[ot] I broke my hip/leg

[forge]

shit mike - all the best!

[glitchrock-buddha]

Bummer dude.

I myself am in a sling from a dislocated shoulder. Went snowboarding on thursday, third run at 9:45 in the morning I take a little path up on a ledge in a bowl through some trees, come out where there's a jump, but some stupid skier is not looking around and skiing right in front of the exit in front of the jump. So trying to avoid him I went off it wonky and did a minor wipe, sliding on my back. Nothing too crazy except that my shoulder came out of it's socket. I know the feeling I've done it before. So I'm stuck on my back and some lady sees me lying there's and yells "you alright?" "My shoulders out of socket" I reply. "Don't move I'll get someone" she says. But just as she says that, I manage to get it back in the socket and said "Don't worry, I got it in", and proceeded to board down to the bottom. But then it swells and you lose all strength in your arm. It becomes dead weight that you have to just keep tight to you to keep it in the loose socket. Day and season over.Won't be able to use my arm for a couple of months, and it'll take a year of physio to get it back to 90%. I know cause the last time this happened was 2 and a half years ago when i was bouncing on a trampoline a little too intoxicated.

Fuckin' blows.

I did the same thing years ago snowbaording in a half pipe contest, I have to be careful of raising my arm too fast or it pops out now. Hurts, but at least you can pop it back in....

Ya I can pop it back in, but I can't use it for a couple months. Might as well be fractured....

[Tone Deft]

holy #$% Mike, take it easy recovering.

for the snowboarding accidents... if you're not falling, you're not trying. I'm jealous.

always tell the doctor that whatever ails you hurts and you can't sleep, that gets you the good shit.

[ethios4]

Man, sorry to hear about the leg. I've never broken anything other than my nose, so I have no real idea what it's like.

Did it hear like crazy when it broke? Did you know it was broken? Did it make a sound?

[Hidden Driveways]

Ouch Mike. That's awful.

Don't let this infulence your stance against global warming.

[TroyP]

...Some irony in my predicament, the reason I was going down the steps was to help get the rest of the family ready for a ski trip.

I had decided to forgo the outing, because I knew how icy the snow would be, and could get hurt

You have to laugh about that...later...

Sorry to hear about your pain. Hope it heals real quick like.

[subbasshead]

I did something similar 2am New Years day 2000 (spiral break of my Tibia) & weirdly it would be 20 years since I did any kind of medical 'training' (a half hour in primary school) but when I realised what had happened my first question was;"can someone check the bone hasnt pierced the skin & i'm not bleeding to death....' Funny what you remember when you really need to huh?
I wasnt skiiing (not at 2am on New Years day!) but any skiiers & snowboarders should be aware of what I was told: most deaths on a skiifield occur due to breaking the femur, which in the process of breaking pierces the big artery right beside it. You have not a lot of time to get it sorted or its all over. So if you ever break a leg skiiing be very very careful what happens next!

And heres my advice: you are now getting a valuable insight into what its like to be old. Very old. When your bones ache & doing simple things takes a lot of effort.
I became far more compassionate after spending six weeks on crutches & was so appreciative of all the people (friends, family & medical staff) who helped me. Its a sad reflection on our society that someone who fixes your car gets paid more than many medical staff.

I made a font out of my XRay... and some nice sounds using Metasynths image-> sound features...

Take care & good luck with recovery. You will be a better person because of it.

[Geebag]

Id love that.

Only messing, Get well soon. Supposed to be very painful.

Use the time to make music like the twist or Hippy hippy shake.

[mikemc]

Man, sorry to hear about the leg. I've never broken anything other than my nose, so I have no real idea what it's like.

Did it hear like crazy when it broke? Did you know it was broken? Did it make a sound?

Exactly how my feet flew up was not clear, but what happened in mid-air and upon 'landing' was Matrix 3D slow mo clear:)

I knew the top part of my body was over the bottom two stone steps. I did not want to hit my head on these, so I was able to rotate my body a bit in mid air to ensure that I could land on my side, and then covered my head with my arms and tucked my chin.

The weight did not distribute evenly all along my side, it seems like my hip hit the corner of a step and then "slam" I was on the ground at the bottom of the steps.

There wasn't a sound so much as a "crumbling vibration", like a collapsing feeling, in my pelvis and hip. What actually happened was that the femur (the big ol leg bone) had snapped, doctor said the break it was very clean, which made me think it had hit the edge of a step.

The 'collapsing' feeling was not extremely painful, it was like "ok, sending this signal without pain so you will have an idea of what happened", but then the landing at the bottom of the steps right after was pure unadulterated pain, that is when I felt the "snap" and it did hurt like nothing else. I almost passed out, things went into a kind of out of body state. But I knew something was broken. The "collapsing" made me think it was my pelvis, but it is actually better it was the femur per se and not the hip joint itself.

[Hidden Driveways]

Man, sorry to hear about the leg. I've never broken anything other than my nose, so I have no real idea what it's like.

Did it hear like crazy when it broke? Did you know it was broken? Did it make a sound?

Exactly how my feet flew up was not clear, but what happened in mid-air and upon 'landing' was Matrix 3D slow mo clear:)

I knew the top part of my body was over the bottom two stone steps. I did not want to hit my head on these, so I was able to rotate my body a bit in mid air to ensure that I could land on my side, and then covered my head with my arms and tucked my chin.

The weight did not distribute evenly all along my side, it seems like my hip hit the corner of a step and then "slam" I was on the ground at the bottom of the steps.

There wasn't a sound so much as a "crumbling vibration", like a collapsing feeling, in my pelvis and hip. What actually happened was that the femur (the big ol leg bone) had snapped, doctor said the break it was very clean, which made me think it had hit the edge of a step.

The 'collapsing' feeling was not extremely painful, it was like "ok, sending this signal without pain so you will have an idea of what happened", but then the landing at the bottom of the steps right after was pure unadulterated pain, that is when I felt the "snap" and it did hurt like nothing else. I almost passed out, things went into a kind of out of body state. But I knew something was broken. The "collapsing" made me think it was my pelvis, but it is actually better it was the femur per se and not the hip joint itself.

Shite dude. That sounds awful. This winter has been such a beast. What did you do next? I'm picturing you clawing your way to the street, dragging your body behind you through the snow, screaming like a wounded pterodactyl.

[ethios4]

Oh man that sounds awful. It's crazy how quickly the body can respond to protect the head from injury, though....good thing. I hope that heals up really well....sounds like it will if you take care of it. May healing come quickly and completely!

[mikemc]

Shite dude. That sounds awful. This winter has been such a beast. What did you do next? I'm picturing you clawing your way to the street, dragging your body behind you through the snow, screaming like a wounded pterodactyl.

Is there a webcam outside my front door???

The first thing I did was try to get up. Then I yelled an incoherent monosyllable. I was sure something had been broken, but not sure how much it would let me move (and the answer was enough to roll over onto my back).

The only people that would hear me were in the house, so I started yelling for them to help me.

I had gone outside in my winter coat, but was wearing light flannel pants, not quite sweatpants but not quite pajama pants. So I pulled my left knee up, and the carefully pulled my right knee up alongside it using my hands.
That provided some comfort, because I was able to pull my winter coat under my lower back to keep it off the ice. At that point I was able to calm down a bit an concetrate on getting someone to come outside.

My son and daugther came out first, and I asked them to get their mom, and to bring a belt. There were the various shocked/pissed/exasperated reactions and obligatory keystone-coppery until the belt materialized.

I used the belt to "buddy splint" my bent legs together. not too tight, but so they were both stable. This gave me a lot of comfort, and the cold took the edge off.

Then there was an ambulance ride, with the wonderful apprehension of moving across the icy sidewalk on the gurney.

But the crowning moment for these things (i've had a couple of accidents requiring x-ray right afterwards) is always being posed for x-rays. Any comfort that was earned through first aid is litterally split in twain as you give up the money shot for the doctor. It was the same pain as when the thing first happened, that sucked so much. I felt sorry for the poor guy who had to set me up then roll me away: it's like they have to get you to surrender to sign the next form.

But all in all i am very fortunate to have health insurance and to have had the care available. If I had been home by myself, the difference between having an ambulance come and freezing to death would have been whether or not my cellphone happened to be in my coat pocket.

[Warminstrel]

Sorry to hear it mike, hope your back on the mend soon....

I'd have that titanium up-graded to hasteloy though!

[aisling]

all the best in a speedy recovery.

[djshiva]

Shite dude. That sounds awful. This winter has been such a beast. What did you do next? I'm picturing you clawing your way to the street, dragging your body behind you through the snow, screaming like a wounded pterodactyl.

Is there a webcam outside my front door???

The first thing I did was try to get up. Then I yelled an incoherent monosyllable. I was sure something had been broken, but not sure how much it would let me move (and the answer was enough to roll over onto my back).

The only people that would hear me were in the house, so I started yelling for them to help me.

I had gone outside in my winter coat, but was wearing light flannel pants, not quite sweatpants but not quite pajama pants. So I pulled my left knee up, and the carefully pulled my right knee up alongside it using my hands.
That provided some comfort, because I was able to pull my winter coat under my lower back to keep it off the ice. At that point I was able to calm down a bit an concetrate on getting someone to come outside.

My son and daugther came out first, and I asked them to get their mom, and to bring a belt. There were the various shocked/pissed/exasperated reactions and obligatory keystone-coppery until the belt materialized.

I used the belt to "buddy splint" my bent legs together. not too tight, but so they were both stable. This gave me a lot of comfort, and the cold took the edge off.

Then there was an ambulance ride, with the wonderful apprehension of moving across the icy sidewalk on the gurney.

But the crowning moment for these things (i've had a couple of accidents requiring x-ray right afterwards) is always being posed for x-rays. Any comfort that was earned through first aid is litterally split in twain as you give up the money shot for the doctor. It was the same pain as when the thing first happened, that sucked so much. I felt sorry for the poor guy who had to set me up then roll me away: it's like they have to get you to surrender to sign the next form.

But all in all i am very fortunate to have health insurance and to have had the care available. If I had been home by myself, the difference between having an ambulance come and freezing to death would have been whether or not my cellphone happened to be in my coat pocket.

owowowowowowow...

how awful. glad you are semi ok.

i actually took a spill on ice recently myself. felt my legbone BEND. *shiver* not fun. landed with my foot under me and i think i sprained my ankle/foot ligaments. i laid there for a bit myself, in the cold, thinking that thought. will i freeze to death, or can i walk? not fun.

swift healing to ya. your story makes my ouchie sound positively pleasurable. :/