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Between all of us

Postby Kariudo » Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:42 am

There's a few people here, and between everybody here we must have completed some stupid task/achievement.

So...what have we done?

One person asks a question
Everyone answers
if it dies (no activity in 2 days) and we haven't collectively accomplished what was being asked, then someone asks a new question.

First up:
I have a feeling that between us we have broken more than a few bones.
Would we be in a body cast if we broke all the bones you've broken?
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:59 am

If I get the question right - well, probably not, although all our extremities would probably be busted up. I somehow doubt there's many people here who've had pelvic, spinal or cranial fractures...

Myself, I broke 4 bones so far, with a total of 6 fractures - two in my ankle, and two each between my radius and humerus this year.
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Postby CodeZTM » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:18 pm

I've broken my knee if that counts. :O
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Postby Orwell » Wed Sep 03, 2008 12:20 pm

The worst thing I've ever done was pinching... something in my back. Not sure what it was, but anytime I did anything that used my upper back muscles there'd be a intense burn, like someone had taken a thick needle that they'd heated to hundreds of degrees, along with a sharp stabbing pain. I've been careful to avoid any activity that'd end in serious injury. Or just never enjoyed playing/working outside and did all I could to avoid it.
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Postby downwithpants » Wed Sep 03, 2008 2:32 pm

i had 2 partial fractures in my pelvis actually from a snowboarding accident. no splinting though, the bone held in place and was not in danger of being misplaced from normal body motions. they gave me some oxycodone though. i didn't use any. i think i gave em away to my friend when he cut his foot with an axe and didn't have health insurance o_O
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:00 pm

Orwell wrote:The worst thing I've ever done was pinching... something in my back. Not sure what it was, but anytime I did anything that used my upper back muscles there'd be a intense burn, like someone had taken a thick needle that they'd heated to hundreds of degrees, along with a sharp stabbing pain. I've been careful to avoid any activity that'd end in serious injury. Or just never enjoyed playing/working outside and did all I could to avoid it.


Sounds like possibly dislocating one of the vertebrae which pinched one of the spinal nerves. Yow! Nasty business, that. My mom was diagnosed 15 years ago with badly worn-out tissue that goes vertebrae, and told by her doctor to never lift anything more than 5lb or so... but the way she dealt with it was not by avoiding anything strenuous, but rather starting carefully directed exercise and switching diet. She's all clear nowadays, apparently that stuff regrows itself - IF you take proper care of yourself.

Now that I think of it, I may have broken a toe before, too, which went undiagnosed. My little toe on the left foot definitely has the wrong shape, and was a nice dark shade of blue for a month after I had a nasty run into a stair while wearing sandals (bloody things). It didn't hurt badly enough or inconvenience me severely enough to go to the doctor about it, but I suspect it probably did get broken and grew back together somewhat off-angle and became mostly immobile (can't move it much voluntarily). Doesn't bother me any, though.
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Postby LantisEscudo » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:10 pm

I was really accident-prone as a little kid, but didn't break bones very often (mostly bruises and cuts). I did break my wrist, a toe on at least one occasion, and have had a cracked rib and bruised sternum.

I haven't really had many major injuries in a while, though. The worst was a bruised bone in my hand from playing soccer.
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Postby Mithroch » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:12 pm

I broke my brother's arm (2 bones... radius and ulna)... does that count?
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Postby Orwell » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:37 pm

Otohiko wrote:stuff


Speaking of things you've broken, how's the arm holding up?
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Postby Fall_Child42 » Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:52 pm

broken fingers here.
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Postby surfsama » Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:23 pm

I snapped the bones in my left arm in half after taking a spill during a bike race. Aside from the, "Holy shit that hurts" I had to get my head around looking at my arm make a U-turn.
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Postby Radical_Yue » Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:34 pm

Broken my left arm two different times...while doing the same thing...riding a bike...that had training wheels :|

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It's actually a bit bowed now



Other than that, I've broken my foot, ankle and cracked a rib.
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Postby guy07 » Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:46 pm

Um ... I don't THINK I have ever broken anything. Chances are I have and was just too much of a man to go to a doctor. I'm cool like that. I'm fairly sure I broke a bone in one of my toes, everything else is up for debate.
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Postby JaddziaDax » Wed Sep 03, 2008 4:48 pm

i broke my little toe on my left foot... i think... and i sprained both of my ankles
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Postby Otohiko » Wed Sep 03, 2008 5:19 pm

Orwell wrote:
Otohiko wrote:stuff


Speaking of things you've broken, how's the arm holding up?


Hasn't fallen off yet... :roll:

It'd be better if I had more time to exercise it, but the thesis isn't helping. It otherwise feels like a normal arm nowadays, most obvious problem being the extension range. The scar is looking good as ever, and you can see the wires pretty clearly on the back of my elbow, since they run right under the skin.
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