Today, I got hit by a car while riding my bike to work. In the hospital, every single nurse lectured me about how I wouldn't be here if I wore a helmet, which I'm sure would be really helpful to my broken leg. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I was sent to the hospital after being hit by a car while on my bicycle. The police officer said it was my fault for not looking, even though the car pulled up without looking. I now have a small herniated disc in my neck and abrasions on my thigh. FML
Today, I got hit by a car while walking into the hospital to visit my wife, who had also gotten hit by a car. FML
Today, I came out from the E.R. with an arm cast and stitches on my head, all because a cyclist ran me over on a pedestrian walkway and got away. FML
Today, while driving to work, an idiot pulled out of a junction without looking and wiped me out. I'm now in hospital with two broken legs, looking at employment pages because I didn't give work "enough notice" about my absence. FML
Today, my bike abruptly stopped working, torpedoing me headfirst into the sidewalk. I lay there in agony for a few minutes, and the only guy who saw it happen said, "Lucky you didn't get hurt!" FML
Today, I was riding an electric scooter on my way to work when a car sped out of a driveway and hit me. Not only did I end up in hospital, but I missed my job on the second day back. FML
Today, I'm recovering from a bad motorcycle crash that could have cost me my life. A truck pulled out in front of me while going 60. Luckily I only have a broken arm and a fractured sternum. I was just notified by my attorney that the guy at fault has no insurance or assets to his name. FML
Today, a nurse berated me for not being able to lift my leg myself so she could put a cast on. My leg is broken in two places. FML
Today, after I fell over and fractured my knee, I've been in hospital for a week. I now have a metal plate in my knee, and am due to be off work for months, I wouldn't mind as much if I hadn't been hit by a car two years ago, spent a week in hospital for a fractured vertebrae, and was off work for months. FML
Today, I didn't feel like going to work, so I called in sick. Five hours later while out shopping, I got hit by a car at a crosswalk. Now I'm laid-up in the local hospital, really wishing I was with the guys at work. FML
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Top comments
GeorgeCarter95 16
It wouldn't help your leg, but you should be wearing one!
Jreslier 15
Yeah, you should get a helmet for your leg.
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Comments (116)
ZoroMiHawk 25
Ok the nurses may be using it in the wrong context, but you SHOULD always wear a helmet. It doesn't matter how great and responsible you are, as you experienced you can't trust other drivers to be the same. You got lucky this time, a broken leg can be fixed, but a broken neck will send you six feet under.
juturnaamo 29
I don't think a helmet would protect your neck, either.
CaroAurelia 12
You definitely always should wear a helmet, but... That would help your leg... How? They did go to nursing school, didn't they?
HomelessDonut 9
And you wouldn't have written that reply to #12 if OP wore a helmet. And I wouldn't have written this reply to you if OP wore a helmet. (Did I break the chain, and if I did, I wouldn't have done so if OP wore a helmet) EDIT: #15 is Euphoricness (so euphoric m8)
neleigh17 7
New meaning to "break a leg" eh? Too soon, huh?
Zwerik 31
OP, I hope you get well soon. By the way, your username is amazing!
RoseCrystal 17
My old coworker used to be an EMT and one day on his lunch break, he witnessed a biker getting struck by a car. The man had no helmet on and he ended up crushing part of his face, losing his left eye. The moral of the story, OP, is be grateful it wasn't worse and please wear a helmet.
buckdharma 38
Repeat after me... The leg bones connected to the knee bone, the knee bones connected to the thigh bone, the thigh bones connected to the hip bone... You see where this is going, don't ya op?
juturnaamo 29
Same thing happened to me last week. I sprained my wrist, and got lectured on helmets.
notfat14 18
Helmets can actually do more damage
askullnamedbilly 33
Explain, please. How does an extra layer about arguably the most important part of your body make things worse, exactly?
SirMichael 13
There is probably some hypothetical situation where wearing a helmet could possibly hurt you but it's definitely far less likely than your helmet saving your life, or preventing head injury.
cjmedic 12
They can do more damage if they aren't worn properly or are the wrong size, but aside from that, helmets are generally safe. Hence why they're so strongly advised.
smackaroonial 20
Helmets are nice, but not overly necessary unless you're riding in a busy area or mountain biking.
juturnaamo 29
If your city doesn't have designated bike paths, it'd be more dangerous in a busy area, since drivers tend to pass closer to riders with helmets.