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Caspar · 11-09-2004, 22:58

When I was about 17 I had a near fatal push bike accident, hit and run, whilst I was on my way to work. In fact, it was 10 years on the 4th Sept.

I don't recall the few minutes leading upto the crash and only remember vague events afterwards...nothing spiritual or anything...just blood pooring out of my mouth and face. I basically crushed my face against whatever I hit and did some serious-ish damage, loss of teeth, split tongue, lacerated and broken nose, face cuts..etc...

I remember dragging my bike onto the forecourt of the petrol station, trying to shout for help. I remember being the ambulance. I remember being told that I must have been laying there for a few hours at the side of the road cause the ambulance got to the hospital at 9pm, I should have started work at 6pm. I remember some of my family coming to see me in a&e before going into surgery and the horrified look on their faces

. I remember being drugged up for 10 days in ICU dreaming about weird stuff, I remember choking on my throat tube, that was keeping my wind pipe open and preventing my neck bruising suffocating me. I remember waking up and being unable to lift a newspaper cause it was so heavy. I remember hate being in the cold hospital. I remember crying, with a split dried up tongue...it hurt. I remember being discharged. I remember coming home and seeing my coat, that I was wearing, in the bath soaking...the water blood red. I remember my brother telling me the coppers coming round to the house to look at the bike and declaring that it was my fault cause the bike had no tyre thread....it's a bloody racer bike...it's not supposed to have threads!!! I remember the 7 or so years being in and out of hospitals with numerous corrective surgery. I remember attending an eye clinic and the doc telling me that I had detached retina in both eyes (probably caused by the accident) and that I would be blind by 50 if I didnÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚ Â¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚Â¢t have surgery. I remember having to go through corrective eye surgery in both eyes and the same time. I remember leaving the eye hospital after the surgery on the brightest, sunniest day of the year, without sunglasses. I remember having to wear a tooth plate for 5 years. I remember being called scar-face.

I remember remembering, I suppose I should be grateful that I can.

11-09-2004, 22:58	#12
Caspar Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: UK Posts: 4,988	Re: Near Death Experiences When I was about 17 I had a near fatal push bike accident, hit and run, whilst I was on my way to work. In fact, it was 10 years on the 4th Sept. I don't recall the few minutes leading upto the crash and only remember vague events afterwards...nothing spiritual or anything...just blood pooring out of my mouth and face. I basically crushed my face against whatever I hit and did some serious-ish damage, loss of teeth, split tongue, lacerated and broken nose, face cuts..etc... I remember dragging my bike onto the forecourt of the petrol station, trying to shout for help. I remember being the ambulance. I remember being told that I must have been laying there for a few hours at the side of the road cause the ambulance got to the hospital at 9pm, I should have started work at 6pm. I remember some of my family coming to see me in a&e before going into surgery and the horrified look on their faces . I remember being drugged up for 10 days in ICU dreaming about weird stuff, I remember choking on my throat tube, that was keeping my wind pipe open and preventing my neck bruising suffocating me. I remember waking up and being unable to lift a newspaper cause it was so heavy. I remember hate being in the cold hospital. I remember crying, with a split dried up tongue...it hurt. I remember being discharged. I remember coming home and seeing my coat, that I was wearing, in the bath soaking...the water blood red. I remember my brother telling me the coppers coming round to the house to look at the bike and declaring that it was my fault cause the bike had no tyre thread....it's a bloody racer bike...it's not supposed to have threads!!! I remember the 7 or so years being in and out of hospitals with numerous corrective surgery. I remember attending an eye clinic and the doc telling me that I had detached retina in both eyes (probably caused by the accident) and that I would be blind by 50 if I didnÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¢ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¡Ã‚ Â¬ÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â‚¬Å¾Ã‚Â¢t have surgery. I remember having to go through corrective eye surgery in both eyes and the same time. I remember leaving the eye hospital after the surgery on the brightest, sunniest day of the year, without sunglasses. I remember having to wear a tooth plate for 5 years. I remember being called scar-face. I remember remembering, I suppose I should be grateful that I can.