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Title: Are you a fast healer? Post by Margi on May 2nd, 2007, 10:11am I can't remember this ever being brought up here before but I have a question... On Tuesday, Mike dropped a full 4' x 8' sheet of plywood on his left big toe. He was just wearing runners, not steel toes as he should have been. Needless to say, this caused him a wee bit of pain. After considerable hopping around, exercising some pretty creative vocabulary and ultimately having to unbutton his pants because he was hyperventilating (sorry, but LOL a lil bit :-X), he put his trusty ice bag on his poor toe to calm the throbbing that would last through the rest of the night. By the time I got home from work, a bruise was forming. Exactly 3/8" wide right at the base of the toenail and the nail itself was quite a technicolour display by now. Mike was limping pretty bad and I figured he would be hobbling for the week. Yesterday morning, the nail colours had intensified and the bruise is still pretty red. However....and my question IS coming, I promise ....by the end of day yesterday, the bruise is almost gone, the nail is deep blue but not as angry looking, he's not limping at all. What does a sheet of plywood weigh? Maybe 50 pounds, right? For the normal person, this would be an injury that lasts a long while I would think - might even be a justifiable WCB claim. Not for my Michael. This guy has amazing healing powers. He is a finishing carpenter by trade, so he is always coming home bruised or bleeding. But his owies heal faster than anyone I know. Lessee....let's just list the emergency room trips and the recovery times. 1. 400 pound steel girder fell on his head, fracturing T3 vertebrae. 29 stitches, drain and bandages. Back to work in a week. 2. Ran the table saw vertically through to his first knuckle on his finger. Back to work in 2 days. 3. Nearly severed thumb from an Olfa knife, 15 stitches. Back to work in 1 day. 4. Severely cut foot from broken glass, stitches. Only missed work for the time to get stitches. In all cases stitches healed within a few days, not the normal 10 days and he was taking them out himself. Like, should I be calling the Guiness people about him or is this common for a clusterhead to have extraordinaly quick healing times? Does God feel sorry for you guys that He puts you through clusters so he cuts you some slack on the 'everyday' owies or what? Anyone else like this? (I mean quick healer, not the klutz aspect here :)). Is this a clusterhead thing or just a Mike thing? Thanks folks. |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by seasonalboomer on May 2nd, 2007, 10:35am i vote "mike thing".... :o |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by zanychef on May 2nd, 2007, 10:40am definately a mike thing i reckon |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by George_J on May 2nd, 2007, 10:44am Yep. Mike thing. |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Mosaicwench on May 2nd, 2007, 11:01am Some people heal faster than others. . . I had a hysterectomy and was back to work in two weeks. . . . doctor told me I had to take off a minimum of 6 weeks - sheesh. And I'm the supporter, not the sufferer. |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Yorky on May 2nd, 2007, 11:24am pain threshold cluster type....higher than normal. and we like to work ;) (but i think mike..could do with a, personal safety officer ) ;;D |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Margi on May 2nd, 2007, 11:25am Ok well that blows THAT little theory of mine all to hell then, doesn't it? :) LOL p.s. to Yorky, my boy is an accident looking for a place to happen. He has always just crashed through life. You're right about the pain threshold though - through all of these things that he's done to himself, they are honestly no big deal to him. |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by ClusterChuck on May 2nd, 2007, 11:34am I go along with the "Mike thing" theory ... Chuck |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by nani on May 2nd, 2007, 11:48am It's a Mike thing. I've got a bruise from 1997 that still hasn't faded completely. :-/ I do have the high pain threshold, though. Which is good, because apparently being a total klutz (or spaz as my hubby likes to call it), is something I have in common with Mike. |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Paul98 on May 2nd, 2007, 11:55am on 05/02/07 at 11:24:36, Yorky wrote:
Sound advice. LOL. -P. |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Rosybabe on May 2nd, 2007, 12:13pm I think Mike healing time is wonderful! I am total clumsy, I get hurt pretty often but I also notice that I can handle fairly amount of pain (maybe CH make you tough) My daughter was playing once soccer with me, she was wearing tennis shoes and I was wearing sandals duh!) she kicked the ball but she missed and kicked me instead, well I jumped and fuss a little bit but that was it, my toe turned black and a week later my Doc cousin came to town to visit and my husband asked me to show her my toe, she said that it was broken! a whole week later and I had been walking on it like nothing! |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Bob P on May 2nd, 2007, 2:51pm and the time he jumpped down the last few stairs, hit his head on the ceiling and knocked himself on his butt (or was that you Margi?). Had a double hernia op last year. Missed two weeks of work. My brother-in-law had a single done and was out 6 weeks. |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Gator on May 2nd, 2007, 3:24pm I have always been a fast healer like that. I had wisdom teeth pulled at 2 in the afternoon and was working at 10 that night. A lot of people I knew of were out for at least a day or two for the same operation. I took the end of a finger off on a router table. I can't even tell which finger I hit now. I split a fingertip in two across the nail. Healed quickly and never even went to the doctor. Had pneumonia. Doctor wanted to put me in the hospital. I asked her what could they do for me in the hospital that I couldn't do for myself at home. After a bit of a protest, she had to admit that as long as I stayed in bed and took my meds, there was no real reason to go into the hospital. Was back to work in a week. I know people who went into the hospital for pneumonia that were out of work for 3 to 6 weeks. Lots more stuff like that. Hey, everyone is right. It IS a "Mike" thing. LOL Mike |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Margi on May 2nd, 2007, 3:24pm LOL jeez, Bob, even I'd forgotten that one. No, that was my boy. That one wasn't an ER trip though, no blood shed, just a helluva good goose egg (that was gone within 24 hours). I think he thought he could fly or something, he was playing with the dog and she was getting ahead of him so he decided to skip that last couple of stairs and, for a reason known only to my groom, he decided he needed to vault UPWARDS to accomplish this. CRACK - right across the forehead with the crosspiece of the stairwell. Smashed the glass of water he was carrying. Yeah, sounded REAL good from the kitchen - I ran to see what happened and forbid my then 8 year old daughter from looking because I was sure we'd see him in pieces at the bottom of the stairs - I just told her to call 911. Fortunately by then, she knew Mike well enough and thought she'd wait a few seconds before she made the call. LOL smart kid! Yes, I remember you did bounce back really quickly from your surgery Bob. So maybe you and "the Mikes" are the only super-healers in the crowd, huh? |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Kingjames1 on May 2nd, 2007, 3:35pm My liver heals itself up every Monday ;;D |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by LeLimey on May 2nd, 2007, 4:49pm I don't think I have any place in this thread given my recent little adventures BUT!! Jasper is an amazing "healer" he fell offthe slide at school on Monday and scraped his nose really badly, it was swollen and bright red on the end from a quite nasty graze as he landed face down on the astroturf. He looked like a hoo from hooville (the Grinch!) Today there isn't a mark on him and his nose isn't even swollen anymore so I think he is a Mike in the making! He is a terrible daredevil too and we've had more than our fair share of visits to A&E wth him ::) |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by BB on May 2nd, 2007, 5:56pm Daniel is a really fast healer too especially when it comes to cutting himself. He is forever tinkering with power tools and he has cut, chopped, banged, burnt, whipped ( Yeah ! Dont ask ! ::) ) ripped himself open in all places and for all sizes of wounds. Mostly he doesnt even need to be stitched up, he would just put a bandaid on them and carry on. They would heal within a day or so instead of 5-7 days. He doesnt scar either. Once he burnt the whole back of his right hand badly, some bits of it was 3rd degree, I thought it would give him a nasty scar but no, all he got from it is a tiny scar that looks more like a pimple than a scar. Being medical, I can judge quite well how bad certain wounds are and how long it would usually take to heal, and I was amazed at how quickly he heals from injuries. At first I used to yell at him for not taking care of these wounds properly, but now I am so used to it I tend to leave him well alone. Dont know whether its a CH thing or not though. Annette |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by JeffB on May 2nd, 2007, 8:12pm It's a "GUY" thing, we're supposed to hurt ourselves every so often. It's in the manual guys receive at birth, does he need another copy? I just burpt and farted almost at the same time....hu he he hu. |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by DonnaHar on May 2nd, 2007, 9:52pm I am a fast healer with a high pain threshold. |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by ClusterChuck on May 2nd, 2007, 10:01pm on 05/02/07 at 20:12:33, JeffB wrote:
Ummmm ... farts are not suppose to have lumps ... you may have just shit your pants .. You might want to go wipe, and change your panties .... Chuck |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by JeffB on May 2nd, 2007, 10:26pm No Panties here, CHucky! But I do have some fumunda cheese you might like.....LOL! ;;D |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by stevegeebe on May 2nd, 2007, 11:23pm I didn't get past the toe thing and I'm barely over my first girlfriend. Steve G |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Kirk on May 3rd, 2007, 4:01am 3 open heart surgeries in 11 days, I was out of there 7 days later. 100% Renal failure 4 days after that. Left the hosp. again a week later. Complete hip replacement. I was on my feet the next day. Walked up one flight of stairs and through my front door 4 days later. Thats a short list. I do seem to heal much faster than they expect. Only one other person has had more major procedures in a 30 day period at the Portland VA Hosp.than me. He can keep the trophy. [smiley=smokin.gif] |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by barry_sword on May 3rd, 2007, 6:38am I'm a fast healer, fractured my wrist last summer and cast off in less than 4 weeks, my GP said the Prednisone I was taking would be good for the fracture, any idea's on that? Just had the Shingles and with meds they cleared up in 1 week and back to work. Hmmmmmm! Maybe we do heal quicker, but also maybe it is the meds also. Margi, tell Mike to be a little more careful, ok! ;) Barry |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Melissa on May 3rd, 2007, 10:17am Well, Jesse took a steel pipe through the mouth and was back to work in 2 days. Of course, he takes some sort of sick enjoyment in working... perhaps Mike has the same sickness?? ;) |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by minnie on May 3rd, 2007, 10:47am Not quite knowing what he wanted to be when he grows up Mike feels lost.Then one night when his wife Margi is innocently sleeping Mike stumbles on a tv "icon" and decides he wants to live his life just like his new idol Tim "the tool man " Taylor.Though he doesn't have his own home improvement show but he unwittingly has his sidekick/wife Margi.He spends his alone time practicing his grunts and "aww golly geeze I guess I was wrong again but hey the ambulance and fire department are at their top speeds for getting here" speech.To which Margi says well we have them on speed dial and they are talking about giving us a frequant usage discount.(she then rolls her eyes and tells Mike she Loves him as their kids look on...slight fear in their eyes)............................ Home Improvement Summary the host of a small do-it-yourself cable show, his independent wife and their trio of growing boys. It was a solid Top 10 fixture on the ABC schedule for eight years, gently poking fun at manly men through patriarch Tim `The Tool Man' Taylor, whose grunts for `more power' were typically followed with calls to the local Detroit fire department. The series is based on the stand-up comedy routines of star Tim Allen. http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/home-improvement/100210 Sorry to get side tracked from a serious question but this just popped in my head.... Minnie who really doesn't have a life and Loves tv sitcoms ::) |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Margi on May 3rd, 2007, 11:06am :o I actually remember that, Melissa! How scary that was!! Boys, huh? ::) Thanks for all the feedback, gang - maybe there IS a trend here! Toe update: bruise totally GONE last night. Nail is returning to normal. Maybe he really IS an alien afterall. Maybe my mother was right! LOL again, kidding edited to add: LMAO at Minnie. Back AWAY from the TV, girl.... |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Erika on May 3rd, 2007, 12:02pm Wow - another similarity Bill is a fast healer too, and also very accident prone. In the last 3 years he has taken to sewing himself up for things that would require less than 10 stitches, but never any antibiotics for infections - that I just KNEW he would get and didn't. Since he has been thinking he was dying anyway - why give the medical proffesion any more money if he could do it himself. but the list of injuries and healing time for him has also been a long list with little time to heal. He almost never has to miss work. took a box cutter to the face - by his own hands - long story, and 20 stitches and 5 days later - no mark, slight scar but on me it would have been nasty and would have required plastic surgery took a concrete saw to his upper thigh almost completely severing his leg and was told he may never walk again. Took a while to heal but no where near as long as they said. He did get a really nasty scar from this onw, but walks perfect and no nerve damage. tried to trim the hedges in the rain - don't try this at home - got in a hurry and it slipped. Took off the tip of his finger but sewed it up himself. It looks kind of ugly, but healed in less than a week. This one turned all kind of black and I was convinced he had poisoned himself, but then it turned back to normal colors and he removed the 'stitches' many many many many more but I do beleive that the pain threshhold must be so much higher for a CHer - I could NEVER deal with even one, nevermind several a night, so ???????? that is my clue he is in big trouble - when he asks for a doctor! Cause they told him he was most likely dying so he figured why go to the doctor for anything EVER. |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Margi on May 3rd, 2007, 12:12pm GAWD :o He does his OWN stitching? OK all together now.....ewwwwwwwww. |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Erika on May 3rd, 2007, 12:18pm Well, I am sucked in to this family now so I am sure we will all meet one day - he will have to show you his 'handywork' - don't try it at home though cause it is just GROSS and although it heals faster than I would think, it still looks awful unless it is actually stitched by someone that knows how to sew correctly. it is EWWWWWWWWW - me? I want morphine for a papercut, j/k but perhaps there is a connection or maybe the pain threshhold is just higher ---- ????? all of this baffles me |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Jonny on May 3rd, 2007, 6:02pm This healed in two hours (no scar) http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3dd11b3127cce9fbec0679a8b00000016108AZM2bNk5bM6 This one healed in twenty minutes (no scar) http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b5dc35b3127cce901583cc21e600000016108AZM2bNk5bM6 What can I say....Im Superman....LMAO! ;;D |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Maffumatt on May 3rd, 2007, 6:08pm gota watch those uppercuts...Did Chewy do that? |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Jonny on May 3rd, 2007, 6:12pm on 05/03/07 at 18:08:15, Maffumatt wrote:
LOL....no, a Hydraulic pipe bender....fuckin saftey let go ;;D WHACK!!!!! ;) |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Maffumatt on May 3rd, 2007, 6:15pm Didya beat it with a bent pipe afterwards LOL Sounds better than a beating from chewy anyway........H |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by BobG on May 3rd, 2007, 10:58pm on 05/03/07 at 12:12:34, Margi wrote:
I was so looking forward to the day I could visit you and sharing a seat in the back Mike's truck to watch TV in the garage, but........ Now I'm no so sure I even want to get near him. :o |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by TonyG1 on May 3rd, 2007, 11:28pm High pain threshold -- had to have an emergency appendectomy a few years back and that pain was a minor bother I heal extremely fast as well... |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Charlie on May 4th, 2007, 1:44am Yikes. Scary stories to me. With the Coumadn I take now, I'd bleed to death in a few minutes if I did this kind of thing to myself. It would be a fairly efficient method, come to think of it. No need to worry....not planning anything yet 8) So you didn't even get a visit from the toe fairy? :o Charlie |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Margi on May 4th, 2007, 10:33am Holy crap, Jonny! :o LOL Bob - you're always welcome and yes, on a warm summer's eve, my boy does still do that and he'd welcome the company. Not to worry, he's very protective of those around him. I'm completely unscathed and I've been with him for 20mumblemumble years now! He's got cat-like reflexes and, I think, telescopic arms. When young Savannah was playing on our couch last week, she got a bit close to the edge and started to teeter. 'Ampa's arm came out of NOWHERE and caught her. We didn't even realize he was watching her - her mummy and I were still stumbling over each other to try get across the room to catch her but 'Ampa beat us to it! Maybe we should start another thread on lightning fast reflexes! LOL Seriously. Holy crap, Jonny! p.s. to Charlie - don't you be talking like that, Mister!! Don't forget - Lee left me his can of whoopass. And no, by the time the Toe Fairy got to Mike the crisis had passed. |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Katherinecm on May 6th, 2007, 8:40pm I have always been pretty fast with physical injuries. But infections seem to linger on and on. |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by Turts on May 8th, 2007, 2:10am mikey thing at least if you ever do the bobbit thing to mikeys thing, then mikeys thing will do mikeys thing so that mikey will still have his thing Turts |
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Title: Re: Are you a fast healer? Post by artonio7 on May 8th, 2007, 6:14am Am I a fast healer... No! My navel still hurts from when they cut the cord. with warm regards, Tony |
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