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Learning Things the Hard Way

I did a winner in my condo's bathroom several years ago. I was putting things away under the sink so the door was left open. I leaned down at full speed and slammed my forehead into the pointed corner of the door. I thought at first that I had banged my eyebrow pretty hard, and it hurt like a only a collection of really bad words can relate, but when I looked into the mirror I saw a small gash in my eyebrow. Looking closer, and poking at it, I saw that I had pierced myself to the bone. It didn't bleed and the wound itself didn't hurt, which was supremely amazing, it was all white from the blood running away and my forehead had that dull throb from the contact. I didn't have any first aid in the bathroom yet (I was just moving in), so I had to drive to the nearest grocery store to get bandages, Neosporin, aspirin, etc. I actually doctored myself in the aisle, then went up to pay for it. As I'm standing in line, the pain finally comes on and I start feeling light headed. I had to tough it out, while the people around me are asking if I'm ok because I'd gone white as a sheet, then I drove myself home. I could have gone to the ER, but all they would have done was shave my eyebrow and slap some Steri-strips on it. I'm glad what I hit was my eyebrow, another inch south and I would have been calling 911 with my eyeball in my hand. And don't think that all face wounds heal cleanly, as someone else said. Everyone heals differently. I scar at the lightest cat scratch so I do have a nice scar thankfully hidden by my eyebrow.
 
dionythicus said:
I did a winner in my condo's bathroom several years ago. I was putting things away under the sink so the door was left open. I leaned down at full speed and slammed my forehead into the pointed corner of the door. I thought at first that I had banged my eyebrow pretty hard, and it hurt like a only a collection of really bad words can relate, but when I looked into the mirror I saw a small gash in my eyebrow. Looking closer, and poking at it, I saw that I had pierced myself to the bone. It didn't bleed and the wound itself didn't hurt, which was supremely amazing, it was all white from the blood running away and my forehead had that dull throb from the contact. I didn't have any first aid in the bathroom yet (I was just moving in), so I had to drive to the nearest grocery store to get bandages, Neosporin, aspirin, etc. I actually doctored myself in the aisle, then went up to pay for it. As I'm standing in line, the pain finally comes on and I start feeling light headed. I had to tough it out, while the people around me are asking if I'm ok because I'd gone white as a sheet, then I drove myself home. I could have gone to the ER, but all they would have done was shave my eyebrow and slap some Steri-strips on it. I'm glad what I hit was my eyebrow, another inch south and I would have been calling 911 with my eyeball in my hand. And don't think that all face wounds heal cleanly, as someone else said. Everyone heals differently. I scar at the lightest cat scratch so I do have a nice scar thankfully hidden by my eyebrow.
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I have to admit, the image of you giving yourself first aid in the grocery store (using one of the mirrors in the sunglass section, of course) amuses me.
 
That deffinately sounds painful... I wonder the people seriously got mad at you for opening it early before they saw the blood.:grin01:
 
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