Gardening can hurt really really bad!

While I was in my greenhouse today I reached over to get a plant that was behind a cactus. I didn't notice one of the branches was behind the cactus which is in a pot way too small for it .. so the cactus tipped over and fell onto my chest. OUCH! My first instinct, which thankfully only lasted a pico second was to jump back .. I didn't and I grit my teeth through the pain to analyze where I was being punctured and felt that some of the spines were in pretty deep. If I had jumped back I'd be removing spines from my chest at this moment. I couldn't use my hands to extricate the cactus so I looked around and grabbed the watering can and used the neck to remove it. Luckily no spines were left .. but boy am I sore!

This was almost as bad as when a swarm of wasps attacked me while I was trimming the rose hedge, fell into the hedge, got tangled up and then got hit by lightning!

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=2444977

I'm really not a klutz. These things only happen every few years thankfully.

X

X: So sorry to hear about your mishap. Do be careful and take care of those puncture wounds. I've lately become a Yellow Jacket magnet, as the last few years have seen me getting multiple stings from those bad boys, one year ending up in the ER on morphine, no less!

Wishing you well from here.

Angie

X! omg that is horrible - I am so glad that your face didn't get in the way = seriously to think of our precious eyes being smacked by a cactus is frightening! I know the pain in your chest must hurt so I am not trying to minimize that by any means - I am just glad you are ok...

D

It did just scrape my chin. I also checked the side of the cactus that fell on me looking for breaks or missing spines. Luckily I didn't see any and the spines punctured the fleshy parts, not where my ribs were .. that could have been bad .. but man! I hurt .. I'm not going to be able to wear female chest accouterments for a few days.

X

Hi X,
I'm new to the forum and to sorry to hear of your accident. I saw a woman at a critical care center once who had gotten a spine in the eye. I'm glad that wasn't you!

Leslie

Lalamb - you getting excited about the move yet?

X - female chest accouterments .....I'm sorry I didn't mean to laugh when I read that...but that has to be the 'nicest way put' i've ever heard...bless your heart!

Lol .. well this is a family site.

X

rednyr, I am! There are some awesome houses out there and the people seem so friendly.