Originally Posted by
Jess
I fell over on ice a few years ago and have had a few problems with my right elbow since. Sometimes if something just touches it in the wrong place it causes really sharp shooting pains. Eek!
You might have a bone spur! I've got one in my left knee (and that's my good knee damnit) and it's a total pain in the ass when I bump it or happen to kneel down with the left side first.
Originally Posted by
Shauna
I have never been admitted to hospital for anything wrong with me.
Let's see. Broken bones... chronological with subsequent injury is how I believe I'll chart this. It'll be a wet dream for BoB. There's a massive chunk of injuries that aren't bone-related. Torn ACL and PCL, shredded tendons and lesser ligaments multiple times, torn rotator cuff, torn AC (my left shoulder sits an entire inch lower than my right shoulder), etc. There's also a large timespan in the teens where I didn't break any bones because I was fighting through paralysis and wasn't quite as active... still managed to screw my knees over when I was learning how to walk/run again though.
Code:
YR | BONE(s) BROKEN
===|===============
05 | Jaw; gravel embedded in chin; cycling accident
12 | Left forearm; bruised bone with microfracture; cycling accident
13 | Left knee; chipped kneecap; tripped up concrete stairs while running, shredded
through layers of skin and muscle
14 | Spine; L4 & L5 vertebrae fusion with paralysis; falling from 12+ feet without
landing properly
19 | Third finger, left hand; messy fracture at knuckle; cracked the skull of the kid
that tried to rape my sister
22 | Fourth toe, right foot; compression fracture; stubbed into a corner
25 | Skull; fracture behind left ear; got mugged
25 | Nose; hairline fracture; see above
25 | First toe, right foot; broken at joint; see above
26 | Right wrist; messy fracture; slipped on plastic and cracked wrist on a shipping
pallet
26 | Left thumb; messy fracture; head-on collision
26 | Left wrist; clean break; see above
26 | Left forearm; messy fracture; see above
26 | Left rib x3; clean breaks; see above
26 | Right wrist; clean break; I'm honestly struggling to remember how it happened the
second time
27 | Skull; fracture in forehead; mugging attempt but subsequently beat the hell out of
the assailant (he cried)
27 | First metatarsal, right foot; microfracture; rolled ankle while applying pressure
to stand up
28 | First metatarsal, right foot; clean break; massive application of pressure, snapped
behind previous injury
Yes, I did actually manage to break three wrists in one year.
I just realized how depressing this list is... and that's just BONE-related injuries. Oy.