Gardening Injuries!

[MrsC]

Hi all,

Not been on here for a week maybe? Can't get back into the swing of the topics on here lol!

Anyway, been busy with kids etc and taking down 2 trees in the garden, 60' leylandi and a holly tree about 40'. Chainsaws, shredders etc etc involved, no accidents until:

we moved the rather large chiminea (sp) as we wanted to chill out and have a well earned beer after a long day. As a keen gardener I was most concerned about it burning a nearby plant! It's set on decking on top of tiles which moved when we moved it, I bent down to shove the tile back under asking Mr C to tilt it when, smash....

the top part of it landed on my head!!!!

Didn't know what had hit me! Down on the floor and couldn't speak, took about 1 hour for me to stop feeling sick and come round again!

I've got a big lump and very sore it is too on the front of my head

[jackie j]

OUCH get yourself checked out and make sure you are not on your own.

[MrsC]

OUCH get yourself checked out and make sure you are not on your own.

thanks jackie but it's been over 24 hours now and no ill effects and i feel fine

[maytreefrannie]

OUCH get yourself checked out and make sure you are not on your own.

I second Jackie's suggestion. It's always best to have things checked out.

[MrsC]

I second Jackie's suggestion. It's always best to have things checked out.

You got me paranoid now lol!

[zazen999]

Hells bells Mrs C. Yes - any head injury you need to get it checked out.

I lost the use of 's' after my head injury......couldn't remember words that started with s or had more than 1 s in them. It has recovered considerably but if I can't remember a word I usually have to think of S and eventually it comes.

[MrsC]

Bloody hell, do you really think I should go to A&E tomorrow? I was pretty dazed for a while and had get on the couch etc but felt fine an hour later? What happened to you Andrea?

[zazen999]

I fell 15ft backwards down a spiral staircase and landed on elbow and head. Had a bruise the size of a dinner plate on my back where I smacked the wall on the way down. Smashed elbow to smithereens. Lots of metal involved. Some operations. Blood clot discovered just in time...that sort of thing.

Have you got a drop in centre that you can go to? We found them much better than A&E. It's just that as you were having trouble for an hour trying to stop feeling sick and get back on your feet....best get it checked out just in case.

[amandaandherveg]

Ouch!!

Now I'm worried. Painted our chiminea last week and was planning on moving it to the bottom of the garden this weekend - Note to self to be careful, I know how heavy they are as your head does now.

[MrsC]

The thing is I feel fine though, think I was just dazed, no after effects so to speak. Spent another day in the garden

[MrsC]

Thanks for your replies x

[NOG]

If you have a head injury that knocks you out. Or gives you a change in your Glasgow Coma Scale GCS you MUST go to A&E.

You get knocked out because the brain has been shaken about in the head. There is a fluid (CSF) that acts as a shock asborber. you get bashed on the left side of the head and the brain hits the right side of the skull. You get knocked out and come round and think nothing of it. BUT you brain is brused /bleeding and swells up.

You feel unwell and go for a lay down....and well die.

You need to have rgular monitoring so they can decide if they need to releave the pressue on the brain.

[jackie j]

How you feeling today Mrsc, take care.

[HeyWayne]

Get your head checked lady!

Concussion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

If it took you about an hour to recover I'd say it's most definitely worth getting checked out.

I'm not one for running and getting things checked out on a whim, but any knock to the head (especially if hard enough to make you feel like you did) is worth getting checked out.

Hope you're feeling better this morning, but go, go on. Have someone else take you though.

[Hilary B]

If I was present when someone was that wobbly after a head bang, I'd have them at A&E double quick.