cat lover...check.

Modest.....check.

AND she likes playing GPS games, uses a webcam, and has a website...

I can only hope that the "Dane" you are becoming attached to is named Rover.

Hope you feel better soon!

...sigh.

Look at ju66l3r turning on the charm!

1.4k · January 15, 2004

All I can say to all the wounds is I have had worse places on my eyeball. Sissies. Back when I was your age I... :mad: :unsure:

2.1k · January 15, 2004

Look at ju66l3r turning on the charm!

It got me a PM from Snideswipe!

"Things are lookin' up for poor ol' Gil..."

Woohoo!

1.3k · January 15, 2004

Sorry you were hurt, but here's my 2 cents worth.

1 - definitely notify them of the pipe

2 - clean that wound... yuk... tetanus shot is a great idea.

3 - remember you cache at your own risk, hence the disclaimer on cache pages, so at least, include the killer pipe in your log so others are aware of it's presence.

4 - litigate, no way. don't waste your time and money... that's more time and money you can spend doing more caches.

meanwhile i hope your leg is better. :lol:

January 15, 2004

Just be glad you didn't fall backwards and sit on it.

A one in a million doc! a one in a milion.

3.9k · January 15, 2004

Future wounds can be posted on:

Show Me Your Wound

Oughoulf! Oh man I almost tossed my dinner looking some of those photos. Not cool! OK, I'm going back to look at more now. :lol:

January 15, 2004

Normally I would be appalled by someone even asking to be reimbursed for medical expenses for cutting their leg because they were not watching where they were going but.... after seeing the before and after pictures. OMG!! your head now looks like someone's leg with a scratch on it!!!!

BTW we don't have any birds like that around here, could you catch one and mail it to me?

4k · January 15, 2004

I got a little chigger bite while I was caching....do you think I should see a doctor?

EDIT: Removed ugly pic.

Edited January 15, 2004 by Sparky-Watts

1.8k · January 15, 2004

EEEEEWWWWWW!!!!!!!

5.3k · January 15, 2004

I can only hope that the "Dane" you are becoming attached to is named Rover.

Great line, Casanova!

1.4k · January 15, 2004

I got a little chigger bite while I was caching....do you think I should see a doctor?

I've 'ad worse.

1.2k · January 15, 2004

Oh MY GAWD! I did not need to see that right before bed.

:lol:

4k · January 15, 2004

Hey, doc.....I had this zit on my nose, and tried to pop it.....will it leave a scar?

EDIT: Removed the picture, but I can't remove the nightmares!

Edited January 15, 2004 by Sparky-Watts

3.9k · January 15, 2004

Snideswipe, now that's a law siut!

3.9k · January 15, 2004

Took: Geocaching Pin

Left: My face

Where the hell did you get that photo. Wait, maybe I don't want to know. Actually, it really is too disturbing. Maybe you should delete it. Whatta ya think?

Edited January 15, 2004 by JMBella

1.4k · January 15, 2004

Cindy (the wound care nurse) said without hesitation she had seen worse. :lol: More power to her.

3.9k · January 15, 2004

Cindy (the wound care nurse) said without hesitation she had seen worse. More power to her.

She's a better woman than me. :lol: It's hard to believe that there is worse than that. Quite a job you've got Cindy. God bless ya. And God bless the poor b****** in that photo.

1.4k · January 15, 2004

Cindy (the wound care nurse) said without hesitation she had seen worse. More power to her.

She's a better woman than me. It's hard to believe that there is worse than that. Quite a job you've got Cindy. God bless ya. And God bless the poor b****** in that photo.

She treats wounds that don't heal naturally so take that first wound with all the nasty dead, rotting skin and add it to the second one and thats what she deals with.

4k · January 15, 2004

Yup....I've seen shotgun blasts worse than that.....and they lived, too. So did this guy, but last I heard, he'd had 20 surgeries to rebuild his face and many more to go. Kinda makes a scratch from a metal pole seem irrelevant, doesn't it?

Hope your leg gets better soon, and I hope that pipe gets removed sooner! :lol:

4k · January 15, 2004

She treats wounds that don't heal naturally so take that first wound with all the nasty dead, rotting skin and add it to the second one and thats what she deals with.

Nothing reeks worse than gangrene........nothing!

3.9k · January 15, 2004

Where did you get that photo from? Do you actually know the guy?

5.3k · January 15, 2004

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Edited January 15, 2004 by Stunod

9.4k · January 15, 2004

Where did you get that photo from? Do you actually know the guy?

On Rotten.com it says he ran into a semi on his motorcycle. On Sparky's site it says it was an M-80 firework (mini dynamite)

1.4k · January 15, 2004

She treats wounds that don't heal naturally so take that first wound with all the nasty dead, rotting skin and add it to the second one and thats what she deals with.

Nothing reeks worse than gangrene........nothing!

She is of the opinion that gangrene comes in a close second behind wounds infected with pseudomonas bacteria. I will have to take yall's opinion as I don't care to find out.

I do know my foot smelled bad when I spilled molten brass on it. I guess it hurt too. :lol:

Edited January 15, 2004 by ChrisCindy

4k · January 15, 2004

Where did you get that photo from? Do you actually know the guy?

On Rotten.com it says he ran into a semi on his motorcycle. On Sparky's site it says it was an M-80 firework (mini dynamite)

Definitely an M-80. I got the pic from one of our trauma surgeons who got it from a medical journal several years ago.

Rotten.com is full of erroneous info. They harvest images from all over the net (about 25% of theirs are fake) and make up their own stories for those that they don't know anything about. Funny they said motorcycle and semi, as that's their most popular story to add to an unknown injury (72% of the time it involve a motorcyle, a semi, or both, according to Web Fallacies and Fakes book).

EDIT: An m-80 is the equivalent to a 1/4 stick of dynamite.

Edited January 15, 2004 by Sparky-Watts

9.4k · January 15, 2004

Where did you get that photo from? Do you actually know the guy?

On Rotten.com it says he ran into a semi on his motorcycle. On Sparky's site it says it was an M-80 firework (mini dynamite)

Definitely an M-80. I got the pic from one of our trauma surgeons who got it from a medical journal several years ago.

Rotten.com is full of erroneous info. They harvest images from all over the net (about 25% of theirs are fake) and make up their own stories for those that they don't know anything about. Funny they said motorcycle and semi, as that's their most popular story to add to an unknown injury (72% of the time it involve a motorcyle, a semi, or both, according to Web Fallacies and Fakes book).

EDIT: An m-80 is the equivalent to a 1/4 stick of dynamite.

So what's the whole story?

1.4k · January 15, 2004

EDIT: An m-80 is the equivalent to a 1/4 stick of dynamite.

Just think, if he used more then one he could have gotten a Darwin Award instead of a mention of r.com. Next time we can only hope.

4k · January 15, 2004

So what's the whole story?

The whole story is he was drinking and smoking pot with his buddies, and they dared him to hold a lit M-80 in his mouth. They thought it was going to be like a game of chicken, and that he'd spit it out when the fuse got short. He either misunderstood (see sentence one) or wasn't fast enough (again, see sentence one). Twenty surgeries to rebuild his face last I'd heard, and they were estimating 40 to 50 more before they were done.

I won't even get into the shotgun suicide failure that came into the trauma unit awake that had less of a face than this guy. He lived, also.

9.4k · January 15, 2004

EDIT: An m-80 is the equivalent to a 1/4 stick of dynamite.

Just think, if he used more then one he could have gotten a Darwin Award instead of a mention of r.com. Next time we can only hope.

I think he was hoping for a Darwin after he did it. "Just make the pain go away!"

9.4k · January 15, 2004

So what's the whole story?

The whole story is he was drinking and smoking pot with his buddies, and they dared him to hold a lit M-80 in his mouth. They thought it was going to be like a game of chicken, and that he'd spit it out when the fuse got short. He either misunderstood (see sentence one) or wasn't fast enough (again, see sentence one). Twenty surgeries to rebuild his face last I'd heard, and they were estimating 40 to 50 more before they were done.

I won't even get into the shotgun suicide failure that came into the trauma unit awake that had less of a face than this guy. He lived, also.

I'm glad I don't have your job...

1.4k · January 15, 2004

Couldn't hurt that bad, what was left to hurt?

4k · January 15, 2004

Ya know that fine line between bravery and stupidity? His GPSr showed an accuracy of 50 miles from that point! :lol:

Almost on topic!

1.4k · January 15, 2004

Ya know that fine line between bravery and stupidity? His GPSr showed an accuracy of 50 miles from that point!

Almost on topic!

His WAAS wasn't working.

4k · January 15, 2004

Ya know that fine line between bravery and stupidity? His GPSr showed an accuracy of 50 miles from that point!

Almost on topic!

His WAAS wasn't working.

Either that or he didn't have enough blood in his alcohol!

1.4k · January 15, 2004

I guess he didn't have any teeth left to use for the tooth/tatoo ration huh?

4k · January 15, 2004

I guess he didn't have any teeth left to use for the tooth/tatoo ration huh?

ROFL!!! Nope, definitely altered that score! :lol:

1.4k · January 15, 2004

alcahol/blood ratio+tatoos+stupidity-X=number of teeth

January 15, 2004

Hey there Snide Swipe, hope you get better.

Fill us all in on whether or not the park moved the pipe.

Yikes the photos !

Hope all is well.

Peace ! :lol:

1.4k · January 15, 2004

Is that like our find to post ratio? :lol:

4k · January 15, 2004

Is that like our find to post ratio?

Hmmm....no, because find to post ratio has nothing to do with whether you live in a single or double wide mobile home. :lol:

1.4k · January 15, 2004

Is that like our find to post ratio?

Hmmm....no, because find to post ratio has nothing to do with whether you live in a single or double wide mobile home.

There is that.

January 15, 2004

I have to agree with the majority. Notify the park NOW! As has been pointed out by a prior park ranger and prior councilman, while contacting the park, ask about obtaining medical assistance.

I also agree filing suit is not the way to go on this. First, as has also been previously pointed out, in the grand scheme of injuries, yours is but a minor injury. Second, your photo of the pipe seems to show it is plainly visible to the public. (I could be wrong on that if someone is holding back the branch or something). And finally, every day you wait to get that wound PROFESSIONALLY cleaned and get a tetanus shot, the less likely you are to win. And if you do win, it is likely the less money you would get.

Defendant attorney: Ms. Snideswipe, please explain to the jury just why did you wait over 4 days to go to the doctor after shoving your leg against a plainly visible RUSTY pipe?

1.4k · January 15, 2004

Defendant attorney: Ms. Snideswipe, please explain to the jury just why did you wait over 4 days to go to the doctor after shoving your leg against a plainly visible RUSTY pipe?

"The pipe started it!"

January 15, 2004

Judge: ...and rusty pipe, what do you have to say in your defense?

"..."

January 15, 2004

So, what would you guys do?

CITO!

Looks like a fence post. Go to your local hardware store and buy a fence post cap and a hack saw if you don't have one. Go cut the fence post off close to the ground and put the cap on. No need to bother the park managers, just do what needs doing.

If you are uncomfortable with cutting the post, just put the cap on.

Do your part in keeping your parks clean. You do CITO when you get a chance, right?

As for your injuries, my caching partner isn't happy unless she comes home with some type of cut, scrape, or bruise.

January 15, 2004

Judge: ...and rusty pipe, what do you have to say in your defense?

Pipe: Take look at that leg. Doesn't it make you want to bite it? Bite that leg, bite it, bite it, bite it!

January 15, 2004

As for your injuries, my caching partner isn't happy unless she comes home with some type of cut, scrape, or bruise.

Is that her in your Avatar ? Cause' thats one NASTY cut she has.....

Oh. never mind, not a cut.

4.8k · January 15, 2004

As for your injuries, my caching partner isn't happy unless she comes home with some type of cut, scrape, or bruise.

I'm not sure I WANT cuts and bruises, but I often get them, and actually my favorite caching day was the day I scraped up a good portion of the front of my leg (I still have some scars from that) and scraped my car bumper. By the end of that trip, after several mountain caches and alot of bushwacking, my parents, my friend Jodi and I were all sitting around happily showing each other our various injuries. Kind of like a brag fest. It was fun!

Imgine: Carleen: "I got this scrape falling off the rock I was climbing to get to the cache," Jodi: "Well that's nothing, I bashed my finger moving a rock from in front of the cache." Carleen: "Yeah well I bled all over the place." Jodi: "But look, my finger is more purple than your leg and I have 16 scratches to your 12." Carleen: "But I have more bruises." Dad: "I feel sick because you wouldn't carry my beer for me on the long hike."

:lol:

Edited because I constantly misspell scraped.

Edited January 15, 2004 by carleenp

1.8k · January 15, 2004

Dad: "I feel sick because you wouldn't carry my beer for me on the long hike."

Now that is an unforgiveable sin. How could you put your health and well-being concerns BEFORE making sure that the 'ultimate beverage' was safely transported?

PS-sounds very much like something my Dad would say as well. :lol:

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