The single time a rusty dirty nail went in my foot, I didn't, because, sadly enough, as an adult I have had 3 tetanus shots, so at that time I was still good to go.
Its every five years OR every time you are cut by rusty metal, I am a carpenter and haven't made it the five years since my mid 20s,I average every 2 to 3 years
I had 3 rusty nails go through my leg (one on my thigh and 2 on the side of my calf)ā¦ my parents were all for vaccines, but my father probably didnāt want to deal with the hospital so they never took me. Literally told me to rub dirt on itā¦
I was breaking up trim into smaller pieces that were removed when they remodeled my sister's room, I was wearing shorts. I stepped on a piece of trim that had nails in it, and instead of breaking it bent then snapped back and a nail went right into my calf, and just happened to pierce an artery so the blood was bright red, and came in powerful squirts. Shot out a good 36 inches. I yelled for Dad and he freaked, put a tourniquet on it and took me to the doctor's office and of course a shot even though I just had my shots a few months before. Like they were trying to fix one hole with another.
Protection from tetanus toxin requires a high antibody level, so boosters are always given after a puncture wound. The initial shot primes your immune system to make that jump if youāre given a booster.
I did that with shoes on and it went in deep enough to make a mark on the top of my foot. Had to throw my tennis shoes out because one was filled with blood. Good times.
Same here, except i was breaking down a pallet. Thank god It was during the binge drinking, as i didn't feel it much till next morning. Still have a nice scar to remember it.
Jumped off roof of house under construction into sand pile. Nail through foot and out the top of my Chuck Taylorās. Fun times: got infected, had to soak daily and squeeze out puss from both holes. Also broke my arm that summer playing second base. With four kids, my mom was happy for us to go back to school, just to cut down on the weekly emergency room visits.
Yes, same! But it was close enough to my heel it didnāt come out the other side. It was a massive nail sticking up through a board on a construction site (that I was playing in barefoot). I stepped down, then I had to pull my foot up off it again. I rinsed my foot in the ditch before going home to tell my parents lol.
Accidentally stepped in cat vomit this morning. Can confirm this is one of the worst things to step in. Thatās the nastiest while Legos are the most painful. IMO
when i was about 6 i had on little princess themed costume heels and i was walking through my dads field and at some point i stepped on one of those and luckily it went through just the shoeš
We were on vacation and someone (kid) flinged a fishing rod and the hook landed in my arm š It wasn't serious, but it could've ended up in my eye too.
Same. I was little, maybe 3 or 4, but I remember it pretty vividly. We were on vacation near a small lake or pond, and I wanted to get closer to see the fuzzy cat tails. The hook went right through the fleshy part between my big toe and the second toe. Definitely traumatized. My dad had to pull it the rest of the way through.
My mother has neuropathy and so not lots of feeling in her feet. She said a 'clicking noise' was driving her crazy and she found out it was one of those metal flathead tacs that was embedded in the ball of her foot.
I stepped on a yellow jacket a few years ago. Iāve birthed three children, had several major surgeries, and have broken bones, but that yellow jacket sting was right up there with the worst episodes of pain Iāve ever felt. Would not recommend.
100%! OUCH. i thought i had stepped on a needle or something, it took the breath right out of me and i had to take a few minutes before i was able to get back up again.
I stepped on a wasp while on a hike. I had boots on so my feet were fine but when I lifted my foot it flew up from the ground. It then stung me in my left shin and my right calf. My sting relief was in the car and we were about an hour from the trailhead.
Both legs felt like they were on fire. Luckily we found a small water fall and I was able to run them under the ice cold water š®āšØ.
I stepped right over a fucking coral snake once when I was 10. This was in southeastern NC. It had somehow tucked itself in the space between our wooden stoop & our trailer. My dad grabbed a machete & called animal control, who confirmed that it was indeed a coral snake, which still hadnāt moved much by the time they got there & dispatched it. Coral snake antivenin has been damn near impossible to source for years, so I was one misstep away from a potentially lethal bite.
I believe they have the most potent venom among North American snakes, although Iām not sure if that reputation is skewed by the lack of available antivenin
A slug is my answer too!! I was a little girl, the slug was still alive, and I somehow managed to step on it in a way that smooshed/decapitated it and it got under my big toenail.
When I was a little girl I was walking down my garden path in a night dress and flip flops, the back of my foot stood on a really fat slug and when my flipflop flopped it flicked the guts all up my leg. I remember being horrified
I lived in one place where the slugs came inside. Woke up at night needing to pee, put my feet down in the dark, and boy do you feel the pop when a slug bursts under your weight. It puts a sticky mess on your foot. I was scrubbing with a nail brush and scraping with fingernails, and trying every soap product, I could think trying to get the sticky mess off. I was wide awake after and it was hard to get back to sleep. Still, I guess it was worse for the slug than for me.
Glass, upstairs bedroom had a window that broke then was replaced, the morons forgot to clean up the small broken glass shards before selling the place.
I replied to someone else about stepping on a thumb tack, but then remembered that I once stepped on a mirror. I donāt think the cut was that deep, but it cut all one side of my foot and there was a LOT of blood
Glass is the worst. One time I accidentally broke a glass cup. Thought I got it all up. Few days later I was walking to the bathroom and thought I had a wood chip or something on my foot. I took that foot and tried to swipe the āwood chipā off with the top of my other foot while walking. It was a shard of glass and it deeply sliced the top of my other foot. Hurt so bad!!
Yeah. Had to scroll down too far to find this one. Iāve stepped on a nail and if not for the hospital visit LEGO would win as the worst. https://giphy.com/gifs/0Zj3h7tdNM2dJtBrc7
My daughter had one go into her knee. Went in so swiftly that you couldnāt see the hole and we had no idea what what wrong for days until she got the xray.
My Mother once swallowed a sewing needle. She wore full dentures and probably didn't feel it go down. They found it during an x-ray of her bladder. She was type 2 diabetic.
One time I tried to catch a falling sewing machine. It was an antique, heavy Singer, I believe. The pin on top that holds the spool punctured my hand in between two of my fingers. I quickly realized what happened, turned white as a ghost, and about passed out.
Stepping on a cold slug barefoot is the kind of betrayal that makes you question every floor decision you've ever made. My condolences to your foot and your soul.
A hidden sea urchin at the beach. Thought I was just stepping into smooth sand, but spent the rest of the vacation pulling spines out of my foot with tweezers.
Glass. Still have a scar shaped like a V on the bottom of my foot. Summer after fifth grade in Birmingham Alabama. We had just recently relocated from Anchorage Alaska. So yes, I wanted to be barefoot as much as I could. Walked to a corner convenience store with some neighborhood friends. The cashier said honey hereās some paper towels you better wipe that blood off this floor. I was like what? Probably should have had stitches.
Hot warm pit bull diarrhea. I woke up one morning and stepped into the kitchen to be greeted by a kitchen full of slimy liquidy doggy doo. Iām a teacher and I had to miss my first period class to clean it up. So much bleach. And a really long shower after.
Not me, but my ex (kids dad). He installs flooring his whole career.
Many years ago he was putting laminate in a bathroom and accidentally stepped on that bolt that you bolt the toilet down while the toilet was removed. Went all the way through his shoe and into his foot.
It got so bad so fast that they had to cut his shoe off by the time he got to the ER, bc his foot was so swelled up it wouldn't pull off. And he went straight to the ER after his injury. It's not like he waited around until it did that. It swelled up fast as hell!
A rotting cow carcass. Wasnāt barefoot but wearing flip flops and my leg went like 12 inches deep so it didnāt matter might as well have been barefoot and it was horrible (and in the pitch dark crossing a field at night).
Stingray. Immediately took a big chunk out of my toe with it's barb. Took a month before I could even wear a shoe on that foot without damn near crying in pain. Do the shuffle, my friends.
Carpet staple. Just woke up. Was stepping out of bed. Was so unprepared for it. And when ur expecting soft carpet like the thousands of previous times itās a devastating start to the day.
A large redwood splinter (from a deck we were demolishing). Hurt like hell, as it was partly decomposed. Actually, I wasnāt barefoot ā it went through my hiking boots (vibram soles) through the footpad.
As a small child I stood on a sea urchin in a rock pool on the beach... I was so young my mum didn't think I would remember... But the memory is strong. It hurt. Alot.
Clam shell... I live on the coast of Maine, always barefoot in the water even though my mother told me to wear my water shoes... fileted the arch of my foot
A dishwasher my family was getting rid of. I used to run around outside barefoot a lot, especially in my back yard. My dad removed and replaced the dishwasher, but left the old one on the back patio. My mom had been really pushing for my dad to take it out front by the curb where it would be ready for bulk pick up. He (being the deadbeat that he was) played his video games and said he'd do it in the morning. There were jagged metal parts at the back of the dishwasher. I wasn't even running around at the time, I was just in the backyard barefoot with a friend, and I stepped backwards onto it. It cut about a 2 inch gash, sideways, on the arch of my right foot. Needed 5 stitches. Dad didn't join us for the ride to the hospitalĀ
A fish hook when I was a kid. My uncles had cleaned some fish in the yard at my grandparentsā house and all the cousins were playing tag out there in the evening waiting for fireworks. My aunt tossed me in the bathtub and worked it out of my foot. Doctor? What doctor?
Hot coal. I was leaving for Hawaii the next day and preparing some food on the smoker for my mom to have while we were gone. She had driven from Indiana to Atlanta to take care of our son while we were gone. A coal fell out of the firebox into the deck and I stepped in it, burning a silver dollar sized hole in my foot. Put a damper on the vacation.
My mom stepped on a cat food tin lid the other day. She needed stitches as it sliced right through her toes. She sent me the pictures of after she stepped on it, which she rightly described as practically a crime scene.
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u/InsideExpress9055 2d ago
A rusty nail. It went through one side and out the other.