The Official 'I ALMOST DIED' Thread - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Mr. NiceGuy · 06-24-2016, 06:33 AM

Took an old girlfriend to my secret retreat in Idyllwild last week. She got up at 4am to go to the bathroom and tumbled down the stairs. Broke her right arm with multiple fractures and dislodged a bone from her wrist joint. Damn.

Could have been me. That's my casting arm.

tomahawk · 06-25-2016, 08:52 AM

i'll play. I got 2.
1. Passed out at work. Few weeks later doc runs tilt table test. heart stop for 5 seconds before rebooting. Vagus nerve issue.
2. At 16, friend shot me with an unloaded 357. Through arm, through chest, into wall. Spleen exploded, kidney damaged, lung collapsed. Exit would in back is an inch from spine. missed the artery in my upper arm by 1/2 inch. Four or five days before they were sure I was going to live. I almost died. 5 weeks later ran a mile with the arm still in the cast. I almost died. 3 weeks after that played in the first football game of my senior year. I almost died.
Tom

06-24-2016, 06:33 AM	#1
Mr. NiceGuy Manic for Life Join Date: May 2015 Location: San Diego Posts: 839	Took an old girlfriend to my secret retreat in Idyllwild last week. She got up at 4am to go to the bathroom and tumbled down the stairs. Broke her right arm with multiple fractures and dislodged a bone from her wrist joint. Damn. Could have been me. That's my casting arm. __________________ Another ho-hum day in Paradise

06-25-2016, 08:52 AM	#2
tomahawk Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 109	i'll play. I got 2. 1. Passed out at work. Few weeks later doc runs tilt table test. heart stop for 5 seconds before rebooting. Vagus nerve issue. 2. At 16, friend shot me with an unloaded 357. Through arm, through chest, into wall. Spleen exploded, kidney damaged, lung collapsed. Exit would in back is an inch from spine. missed the artery in my upper arm by 1/2 inch. Four or five days before they were sure I was going to live. I almost died. 5 weeks later ran a mile with the arm still in the cast. I almost died. 3 weeks after that played in the first football game of my senior year. I almost died. Tom