How many bones have you broken

[PollyannaMom]

One - I had a small crack in my arm near the elbow. It was just a klutzy fall walking down my own front steps.

 

[keiraliz]

I broke my wrist in fifth grade. My friends and I were horsing around during our school's annual field day. One of my friends pushed me to be funny, and I ended up slipping and falling down the hill we were on. My teacher (a former P.E. teacher, believe it or not) didn't believe that my wrist was actually broken and tried to convince my mom and me that I only sprained it. That is, he believed that until I walked into class the next morning with a splint, and my dad had to explain that the X-rays that morning showed my wrist was broken...

 

[indimom]

0. As far as I know.
And I don't drink milk. It's the one food/drink I really detest.

 

[Teresa Pitman]

None for me. I do owe it to the the fact that I have been a milk drinker my whole life so I have nice strong bones. I am super clumsy so I have had lots of opportunities LOL

I was in a cast a few weeks ago but it was because of cartilage damage in my wrist.

Actually, the research suggests that drinking cow's milk can actually increase your risk of fracture, not reduce it.

http://www.pcrm.org/health/medNews/drinking-milk-associated-with-fractures-and-death

 

[slo]

4 - elbow, collar bone, finger and ankle

 

[mel&me]

Let me think, arm, wrist, ankle, couple toes probably ever finger at one point. Foot, jaw.
dislocated shoulder, both knees, pulled my elbow completely out of joint, those xrays were nasty looking. thats what I can think of I'm sure I'm missing a few.

 

[disney world dreamer]

2
i broke my wrist and my elbow at the same time. i fell off a friend's swing set.
but they only x-rayed my wrist because it was very obviously broken. my bone was sticking out but it had not broken through my skin.
this occurred on friday night of memorial day weekend and i was sent home in a split until tuesday because they then wanted to do another x-ray of my wrist to ensure it was properly set before putting a cast on it.
i walked around that whole time with a broekn elbow as well and only once i went to the doctor on tuesday did they decide maybe i should have had an x-ray done of my elbow as well.
after they put a full arm cast on i felt fine.

 

[JustCor]

Right radius and ulna. I broke them both on the last day of school in 5th grade when I tripped and fell onto some broken concrete. I spent the entire summer in cast up to my shoulder.

I also broke one of my pinkies in third grade. It was in a metal splint, taped to the ring finger for a few weeks.

 

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

mine or theirs?

 

[goofyernmost]

Zero... In 67 years I have never broken a single bone in my body. I even fell coming down some stairs when I was 63 years old and landed on my knee, full force, on a cement floor. Didn't even crack one. I did completely sever my Right Quad Muscle in that little mishap, but, no broken bones.

 

[TheDisneyNurse]

When I was 10, I broke three of my knuckles from playing hockey in the house with my sister (we even wore roller blades. It was official) I broke my middle finger in PE in high school. My latest injury was to my hand when I got in a pretty nasty car accident last semester on my way to lecture. Really bad bruising, my hand was swollen like a balloon for weeks. It actually still hurts, 4 months later. Should probably get that checked out. I have a very high tolerance for pain, thankfully!

 

[LilPiglet]

No broken bones for me yet.

 

[gemini2727]

Only one, the middle finger of my left hand. Tried to grab a neighbor's runaway dog by his collar. He thanked me by wrenching free and sending me to the orthopedist!

 

[dashofsunshine]

No broken bones (fingers crossed it stays that way).

However, 3 eye surgeries, tonsillectomy, 3rd degree burns covering my right foot when I was 7 (week and a half in the hospital), torn meniscus + surgery to fix it, and VSG surgery.

So, that's all been pretty fun. I guess. Lol

 

[cleverclovers]

One, courtesy of my husband. (Now ex-husband.)

 

[Lilliputian]

I've never had an x-ray for a broken bone or a cast, but I did break my tailbone during my 10 year old's birth. It still hurts sometimes.

 

[FINFAN]

Mine or someone else's?


none...but if I do now, TOTALLY blaming this thread lol

 

[UConnLovesDisney]

1, my arm. I have no recollection of it happening since I was barely 2. In fact I had NO idea it ever happened until I was a teenager and came across an old home video. I was so confused by the cast on my arm so I asked my mom and she confessed she had dropped me!! I often wonder if I never found that old VHS would she have ever told me?!?

 

[goofyernmost]

1, my arm. I have no recollection of it happening since I was barely 2. In fact I had NO idea it ever happened until I was a teenager and came across an old home video. I was so confused by the cast on my arm so I asked my mom and she confessed she had dropped me!! I often wonder if I never found that old VHS would she have ever told me?!?

Heck, if it wasn't bad enough for even you to remember, why would you think your Mom would give it another thought. That was a whole decade or more later. I don't remember every visit to the ER that we made with our kids or if I did, I wouldn't find it something that needed to be brought up!