The nearest you have come to death

zenno · 05-04-2014 02:12PM

Dramatik wrote: »

@zenno.That's a horrific story, you must have felt totally helpless at the time

It really bugs me that things like this can happen under the right circumstances. If you have been accused of a crime and end up in court, if you have no evidence to prove otherwise, then you will be found guity, even if you are innocent. Mistakes do happen and probably happen more often than we know. I was found guilty of a crime I didn't commit years ago, the only evidence I had to prove me innocent was CCTV footage of the event, the gardai who arrested me were incharge of obtaining the footage, they subsequently "forgot" to obtain the footage and by the time they went to get it (3-4 weeks after the incident!), it had been "accidently" taped over. Therefore I was found guilty and charged. I just wanted to give an example of how easily this can happen to anyone.

Some times it can go wrong, badly wrong. But it's rare. There are always a few bad apples in all walks of life and of which in power can be very dangerous. But like I said, it's rare nowadays in Ireland. Especially right now.

Cee-Jay-Cee · 05-04-2014 02:15PM

I once touched a dead person, does that count??

05-04-2014 02:44PM

CruelCoin wrote: »

3: Scuba diving. Egypt 3 years ago, especially violent currents. Got pinned underneath overhanging rocks, unable to find regulator that had been ripped from my mouth.

In Madeira on a group dive with a few nationalities as I keeping still to watch a blue marlin wander past, my DB lost the plot and spitting out his reg was grabbing and pulling on me in a total funk. He yanked out my reg flailing and shot us both to the surface with me helpless as he had about an extra 30cm and maybe 30kg on me. Happened very quickly and was a hard lesson about diving with strangers.

After pulling an all-nighter before exams, I lost all sense of speed and depth but thought I was fine, and walked out in front of a truck and if the guy beside me hadn't yanked me back I'd have been a goner. It was so close I still have dreams about the whoosh of air in my face as the truck passed.

I was on a turbulent flight with my parents as a small child when we suddenly massively dumped altitude, everyone started screaming and crying and my mum leaned over and told me she loved me and my dad told me to close my eyes. I don't remember anything else, but obviously the pilots managed to recover control. I don't know how close it was in reality, but it felt baaad.

newmug · 05-04-2014 02:52PM

CathyMoran wrote: »

Diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in 2006, had the chemo, married and then the surgery a few weeks later. Post surgery I got double pneumonia and mu kidneys ended up failing for a while, was on dialysis and I ended up needing to be ressusitated 3 times. When they told me afterwards that my near death experience was not my imagination but real I was upset for a while but thankfully past the 5 years now and have 2 young children.

You'll have to tell us about your near death experience. What happened?

Joe prim · 05-04-2014 02:54PM

GenieOz wrote: »

Friend shooting me in the head by mistake would come close.

Are you a mate of Dick Cheney's?

newmug · 05-04-2014 02:54PM

Dramatik wrote: »

@zenno.That's a horrific story, you must have felt totally helpless at the time

It really bugs me that things like this can happen under the right circumstances. If you have been accused of a crime and end up in court, if you have no evidence to prove otherwise, then you will be found guity, even if you are innocent. Mistakes do happen and probably happen more often than we know. I was found guilty of a crime I didn't commit years ago, the only evidence I had to prove me innocent was CCTV footage of the event, the gardai who arrested me were incharge of obtaining the footage, they subsequently "forgot" to obtain the footage and by the time they went to get it (3-4 weeks after the incident!), it had been "accidently" taped over. Therefore I was found guilty and charged. I just wanted to give an example of how easily this can happen to anyone.

What was the outcome? Did you get a conviction? Did you get your name cleared?

nc19 · 05-04-2014 02:58PM

Everytime i drive my motorbike around irish drivers (im irish)

Chara1001 · 05-04-2014 03:03PM

The first time was a hit and run when I was a child when a car drove over me and broke my legs, and the second was in Australia when I almost drowned scuba diving on the great barrier reef.

NicoleL88 · 05-04-2014 03:04PM

Can't remember how old I was (maybe 5 or 6), but my mam used to hang the washing outside on one of those blue ropes. Anyway, I used to love grabbing it and twisting around so that when I took my feet off the ground I would spin around for a few seconds. I remember one day wondering what it would be like to fly like a bird so I wrapped the rope atound my neck and twisted it.... next thing I knew I was in my mams arms and she was running to the hospital with me!

Duff · 05-04-2014 03:57PM

Rolling a Citreon Saxo off the side of a mountain when I was 19. Was the mistiest day I've ever seen and a sharp bend came out of no where. Too late. Car rolled 4 or 5 times and jammed up on it's side against a massive boulder. The boulder was down about 70ft on the mountain side with about another 200 or so ft to go. Only for the boulder I almost certainly wouldn't be typing this. Came away with a few cuts and a broken rib. Car was in shíte though.

MonstaMash · 05-04-2014 04:00PM

nc19 wrote: »

Everytime i drive ride my motorbike around irish drivers (im irish)

Fixed that for you

:P

shopaholic01 · 05-04-2014 04:03PM

newmug wrote: »

You'll have to tell us about your near death experience. What happened?

She had a potentially terminal illness. What more do you want?

newmug · 05-04-2014 04:08PM

shopaholic01 wrote: »

She had a potentially terminal illness. What more do you want?

Eh, a description of her near death experience?

Jonny Blaze · 05-04-2014 04:08PM

Wow, so many of these posts are car crashes...

shopaholic01 · 05-04-2014 04:10PM

newmug wrote: »

Eh, a description of her near death experience?

Here, let me highlight it for you:

CathyMoran wrote: »

I got double pneumonia and mu kidneys ended up failing for a while, was on dialysis and I ended up needing to be ressusitated 3 times. When they told me afterwards that my near death experience was not my imagination but real I was upset for a while but thankfully past the 5 years now and have 2 young children.

Her heart stopped 3 times, that's as close as you can get really.

Jonny Blaze · 05-04-2014 04:12PM

think newmug is really asking about the 'experience' part, not just the circumstances.

Many people claim to have near death experiences where they feel as if they are watching their body from a floating height above it, or to see tunnels of light etc.

I think thats what he means, though correct me if im wrong!

shopaholic01 · 05-04-2014 04:15PM

Jonny Blaze wrote: »

think newmug is really asking about the 'experience' part, not just the circumstances.

Many people claim to have near death experiences where they feel as if they are watching their body from a floating height above it, or to see tunnels of light etc.

I think thats what he means, though correct me if im wrong!

Then why just ask her? No one else is describing that.

newmug · 05-04-2014 04:18PM

You're dead right Johnny, as Shopaholic well knows.

shopaholic01 · 05-04-2014 04:24PM

newmug wrote: »

You're dead right Johnny, as Shopaholic well knows.

Actually, I thought you were being sarcastic.

Apologies.

Daveysil15 · 05-04-2014 04:38PM

I got a spontaneous pneumothorax after bending down to pick up my phone. I spent 3 weeks in hospital.

pragmatic1 · 05-04-2014 05:04PM

Chara1001 wrote: »

The first time was a hit and run when I was a child when a car drove over me and broke my legs, and the second was in Australia when I almost drowned scuba diving on the great barrier reef.

Fcukin lousy bastard. Hit and run on a child. Did the gardai get whoever done it?

Dramatik · 05-04-2014 05:15PM

newmug wrote: »

What was the outcome? Did you get a conviction? Did you get your name cleared?

Got off by the skin of my teeth, had to pay a fine of €400. Scarest part was being in the holding cell underneath the court, there was some shady looking characters in there.

There was probably 8 or 10 of us in there, it was pretty intimidating and obviously had a really bad atmosphere, you could feel the anger/agression in the air as people were about to be sentenced for their crimes and obviously not in the best of moods. I just stood right beside the gate with my back against the wall, incase something went down and I had to get help although I'm not sure if that would have made much difference as there was long periods of time where there was no garda outside the cell. What amazed me was there was a couple of lads in the corner of the room doing lines off a bench lol! like of all places to be having a cheeky beak! ha ha!

Everything turned out grand in the end though, out of sheer luck the gardai never took my smokes off me when I was going in, so I lit up a smoke and about two mins later one guy came up and asked me for one (he was actually one of the guys snorting the stuff ha ha) so I gave him one and he was asking me what I was in for ect. I really wanted to ask him why he was in but I didn't just incase I offended him in some way. He said I'd be grand and I should get off, he even helped me get a solicitor as the garda said I had to pick one then and there, and I didn't know the names of any.

After that a couple more people came up and asked for smokes so I ended up giving most of the pack away and everyone seemed to appreciate that, they kept them going till the garda dropped a couple of packs down to the cell, I felt a little safer after that as people didn't seem to be as stressed out. There was one point though where some eastern-european lad started goin nuts and kicking and punching stuff because he didn't understand what was going on because he had very little english but he calmed down after a while so it was grand but it was a bit frightening all the same because it looked like he could take out his anger on the person closest to him so I kept a close eye on him. Eventually though I was called up and a bond??? and another court date was set and I was released. Worst day ever and it was only one single day! I can't imagine having to wake up every morning to face that kind of atmosphere, absolute nightmare! I still wonder sometimes what would have happened if I didn't have that pack of smokes...

GerB40 · 05-04-2014 05:22PM

pragmatic1 wrote: »

Subarachnoid brain haemorrhage. Very lucky to be alive and even luckier to come out of it with minimal damage.

I've had a few relatives who had the same condition as yourself but were not so lucky.. Reading you're post fills me with joy because despite the fact it's so prevalent in my family there is hope. I wish you all the best in life:-)

Sulla Felix · 05-04-2014 06:55PM

Was off sick with a fairly bad chest and throat infection, around 2010/11 when we had a lot of snow. Day 4 and I'm feeling better, so decide to go for a walk, roads are fairly ok but still heavy snow on the verges. Wear a pair of linen summer trousers, light runners and a hoodie for some reason. I live in the wicklow mountains, so when I got to the edge of the village I decided to cut away from the road and go home via the hills. Which were covered in snow anywhere from 1ft to waist deep.
Halfway up the hill I sit down for a rest cause I feel great, it's warm, everything is so beautiful man! Wake up in the dark, violently shivering, soaked to the skin with my dog biting me and barking.
Got back to the village, into the first house I come to, pretty sure Mrs Maguire saved my life with hot tea, blankets, dry clothes.

Never felt more stupid in my life.

Edit: Full credit goes to Powder, my westie too!

05-04-2014 06:58PM

Sulla Felix wrote: »

Wake up in the dark, violently shivering, soaked to the skin with my dog biting me and barking.
Got back to the village, into the first house I come to, pretty sure Mrs Maguire saved my life with hot tea, blankets, dry clothes.

Never felt more stupid in my life.

Fair play to Mrs Maguire, but I think your dog did his/her bit too

05-04-2014 06:58PM

Sulla Felix wrote: »

Was off sick with a fairly bad chest and throat infection, around 2010/11 when we had a lot of snow. Day 4 and I'm feeling better, so decide to go for a walk, roads are fairly ok but still heavy snow on the verges. Wear a pair of linen summer trousers, light runners and a hoodie for some reason. I live in the wicklow mountains, so when I got to the edge of the village I decided to cut away from the road and go home via the hills. Which were covered in snow anywhere from 1ft to waist deep.
Halfway up the hill I sit down for a rest cause I feel great, it's warm, everything is so beautiful man! Wake up in the dark, violently shivering, soaked to the skin with my dog biting me and barking.
Got back to the village, into the first house I come to, pretty sure Mrs Maguire saved my life with hot tea, blankets, dry clothes.

Never felt more stupid in my life.

I think your dog did too, good doggy

Aidric · 05-04-2014 07:06PM

When I was around 12 I had to go to the hospital to have a troublesome tooth removed. They administered nitrous oxide without checking that I was asthmatic . Not sure if the onus was on me or them to provide this info but my father who was with me said it was touch and go for a while.

Sulla Felix · 05-04-2014 07:07PM

Candie wrote: »

Fair play to Mrs Maguire, but I think your dog did his/her bit too

bluewolf wrote: »

I think your dog did too, good doggy

Definitely, meant to include her in the honour roll of thanks too!

05-04-2014 07:12PM

Aidric wrote: »

When I was around 12 I had to go to the hospital to have a troublesome tooth removed. They administered nitrous oxide without checking that I was asthmatic . Not sure if the onus was on me or them to provide this info but my father who was with me said it was touch and go for a while.

On them, they're the healthcare professionals and should have asked all the questions they need to ascertain the risk.

Shocking, really.

Busted Flat. · 05-04-2014 07:13PM

Two close shaves in transport, touched live mains that were stripped behind a wall while working, badly burned hand as a result. Still here though.

The nearest you have come to death

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