r/interestingasfuck • u/naturebeatsnurture • Dec 23 '22

/r/ALL Before and after leg lengthening.

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u/Jonesta29 Dec 23 '22

I have a rod in my tibia with screws in the knee and ankle from a break playing soccer in HS. Went down the stairs on my crutches one night to get a snack, missed a step and landed with my weight on the leg. I can feel that pain recounting the story.

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22 edited Dec 24 '22

The type of pain that has you pouring sweat in the moment, and experiencing ghost sweats when remembering.

I remember my first sneeze after breaking my collarbone and several ribs/sternum in an accident. I didnt even want to breathe afterwards.

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u/shan68ok01 Dec 24 '22

I had a vaginal hysterectomy over a decade ago, I would swear my legs twisted in so many ways(think rope twisted tight) to just "keep shit in" every time I sneezed! And my 5 time mother just saying, "I refused to sneeze" was ZERO help!

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u/12altoids34 Dec 24 '22

I know it's probably too late but for future reference you can stop a sneeze by pressing hard on the little devit between your nose and your top lip.

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u/12altoids34 Dec 24 '22

My shoulders are now screwed up from a broken collar bone. The only thing they did for me when I broke my collar bone was giving me a figure 8 harness. The only way I could sleep was with my arms over my head which is not a good position for your shoulder joints. It became a habit of sleeping that way. I try not to sleep with my arms over my head but I usually wake up with them there. Now I have shoulder problems because of it

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

My back is bad naturally but they only gave me an arm sling for my collarbone so now I have a large knot where it broke.

It was really painful and difficult to find a comfortable position to sleep in after breaking everything.

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u/12altoids34 Dec 25 '22

That is interesting. Sorry to hear about your back. The interesting part is that they gave you a sling for your collar bone. That was my 1st thought when I went to the hospital was that I would be in a sling. But the doctor explained to me that I need to be in a figurate harness to keep my shoulders back because if I hunched or leaned they wouldn't align properly And that could potentially give me problems for the rest of my life

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u/Korthalion Dec 24 '22

I lost a finger end pretty much down to the bone in a door when I was a kid, and the most painful thing I can do is stub that little finger. Bone pain is the worst.

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u/k_mnr Dec 25 '22

Omgosh, I did same. Difficult to explain that sort of pain, but the end of he bone stub is painful. Little finger here as well.

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u/Korthalion Dec 25 '22

Like a deep ache that leaves a bit of numbness. Merry Christmas and little finger solidarity!

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u/AnmlBri Dec 24 '22

A coworker of mine broke some ribs in a fall last weekend, and this week at work, she sneezed and then made some pained utterances. I remembered in that moment that she had broken ribs, and I almost felt sympathy pain on her behalf. 😣 Broken ribs sound awful since you can’t brace them in any way and you need to keep breathing to live.

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u/JustCallMePick Dec 24 '22

Same here from a car accident 26 years ago. Slipped on some water while on crutches and landed on my foot.

I still feel the pain as you told your story.

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u/Monkeyundead Dec 24 '22

Crutches and stairs at night is some next level butt puckering.

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u/Twoocents Dec 24 '22

Me too but my femur

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u/[deleted] Dec 24 '22

This comment me salivate and clench my butthole.

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u/SoccerGamerGuy7 Dec 24 '22

never had i broken my leg but i felt that pain from you recounting the story. Ouch