A&E or Not To A&E?

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About midday today I was leading my horse and slipped on a sod of grass. I fell toward horse and as far as I know (there was somebody else there) he moved away his backend only but to regrain his balance he took a step back with his front feet and trod on my head. No, I didn't have a hat on but then when you're just pottering about the yard, I personally don't think to wear one every second of the day. I was aware he'd stood on me but it definitely wasn't his full weight, more of when you've started to stand on a snail and it's kinda too late to lift your foot up but not, if you see what I mean? I was more focused on the fact he stayed where he was and didn't panic and start pegging it around the yard as he's only young!!

He's caught me on left side on the cheek bone about level with my eye but closer to my ear. I have a two inch graze and a lump that is really noticable.

I'm sure some of you are going to yell at me for asking if I go to A&E? I've not had any dizziness, don't feel drowsy and haven't been nauseous.

Would you still go to A&E just to be sure? Don't yell at me, i'm just asking because I feel fine and don't want to waste anybodies time with a lump and graze! They'll probably think i've been hit with a baseball bat rather than stood on by a horse!! :D
 
please go to A&E hun - yes you maybe be fine but better safe than sorry and cant be to careful with head injuries so get butt to A&E big hugs as sounded nasty tumble xxx
 
if it was me i probably wouldnt (but ive had plenty of whacks to the head to know whats bad and whats not, ive still got the dents to prove it!) but i would never suggest to anyoine else not to! If you can, get down there, head injuries will take precidence over drunks so you shouldnt have to wait too long!
 
i recently got kicked in head (well horse reared and boxed me on top of my head)got a big bump instantly and was sore was bit dizzy felt a bit sick as was at work so automatically got took to a&e but as was not knocked out sat there for 3 hours then told that might have mild concushion and to go home total waste of time it was very sore for quite a while but i did not feel i needed to go if u worried at al then go or if it gets worse go only u no how it feels
 
I've been. And at least i'll sleep knowing my brains not leaking out onto my pillow or anything :p

I came after the guy in handcuffs with "Thug Life" tattooed on the back of his neck and accommpanied by police officers and a guy whose Uni mates had split his head open by seeing how many times they could hit him with a frying pan before he passed out (??!!!!) which I would have thought was a drunken game if they hadn't all been SOBER!!! Obviously he started bleeding before he passed out! Bizarre. I was only there two hours in all anyway - £2.70 for parking. GASP!!

It's just bruising - no hairline fractures or any kind of grimness. The lump on the cheek bone is quite big though and the whole occurrance is on the angle that you hold your phone at. Which has been quite ouch a few times before I remember to put it to the left ear, not the right! :rolleyes:

Emergency Reception couldn't understand why I laughed when they said "Assault or Accident"!!! :D
 
Glad you are ok. I am sure all of us who have read this thread will sleep better knowing you did the sensibnle thing and got it checked out.

Hope you're not too sore in the morning.
 
Glad to hear you are OK. Always worth checking especially at the side of your head as there is less protection. I have to admit I've been laughing to the point of tears reading about the students, sounds like the lads in my OH's house (he survived thankfully).
 
Hiiii!! Thank you all for your concern (and laughter about the Uni students! I can honestly say, I feel as though i've seen it all now!!) :D

The cursed lump has actually gone down a lot but even my hair brushing against any of the grazing/hoofed area is super-agony :( Its very very very tender. Right on the angle of the cheek bone where you hold the phone is not good :rolleyes: I think i'll say a few choice words in the next week when i've caught it a few times before i remember to answer on the left ear!

Thank the Lord for a Thoroughbred with dainty little feet - if it had been my friends horse, half my head would have been covered!!! As yet, the bruising hasn't come out any more than a very faint blue - bar the obvious graze you'd have to squint close up for bruising matter - but hopefully with most of it being "on the bone" it shouldn't do?? :confused:
 
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