I was leaving practice last night with my dance bag in hand, and a porcupine quill poked me in my knee. Hello puncture wound! It hurts like hell. It maybe stuck in my knee less than a 1/4 inch, but it felt like it went all the way in! I am totally limping today! I am hoping I will be fine and able to do levels for my performance tomorrow! Care toy share your interesting bellydacing injuries?
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 9:27 AMOuch! I've been lucky so far. I hope it heals quickly!
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 9:28 AMI shchwacked myself in the head with my sword... come on.. who hasn't
Although my roommate trying to help me totally stabbed herself on the end of it.... I dont' think I'd heard of anyone actually drawing blood with one before. mostly blunt force trama...
oh and I almost broke my toe on my monsterloons (I remember someone who did from a year or so ago...!!)
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Yesterday, 9:42 PMMy sword drew blood from my teacher's nose - she was trying to drop it from her head to her chest.
I've got a couple of kuchi chokers that give me imitation love bites ;~P
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 9:32 AMWasn't an injury to myself, but in a veil class once I got whipped across the face by someone's pailette-edged veil. Two long scratches down my cheek.
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 9:34 AMSounds like a bad deal.
Glad it was your knee and not your eye or face. I think I'd get rid of quills to be on the safe side.
Be careful of puncture wounds. Putting antibiotic cream on top often doesn't do the trick because germs have been pushed in well below the skin line.
Watch to see if the area around the puncture gets red or feverish. Or if you get a fever. If either happens, get to a doctor.
Inspect the quill that was the culprit to make sure that part of it didn't break off and imbed in the wound.
Hope you heal fast!!!
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 11:02 AMDoes stabbing yourself multiple times (finger tips and gum (pulling a onery needle through some stiff material with teeth) with a sewing needle while sewing bellydance related stuff count? -
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 11:15 AMOUCH!!! Girl, you need some needle nose pliers!!! -
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 11:17 AMWatch out for twirlling canes too.. They smart when they snack you... -
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 11:35 AMI got spanked by a classmates cane this week. It flew out of her hand and into my rear. Got a bruise somehow. It was one of the lesser injuries I've gotten by way of cane, but the funniest. Hitting yourself in the head is always brilliant.
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 11:18 AMneedle nose pliers!!!
Hahahaaaaa i thought at first that said nose BLEED pliers... LOL... Have to actually read the words first, don't it? -
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 11:34 AMcane-knocked on head and glasses
veil-trip on it numerous times
zills-fall off on foot
jewelry-caught on skin, clothing and hair
hair falls-smacked in face-
skirt-tripped on skirt
don't get me started on making this stuff
on how many injuries I have from that
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 11:33 AMLOL! I have several pair for my wire work stuff but to lazy to go and dig them up, quicker pulling with teeth. I did go and get a pair after stabbing myself in the gum. -
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 11:50 AMDon't pull with your teeth!! They'll thank you later.
I used to do it ALL the time and I broke my tooth about a year ago doing that. I now have a nice little battle scar chip in my front right tooth from the dern needle.
I still forget to get out the pliers though and usually end up pulling or pushing with whatever is handy. -
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 12:25 PMHA! I have one too, I actually heard it referred to as a 'tailor's notch' once. Big chip in my bottom incisor, from needles.
We had a fusion number where we wore masks made out of lace, and one girl scratched her cornea. THAT idea was abandoned quickly.
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 3:45 PMI had a frined that ripped her cornea just trying on a mask!
Who knew? I bet Dr.'s in New Orleans see this kind of injury all the time!
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 3:45 PMduh, friend. I really can spell, just not type apparently!!
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 11:59 AMin class i was hit in the ear with someone elses flying zill. it drew blood.
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 12:29 PMThis is actually my teachers story but I thought it funny enough to share.
While dancing at a middle school's cultural appreciation day, one of her zils went flying across the room and hit the principal in the head -
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 2:27 PMOh, that is awesome....lol
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 4:49 PMHit myself in the face with my own hands multiple times.....I don't have my nostril piercing anymore because of this. ;-p However, I don't hit my septum piercing at all. Hmmm... Good thing though!
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Fri, May 9, 2008 - 11:36 PMI've poked myself with needles and pins, burned with hot-glue, stepped on a pin, sliced open my finger while carving papier-maché (pre-bellydance costuming)....during dancing I learned the hard way to put heavy tassels at the BACK of my head. :P Still manage to smack myself in the face with them from time to time. I also regularly whip my troupemates with my braid (accidentally, of course) in rehearsal.
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Sat, May 10, 2008 - 6:17 AMI sewed my finger with the sewing machine, the needle broke off inside my finger. It did not hurt at all. I realized the needle was broken, followed the thread and == AWK!!! The needle went right through the middle of my fingernail, and the threaded tip was poking out through the pad of my finger!! Had to go to the hospital to have it pulled out. -
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Yesterday, 9:01 AMthe exact same thing happened to me when i was 15.... i yanked out my hand, and the needle was coming out on either side. mum very very calmly poured isopropryl all over it, then yanked it out wiht some pliers. then, in true maternal fashion, freaked out. i thought it was cool when the nail grew off, it had a hole in it! -
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Today, 5:33 AMYeah, mine did too. It looked like a bull's eye with a hole inside a black circle inside a white circle, and the skin was not attached to the nail on the white or black parts.
We tried the plier thing but there wasn't enough of the tip to grab hold of, and X rays showed it was right next to the bone, so they gave me a dose of super-antibiotics to prevent a bone infection. -
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Today, 11:25 AMI stepped on a sewing needle when I was a little girl...I was shrieking, but my great-aunt just sat me down and pulled it out, very quickly...I was a bit amazed, I'd have to say...
Thing is, my daughter did the exact same thing when she was tiny...and my having done so came right back to me...so I did just what my great-aunt did...and I saw the same look on little Brandi's face that must have been on mine, when it happened to me...just sheer amazement and relief...
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Sat, May 10, 2008 - 7:30 AMI was thinking about using weapons in my dance in the future...but after readying all of this I may have to stick with my second choice...dancing with cotton balls and stuffed toys.....LOL! -
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Sat, May 10, 2008 - 11:03 AMlemme see... last performance the cowrie shell dreadfalls hit me in the eye and i tripped in my harempantz when i was going down the restaurat stairs...
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Sat, May 10, 2008 - 1:07 PMLMAO!! Kathy, you crack me up! -
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Sat, May 10, 2008 - 1:10 PMHahaha you ladies crack me up too.. Here i am laughing out loud and dh says.. Whats so Funny???
I was laughing so hard at the cotton balls and stuffed toys comment i couldn't answer him..................
--- wipes tear from eye now ----------------
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Sat, May 10, 2008 - 3:32 PMOooh...how about a stuffed snake...that would be fun...*giggle*
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Sat, May 10, 2008 - 4:09 PMWell, this isn't a personal incident but one of my troupe mates stepped on her scissors shortly before a performance once. Both of the blades went into the back of her heel and just missed her tendons. She's doing fine now, but she had to stay off her feet for awhile....
Most of my injuries have all been blood donations courtesy of sewing needles of all types! ^_^
Meeow, I hope your knee had healed for your performance! How did it go? -
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Sun, May 11, 2008 - 2:40 PMWhew, luckily it was fine. I just couldn't stretch it too much. If I bent my knee fully it was really sore. Not too many levels happened for me! It seems fine now, just a bit sore.
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Yesterday, 10:25 AMGuys, have you considered joining this tribe:
tribes.tribe.net/bellyspaz
Not that I'm *implying* anything, just sayin'... :)
Besides, I am Queen Goddess of all that is Spazzy. That is why, in my extremely limited dance experience (okay, one bad performance at a tiny Hafla), I keep the ornamentation to a minimum. I'm bound to smash, pummel, impale, break, slice something or somebody (usually myself), if I have lotsa pretty things hanging from me.
Zoe was laughing about it, so I don't think she'll mind if I tell this story about dangerous accessories: while performing in N.C., a bracelet flew off just as she was spinning. Distracted by the flying bracelet, she just almost fell on her ass.
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Yesterday, 11:44 AMThanks for the link! I just smashed my finger in a drawer at work. Totally accident prone.
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Yesterday, 12:52 PMOh, goodness...where in NC was she performing? I just saw Belly Dance Superstars here in Raleigh last year...was wondering if it was that show...altho, I didn't see any flying jewelry...I don't know if I would have noticed, anyhow...I was too awestruck by seeing them for the first time. -
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Yesterday, 1:54 PMGreensboro workshop...and she was amazing and nice as hell. Even her screw-up was graceful, LOL. -
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Yesterday, 5:40 PMAh, yes...I remember when it was...only wish I could have made it...not that far away, but I'm financially challenged...it sucks!!!
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