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Post by Hurbster on Dec 29, 2023 17:18:49 GMT -5
I've had a few problems with my foot over the last few years...
The first bone break was a collarbone, which got smashed while playing rugby.
Then my right arm, tripped on an uneven pavement, put both arms out, managed to fracture the bone just above the elbow (the one that looks like a railway car buffer), luckily I just needed a soft cast for that, physio was a pain though, literally hanging off the top of a door frame after a couple of weeks (otherwise I'd never be able to straighten the arm again).
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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 29, 2023 18:18:09 GMT -5
Broken my big toe, a small bone in the top of my foot and had my nose broken a few times. That’s it shockingly, apparently all that milk I drink paid off because I have not been gentle to my body over the years. My concussion history is concerning, although only 2 of those are in the past 10 years thankfully
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Nr1Humanoid
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Post by Nr1Humanoid on Dec 30, 2023 6:09:38 GMT -5
Broke my arm when I was 8, got a cast and it healed nicely. Fractured my shoulder 8 months ago, it has healed, my movement is back, though stretching my arm behind myself is not as effective as it used to be.
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Post by Gravedigger's Biscuits on Dec 30, 2023 6:30:20 GMT -5
I broke my left arm in two places when I was 7 years old.
I had to have surgery to temporarily insert a metal rod to reset the bone.
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Ultimo Gallos
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Dec 30, 2023 10:15:20 GMT -5
Never broke an arm.
At the age of 18 I messed up my left bicep. Had to wear a sling and not use my left arm for 4 weeks.
Then back like 11 years ago I popped my right arm out of socket and couldnt get it back in. Finally went and got a doctor to pop it back in and had to keep that arm in a sling for a 8 days.
I am right handed. Right before going to bed that night I got the sling I goto brush my teeth with my left hand and can barely do it. Think "Wow lucky I dont have hair to comb"
Got up the next morning,taking the Browns to the SuperBowl and realized wiping with your off hand aint easy.
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Post by KAMALARAMBO: BOOMSHAKALAKA!!! on Dec 30, 2023 11:15:52 GMT -5
Never broke an arm. At the age of 18 I messed up my left bicep. Had to wear a sling and not use my left arm for 4 weeks. Then back like 11 years ago I popped my right arm out of socket and couldnt get it back in. Finally went and got a doctor to pop it back in and had to keep that arm in a sling for a 8 days. I am right handed. Right before going to bed that night I got the sling I goto brush my teeth with my left hand and can barely do it. Think "Wow lucky I dont have hair to comb" Got up the next morning,taking the Browns to the SuperBowl and realized wiping with your off hand aint easy. For your last point I can definitely relate already. I had a stressful experience with that yesterday because I was going to the bathroom and suddenly a FedEx driver starts knocking on my door. I’m an eBay reseller and was expecting over 600 DVDs to be delivered…but not yesterday. I was completely naked since I was about to shower afterward. When I heard the knocking and figured it was FedEx arriving a few days early (they have before). So I rush the process and toss on some sweatpants (no shirt or shoes, just my sling and my sweatpants. I catch the driver and he says there’s a lot of boxes. I ask how many and he mostly speaks Portuguese (I don’t) but eventually he tells me six. It’s raining out and my apartment is on the second floor. My staircase is essentially a fire escape style staircase with wooden stairs. He was going to leave them at the bottom of the steps. I went back inside and put on a t-shirt for some modesty (still no shoes). I walk downstairs and manage to wrap the left side of my body around one big box (about 120 DVDs). Through clenching my left arm, left knee, and using my gut for extra support I’m able to hobble up the stairs mostly with my right leg and get that one in my apartment door. I figured I must have looked pretty pathetic because the FedEx guy brought the other four big ones up the stairs for me. The other package was smaller so I brought that up just using my left hand. After the FedEx guy left I went back inside and broke the boxes down to get them in the apartment easier. I did that just using my left hand and some scissors. Fortunately each box had 4 boxes of 30 DVDs which made things easier. If each box of 120 was put in their loose or using packing peanuts it would have been a lot tougher. So yeah I got a curveball when wiping with my left hand for the first time. On a related note after my current auctions end on 1/7/24 I’m putting my eBay store on vacation status for the first time since 2018.
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Post by Alyce: Old Media Enthusiast on Dec 30, 2023 12:05:53 GMT -5
Collarbone, but not arm
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Post by The Legend of Groose on Dec 30, 2023 13:14:44 GMT -5
I have broken my arm and was casted for 6 weeks. I was like 10 at the time. Wouldn't recommend it.
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Post by Big BosskMan on Dec 30, 2023 17:35:08 GMT -5
Broke my left arm when i was in elementary school. Since i am right-handed, i used it as a paperweight when in writing class. Also as a club against a problematic schoolmate.
Since then, I've broken multiple fingers and toes, my collarbone, busted my ankle, herniated discs in my neck and back, and had 1 knee surgery.
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Ultimo Gallos
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Post by Ultimo Gallos on Dec 30, 2023 20:14:23 GMT -5
Never broke an arm. At the age of 18 I messed up my left bicep. Had to wear a sling and not use my left arm for 4 weeks. Then back like 11 years ago I popped my right arm out of socket and couldnt get it back in. Finally went and got a doctor to pop it back in and had to keep that arm in a sling for a 8 days. I am right handed. Right before going to bed that night I got the sling I goto brush my teeth with my left hand and can barely do it. Think "Wow lucky I dont have hair to comb" Got up the next morning,taking the Browns to the SuperBowl and realized wiping with your off hand aint easy. For your last point I can definitely relate already. I had a stressful experience with that yesterday because I was going to the bathroom and suddenly a FedEx driver starts knocking on my door. I’m an eBay reseller and was expecting over 600 DVDs to be delivered…but not yesterday. I was completely naked since I was about to shower afterward. When I heard the knocking and figured it was FedEx arriving a few days early (they have before). So I rush the process and toss on some sweatpants (no shirt or shoes, just my sling and my sweatpants. I catch the driver and he says there’s a lot of boxes. I ask how many and he mostly speaks Portuguese (I don’t) but eventually he tells me six. It’s raining out and my apartment is on the second floor. My staircase is essentially a fire escape style staircase with wooden stairs. He was going to leave them at the bottom of the steps. I went back inside and put on a t-shirt for some modesty (still no shoes). I walk downstairs and manage to wrap the left side of my body around one big box (about 120 DVDs). Through clenching my left arm, left knee, and using my gut for extra support I’m able to hobble up the stairs mostly with my right leg and get that one in my apartment door. I figured I must have looked pretty pathetic because the FedEx guy brought the other four big ones up the stairs for me. The other package was smaller so I brought that up just using my left hand. After the FedEx guy left I went back inside and broke the boxes down to get them in the apartment easier. I did that just using my left hand and some scissors. Fortunately each box had 4 boxes of 30 DVDs which made things easier. If each box of 120 was put in their loose or using packing peanuts it would have been a lot tougher. So yeah I got a curveball when wiping with my left hand for the first time. On a related note after my current auctions end on 1/7/24 I’m putting my eBay store on vacation status for the first time since 2018. Damn I hate having to bring FedEx and UPS boxes from where they are left into the house and that is like 10 steps for me. F hauling them up stairs. Glad dvd sales still doing decent for ya. They have slowed way way down for me. Thought about it I have broke the little toes on each foot a few times. Nothing much you can do besides tape it to the next toe and hobble around for a day.
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Post by Error on Dec 30, 2023 21:31:36 GMT -5
My hand once and wrist several times. Those healed fine with time and keeping it in a cast/brace. It took time to Broke my foot so bad I had to have surgery to reset and hold it together, that still gives me problems. I do accept some fault on that as I just could not walk on crutches and for short things, like bed to chair or toliet, and would kinda hobble with it dragging but it was just never right.
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Squirrel Master
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Post by Squirrel Master on Jan 7, 2024 13:37:36 GMT -5
After a devil hit me with a baseball bat in a gang fight in my younger days, the stupidest doctor ever offered this sage advice “Never play sports again.” Seriously, WTF?
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