Ford Cortina

[Annie]

About (cough cough) thirty odd years ago I was in a car accident I went through the windscreen, no seat belt law in them days My only injuries were facial and I was patched up with 30 odd stitches. Over the years bits of windscreen glass have worked their way out inside my mouth. A few weeks ago I got bad gum abscess which after x-rays were taken turned out to be cause by yet another piece of screen.

On Friday I went to hospital to have it removed, not sure if I would have been better using Auto Glass mind After the surgeon had cut & dug around for what seemed an age out came a quarter inch chunk of MKl Ford Cortina windscreen.... tax had run out though

Anyway while having pre-op discussions I was asked if I smoked and for the first time I was able to proudly announce no I've given up....... it made me feel very smug

[OneDay]

Wow Annie that's hell of a story I've heard of boxers having a glass jaw but... wow.

I had reason to tell my doc about giving up recently. That smugness feels great doesn't it?

[gjdart]

Oh! Annie... ... that must have been some accident Hope that's the last of the glass out now...

[vapourjuiceuk]

Thats CRAZY!!!! ##

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

Shocked by your story, never thought I would read one like that, those stories are usually in newspapers

[Annie]

Jun 25, 2012 15:41:53 GMT gjdart said:

Oh! Annie... ... that must have been some accident Hope that's the last of the glass out now...

Nope still some left but not causing any problems, so not intending to evict them at present and they are by my ear so my hair covers the little squatters up.
They would have to be removed by incisions on my face which would be more scars, the piece on Fri was removed through an incision in my mouth

[Gordy]

oh Annie thats awful, glad to see you have a great sense of humour about it ...autoglass

[violetblade]

My Ex boyfriend often got parts of his cavalier popping up in his mouth too its funny how it hides away for years then pops up in an abscess altho that was quite a large piece you got removed his were usually just splinters Hope you don't have to get any more removed Annie

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

Funny you should say this now. last week I had an itch on my head that would not go. Well after a lot of trying to see in the mirror and scratching/picking, out poped a bit of my Golf windscreen from about 7 years ago. I really liked that car

[Annie]

Jun 25, 2012 16:21:01 GMT Batdragon (AKA Batty) said:

Funny you should say this now. last week I had an itch on my head that would not go. Well after a lot of trying to see in the mirror and scratching/picking, out poped a bit of my Golf windscreen from about 7 years ago. I really liked that car

Blimey at this rate we'll have a complete classic car in no time

[Batdragon (AKA Batty)]

It was a lovely MkII GTi but after a blow out, many spins, turning into many rolls ending up on the roof facing the crash barrier of the M5 southbound it looked like a DeLorean than a Golf lol.

[beautycat]

Cor Annie thats awful, glad it came out though and yes it is a smug feeling.

[Annie]

Jun 25, 2012 16:36:31 GMT Batdragon (AKA Batty) said:

It was a lovely MkII GTi but after a blow out, many spins, turning into many rolls ending up on the roof facing the crash barrier of the M5 southbound it looked like a DeLorean than a Golf lol.

Sounds like you had a lucky escape

[bel]

Annie, sounds like it was a horrible accident, but what a story to tell everyone. Lets hope the glass left gives you no more problems

I love telling people i dont smoke

[domesticextremist]

Wow - that would freak me out having bits of glass emerge from my face
years after an accident.
I have a bit of berberis thorn stuck in the base of my hand from falling into a
brerberis hedge in my drunken youth. Though I dug out most of them at the time
with a needle that one is too deep to get out, but still visible.
I wouldn't mind if it decided to eject itself.