Canada
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 | Views [145]
What started out as a garden-variety ear infection turned into an
emergency dash to Casualty. Intense pain & excessive bleeding from
my ear led me to seek urgent medical treatment from a nearby hospital.
The doctor told me I had a ruptured ear ... Read more >
Tags: ear drum rupture, canada, world nomads, true claim stories
Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [88]
There is nothing quite like being robbed to sour the end of an otherwise inspiring trip abroad. It was a week before I was due to fly home from Canada and I was out with friends at a nightclub. It was freezing outside, so I had worn my Burton snowboard ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, luggage, passports, canada, true claim stories
Wednesday, 7 May 2008 | Views [138]
I was having an awesome time skiing at Whistler until one morning I woke up feeling unwell, with terrible pain on the right side of my abdomen. After a quick trip to the local medical centre, I was sent for blood work to confirm a diagnosis of appendicitis, ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, injury, medical, canada, hospitals & health, true claim stories
Tuesday, 6 May 2008 | Views [90]
I was snowboarding on Blackcomb Mountain when I lost control and
crashed — hard. My left arm and head took the brunt of the impact and I
was left lying on the slopes, unconscious. When I came too, I knew
there was something seriously wrong with ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, injury, medical, skiing, snow, canada, hospitals & health, true claim stories
Tuesday, 6 May 2008 | Views [81]
It’s cliché but true: accidents happen all the time but you never count
on one happening to you. I was skiing in Canada when I took a fall and
injured my left knee. I was taken from the slopes to a local Emergency
Centre, in great pain, where they ... Read more >
Tags: claim, world nomads, injury, medical, skiing, snow, canada, x-ray, true claim stories
Tuesday, 1 Nov 2005 | Views [851]
I was just about to have sexual intercourse with my girlfriend, she was on top and as I started to penetrate her my Frenulum split near the base. I needed a Frenulectomy to give my Frenulum enough slack to heal. Anonymous, Canada.
How World ... Read more >
Tags: misadventures, frenulectomy, ouch!, doctors, hospitals & health, true claim stories
Tuesday, 1 Mar 2005 | Views [951]
While skiing at the Sunshine Village resort in Canada, I caught an edge lost control and skiied into a boulder. On impact with the rock I injured both my arms, chipped some teeth and lacerated and fractued part of my jaw. When the medics came to assist ... Read more >
Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, skiing, x-ray, true claim stories
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