War injuries

5 things you can't see:

• At 5, i thought i could climb a cupboard: 5 stitches in my forehead just above my hairline.
• At 7, i tripped over the pram my sister was playing with. 12 stitches in my shin. I pulled them out myself after 6 weeks with the help of one of my dad's friends who was a nurse. It was faster than waiting at emergency.
• At 11, a broken wrist from roller-skating that went undiagnosed for about 10 days due to me being able to wriggle my fingers. The doctor offered to rebreak my wrist. I declined.
• At 13, 2 stitches in my toe after tripping over a dead sting-ray.

Many people think that being 'accident-prone' as a child is an attention seeking device.