Re: AUSSIES! Get in here!
Well, I cracked a couple ribs when I was in my early teens. I did a lot of gymnastics as a kid/teen and well, balance beams are as hard as they look when you screw up a skill and hit it with your ribs....
h34r: and then you get to fall four feet and hit the floor too
h34r: Worse part about breaking or stress fracturing ribs? They swell and pinch the muscles that are in between your ribs... and that is really painful
And every time you breathe in..... ouch
Nowadays, I have a nice mild issue with them aching when it's really humid outside :rant:
When I worked at the lab in Milwaukee, before leaving work for the day I ran to the loo quick and the main door going in there was one of those really old solid ones on like, loaded friggin springs. Well when I was coming out of the loo (being in a rush to catch up with my friends mind you...) I pulled the door open fast and was just starting to dart out into the hospital hallway... when I realized a worker with a massive metal cart thing was going past. To keep from crashing into the cart (which would have hurt too), I grabbed onto the door frame to stop myself. And the spring loaded door slammed right on my pinky (hurt more!!!!) :rant:
I had to go to ER because in like ten minutes it swelled twice it's size and started turned colors.... The male nurse who didn't have me sign in so I wouldnt have to pay my deductible on my insurance, had me come in back with him and he just splinted it and said if it's broken that is all they do anyhow. So he probably saved me a couple hundred bucks. He was convinced it was broken though and said I did a hell of a job on it
That's the only ones I can think of...
What about the rest of you all? (by the time I hit reply you'll all probably have posted already LOL)
Wait a minute... I have a pic of that splinted finger from a few days later cuz I blogged about it. *off to find the picture*
