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1st November 2017, 09:41 PM #31SENIOR MEMBER
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I had a similar accident when I was 19.
I was employeed by a guy who was trying to make a boat into a restaurant (corner of Orams/Browns road and Great South Road).
I was using a big grinder, I must have cut the steel plate too deep and I moved. the blade kicked back, the grinder hit on my jaw and I was knocked out unconscious for like 10-15 seconds. when I woke up I have this massive cut in my mouth. nothing on the face. I was EXTREMELY LUCKY that the blade guard hit my face rather than the blade, I have no scar on my face from where the grinder hit.
after the wound has healed I always have this lump in my neck/jaw area, I didnt pay attention as it doesnt hurt at all, 5 years after the incident one night my neck just swollen, to the size of my head. I cant sleep at all. I went to the A&E, they couldnt do much and sent me home and told me to go to the hospital first thing in the morning, next morning I went to Middlemore and within an hour I was on the operating table.
3 surgeries and countless consultation later they finally discovered the lump I had in my neck was a saliva gland leaking saliva into my neck but my body just absorbed the saliva. the doctor asked if I was in a fight at all or involved in an accident or something hit on my face - then I remembered, the grinder.
now I cant feel part of my jaw/chin/neck area. they have a word for this area - Submandibular. the gland in this area was cut and as result of the operation some nerve were cut as well. I could accidentally cut into myself while shaving without knowing.SCM L'Invincibile si X, SCM L'Invincibile S7, SCM TI 145EP, SCM Sandya Win 630, Masterwood OMB1V, Meber 600, Delta RJ42, Nederman S750, Chicago Pneumatics CPRS10500, Ceccato CDX12
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