How many of you have been severely injured?

[E30Nova]

Broke my elbow skateboarding.

Had 2 tumors on my spine that obviously required surgery. And chemo. Fuck chemo.

Matt

[e30rapidic]

fractured skull
broken neck
broken all fingers and right thumb
broken wrist
countless stitches
broken nose three times
2 concussions
dislocated both shoulders, separated the left
broke my little toe
none of them were at the same time.

edit -
also 2 pins in my right hand
Broke my right ankle

[CincinnatiKid]

Shattered my collar bone, so much so that I needed surgery and a big metal rod was inserted in it's place, now I got a sweet scar there.

[StereoInstaller1]

I got my foreskin stuck in my zipper once

[5spoke]

Collapsed lung twice.

They gave me a chest tube without any pain killer. The call it the he-man chest tube, it fucking sucks, I will be a she-man any day to not have to deal with that shit again.

[dvs909]

broke my neck snowboarding, c4-c7 are fused together with a titanium plate. i have a xray someplace....

[dashboardmonkey]

broken leg, broken wrist, broken shoulder blade, and a broken foot right now


ow, FUCK!!

[SpyHunter]

I broke my shoulder in high school at football practice, had two surgeries and all the scouts that were looking at my lost interest. Tough year for me.

Been there, but was my knee. Probably wouldn't have gotten a ride anyway, though. At least not D1.

Broke ankle, twice, playing basketball. Didn't know about the first break, until I broke it again a year or two later. They were amazed that I drove there, and walked in on it. (Was my right foot, so not THAT big of a deal.)

Broken and dislocated thumb playing softball.

Recent one was a tear of the ligament that goes from your hip to your thighbone. Allows you to raise your leg up. That sucked. Could walk fine after a week or so, really. Slight limp. But to put my leg in the car, or use the clutch, had to literally lift my leg up with my hands. Can't do surgery on it, either. Just has to heal itself. Has been almost a year now, and will still tweak it exercising. Starting to think it will never be 100%.

[Mde36]

when I was 7 I thought I was a stunt man (still do btw) and built a ramp out of old building blocks. Came down the hill on my bike hit the ramp and it fell apart. Slid down a very rough and uneven sidewalk. Peeled the skin from my knee to my ankle off (not road rash, actually off) and took a nice chunk out of my cheek.

[BeLzEbUb58]

Mauled by a German Shephard when I was twelve helping my brother on his newspaper route. Ripped my shoulder apart, thank god not the face. Woke up in a hospital. Damn...why did my parents not sue the hell out the dog's owner!

[ieatpeople]

tore my right knee completely apart.

tore tendons, ligaments, muscle, and BONE.

my knee cap was torn into 5 pieces, had 7 hours of surgery to reattach muscle (i couldn't straighten my leg, no muscle attached).

had a leg brace for 8 weeks total, couldn't even use crutches for the first 2 weeks (no walking/standing allowed, wheelchair only), then use crutches for the next 6 weeks.

once the brace came off, the docs said use the crutches if you want to, but at least use a cane for 2 weeks.

then, after 2 1/2 months, they finally decided i needed physical therapy so i could bend my knee at all (i was told to keep it straight the whole time). p.t. sucked big time.

2 months of pt and then it was all good, doc said i would probably never be able to bend it past the sitting position (90*), but i can now bend it to about 165* (enough to kneel down, and lean back till my ass touches my feet). he also said i would limp. but he was wrong.

only thing i can't do that i could do before is run. i can jog, but full speed running will destroy to joint again. it doesn't help that i weigh 375lbs.

[Turd]

Tripped and fell while running when I was ~12 years old. Right arm had two elbows, both bones broken. I didnt know what happened, but I knew my arm was throbbing. Walked in the house, went to my dad who was sitting on the couch after dinner and said "I think somethings wrong with my arm" as it flailed around on two axis points, lmao thinking about it now.

3 surguries. First one was to set it the night it happened. This failed due to the complexity of the break. Second surgurie, got some stainless put in to bolt things up. Third was to take it out a year later, I was still growing.

Forearm muscles are totally deformed from the slicing and dicing. Healed up fine though. Cool scars too. I kept the screws & plates, I may make a clock out of it. I have 12 screws and 2 plates haha!

[deutschman]

i got really drunk ones. jumped down 13 stares and hit the 13th stare with my left foot braking 5 bones. i then walked back to my friends house on my broken foot, took off my boot, drank more and blacked out. i will tell you the pain i experienced in the morning was insane. plus i had a hangover.

[scabzzzz]

Broken fingers, severed vessel in my ankle, torn ACL, concussion, shattered pelvis, broken ankle, broken wrist, broken jaw. I keeps it real. Though some of you, keeps it more real. :)

[mastershake]

.. shattered my face ...

been there as well...shattered orbital bone, cheek bone through my gums. sat around for 2 weeks because Coney Island Hospital told me I was fine , had reconstructive surgery in NYU Downtown Hospital, have a titanium plates holding my left side of the face together. Other than that I've broken my hand and both my ankles skating and playing hockey.