Today, I accepted an internship in Chicago and finished my final exams. I decided to play some pick up basketball one last time before summer. Within 2 minutes I got undercut going for a rebound and shattered my knee cap into 3 pieces. My summer in Chicago will be spent in a full leg cast. FML
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Today, as a treat to myself for completing my exams, I dyed my hair rainbow. In the process of dyeing my hair, I managed to roll over my foot, causing severe ligament damage in my foot and ankle. It's likely I'll end up with a cast. Goodbye summer. FML
Today, I finally got the cast off my leg after being unable to walk for 6 weeks, watching daytime TV or playing my husband's Xbox all day. The second the plaster came off, I tried to stand up, tripped over the doctor's foot and broke the apparently still not fully healed leg again in the same spot. FML
Today, my doctor called and asked me when I could have my broken hand x-rayed again. I said the ER staff had told me it was a bad sprain over two weeks ago. I'm now in a full cast, and have to have my partially healed bones re-broken. There goes my summer. FML
Today, I tried a new workout routine at the gym. I was feeling great until I dropped a big-ass weight on my foot and had to go to the hospital. After hours of waiting, the doctor told me that I had a broken toe and would need to wear a cast for six weeks. The worst part? I have a job interview next week. FML
Today, I went to the hospital to get a cast that I have been wearing for the past three months removed from my wrist. Thanks to said cast, I couldn't have any summer fun at all. The doctor took a final X-ray and said, "Well look at that, your wrist wasn't fractured to begin with." FML
Today, I slipped and fell on a piece of plastic. I thought nothing of it until I went to the doctor's and found out that I fractured and dislocated my kneecap. I'm now in a full leg brace and crutches. Prom is five days away. FML
Today, I fractured my tibia, fibula, and tore a tendon in my ankle. How? You might ask. By stepping in a hole at soccer practice. Now I’ll be out for the entire season with months of rehab. FML
Today, I fell on a crack in the pavement and broke my ankle. Next week, I'm supposed to fly interstate to be on a quiz show I've spent two years in the audition process for. FML
Today, I had to cut short my New Year's resolution of going to the gym daily, when the meathead next to me dropped some heavy weights, which bounced and landed on my foot. I'm sitting at home in a cast. FML
Today, I fractured a bone in my knee. Now not only do I have to wear a huge knee brace for the next two months, I'll have to sit around in a hotel room all of next week while my family has fun skiing in the mountains. FML
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ifyouonlyknew77 0
That does suck and like some have already said, Chicago DOES get really hot in the summer, but it is also really FUN in the summer. Chicago is just about my favorite city in the world and there's tons to do for cheap/free in the summer. Kind of sucks to have to be in a cast, but still try to get out and enjoy it.
24788 7
That sucks, the one time you don't have to sit around and focus on school.
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ohdears 0
At least you didnt break it playing raquetball like I did. 5 pieces for me not fun. And I got a removable half leg brace. Not a cast. But they most certainly put something there cause one cannot bend the leg until it is healed. Good luck. Start physio as soon as it is healed. Ask for Muscle stim if they have it. It will help get your muscle active faster. Breaking the patella is one kind of pain, but having to get your leg bending again is a whole new level of pain. Dont stop doing your exercises if you like playing sports. I stopped after physio and it was a bad idea.
Dan89 0
That sucks man. Chicago is such an awesome city and there is always plenty to do. Go to the taste! Even if you are going to be hobbles!
sportsnut 0
3 pieces really doesn't classify as "shattered"... i think "broke" might be a more suitable adjective
manoverboard 0
#7 - Chicago is the best place to ever exist. OP, that sucks. D: Chicago's boring if you can't walk around and enjoy it. Stupid sports.
3kmtg 7
lol well at least you weren't going there for a basketball scholarship right? that still sucks though
magnis 0
ouch:(
budd28 0
usually in cases like these, that was meant to happen.
BusinessTurtle 8
This wouldn't be the first time a game of basketball flipped someone's life upside down.
chris4u2nv5 19
Beat her @ss, HARD!!!!!!
kc_bbg15 14
Better think of a cooler story to tell when people ask you how your leg was broken