skumgummii OP t1_je2lsci wrote on March 28, 2023 at 11:20 PM

Reply to comment by HereKittyKitty070619 in TIFU by not taking a taxi by skumgummii

That would have been funny, embrace your social quirks. Thanks I also hope so, but I think this is a long one. Like 5 weeks in a cast after they’ve screwed the bones back together and then 6-7 months of rehab

HereKittyKitty070619 t1_je3c1xs wrote on March 29, 2023 at 2:38 AM

I've fractured bones in both ankles multiple times, I know your pain.

My worst break was when I broke a bone along the top of my foot, the bone was almost poking through the skin, and yet when they did the x-rays, no break showed up. Despite clearly seeing that, yes, a bone is broken and not in the place it should be, they wouldn't do anything besides wrap it in an ace bandage and give me crutches. Two days later, after my pain pills kicked in, I pushed the bone back in place myself, and, ~SHOCKINGLY~ the bruising (which had been almost solid black up until then) almost instantly faded to barely visible. 🙄

skumgummii OP t1_je3kexm wrote on March 29, 2023 at 3:49 AM

Multiple times?! How? Also that’s very weird that nothing up in an X-ray and even when you could clearly see something was wrong they still did nothing :S

HereKittyKitty070619 t1_je561mb wrote on March 29, 2023 at 2:23 PM

That's US healthcare, especially in my state. And multiple times because 1) I am the biggest klutz in the southern US, and 2) once you fracture or break a bone, it becomes weaker whenever it heals. My ankles were already weak to begin with, and each time I'd get hurt, it just deteriorated the bones more