Originally Posted by wabigoon
Hurt?


Yes, but didn't hurt nearly as bad as when I severed part of all 5 left toes at once. Lost big toe between knuckle and nail, the next two at the knuckle, and essentially all of the smallest two in one shot. 20+ years back and still have some fun pains at times with that one ...

I've used stories like "lost them on Everest", "shark attack", "gator", etc. but the boring truth is that they were severed when a 1000 pound steel furnace door fell from over my head and landed on my left foot. Took them about 3.5 hours to remove my steel toed shoes stitch by stitch. Actually quite thankful to only be missing some toes at this point and still able to do the things I want to do. A little time in a wheel chair, much more on crutches and learning balance, and now I have an excuse for why I never could jump that well smile



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