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Scars Character or battle scars?
Scars give character... Ever notice that when you are around friends that your scar becomes the theme to battle stories? For example, I have a scar on my forehead, and my friend says how did you get that? I say, I was surfing and hit the reef and the board knocked me out. My friend says well I was surfing a huge wave and I got wiped out and broke my ankle. Others say; Well it gives you character!
I have a the scar on my forehead from surfing and two weeks later I was a passenger in a car and I hit it open again on the windshield. I have a entrance and exit scar right below my chest of a bullet hole because I couldn't jump fast enough out of the way of an angry drunk shot gun. I have a scar on the right side of my head from a branch that pierced my motorcycle helmet and lodged into my skull. I have a long scar on my left knee from a shot putt from high school. I have a scar on my right knee from a knee scope that the pulled out broken bones from. And this is just some of the "Character" That I have on my body. Anyone want to share there battle scars? |
I have My own set of battle scars, and I agree that they give you character but also for Me they tell a story of how we as human beings have gone through alot in life and are still here to tell people about our lives!
My battle scars include: ~ My left knee from when I fell running in kindergarten and split it open right down to the bone ~ My left arm, very faded mind you, from the first and only time I ever self-harmed ~ My stomach, from the middle to the right side just under My chest, from My recent gallbladder surgery plus a small one around My belly button from the first time they took it out Thank you for starting this thread Blaze, I think its a great idea :) |
I have a scar on my forehead from chicken pox.
Tiny scars on my face from not being able to leave acne alone (sensing a theme here about not being able to keep my hands off of my face yet?). A scar on my upper lip from my cousin throwing an opened old Folgers coffee can at me. The serated edge tore my lip up. There's a scar on my arm from a series of shots I received as a child. I have, literally, hundreds to tiny scars on my hands from the jobs I've done as well as being a general clutz. Oh, and there's the time I took a pair of scissors to my hands and gave myself about 50 paper cuts. There is a faint, have to squint and know it's there to make it out, scar on my arm from a fight with a girl named Keisha. She had braces and bit me. I have a scar from my kidney surgery when I was 5 that is on my lower abdomen. It's a jacked up, crooked, toked looking smiley face. Most of my scars are from the hips up, but I have a few odd ones on my legs as well. I've been fortunate not to break a lot of bones and do a lot of stupid things that resulted in scars. Not that I haven't done a lot of stupid things; they just didn't result in a lot of scarring. |
My scars are not visible, for they are not on my body, they are in places few get to see.
These cars have given me plenty of character, but I doubt they will be the talk of any party. |
I have a faint scar over one eye from when I was about 2-3 and I poked a Saint Bernard in the eye.
I have a scar on my right hand from when my mom pulled a coat hanger out of my hand. I have a scar on my left calf from where a dog bite me while I was walking along the street. I have a scar on my right leg from when I went down a street late one night (or early morning, depending on your view) and I tried to avoid a drunk pedestrian while I was on my bike. I went sliding along the pavement. I have a new scar from when I went for a walk a couple of weeks ago and slipped on some rocks. Some scars are character builders; some are battle scars; some are reminders of a painful past. |
I've got two or three that invoke questions from time to time and far too many others to mention the details one by one...I'm just full of character. :)
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i have one scar, my first surgery in transition
by years end i will have 2 more for my chest surgery. character for me. self containing. being true to myself. |
today ez and i saw this license plate: SCARIE
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I generally don't think I have a lot of physical scars, but then I just took a good look and realize I might be wrong about that.
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When I was around 7 years old my right ear was completely bitten off by a Dog because I threw his ball that he had in his mouth. But they did sew it back on, with the help of leaches it actually got back to circulating again, so my ear is still there. I have 2 toes that were cut off in high school metal shop, but once again, a class mate threw them in a cooler and the Army hospital sew them back on, And that's just for starters lmao... |
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Lets see about my scars...I have one on my calp from haveing a bb cut out by the er doc when I was 5.
My upper lip has one from me being an ass and being bitten by a dog at age 6..moral of this story is dont play with dogs u dont know. There are multiple burn/cut scars on my arms/hands from many years of being a chef,also one of my fingers got the tip cut off in a meat slicer..ouch.They did get it back on tho. On my knees I have several scrape scars from hitting barrels when I was rodeoing,cuts from barb wire fences. Ant lastly on my left foot where a horse steped on my foot when he fell at the track and steped on me with toe grabs on his hoofs when he got up,it also broke near every bone ion said foot and ankle... And how could I ever forget, the hysto scar than runs straight down my gut. |
Scar on 1st knuckle of right hand from bicycle fender. Scar on right ring finger from hatchet. Scar on upper right middle finger from my cat Sunny bunny kickin me. Surgery scars on chest. Surgery scar at belly botton and 2 on lower abdomen from LAVH. Scar on crown of noggin from falling board in my Dads shop. Workin on a good one now on my right ankle from gashing it last Saturday.
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SCARS I OWN Body: *Top Surgery and Recent Cancer Scare *Hysto. Surgery (I felt like I was gutted like a pig) *Chix Pox Scars all over my body because I had it when I was 28 yo *Arms, Legs, and Hands from various sports injuries *Chin Scar from when I walked thru a screen door and fell down 3 steps *Scars from shots I got as an infant *Nasty Scar on my left index finger when I cut it with the lawn mower blade *Nasty Scar on my right hand from when I sanded my skin when I was trying to paint the fence & deck (man did that hurt something fierce) *Scar on my left ankle when I tripped backwards while fishing Mental: *Too much from childhood trauma, living with tbi and asperger's |
OH those mental scars..I do have a fue of those as well.One thing I have managed to deal with as I have aged is over time they or some dont matter as much as they once did as in one way or another I reclaimed my power over them.But there are some that as hard as I try dont stay burried deep enought for me to file them away in the "go away zone",these are the ones that are mosr recent over the last fue years,im still working on them for the most part its geting better but may never completly go away.
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I have stitches on the top of my head from when I was about 5. I apparently pulled on an iron cord and the iron landed on my head. (yeah, yeah, no comments please).
I have a scar on my neck from surgery. A bad case of strep throat veered off and became a serious neck infection. They had to drain it to remove the infection before it reached my heart. I affectionately refer to it as my "frankenfemme" scar. I have a tiny scar on my left thumb from when my dad accidentally cut my finger while I was holding a loaf of bread for him. The running joke in my house shortly afterwards was that my dad was trying to make us look like twins. (He was missing his left hand) (We have a sick sense of humor). I have a very faint scar on my right arm from when I punched through double paned glass. Originally it was about 8 inches long, but now you can barely see it. (Don't ask). |
I have 2 8" scars of which I am most proud:
~The one from navel to the top of my hairline which opened me up to bring Melody Claire into the world. ~The other is across my lower abdomen which allowed Erin Parker to discover the world. The other tiny scars are insignificant and unimportant compared to my two favorite ones. :) |
My knees are both all scarred up from a total of 5 surgeries, including 3 arthroscopies (left has had 2, right has had 1), a major reconstruction on the left, and both knees have now had total joint replacement. I also have 3 inch scars on the outside of both ankles from where I had congenital Haglund's Deformities corrected. I also have 2 small scars, one on my right rib and the other a little right of my spine, where I had 2 lipomas (cysts) surgically removed. Of course, now I also have two long scars across my chest, which are fading out nicely, from my top surgery, a year ago.
Then I have a long horizontal scar on my right lower abdomen from an appendectomy in '83. :| ~Theo~ :bouquet: |
I don't have any battle or otherwise scars, I try to make a habit of not hurting me and certainly not drawing blood on myself.:cigar2:
BAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!! Yall do remember the "My first stitches story" that happened in April right? LOL I'll relay more battle wounds later.:cherry: Good topic Blaze, I think this what you describe is actually called "two ships passing in the night" where you are telling a story about your scar and people aren't really listening to you they are already planning their part of the conversation although it is only in a small way relative to your story. This was an exercise we used in some of my psych classes. To help us learn to be better listeners.:phonegab: |
I have a scar, belly button down from my hystorectomy which has made me cancer free since Oct of 1999. I have a small scar for my appendectomy removal. One small scar by my belly button and one on my right rib cage from when I had my gallbladder removed. My left forearm bottom side from when I put my arm through a plate glass window at 17, I missed the door latch. On my right knee is a small scar from my Grandmothers corner China cabinet which met It's untimely demise and all it's contents of fine China were lost during a fight between my cousin and I. Of course the scars I am most proud of, are the ones I recieved from my son and my three daughters! (f) |
Yup! Got a bunch of them. Still alive and able to walk. That's all that's important. Character-builder? Isn't everything?
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the one I picked up at 13 riding dirt bikes with the boys. I attempted a jump over a fallen tree and it resulted in me landing on the gas tank with half of my labia minora. I limped home with blood pouring from my crotch and my mother took one look at me and started her you're a woman now period spill. I was given a pad and a speech and she never even looked at it. :sighs: |
I personally have come to terms with my scars but I do not wear them as a badge...Actually they came with much hardship untill I accepted me for me.
I was cut from almost the top of my back, around my right side to my hip. Also in front from hip to hip when I was three. They have shortened some yes since then. But due to other issues the hip to hip one had to be re- opened. I absorbed my twin and due to toxic issues..The extra parts had to be removed. Also at 16 I was in a fire but those only I can see...smiles Unless they are pointed out. I later went on to be a dancer reguardless of the scars...And did well...Which helped me to heal inside as well. |
I think its both,,either was there are lotsa stories about how ya got em. I've had 12 surgeries,,there is always a story. :)
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Not so much character-building, as "unique identifiers". Kinda like dental records or fingerprints... Anyway, here's mine:
Left knee - surgery for cartilage torn at the gym Chin - racing my bicycle and the kid I was racing turned his front wheel into my back wheel b/c I was beating him. I went over the handlebars and chin- planted on the asphalt. Right ankle - the pedal on my banana-seat bicycle would slip off, and the pedal frame gouged out my skin. Left elbow - surgery scar from another bicycle mishap. Chain broke, I was thrown off, broke my elbow. Inner right forearm - scar from a hot mini-bike muffler Left leg - a neighborhood dog attacked my dog and I stepped in between them. Took it in the calf. Right ankle - Burglar alarm call. Dog didn't appreciate me being in its yard to check on the house. Chest - surgery Neck - surgery for herniated discs Back - cyst removed Right shoulder - rotator cuff repair. Tore it at the gym. Right knuckle - sliced by glass that fell out of a picture frame Lower abdomen - Removal of organs that should have never been there in the first place Right hip - didn't realize the tail of my shirt was in the flame of a candle and it caught on fire and burned me Forehead - small star-shaped scar from falling on brick steps when I was 3. Although my mother forbade me to run up and down our front steps, I did it anyway. I just NEEDED to. I think that's everything. |
Reading this thread makes me realize that, for age 48, I am remarkably unscarred.
I have a tiny one on my chin, where I cracked it open and needed stitches (twice!) at the age of 5 or 6. Right knee...vertical scar about an inch long...getting it pinned and dragged along a fence by a horse that preferred not to cooperate. And it's not a scar, but I have an extremely annoying ganglian cyst on my left wrist...looks like a lump under the skin (ick) from over-stressing the joint when I renovated my office. That one will be going when I can psych myself up enough to do it... (fraidy cat here) That's it. :cheesy: As far as scars on other people...I look at them the same way I do wrinkles or grey hair...just a part of who they are, and part of what we accumulate as we live. :) |
I have a scar on my left leg from total knee replacement surgery but I think that's about it for me. Unless I have to have any more surgeries. OH yeah I have scars from countless picc lines and groschon catheters that they placed in me while I was recuperating from Lyme's disease!!
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I have several scars
My right hand has lots of little scars from being a baker. Oven scars. My right knee has had laproscopic surgery. I had a torn medial and lateral meniscus and a torn ACL. I had the meniscus repaired but I did not replace the ACL. Dance. Years of it. I still dance. I will dance even in my chair someday if I haveta. Left leg. Shaving. Straight razor. Enough said. Left Side of my Chin. My mother in a fit of rage hit me with a skillet. Think Joan Crawford on speed. Internal. Too many to count. Mostly healed and loving life. |
My list
Both knees, I had gauze for knee caps from riding me bike. left knee arthroscopic surgery tore medial and lateral collateral ligaments right shoulder blade from a knife an idiot placed there, in the AF. He was the worse for wear. left fore finger tin can cut, a little cayenne pepper and good as new. left thumb dog bite right shoulder bursa sack cleaned out lower abdomen tumor removed. scar on top of my head from a trailer window, It has become a cowlick. forgot the one on my left wrist from climbing down the face of Sandia Mountain. |
My entire body is a monument to battle scars...lol My fav... nice size scar over my left eye...went to battle with the sharp corner of a coffee table when I was a toddler...yes, the table won... back of my hand....top rack of a hot oven when I was 12 knuckle of ring ringer...broke a glass while washing dish the same day as the hot oven SAME damn finger...a lovely round scar from falling into a semi-catatonic state while holding a marlboro palm of right hand...stuck it to a hot stovetop when I was 7 (i think i was a kind of ignorant child...) pointer-finger... "blood sisters for life" ritual of bffs in 3rd grade...lol both knees...didn't listen well to the paramedic who was teaching our 4th grade class CPR/first-aid, when he said "Don't run on the pavement to the building" (yeah, once again...ignorant child...lol) toe...dropped a razor in the shower *snicker* ear...I had the top of my ear pierced when my son was 1...he got the sleeve of his fuzzy flannel pjs stuck to the stud of the 2 day old piercing, and yanked before I could stop him...I re-pierced it thru the scar... entire body... I, too, had trouble not scratching at the chicken pox i finally got, on my 16th BIRTHDAY, no less...ugh... A few that were inflicted by the abuse of others.... Numerous, uncountable other scars that were self-inflicted with fingernails and sharp objects to match the inner scars made by those "demons" that tend to haunt me...pretty self-explanatory on that one... :( |
My gallbladder scar, the new one, is longer than the old one but is healing nicely :)
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Okay, I'll play:
One hidden by my hair on my head from a connection of my head to a Volkswagen windshield and one on my right shoulder blade from same, One on my neck from an anterior cervical fusion of C5-C6, Right arm: triple-cut on top from working at UPS, carpel tunnel release on the palm from same, middle finger from slamming a car door on it as a kid, across the wrist from shoving my hand through a storm door as a kid, back of arm from working on the brakes of my truck way back when, and inside my forearm from accidentally stabbing myself with a lit cigarette. Left arm: on top from a burn while in the oil refining business, tip of middle finger on each side from shooting a nail through it. Various and sundry little "spots" all over both arms from sun poisoning multiple times over the years. Two appendix incisions, one vertical one horizontal; it was in the wrong place and they didn't have time to look before surgery. Side to side across the abdomen from a full hysterectomy (YAY!) Across by spine mid-back from the removal of three cysts and two old incisions (the first two cysts) resulting in one long incision. Right knee from yet another accidental cigarette burn, Along the side of my left big toe where my toe was cut off and moved over to compensate for a bunion I had at 30 that I shouldn't have had until 70. I'm sure there are other smaller ones that I really don't remember where they came from, but these are the ones I know the story for. I suppose some of them add character to the appearance of the skin, but they are all good for a story now and again, lol. Glynn |
Left wrist tiny fingernail scar......4th grade Libby Burdine scratched me after I pinched her for cutting line while waiting to get our pencils sharpened.
Under hairline for going head first through the windshield at 16 when a drunk driver hit me head on. A wasp sting on my left forearm left a tiny scar and that was 5 years ago. Thinkin that's it. |
Oh hell I forgot 2 more
Lower right back, neuro stimulator implant Right hip battery implant for neuro stimulator. (out of sight out of mind) |
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i am convinced that somewhere on my body i have a scar that says:
velcro for sociopaths i can't read it. but they sure can. |
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It glows under black lights too. |
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