Today, I fell down the stairs, breaking my foot and tendons. It was the first time I had ever broken anything, and the doctor said that it's the most complicated break he'd ever seen. It's too complicated to operate. Now I'm stuck in a wheelchair for god knows how long. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I fell down the stairs and landed heavily on my foot. Because I wasn't crying, my mom refused to take me to the hospital. It took me an hour of agony to convince her. It turned out to be broken in three different places. FML
Today, I moved into a new downstairs flat. I promptly fell down said stairs. I have a broken pelvis now and can't walk or go down steps for 3 months. FML
Today, I managed to break my ankle by running it over with the wheelchair I've used on a daily basis for the last 6 years. FML
Today, I fell down my backyard steps at my own housewarming party, ended up breaking my ankle, and am now non-weight bearing for 10 weeks. I'm supposed to start a new job tomorrow, where I'm always on my feet. FML
Today, I had my first real break from work in ages, so I decided to go hiking. Less than 20 minutes in, I tumbled a couple hundred feet down a steep hill, broke my leg and several toes, and lay there in agony for an eternity before I was finally rescued. FML
Today, after slipping on my stairs and spraining my ankle, I got a brace and crutches at urgent care. When I went to get into my car, my crutch slipped on some paper and I fell. I crawled back into urgent care, only to learn that my sprained ankle is now broken in 2 places. FML
Today, it's been a few days since I moved into a new apartment and was excited to finally have a balcony. I went out to enjoy the view, but as I leaned against the railing, it gave way and I fell two stories onto the pavement below. I ended up with a broken leg and a huge medical bill. FML
Today, I stepped outside my house for the first time in a year, trying to socialize again. I broke my leg. FML
Today, I broke my leg while trying to show my friend how I broke my other leg. 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
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Top comments
Burle 17
You should get a second opinion, doctors make mistakes too
Adam Steege 8
Might be super inappropriate, but if you have an x-ray you'd be willing to share, it would be a great learning opportunity to see such a complex break!
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Burle 17
You should get a second opinion, doctors make mistakes too
real life problems 26
Did he also tell you to walk it off?
Adam Steege 8
Might be super inappropriate, but if you have an x-ray you'd be willing to share, it would be a great learning opportunity to see such a complex break!
ViviMage 40
Paging DocBastard, Paging DocBastard. please come to Trauma Bay #FML
Charlie Given 28
Hopefully there's a Orthopaedic Specialists in your area ☺️ good luck
wanted_2_want 40
I thought that tendons could be stretched or even torn but never heard of “breaking” them. Unless the bone itself, once broken, cut the tendon. But the pain would feel like dying. And yes. I’ve had a torn tendon once.
ViviMage 40
I almost shattered my left ankle falling off the steps of a school bus. Cracked the fibula and tibula under the knee, broke the growth plates right off the long bones at the ankle end, made the 8 bones in the ankle a complete hash and broke half the foot going towards the toes over the arch. It honestly looked like a Tetris game someone was losing in. I was also 12 at the time. They needed a 3D MRI to get a good look at what was going on inside my leg. The operation was 20% setting the bone while I was knocked out, trying to hike it up to put a plaster cast on, that ALMOST working, and 80% actual surgery when the leg literally fell apart in their hands putting the casting material on and they had to put in screws. (Which they told me most of the time it needs surgery and hardware). Get a few second opinions. And a 3D MRI. You don't want your bones to heal while they are unset. Healing makes it harder to get the broken bits to align right. I had my surgery less than a week from the fall. I also got an A in my human relations class since my surrogate baby (teen pregnancy simulation class) was just fine and survived the fall better than I did!