anyone ever break a bone and how long was healing process
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Had a cast for about 5 weeks, broken radius and ulna right arm.
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I call BS. You weren't at work. It was probably when you lifted it up raging from watching the game.
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I feel for ya on that one. I completely destroyed my left elbow. Like 60+ pieces destroyed right at the joint. Severed my nerve instantly. 10 years later, and it reminds me daily.
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Breaking Bad: Bones I have broken in my life –
As a kid (8?) I broke a wrist playing football with Fred Flintstone. I recall that I spent six weeks in a cast up to my armpit. It got pretty damn itchy and stinky, but I reigned supreme in King-of-the-Hill competition.
My freshman year at ND I broke my right thumb "sledding" the hill behind Holy Cross Hall to St. Mary's Lake. The good folk at the Infirmary sent me to St. Joseph's Hospital for X-Rays. I stuck out my broken thumb to hitch hike to and from St. Joe's. They told me that they'd send the pics to the Infirmary and that I'd be contacted. Three days passed. The swelling went down. I started bending the thumb thinking it wasn't all that bad. I called the Infirmary after three days to find out what was what. They responded "We got the X-rays two days ago; just keep the splint on for three weeks." My response? "What splint?" Their response? "Stop in when you get a chance. The worst thing you could do is to flex the thumb since you could end up with a frozen thumb." So much for my handball rotation in PE.
Later in life, after taking up volleyball I blew out both my left and right ankle/foot twice. The first involved six weeks in a cast. The last two weeks in a padded Ace (failed) followed by two weeks in an inflatable cast (failed) followed by four weeks in a plaster cast.
My point? If your injury involves broken bones with no damage to tendons and muscles, you'll have four to six weeks of discomfort and inconvenience and then all will be well.
Hang tough, don't push it and carry on.
As a kid (8?) I broke a wrist playing football with Fred Flintstone. I recall that I spent six weeks in a cast up to my armpit. It got pretty damn itchy and stinky, but I reigned supreme in King-of-the-Hill competition.
My freshman year at ND I broke my right thumb "sledding" the hill behind Holy Cross Hall to St. Mary's Lake. The good folk at the Infirmary sent me to St. Joseph's Hospital for X-Rays. I stuck out my broken thumb to hitch hike to and from St. Joe's. They told me that they'd send the pics to the Infirmary and that I'd be contacted. Three days passed. The swelling went down. I started bending the thumb thinking it wasn't all that bad. I called the Infirmary after three days to find out what was what. They responded "We got the X-rays two days ago; just keep the splint on for three weeks." My response? "What splint?" Their response? "Stop in when you get a chance. The worst thing you could do is to flex the thumb since you could end up with a frozen thumb." So much for my handball rotation in PE.
Later in life, after taking up volleyball I blew out both my left and right ankle/foot twice. The first involved six weeks in a cast. The last two weeks in a padded Ace (failed) followed by two weeks in an inflatable cast (failed) followed by four weeks in a plaster cast.
My point? If your injury involves broken bones with no damage to tendons and muscles, you'll have four to six weeks of discomfort and inconvenience and then all will be well.
Hang tough, don't push it and carry on.
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Broke two metatarsal running pregame in the soggy outfield prior to a college baseball game with the rest of the pitchers. Hurt like hell.....still does in fact, but it took almost 8 weeks to "heal"... Still pitched with some Orthotics thing in my cleat. Still hurt like hell, but didn't want to sit out. Good luck.
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I broke my tib/fib in 2007, it was clean break. It just snapped playing football. I was in a cast that almost went all the way up to my hip for about 2 months, then I was in a boot for about another month. Even after the boot, I favored my left leg for a while. But that was probably just a mental thing.
Good luck with your recovery
Good luck with your recovery
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You're lucky to be alive.
I broke my collarbone when I was only about a year old. I don't even remember it. 6 weeks is about the norm for healing, but as mentioned age definitely plays a role in this. I noticed things take longer now that I'm older. Being your foot and the pressure put on it, it may add to the healing time. I'm not a doctor, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express once before.
