Well, in all honesty, I reckon that we can actually be close to death on many occasions without actually getting hurt, but never really stop to think about it, the illnesses and such like are far more terrifying and dangerous, but happen less frequently than the other kind.
E.g. Today, we were scrambling round loose industrial hillsides looking for water samples, am attempting to climb a very steep and very loose patch of scree and debris, rock underneath my foot slips, triggers small rock fall (by small, I mean really small, like about a dozen small boulders), nearly burying my foot and causing me to lose balance, now, if I had put more weight on that foot, then I would have probably fallen, and given the steepness of the slope, would most likely have done something nasty to my head on the sharp rocks below, or at the least have gotten severely scraped and battered (and wet).
E.g. II, a few years ago, me and my dad were involved in a small canooing accident, nothing broken, but a few inches either side and my dad could have battered his head on the rocks around us
And from all these various events, where afterwards I have generally thought - we were bloody lucky to get out of that without major injury - I have come to the conclusion that if we actually sat down and started thinking about the amount of near-death experiences we've all had, we would have a long list and would probably be gibbering in the corner somewhere.
So, what have I concluded from this? I am immortal until otherwise proven...
), and on Wednesday I am to see a neurologist.
