Appendectomy
I woke up in hospital after said operation and looked down to find a tube sticking out of an open wound in my abdomen.

Oh yeah, there was a bit of dried blood around it.

Hopefully that's warmed you up...

I've always suffered from a small amount of bleeding from my nose. Even having it cauterised hasn't fixed it. Normally it's not an issue and can even be fun at parties (no, my name isn't Martin and I don't know Legless), but occasionally it can be trouble.

Quite a few years back I got my PADI diving licence. During the open water dive part of the test my trick nose decided to turn the trickle to a bit of a flow, while I was underwater. I thought my mask was getting a bit of water in it, but my diving instructor and fellow classmates could see my mask gradually fill up with blood. Not really an issue - simple enough to clear and the flow wasn't heavy enough to cause a real problem.

The fun bit was when it came to equalising pressure in my nasal cavities. When you dive you need to equalise the pressure in your nasal cavities (which lead up to your ear drums) with the water around you, otherwise you will get a severe ear-ache and may even rupture an eardrum. The way you equalise is to pinch your nose and blow.

I was having some trouble this particular day so had to pinch and blow really hard (which may have caused the bleed in the first place).

I managed to blow blood from my nose back through the right naval cavity and on to the inside of the eardrum, where it eventually coagulated and turned me deaf in that ear.

The amazing thing is that it eventually cleared up and hearing was restored.

Not funny, not particularly gory, perhaps a bit overlong, but hopefully interesting.
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 2:04, 2 replies)

Eek.
How long was that ear deaf for?
(Sundayturkey has the biggest mug of tea, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 2:06, closed)

Only a couple of weeks.
For a while after that it was like walking around with a finger stuck in that ear, but without the comedy value.
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Fri 8 Aug 2008, 2:32, closed)