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Have you ever broken a bone?
- Thread starter Lightjolly
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i broke my skull, both arms, my nose, my collarbone, and some ribs. i shouldn't be allowed outside.
Back when I was a kid. I don't remember breaking my arm, I'm told my sister was chasing me and I tripped on the raised tile for the wood stove. All I remember is having the cast, asking family members to sign it, and being scared of the "pizza cutter" when i was about to have it taken off.
Never, but my soul is broken
I also tend to avoid dangerous activities. Not going to risk it since I have no health insurance.
I also tend to avoid dangerous activities. Not going to risk it since I have no health insurance.
fell off a horse. i was around 13 i think.
wrist shattered into lots of small pieces, and the ball bit of my elbow kinda fell off.
i then had to walk about five miles to reach the ambulance. (should've waited--a helicopter showed up just as i reached the road.)
it was unpleasant.
wrist shattered into lots of small pieces, and the ball bit of my elbow kinda fell off.
i then had to walk about five miles to reach the ambulance. (should've waited--a helicopter showed up just as i reached the road.)
it was unpleasant.
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No, but... I've dislocated my shoulder, which was painful and I couldn't really move it. At some point it apparently popped back into place, prior to the doctor visit, and I never noticed it.
I slipped at a mosh pit during a Everytime I Die concert and shattered my leg. Would not recommend breaking a leg.
I've had 3 boxer's fractures, and some broken toes. Nothing too major.
Best band ever.
Best band ever.
I broke my wrist.
Ugh, that one sucks.
Oh my god. How has it healed?
Did they arrest the horse?
Ugh, that one sucks.
Oh my god. How has it healed?
Did they arrest the horse?
Only time I've broken a bone was my wrist back when I was 11. I was playing basketball and took a bad fall - most of my weight was put on my right palm and I felt it snap, with bone protruding (not not breaking through the skin).
But I was 11, so it all healed perfectly in like eight weeks. The cast came off and a little scar aside, it was as if it didn't break at all.
As a 31-year old, I'm fucking positive that a repeat injury like that would take months to heal fully and would likely leave behind some residual damage. It's wild how our healing factor weakens as we get older.
But I was 11, so it all healed perfectly in like eight weeks. The cast came off and a little scar aside, it was as if it didn't break at all.
As a 31-year old, I'm fucking positive that a repeat injury like that would take months to heal fully and would likely leave behind some residual damage. It's wild how our healing factor weakens as we get older.
Fracture in one of my pointer fingers from a dodge-ball incident in high school
I figured broken bones would hurt more than this felt, so I ignored it assuming it was a more run of the mill injury that would be fine within a couple days
This was not the case and it took a couple months to stop looking bad and years to stop hurting when I used it (such as lifting heavy objects with that hand or gripping something tightly). I didn't give it the proper attention when it needed it and continued trying to use it, so I don't think it healed well.
Finally just over a decade later it stopped even getting sensitive in the cold and returned completely to normal like any other finger. I thought I was cursed with it forever so I feel fortunate. Take care of your shit, kids!
I figured broken bones would hurt more than this felt, so I ignored it assuming it was a more run of the mill injury that would be fine within a couple days
This was not the case and it took a couple months to stop looking bad and years to stop hurting when I used it (such as lifting heavy objects with that hand or gripping something tightly). I didn't give it the proper attention when it needed it and continued trying to use it, so I don't think it healed well.
Finally just over a decade later it stopped even getting sensitive in the cold and returned completely to normal like any other finger. I thought I was cursed with it forever so I feel fortunate. Take care of your shit, kids!
Rode my bicycle off the end of a deck and broke my wrist when I was a kid. It was probably only a 4 foot drop or so but I landed in an ungraceful heap tangled up in my bike. I also think I broke my pinky finger snowboarding a couple years ago, but I never got it checked so I'm not positive it broke.
No I haven't, I'm shocked to be honest because I was a dumb child jumping off of tree forts, elementary school playgrounds, decks from houses, wouldn't recommend it.
it's fine--i had a really good surgeon, and didn't even need physio in the end. it's still weaker than my other arm - it's the non-dominant one anyway, but the difference is definitely greater than it was before - and occasionally just goes numb if i whack it in the wrong place, but i've got full range of motion and so on.
Broke my femur when I was a kid while riding (or more accurately, falling off of), my bike. Was in traction for around 6 weeks I believe. This was Kindergarten going into 1st grade.
Broke a couple ribs over the years.
Most recently, I dropped a section of scaffolding on my foot two summers ago and fractured a major bone in three places. That one had me "laid out" for the better part of 8 weeks, and by "laid out" I mean I took a day off of work, and otherwise worked through the pain (which was immense), including spending way more time on my foot (and it taking way longer to heal as a result), than the doctors would have liked. The joys of owning your own business.
Broke a couple ribs over the years.
Most recently, I dropped a section of scaffolding on my foot two summers ago and fractured a major bone in three places. That one had me "laid out" for the better part of 8 weeks, and by "laid out" I mean I took a day off of work, and otherwise worked through the pain (which was immense), including spending way more time on my foot (and it taking way longer to heal as a result), than the doctors would have liked. The joys of owning your own business.
Several times. Broke the same foot on two different occasions. Have had several cracked ribs. Worst one was a slamming door vs two of my fingers situation, that involved 5 broken bones in total.
That is all many, many years ago though. The ribs were the most consistent and long lasting pain, but the worst one was absolutely the hand.
That is all many, many years ago though. The ribs were the most consistent and long lasting pain, but the worst one was absolutely the hand.
the collarbone is the most pain i've felt. incredible pain.
they were like,
"now we can set this, or you can just let it grow back together crooked."
and i was like,
"don't touch me."
they were like,
"now we can set this, or you can just let it grow back together crooked."
and i was like,
"don't touch me."
Broke my leg when I was 4 jumping off a rock at daycare that the bigger kids were going off of. The dad and son who helped run it were chasing a pig in the back yard.
Fractured my elbow in middle school too riding a racing bike for the first time. Went down a hill and couldn't figure out how to brake and crashed into a fence.
Fractured my elbow in middle school too riding a racing bike for the first time. Went down a hill and couldn't figure out how to brake and crashed into a fence.
As a kid I rode a bike down a hill and collided with an incoming van. Broke my left wrist and my right femur (biggest bone in the body!)
In highschool I broke my left wrist again during wrestling practice. The coach didn't think it was, but I knew and went to the hospital; my mom chewed him out.
In highschool I broke my left wrist again during wrestling practice. The coach didn't think it was, but I knew and went to the hospital; my mom chewed him out.
I broke three toes the day Covid lockdown happened. Kicked a marble support for a counter that stuck out further than the counter - was someone else's house so I wasn't familiar with it and wasn't wearing shoes. I made up some choice new swear words.
I knew immediately they were broken. Two of them were bent the wrong way and I had to re-set them myself. Possibly the foot bone too but never got imaging because the pandemic made ERs a no go for a while. Did a video conferencing with a foot specialist though and she confirmed my "diagnosis "
Discoloration lasted for nearly two months.
Before that, wrist and other toes and nose and fingers and fractured orbital. Boxing and other sports. No legs or arms though.
I knew immediately they were broken. Two of them were bent the wrong way and I had to re-set them myself. Possibly the foot bone too but never got imaging because the pandemic made ERs a no go for a while. Did a video conferencing with a foot specialist though and she confirmed my "diagnosis "
Discoloration lasted for nearly two months.
Before that, wrist and other toes and nose and fingers and fractured orbital. Boxing and other sports. No legs or arms though.
