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| pbj:
--- Quote from: Zakk on June 01, 2015, 01:21:56 pm ---There was a patient I used to see at the hospital everyday. He had tried to kill himself with a shotgun, but had only managed to blow his lower jaw off. Horribly disfigured he is still alive today, and living a relatively normal life (reportedly). --- End quote --- You are the fourth person I've heard claim this, and unless you're my EMT roommate from 2001, or the nurse neighbor from 2006, or the volunteer fire fighter - this injury is very common or you're all fibbing. Let me guess, it wasn't really your patient, it was one you heard about? |
| Le Chuck:
--- Quote from: pbj on June 01, 2015, 02:56:23 pm --- --- Quote from: Zakk on June 01, 2015, 01:21:56 pm ---There was a patient I used to see at the hospital everyday. He had tried to kill himself with a shotgun, but had only managed to blow his lower jaw off. Horribly disfigured he is still alive today, and living a relatively normal life (reportedly). --- End quote --- You are the fourth person I've heard claim this, and unless you're my EMT roommate from 2001, or the nurse neighbor from 2006, or the volunteer fire fighter - this injury is very common or you're all fibbing. Let me guess, it wasn't really your patient, it was one you heard about? --- End quote --- We had a Soldier lean forward when the main gun fired on the M1A1 and the breach recoil removed his bottom jaw...but he died. |
| dkersten:
--- Quote from: pbj on June 01, 2015, 02:56:23 pm --- --- Quote from: Zakk on June 01, 2015, 01:21:56 pm ---There was a patient I used to see at the hospital everyday. He had tried to kill himself with a shotgun, but had only managed to blow his lower jaw off. Horribly disfigured he is still alive today, and living a relatively normal life (reportedly). --- End quote --- You are the fourth person I've heard claim this, and unless you're my EMT roommate from 2001, or the nurse neighbor from 2006, or the volunteer fire fighter - this injury is very common or you're all fibbing. Let me guess, it wasn't really your patient, it was one you heard about? --- End quote --- I can't speak for the person who posted that, but I can tell you first hand the theme is not uncommon. I personally know one person who only lost use of his legs and pretty much changed every aspect of his physical life (mostly for the worse) after he hit rock bottom and figured there was only one way out. Sure, it wasn't his face, but the damage is just as bad as is the impact on his life. Despite the extreme challenges this added to his life since then (for nearly 20 years now), he leads a pretty full life, and it all came from hard work. While my uncle was in the hospital for a broken back that led to 3/4 of his body being permanently paralyzed, his roommate was an 18 year old who had a similar injury from snowboarding.. facing his entire adult life without use of any part of his body below his chest. Every day there are stories like that, whether accidental or self inflicted, and in most cases they move on to live life the best way they can manage. It doesn't have to be a specific person, the message is the same - No matter how tough you have it, there is someone else who had it worse and managed to pull themselves out of it. |
| bertman77:
I thought I was having a terrible day when I had no hot water, found out I needed a new hot water heater, got in crap at work cause I was distracted by my water situation, found out my 7 year old daughter hasn't been eating lunch because another 7 year old is calling her fat, got into an argument with my wife over the son's baseball game and got pooped on by a bird. Seems like none of that is a big deal now. |
| ark_ader:
Well I won $800 on 5c keno last night and had a horrible time deciding how to spend it. Stargate or new suit....hmmm... 8) |
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