Damn tailgate!

Jugernot

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Just got back from the ER...

I was going to be doing a roll in bed liner on my truck today and was washing the bed out. I was pulling myself up into the bed and the bumper was slick from the water. My foot flew out from under me and I hit my leg on the side of the tailgate. A second or so after it happened, I felt a pain in my leg and looked down to see a 1.5" gash in leg from the tailgate. Basically all I could see was fat from my leg poking out, so I put my hand on it to stop the bleeding. I grabbed a towel and it just so happens my dad had come over today to help me with the bed liner. I yelled for em and he asked "what ahppened?" and I took my hand off and blood squirted all over my legs and shoes. (DAMMIT, now I gotta get blood off my shoes!)

He drove me to the ER and I had to get 8 stiches. As they were cleaning the gash, they were using irrigation fluid on it and it went up my shorts.... looked like I pissed all over myself! :|

Anyway, I just home and went out to lookat my truck to see if I had to clean up any blood. The tailgate didn't have any blood on it, but it had a piece of skin with some of my leg hair attached. NASTY!

Anyway, they said I have to go back in 12 days to get the stiches out.

This sucks.... I won't be able to get my bed liner put in before winter and I will be hobbling around for the rest of this week.

btw: NO PICS!
 

Ryan

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Originally posted by: Jugernot
The tailgate didn't have any blood on it, but it had a piece of skin with some of my leg hair attached.

Eat it.

 

notfred

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I got 8 stiches in my face after being stabbed with a 6" fiberglass blade. It kinda hurt, but wasn't that bad.
 

N8Magic

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Sounds like you had a nasty gash on your leg there... i'm sure it will heal up soon...

While we're on the topic of stitches, when I was young I had 10 stitches put in the bottom of my foot. NOT pleasant as there are a LOT of nerve endings in your foot... ouch.
 

olds

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Doesn't sound like a tailgate problem, more like operator error.
:)
 

Jugernot

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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Doesn't sound like a tailgate problem, more like operator error.
:)

No, it was the tailgate dammit! Manufacturer defect I tell you! :D