Kind of hard to follow punji pits and fingertips ripped off in doorways, but I'm going to add to the carnage.
My most interesting scars and pain are all on the left side of my face. When we lived in Colorado, I was playing on a company sponsored roller hockey league. I went out and bought new skates for the season, and decided to try them out on the streets of our townhome complex. I didn't think I would be out very long, I was just trying them out, so I didn't wear pads or a helmet. I was skating along, loving my new wheels when I hit a rock I never saw. I went down, head first, smacking the pavement with the left side of my face. I never lost consciousness, but I was knocked pretty good. I went home and put ice on my face. After a couple of hours, it still didn't feel right, so I went to the ER. After x-rays, doctors determined that I fractured three bones: the maxilla, beneath my eye; the zygomatic arch; and the mandible where the lower and upper jaws meet. Surgery was scheduled, and three plates were placed to reinforce the area. Amazingly enough, the surgeon only made two incisions. One is in the left lower eyelid, and the other was inside my mouth. They apparently peeled my facial skin back in order to place the plates.
During extreme changes in temperature or barometric pressure, I feel an intense stinging pain roughly two inches left of the tip of my nose, and it feels like I've been stabbed with an icepik. A nerve travels through the maxilla at this point, and it was severely impinged as a result of the fractures. The surgeon was amazed that no permanent damage was done, and that I retain any sensation to my face.
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