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:6: Stupid me, was diving on a litle reef with my wife today, we saw a lot of very cool fish. Manta's, clownfish and many more. I got very close to a baracuda but he was more scared of me then I was :unsure:

Sudently my wife starts waving har arms and pointing behind me and when I turn around I look straight into a Giant triggerfish.

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Not my own pictures B)

We had gone straight into his nesting area and I was closest to him, I tried to back of but he kept on comming towards me, finaly he attacked me, mostly my leg totaly ruining my left knee. It's in bandages right now but in two or three days I think I will have some pictures of it.

So no more diving for me on this trip, :( but we'll stay here anyway. B)

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Whoa....yea bro,that fish is dangerous!! well...(ahum) not knowing by myself....but its.....(ahum)...from national geographic channel :lol: ,maybe you need to wear your armor for the next dive when it arrived bro :lol: ...oh by the way,stay out from its nest!! :blink:

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Whoa....yea bro,that fish is dangerous!! well...(ahum) not knowing by myself....but its.....(ahum)...from national geographic channel :lol: ,maybe you need to wear your armor for the next dive when it arrived bro :lol: ...oh by the way,stay out from its nest!! :blink:

Yeah bro, it's a bad *** fish, they are like pitbulls they dont let go until something snaps :blink: In this case my knee cap :( so I'm on crutches and heavy painkillers B) and this is my first and only vacation this year. have been saving up all year and now it's totally ruined :(

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Go hire a spear gun and get ya revenge :angry: Stick him on the BBQ :D

He he yeah bro, that will have to wait to next time I visit Sharm. And then again, he just followed his nature, and I was on his teritory so I can't blame him. :blink:

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Used to do a fair bit of diving myself. Just off the East coast UK, but my old diving club used to go to Sharm a lot. But I never got around to it :(

Although we have loads of old wrecks here off the coast, a lot of war time ships, planes and subs plenty here but its all been robbed now :rolleyes: . Used to come back with some cracking lobsters though :)

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Ouch that sounds like he gave you one nasty bite on your knee!

I hope you will recover ok and will send some prayers that your vacation and knee aren't ruined!

BTW, how big do those fish get? From the look of your pics posted there it looks like a pretty good sized fish. :unsure:

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Well he took a bite of my knee cap, and some stuff inside the knee I don't know whats called in english :mellow: They can get pretty big, this one I would say was mid size so something like this one. Still not my own pictures I droped my camera when attacked so lost all my pictures, but my divemaster said he would go out there and look for it.

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Well the vacation isn't totally ruined, I just sit by the pool with my laptop having drinks served and enjoying the sun, when I'm not in my room. But we will have to go home a bit earlier, the 26th dec instead of the 1st jan. Because I have to go to a Danish doctor but I need a special seat in the plane where my leg can be straight and up :blink:

But **** it hurts, when the painkillers stop working :angry:

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WTF :blink::blink:

We talked about sharks and you get attacked by one of these jokers.. :huh:

I hope your knee will heal quickly and that you aren't in too much pain bro'..

Take good care and still hope to see you soon!! B)

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WTF :blink::blink:

We talked about sharks and you get attacked by one of these jokers.. :huh:

I hope your knee will heal quickly and that you aren't in too much pain bro'..

Take good care and still hope to see you soon!! B)

Yeah bro, we talked about sharks, but one of those would proberly not have left me with a leg :blink: So I feel lucky. Yeah I hope the doctor has good news for me the day thursday when he's gonna have a look on my knee again. It's good that there is still some weeks to the planned trip down to you.

Well the combination of drinks and painkillers :wacko: keeps the pain away most of the time B) I just had a litle look under the bandages, and **** I aint stiched... I'm stapled together :wacko: but it looks a lot better then it did before the doctors worked on it :unsure:

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WTF... bro :blink::angry: .

That little devil, i´m so sad to hear about this.

I still hope, that you can´t enjoy your stay down there.

Just to let you know...

Its about 4 degrees, and all grey sky for the last few weeks.

So better get some sun, and relax.

Hope you get better soon.

Cheers :) .

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WTF... bro :blink::angry: .

That little devil, i´m so sad to hear about this.

I still hope, that you can´t enjoy your stay down there.

Just to let you know...

Its about 4 degrees, and all grey sky for the last few weeks.

So better get some sun, and relax.

Hope you get better soon.

Cheers :) .

Hey bro

**** thats cold then, I have around 30-35 in the day and 20-25 at night, so the weather is nice but when I planned this trip I didn't plan to sit in a chair all day long. :( well I at least had 10 good days down here. And I do relax, there isn't much more for me to do <_<

C ya

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Hey bro

**** thats cold then, I have around 30-35 in the day and 20-25 at night, so the weather is nice but when I planned this trip I didn't plan to sit in a chair all day long. :( well I at least had 10 good days down here. And I do relax, there isn't much more for me to do <_<

C ya

That sucks, big time for sure bro.

Better get that drink going on, and MEPD on your laptop open.

And you will be good as new, in no time.

Cheers :) .

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That sucks, big time for sure bro.

Better get that drink going on, and MEPD on your laptop open.

And you will be good as new, in no time.

Cheers :) .

Yeah bro it sucks, but wth I have had a lot of time to read more about the TD and its story B) But as it is I'm lokking forward going home to danish doctors and my own bed. But I don't look forward to the cold :blink:

cheers

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Let's just hope that it all will heal nicely and that you can pick up where you left bro'.

But staples.. :blink: that's the new way to do it these days, let's hope that you get through customs :D

You told that he also took a "nibble"of your cartilage after chewing right through the kneecap :huh: So, are you still able to move your knee then bro'???

Keep your head up my man.. :duim::salute:

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Let's just hope that it all will heal nicely and that you can pick up where you left bro'.

But staples.. :blink: that's the new way to do it these days, let's hope that you get through customs :D

You told that he also took a "nibble"of your cartilage after chewing right through the kneecap :huh: So, are you still able to move your knee then bro'???

Keep your head up my man.. :duim::salute:

No right now my knee can't move and I will have to wait for the final judgement for when I get back to Denmark and the danish doctors. But the surgeon said I might need a "new" knee. But I won't know until monday 29th dec. I am going to the doctor down here tomorow to get the bandages of but the staples are going to stay for a week. :blink:

But I hope for the best and look forward to going home B)

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No right now my knee can't move and I will have to wait for the final judgement for when I get back to Denmark and the danish doctors. But the surgeon said I might need a "new" knee. But I won't know until monday 29th dec. I am going to the doctor down here tomorow to get the bandages of but the staples are going to stay for a week. :blink:

But I hope for the best and look forward to going home B)

A knew knee.. :huh:

I will keep my fingers crossed for you and hope when you get home that you get specialised help of some kind bro'.

At least you got the right spirit to help you through this all.

Anyway..some vacation huh... :(

Maybe stick with catfish later on.... ;)

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A knew knee.. :huh:

I will keep my fingers crossed for you and hope when you get home that you get specialised help of some kind bro'.

At least you got the right spirit to help you through this all.

Anyway..some vacation huh... :(

Maybe stick with catfish later on.... ;)

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He he yeah, nice catfish :lol: It's very cool to get all these greetings from all my brothers :td: And some vacation indeed :blink: well I had 10 good days so thats better than nothing.

Mery Christmas to all. B)

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Dangit bro! I just read up. I'm sorry you're hurt. Know this.....next time I go fishing I'm getting some payback for you.

Thx Bro, Gut that **** fish. This is what my knee looks like right now, went to see the doctor today and had a nurse clean it up from all the iodine and last blood. :mellow: the large thing in the midle is mostly made by the doctors when they tried to fix my knee :blink:

Sorry for the bad pic, it's taken with my phone B)

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