[gabe1984]

I have a pretty good sports injury story. When I was a senior in high school during lacrosse practice I got hit in the face with a shot. It was not a bounce shot, it was a hard ass shot that somehow snuck up under the left side of my helmet and hit me right in the corner of my jaw. The shot shattered my jaw and knocked me right on my ass. My mouth was bleeding for about 2 hours after that. We had to call an ambulance to pick me up, and they put me in a stretcher and took me to the hospital. It was horrible because my mouth was still bleeding, and I was lying on my back, I had a mouth full of blood, I thought I was gonna choke. I had to get my jaw wired shut for six weeks, and when they wired the jaw shut, it caused a hairline fracture I had in my chin (caused from the shot) to pull apart, so then I had to get a second surgery to install a metal plate in my chin. Which is stil there.

I had a liquid diet for six weeks. I ate a lot of soup and baby food. Plus, after about 2 weeks I'd put anything in a blender and drink it with a straw, and I mean anything. Pizza, steak, spaghetti, donuts, it used to be a joke with my friends to see what kind of stuff they could get me to eat after it was put in the blender.

I also had to walk around with a pair of scissors around my neck because if I had to throw up, I'd have to cut the wires.