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I am probably the only person on Steemit or that you will ever meet who has been hit in the face with a running chainsaw. And lived to tell the tale. And still have both eyes, my nose and all my teeth.
7 years ago I was clearing brush with a large Husqvarna chainsaw with a 24" bar. Too large of a saw for what I was doing really. And while I was cutting small branches the saw kicked back hard and caught me right in the face. The force of the hit broke my glasses and left me dazed and staggering. I had no idea I was hurt until I saw the blood starting to drip in a steady stream onto the ground. I reached up to feel my left cheek and was stunned to feel bone, not skin. I sorta pushed the hunks of my cheek back together and stumbled out of the farm windbreak and started looking for my Dad, who was there that day working on a piece of machinery. After wandering in circles (as the blood trail I was leaving behind testified) I found him and he about passed out looking at the bloody mess that was the left side of my face.
Cutting to the chase (cutting...ha ha!) 6 hours later I was in surgery with one of the areas best plastic surgeons who cleaned up the mess and put me all back together and closed me up with 50 stitches. The turning saw blade had hit me square in the cheek from the corner of my mouth to just below the corner of my eye. A half inch higher and I would have lost my eye. 1/2 and inch lower and I would have torn my mouth open and wrecked my teeth. Two inches lower and I would slit my own throat. Pretty blessed eh?!
Today you wouldn't know anything that traumatic had happened to my mug if I didn't point out the scar and let you run your finger along the obvious groove in my cheekbone.
what! your story is huge my dear @armadilloman
I deeply appreciate God for your life...... my friend you
were save from the claws of death for a reason.
I wish you trauma that incident brought you and your does not stay for long
stay blessed
Wow, as scary as it is to say "That happened in the best way possible" when someone tells that story. Glad you are ok.
It was fun though calling my wife, who was out of town...."Honey how are you.? Me? Oh not so good. I got hit in the face with a chainsaw. I will call you when I get out of surgery...."
Wao I am glad to know that after that episode you are well and above all there are no traumas in you, I do not want to imagine the face of your wife when you called her to tell her that hahaha ... tremendous experience. Greetings from Venezuela @armadilloman
Whoooa...
Thats so bad.
Thats isnt easy. Thank God it didnt hit you at the wrong place .
And bless those who took care of you
Its funny when I was all stitched up the men I know all said "but you are going to have a great scar!" and the women all said "Oh and you are going to have an awful scar!"
Love the pic, “see it’s still attached” 🤣 man o man you a lucky sob!
I bet you picked up the saw again as soon as you could?
I did right after the stitches were out. Although I did get a face shield and eventually started using an electric saw as they stop the instant your finger is off the trigger.
Waooh. Such a fearful thing to experience but very glad you overcame that situation and lived to say it. Much like your experience, people wont know what you pass through in life before you succeed. Unless you tell them. Before, i feel great that you shared this experience with us, it can serve as a source of motivation to any who is going through a very difficult period in life
We had just buried my mom two weeks before. Then this. The whole thing was more then my poor dad could take. And he is one tough hombre.
Such a tough time then. You can overcome bigger mountains. All of us can overcome all challenges if we are determined!
Oh my god, @armadilloman, your story gave me chills. That must have been one of the scariest moments of your life. Pretty amazing that you were able to get in with such a skilled surgeon so quickly.
Thanks for participating in the contest and sharing your story.
And I have to tell you, for all the trauma to flesh and bone, it never really hurt beyond what tylenol would deal with. In all honesty the dozen or so shots they gave me to numb the pain hurt worse then the pain did.
Wow, that’s pretty crazy to hear! Maybe your body was in such shock, you didn’t really process the pain in the moment.
Glad you made it through everything okay!!
Gotta love endorphins.
Wow,that is really terrifying, thank God you are okay.
Yes thank God. I am reminded every time i smile.
Wow how is this possible!!!!!!!!
God.
When I was in the hospital I had an endless stream of nurses and doctor's poking their nose in. I finally asked someone about it and the said "you're a celebrity. No here has ever seen a chainsaw accident above the knee."