I stepped on a staple!!

When I was a kid, maybe 6 or 7, somehow I had a toothpick on the floor in my room. Somehow I stepped on that toothpick and it went into the middle of my foot and broke off! Somehow I managed to walk downstairs and get my dad and ask him to pull it out! We put peroxide and Iodine on it and I couldn't walk right on my foot for a few days... but it worked out fine. I'm a clumsy person, but that was probably one of the worst things I stepped on.

Oh as a kid I remember quite well at least twice going to get a tetanis shot from stepping on a rusty nail and once as an adult. You know what? As an adult it involved my brother-in-law leaving nails when he was doing construction here, makes me wonder if he was also involved in the ones when I was a kid..??

OUCH! Glad your ok. That hrts like hell! I have stepped on a few things. I have stepped on nails, tacs, toys, and a lego. Now Ill tell you what. The lego hurt worst of all. It was one of the duplo ones...the bigger legos. I got up in the middle of the night and stepped right on it. I got to big holes in my foot from it! It looked like a really big vampire bite on the ball of my foot. I should have gone to the hostpital but I dint want to wake the kids and take them out in the cold at 3 am. I took care of my foot and bandaged it. I was off it for over a week. Stepping on things dosent feel so good! LOL

You know the so-called tackless carpeting that manufacturer's installed years ago? (I'm not sure if they still call it that). They really use a strip of tacks so why it was called that I have no idea. Well, I was having this installed in my house and they couldn't finish all in one day, so, they left the three stairs to the family room with just the strip of tacks. Dummy me without thinking, came up from the basement and went running up the stairs and got totally, completely, stuck. All my toes on my right food were anchored to the strip of tacks. I eventually was able to unlatch myself and every toe underneath had a hole in it....ew! It's kind of funny now when I think of it. I sat on top of the kitchen counter with my foot in the kitchen sink full of water, washing them all off, haha. I luckily just had a Tetenus shot a couple years prior (when I stepped on a rusty nail twice, duh), lol! Gee, sounds like I was pretty accident prone back then, haha!

I remember when I was younger there were thumb tacks on the floor and I accidentally stepped on them, and It really hurt bad, and I was bleeding. :(

I did this when I was around 6 years old.. I did not cry for it! I just pull it out like pulling out some stickers from my foot..XD No I wonder how can I be so brave that time. As a kid with soft skin on the foot, I should have cried out loudly but I just pull out the staple like it's not a big deal!!

It happened to me once, I just place peroxide gel on it and I was fine after few days. No, I did not go to hospital. I would go only if I stepped on dirty items.

I don't think I've ever stepped on anything like that. My husband stepped on a nail (not too long ago) that was outside in our backyard. He had went outside to get something that he needed and he stepped on a board that had a nail in it. I had told him over and over to throw them all away because we don't even use them anymore. He just had them laying down beside his building. He came in the house saying "look at my foot, look at my foot" and the nail had went through his boot and into his heel and he had gotten into the house by hopping on the other foot. It didn't go very deep in his heel but it did go into it some and it was bleeding. He had a tetnus shot not long before that so we didn't take him to the doctor. We cleaned it up and put some neosporin on it and a bandaid. He said it was sore for about a week and a half.

when i was about 5 yrs old and still didn't know what a stapler and a staple wire was, i was introduced to it in a memorable and painful manner. i saw the stapler on top of my mom's drawer and played with it, not knowing that when i press it, the staple wire would come out. so as i curiously poked on it, i hit it harder than necessary and out came the wire and stung my thumb. it was in my thum for a couple of seconds until i had the nerve to pull it out. and then i knew that i shouldn't be playing with it. i'm married with kids now. funny but my son was around 3 to 4 yrs old when the exact same thing happened to him. hilarious.

Let's see...I've stepped on a few fishing hooks, thumbtacks and nails but the worst so far has been a large, rusted roofing tack. It went through my shoe (a thin canvas shoe) and into my foot. It speared the shoe to my foot and I had to be taken to the hospital where they stuck a needle in my foot to numb it and then had to cut the top of the shoe off to get the bottom of the shoe and the tack out. I wasn't able to walk on that foot for about 2 days and still have a scar. BTW, 3 days later I was back at the hospital with a gash in the head where my ex-b/f accidently hit me in the head with a cast iron pipe causing me to have 12 stitches. That was my accident summer b/c I was in and out of the hospital just about on a weekly basis. "COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS" **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

Ouch! I am glad you are okay! The last thing I accidentally stepped on was a toothpick. Fortunately for me I noticed it before I stepped down completely with my foot (I wasn't wearing shoes, but I did have socks on). It would have stuck me good if I would have pressed down all the way. Just thinking about it makes me cringe. But I'm glad it was me and not one of my kids. They may not have been so fortunate.

Well they don't tell me I am accident prone for no reason you know! I have lost count of the number of times I have done things like that - staples are so dangerous, as are drawing pins, rolls of sellotape, rubber bands, paper clips etc! So glad that your son is ok sweety - remember to keep the foot clean and protected! xxxx

I have stepped on nails and tacs and barbie shoes and so on. So, yes, I have had injuries due to kids leaving things on the floor. I did staple my finger once when I was trying to staple some things together. Wooo, that was a riot! I hope your heel is healing nicely now!

i have stepped on a nial one time when i was younger. i learned to never go outside without my shoes.lol although my daughter got into her closet one time ,and she hit her head a bed frame and had a gash in the back of her head., i dont drive so i had to call the ambulance.and we went to the er they gave her a staple.. i fel bad for weeks because never ever had she attempted to get in there, so i didnt have anything infront of it. it doesnt have a lock or anything so.. now i have the huge dresser infront of it... thank goodness she was okay

i have ever done that as well in the past... and i know how it feels... it must hurts a lot... i didn't go to the hospital and i just make sure that i sterilise it... that's all... and it heals by itself after a few days... take care and God Bless you...

Sorry to hear your situation but I've stepped into it once, but even worse that I've also stepped into a nail. Luckily it was not deep and the nail was not rusty, however I still use antiseptic liquid to clean the wound and applied the band aid into the wounded area. I've never got into hospital when I have those kind of injury, I can treat it myself.

Yikes! That must have been painful. Back when I used to sew and cross stitch for fun, I remember accidentally dropping one of my needles on the floor and stepping on it. It hurt really bad for a bit, but it wasn't really serious or anything. I just kept the area clean and it was ok. It certainly wasn't pleasant, though!