I've had me share of broken bones, but nothing to write home about.
(though a herniated disc in my back put them all in the shade, pain-wise. Unremitting agony for 2 weeks solid). Anyway this one is about my brother, who has a job maintaining mountain bike trails in the mountains of British Columbia, his best girl by his side. One day he was out chainsawing a large fir that had fallen across the trail, partialy broken. As he severed it from the stump, the tension in the tree caused it to buck back up, in the blink of an eye ripping open his leg from his calf to his groin, pulling out muscles, making a mess of his knee joint, and severing his femoral artery. They say he lost almost two litres of blood in the first minute before he was able to take off his belt and tornique his thigh. Fighting to keep himself conscious, he then took out his cell and called help, and stayed on the line to guide them to his position, a very long couple of hours.
He was lucky in that the nearest hospital happened to have a visiting vascular surgeon, one of the best in Canada, and he was able to repair the arteries and save the leg from amputation. He still skis (my brother that is, I don't know about the surgeon) but has a limp and some impressive scars. there is a time in life for keeping your shit together
( cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 7 Aug 2013, 1:33, 5 replies)

I didn't realise
they were allowed to resuscitate Canadians.

That's very good of them.
(username failed moderation, Wed 7 Aug 2013, 12:57, closed)

just not french canadians

( cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Wed 7 Aug 2013, 13:29, closed)

a limp what?

( Smash Monkey lowering the tone of the whole internet, Wed 7 Aug 2013, 13:48, closed)

et

( cumquat may will not be commenting further on the allegations, Thu 8 Aug 2013, 12:16, closed)

Good battery life on the mobile.

( Pig Bodine., Thu 8 Aug 2013, 13:08, closed)