How many times have you been to the hospital (from getting hurt, not sick)?

[Pickles von Brine]

Over the course of my life I have been at least 25 times. Broken bones, cuts, concussions, dislocations and more. 

[GuiltySpark_]

34y/o. Never (at least for specifically what you mentioned). 

[Pickles von Brine]

13 minutes ago, Benji said:

When I was a child, I broke my arm three or four times (always the right one, except the fourth time, which was the left one because one of the unpopular girls in elementary school jumped in my back when I was sitting on something on the schoolyard), then one time when I cut of the tip of my right index finger with a bread cutting machine and it bled like crazy, then one time when I was too stupid to jump over the border of a flowerbed and smashed my right knee on it (where they had to drain the bruise because it was so fat) and then this March because my ulcerative colitis flared up (acute phase).

So at least half a dozen times. Although the latter probably counts as sick because it's a life-long ordeal, but it was the first and only stay that I had in a hospital over night.

Kinda sound like me but from what I can remember:
(ages)

Spoiler

Head injury (bleeding) - 4 - hit a tv antenna right in the forehead... 
Head injury - 4 - Slip fell hit a chair - 9 stitches 
Concussion and stitches - 4 - tree branch swing was tied to broke. 
Cut finger - Stitches - 5
Burnt hand - skillet - 5
Concussion - 6 - fell out of a hey loft
Concussion - 7 - fell out of a tree
cut - 13 - glass in sandbox - 7 stiches
Cut finger tip off twice in one summer - 11
2nd degree burn - whole hand - 12
concussion and face wound - 14 - went down hill, bike chain stapped, wheel went 90 and kept going. hit tree face first
Concussion - 15 - hit in face with baseball bat - stood too close
Concussion spider fracture of eye orbit - 16 - hit in face with elbow from dad starting water pump - stood too close
broken finger - 16 - fell off bike
Mental health Emergency - 16 - 2 weeks in hospital
Concussuon - 17 sucker punched in head
disolcated elbow - 17 - Fell and tried to grab something, twisted weird
Concussuon - 25 - Slipped and fell on ice in parking lot - Grade 3

That is all that I can remember. I have several other ones. My dad told me I have been in and out of the hospital over my life at least 30 times. 



 

[Pickles von Brine]

Yeah. ADHD makes you pretty accident prone. I had severe ADHD growing up and was on the combined spectrum (Hyperactive, Inattentive and Impulsive make for a bad combo). Didn't think sometimes when I did stuff. But most were accidents. The last concussion was the worst. 9 months of PCS. 

[Zusafek]

9 knee surgeries, 5 broken arms, 4 broken hands, multiple times in for stitches, neck surgery, back surgery, left shoulder surgery....uh.....oh massive concussions 7 times and 3rd degree burns on right hand, arm, and neck.  

 

That list doesn't include medical issues which required the hospital. 

[TetraSky]

Hurt bad? Zero time.

Unless you count poisoning myself with floor cleaner when I was like, four (not my fault if that dumbass of a father of mine decided to switch the bottles around and put the floor cleaner in a 7up bottle in an extremely accessible place).

 

But I've been to the hospital a few times for other non-urgent things since the clinics were fully booked. And been there as support for others..............

[Pickles von Brine]

22 minutes ago, Zusafek said:

9 knee surgeries, 5 broken arms, 4 broken hands, multiple times in for stitches, neck surgery, back surgery, left shoulder surgery....uh.....oh massive concussions 7 times and 3rd degree burns on right hand, arm, and neck.  

 

That list doesn't include medical issues which required the hospital. 

O_O Good lord. I thought I was bad XD I hope things settled down and you haven't been to the hospital in some time. 

17 minutes ago, TetraSky said:

Hurt bad? Zero time.

Unless you count poisoning myself with floor cleaner when I was like, four (not my fault if that dumbass of a father of mine decided to switch the bottles around and put the floor cleaner in a 7up bottle in an extremely accessible place).

 

But I've been to the hospital a few times for other non-urgent things since the clinics were fully booked. And been there as support for others..............

Yikes. That sounds scary. 

[atxcyclist]

Fracture/dislocated both tibia and fibula in my left leg at the ankle when I was in middle school, injured a few times in my life but that was the only time I took and ambulance for an emergency room visit.

[WhitetailAni]

Twice.

1. I was three, 2009. Tripped at a park and tore a gash in my forehead. Six stitches.

It's vaguely in the shape of a lightning bolt so it's often called my "Harry Potter scar".

2. 11, 2015-2016. No idea what caused it, but I got horrible stomachaches for about a month, on and off. It was worst during our Florida trip. Went to the doctor, they gave me something (don't remember what) and I no longer get them.

[Ravendarat]

Broken my Arm, broke my foot, broke my wrist, dislocated my knee, and some burns when I was really little (I was that asshole kid that pulled the hot grease off the stove onto myself). Besides that nothing else except a few hospital stays due to being diabetic. When ever Ive needed stiches Ive just done it myself, im not gonna bother going to the hospital for that.

[Zusafek]

@Pickles von BrineI'm actually going in for another shoulder surgery this summer.  No big deal.  I'll feel better afterwards. 

[Alcarin]

Only once, when I was 16. Decided to grind a rail with my skateboard. Worked well until it didn't.

 

No permanent damage, though the pain was absolutely incredible and the swelling was pretty substantial. Took several weeks for things to recover well enough. Fortunately that incident did not cause me to end up shooting blanks afterward

 

Skateboarding stopped being a hobby of mine after this.

[soldier_ph]

Had extreme Stomach Aches and diarrhea when I was little, no medical expert ever found out what I was having. It just resulted in my becoming extremely Hygienic where I always deep clean my Hands and change out masks before consuming Food. Thanks to Covid we hopefully get rid of the Custom of shaking Hands. Also it led to me hating to shake hands and in general having physical contact with anyone. Don't have the aches anymore luckily and whenever I have stomach aches now they are normally pretty mild. Had severe food poisoning a bunch of times when eating greasy ass sausages as a child, I still very much enjoy eating a lot of meat but particularly haven't touched Hotdogs in over 10 years at this point. I never broke a bone, only sprained my arms and legs. The most severe physical injury I had was when I fell over on my Kick Scooter back when I was like 7, tore back a bunch of skin on my left knee and elbows. Down hill on a Kick Scooter was a bad idea lol. Just regular cuts and bruises everywhere but never had to get stitches. Had extreme acne during puberty so had to take strong medication to combat it and my Skin looks really great now. I still have this thing where my Hands are extremely dried out and thus bleeding a lot during the cold parts during the year and especially in the Winter Season. There have been like maybe 2 Hospital visits but it has almost always been sorted out via the Doctos Office. 

[Zusafek]

15 hours ago, Benji said:

How on Earth does one require nine (9) knee surgeries and in general "constant" surgery? Is there some sort of genetic defect or disorder that you're having?

The knee surgeries are from running cross country and being a former paratrooper in the military.  Neck, shoulder, back and my knees again are due to the aftermath of a severe car accident. I was hit head on by a drunk driver. 

[trag1c]

Just counting since I've been 18 (25 now) probably at close to a dozen times.. almost always work related lol. Got a concussion from an alternator falling on my head. Another concussion after I tagged my head on the hoist shortly after the first one lol. 3rd degree burns from cutting with an oxy acetylene torch. Sawdust that scratched the shit out of my eyes. Dislocated my shoulder after slipping on ice. Sliced my thumb down to the bone with a utility knife. 

 

Non work related: Got drunk with the boys, decided it was a good idea to climb up a school. When it came to jumping off I didn't see that there was a ledge next to the wall so I sprained both my left knee and left ankle. Shit was swolen like a balloon the next morning.

 

At this rate my body is so destroyed I will be lucky to see 40 lol.

 

 

[Arika]

once. after being in a car accident i really should not have survived

[Andreas Lilja]

3 months (unconsecutive: 4-5 entries?)

 

Psych ward, hehehe.

 

Outside of that, gallbladder removal surgery. 

[Tech Jebus]

10

[MultiGamerClub]

Never for hurt, some times for sick.

[airborne spoon]

prob about a dozen or so times over my 36 years of having fun. everything from a shattered wrist from a dirtbike crash, to torn rotator cuff from snowboarding, to needing a dozen stiches for slicing my hand open with a knife while at work. or the TBI's from some rough landings after jumping out of airplanes #AATW