Lost a kidney but gained a weight loss. 
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I lost my eyes as a result of cataracts but I got new eyes.
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I don’t like to ask but …
It’s a fairly common process. My eyes started to get blurred to the extent that couldn’t dice safely so I got new eye surgery.
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1977 I was in the first year of a Fitter and Turner apprenticeship.
Using a mechanical shaping machine, I decided to clean it while it was working.
Bad decision, put my finger where it should not have been, the machine squashed half of the tip of the finger my left hand out of existence.
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I’m tempted to ask if you got any compo?
But … it’s a good idea to resuscitate this thread
Has anyone gained or lost any more bits?
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Hello, no compensation. For that to have been available the whole first part, down to joint needed to be lost.
I was on workers comp for 6 weeks then on light duties for however long that was.
The surgeon left the small amount of nail on which grew back, covering the end of the finger.
Over 40 years later I had to have the nail surgically removed because it had grown into my finger which caused a bad infection.
A skin graft from my arm was used to cover the end of the finger.
Today there are very fine “arm” hairs growing out of the fingertip. 
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I can think of a multitude of instances when that might tickle at the wrong moment.
Or draw you strange looks around the full moon.
More than likely too fine to have any effect on… 
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My Aortic HeartValve was replaced with a Cow Tissue Valve , I lost 12 inches of vein from my lower leg which was harvested for two heart By passes, and I had a graft for the aortic Vein .
I gained seven wires holding my Sternum together, which will remain for life .
Im told I need a metal plate in my arm which is broken in 4 places and is not mended after
19 months .
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That about your arm, sounds downright painful.
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I lost my two front teeth in a decorating accident about 15 years ago - balancing a bit precariously on a stepladder in front of the bathroom sink, reaching over a bit too far to try to scrape the last bit of wallpaper from the top corner of the wall - Bam! Slipped and fell, with my face hitting the mixer tap of the bathroom sink - made a right mess of my face and snapped my two front teeth off in a way which couldn’t be crowned, so I now have two false teeth inserted in the front and centre of my smile.
I have regretted that foolhardiness ever since!
I think I may end up needing false joints in my hips - osteoarthritis runs in my family and two of my siblings have already had hip replacements. My hips start to give me a bit of gyp now after I’ve been walking more than a few miles, so …
Mind you, I have heard that taking extra collagen can stave off joint problems.
Those collagen supplements are very expensive but I have been reading of alternative dietary solutions.
Now, I don’t want to worry you, Morty, but I have heard that pigs trotters contain a lot of collagen so maybe folk will start eating more pigs trotters again 🫨 instead of paying a fortune for collagen supplements!
(Your trotters are safe from me - I don’t eat meat!)
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Step Ladder and a stair fall mess up so many of us.
Aunt Mary fell and broke her arm, never recovered and died 2 years later.
JJ fell down his basement steps to his death.
Aiden fell from a tree and Luckly hit leaves and sticks.
I fell out of a hay mow and hit the manger shaped like a V, flipping me over
and landing on my back in cow poop, Aiden And I were lucky!
I stunk up my fall. Could have made a decent one if I had chosen a better spot.
The side of the hay gave away and dropped me straight down on the top of the manger! Whew
could have died with that goof.
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Oh dear, what a catalogue of tragic accidents.
It sounds as if your own unlucky fall turned out to be a lucky escape from more serious injury -
Take Care out there - and keep away from stairs and ladders!
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I lost a fight with the school bully when I ws 14…
I lost my eyebrows in an explosion when I ws 15…
I lost my virginity when I was 16…
I lost my favourite car When I was 18…I wrapped it around the back of a parked Ford Cortina at 70 mph…
And at 19 I lost the only girl who I thought I would ever love…She dumped me!
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I bet there was one there that you never thought you’d get rid off …
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But think of what you’ve gained.
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I’m still working on it d00d…
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