I just posted on another thread about a really bad cut I had on my wrist (accidental!) and it reminded me of how much I hate injuries. I'm a queasy person I guess!
A couple summers ago I broke a bone in my foot playing beach volleyball. I collided with another guy on my team and we both went down. It hurt like hell when I stood up but I figured I would walk it off, especially since we were short on girls that day and there were no replacements if I sat out. To this day my fiancé thinks I'm an idiot for trying to play on a broken foot - but hey, I didn't know! I actually hobbled around on it for a few days with a tensor bandage before I couldn't handle it anymore and went for X-rays. They gave me this sweet air cast for walking and it felt like a moon boot. Had it for almost 7 weeks! And it was a while after that before I was brave enough to shove my foot into anything more than a flip flop.
So... What are your stories?
I broke an arm when I was about four years old. It happened while rough-housing with my oldest brother (nine years older) - even as a preschooler, I knew something was wrong when nothing made it feel better, unlike with most injuries. I don't remember which arm it was.
Oh, and I probably broke a toe around my seventeenth birthday. It's kinda crooked since I never treated it.
@Pinkmoon: Add an option for those of us who have never broken a bone, please.
My arm. I was 9 and dumb. I raced my friend up a slide that had sand on it.
I broke my arm when I was in 1st grade falling off a jungle gym when another kid stepped on my hands. Didn't want to tell anyone that I was hurt so I kept going to the washroom and putting cold rags on it. Finally, my teacher noticed that I couldn't write to finish my assignment in class.
I broke my leg (tibia) falling off the crossing bars at recess in 4th grade and was in a cast for 3 months.
As an adult, I've broken my nose, my tail bone, my foot, my toe, and a rib.
I was a dancer. Apparently, a klutzy one. And maybe I should drink more milk.
The only broken bone I've had happened when I was a baby. Somehow I had a broken collar bone as a baby but no one knew until I was much older
*sigh* Last year the answer would have been no. And then I shattered my elbow while trying wedding dresses on. Of all the ways!
I had to have surgery to rebuilding my elbow, and they had to break another bone to get in and fix the damage! And now I have this lovely scar:
I've only ever broken a toe, it was my second toe and I broke it falling down the stairs. I taped it against the toe next to it for a brace and limped around for a few days. Then I went to the doctor and she just told me to tape it to the toe next to it and wait for it to heal, lol.
Why must my broken pinky toe be thrown in with the ankles and legs? I never had the perks of a broken bone like a cast for either attention, a cool story, or an explanation as to why I was walking so incredibly slowly... just had to tape it to my foot and soldier on. My only exciting injury minimized again. :(
@sarahbabs: oh my god.
I fractured my wrist when I was in first grade...we used to play on this hill at my neighbor's house (actually my best friend and maid of honor, but hey) and I landed on my wrist in a weird way. I cried and ran to her mom, and was like, "I think my wrist is broken!" but her mom didn't think so, gave me a popsicle, and that was enough...I didn't care about my wrist anymore (I was a fat little kid!). Later that day we were climbing on the roofs behind our houses and I couldn't get down because I couldn't put pressure on my wrist. So we all got in trouble AND I had to go to the doctor. It wasn't broken badly...just a bit.
@hiroshymatetrastar: What? Wow.
I broke my wrist when I was 10. I've broke several toes and my left ring finger.
Nope. Never! I do have some nasty scarred up knees thanks to softball though. I take pride in them!
@LittleCricket: Awww hehe. I get it though, I'm pretty sure I broke my toe in grade 4 but nobody believed me. It hurt like hell but there was really nothing to be done. I wanted a cool pink cast for all my friends to sign!
@sarahbabs: Damn WTF that's terrible! But it's a good story at least.
@hiroshymatetrastar: How? Your poor (weak) femur!
I have broken my right arm 3 times!
The first time when I was 6 and jumped off bunk beds, the second time I was 18 and was rollerblading and the most recent time was 4 months before my wedding snowboarding! Luckily the cast was off for the wedding :)
@sarahbabs: I remember about your elbow, don't worry, that scar will fade and not even be noticable. I think I told you how I shattered my elbow when I was around 9 and I have a big scar on the side of it about the same size as yours. It's faded so much that I barely even remember it's there most days.
I've also broken my ankles, yes, both of them, and a finger.
I broke my ankle in 2 spots this past summer. I was working from home and coming off of break. Down the stairs I go back to my "office" and either mis stepped or slipped on the stairs. I heard the bone break. I crawled back to the office and called my DH and told him to come home I broke something. Finally I told my DH to call an ambulance. The cops and amblulance showed up.
I ended up having surgery with a plate and 6 screws and a wire holding me together now...
I haven't broken any bones *knock on wood*
Sprained my toe once a couple of months ago when I ran into a wall. But nothing broken.
I have a bone disorder in ONLY my right femur called Fibrus Dysplaysia.. It sucks.. I'll post xrays when I get home! They're pretty cool!
When i was 12 i broke my right pinky toe by running into the leg of a chair, i didn't even know it was broken and walked on it for 2 days!
@Pinkmoon: Yes, when I was younger I was jealous of the awesome pink and purple and electric blue casts my grade school friends sported around the school recounting their daring adventures on the jungle gym, the tree, or the trampoline... so of course when I actually broke something (and to this day I still have no idea how), I was 20 and my biggest concern were the four inch heels I had to wear for my friends wedding the following month. So yeah, my broken bone story is so high on lameness that it probably belongs alongside "first world problems" somewhere.
Aw man, I am the champion of broken bones.
1. Broken all 10 fingers (soccer goalie).
2. Broke my wrist when I was eleven by falling off a swing and went 2 days before seeing a doctor.
3. Cracked my knee cap when I was twelve on Thanksgiving. Went 2 weeks before seeing a doctor.
4. Dislocated my knee as soon as I was off crutches for the cracked knee cap. :( Have dislocated that same knee several times since then.
@sarahbabs: Oh no! That's a bummer!
I'm a mess when it comes to broken bones. I broke my collar bone in Kindergarten when attempting to jump over something like my brothers were doing. In the primary and intermediate grades I broke my wrist twice. Once when roller skating and then reinjuring myself when playing soccer. Some idiot stepped onto the rink as I was skating by, so I went flying. I broke a few fingers doing a variety of things, including closing my hand in the doorway. Most recently, I broke my tibia and required surgery after attempting to ride a scooter. I didn't make it very far and went flying (again)! Strange thing about this one is that I broke it on Dr. Seuss's birthday (March 2nd) and an Orthopedic Surgeon named Dr. Sussi completed the surgery the next day! lol
My wrist several times when I was a kid. I just broke my pinky a few months ago...that sucked REALLY bad..way more than I thought it would.
I haven't broken any bones but some of these responses make me want to wrap my future children in bubble wrap. You guys were nutso! 
I broke my foot when I was 6 because I fell on a slippery floor in the girls changeroom after gymclass! I also broke my baby toe last year and had to bandage my baby toe to the one beside it for it to heal and I was in so much pain for the first week! No one in my family has ever broken a bone, just me! Twice :(
I broke my arm and fractured my elbow when I was 9 after falling off my bicycle. I broke two fingers when I was 13 playing softball. I broke my big toe after stubbing it on a pier at the beach when I was 16, I also ended up ripping off my toenail with that too. And I've also had a stress fracture in my foot at 20.
Me not breaking more bones must have been a miracle! I played rugby for 4 years and only broke a couple of ribs. It was my first season and I was still learning how to tackle properly. In order to get a girl down I ended pulling her down on top of me and she was wider than she was tall. Yes, I broke my ribs because a fat girl fell on me! lol
@strawbs: Oh god, that just made me cringe and cover my face! Gross! lol
I've never broken a bone ::knock on wood:: The thought of bones breaking and reading all these responses freaks me out!! It makes me shudder. Ahhhh.
I'm the queen of breaking stupid things. None have been major breaks, but they've all hurt a ton.
I broke my wrist falling off my bed. I was on the top bunk in bunk beds, and my alarm went off, and I rolled over to try to turn it off, but I was way closer to the edge of the bed then I thought. I landed on my wrist and broke it in two places.
I broke my ribs during a soccer game, I got pushed into a goal post and broke two ribs.
I broke my tail bone falling down a set of stairs during the winter. This happened at my high school, and no one believed me how much pain I was in until I got home, and my mom made me go to the doctor because the bruising was starting to go up my back and down my legs.
I broke my nose 7 different times, twice devaiting my septum. All through soccer.
I've also dislocated my shoulder, torn four ligaments in my knee, tore my quad muscle, and sprained my ankle about 3 times.
I broke my leg in 5th grade, about an inch below my knee. Sledding accident...there was a tree and apparently I was too stupid to jump off. 
I sprained my forearm pretty bad once falling on some ice on campus in college but luckily I didn't break it. Campus was on a hill so I pretty much fell almost every year.
When I was 12, I was a dancer. One day I landed from a leap funny and had shooting pains. It was competition season, so I continued dancing for 2 weeks before going to the doctor. In that time, the break caused 8 stress fractures to occur all throughout my foot.
I waited the 10 weeks I was told to stay off it, then resumed dancing/normal activity. Broke it again in 3 more places.
Tried dancing one more time 3 months later, it snapped while marching (how does that happen?!) and that was the last day I danced.
Turns out somewhere during that ordeal I damaged a joint, tore a bunch of tendons, and essentially ruined my foot, which I am still dealing with over 8 years and 6 surgeries later. Ladies, if you ever think you broke something, GET TO THE DOCTOR! Don't wait!! I'm still paying for something that happened when I was 12. (Though to be fair, the dancing/breaks were only one of the many contributing factors.)
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