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The closest you have ever come
- Thread starter Jazzy
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When I was young I tried diving off a dock, when in deep and ended up trapped under the dock, still don't know how I found my way out.
Banged the back of my leg with a car door. Got a huge bruise and thought nothing more of it. About a week later, I had a pain in my chest. I went to the doctor and he took a chest x ray. He told me to sit still and he was calling the ambulance. When I asked what was happening, he told me I had a blood clot in my lung. He also told me if the blood clot moved to my brain, it would be fatal. To make a long story short: I was placed in the hospital and put on blood thinners to dissolve the clot. After three weeks, the clot was gone and they discharged me.
Very close 3 times, best one was on my Yamaha xs1100 going round a double s bend to quick, foot rest dug into the road flipping the bike to the right as I'm going round a lot hand bend onto oncoming car
just got the bike under control and onto the white line as the car went past.
just got the bike under control and onto the white line as the car went past.
Very close 3 times, best one was on my Yamaha xs1100 going round a double s bend to quick, foot rest dug into the road flipping the bike to the right as I'm going round a lot hand bend onto oncoming car
Holy crap! That's a little too close for comfort. Glad you made it!
About five years ago I broke my leg, had an op to put steel rods in, and they didn't take proper care afterwards. I wound up with blood poisoning and was a day or two away from losing my leg entirely.
Not really close to death I guess, but still.
Not really close to death I guess, but still.
When I was a kid I managed to get a stool and climb onto the kitchen counter, and get up to what I thought was the sweety cupboard. It wasn't it was the drug cupboard, I ate all the 'sweeties' and drank whatever. I don't remember anything after that.
Apparently my stomach was pumped and I nearly died of an overdose.
Another time I was in the back of dads car, He had pulled out a bit to far from the junction thinking someone was going to let me out, the driver didnt, we were stuck half way out of the junction and unable to reverse because the guy behind had stopped right behind us. Then all of a sudden I remember sirens wailing. All the drivers suddenly stopped, no one moved, and the traffic was bunched up and we couldnt get out. The driver of the fire engine was slamming on his horn we had nowhere to go, the driver wasnt slowing down. Finally with about a meter to spare someone let us go. I was terrified I could see this massive red vehicle hurtling towards us and we would have been dead.
Apparently my stomach was pumped and I nearly died of an overdose.
Another time I was in the back of dads car, He had pulled out a bit to far from the junction thinking someone was going to let me out, the driver didnt, we were stuck half way out of the junction and unable to reverse because the guy behind had stopped right behind us. Then all of a sudden I remember sirens wailing. All the drivers suddenly stopped, no one moved, and the traffic was bunched up and we couldnt get out. The driver of the fire engine was slamming on his horn we had nowhere to go, the driver wasnt slowing down. Finally with about a meter to spare someone let us go. I was terrified I could see this massive red vehicle hurtling towards us and we would have been dead.
