Ever Broken A Bone? Been Lucky All Your Life and not Broken One?

I broke my wrist bone while sleeping. Are you surprised? I had rested my head on it and it snapped. However, it might seem quite unusual but it happened. Doctor told me this could happen due to lack of calcium. He came to this conclusion because the bone would not join even after they kept it in plaster for a period longer than necessary. Doctor prescribed some calcium tablets. Only then, the wrist was able to heal. In old age, calcium content in bone becomes less, and when this happens then bones are likely to snap for no apparent reason.

I had a bonanza of broken bones 7 ribs and two vetebrae but thankfully they did not leave any permanent damage except that I now need to watch my back.

Fortunely, I have not broken a bone in 50 years! I have come close, very near. However, I have the upmost compassion for those who have. I realize it is painful. My brother, accident on motorcycle, broke his arm and the bone had nearly broken the skin, but its swollen presence was obivious. It presented a deformity that only made you squint at its sight.

I've been lucky and have never broken one. I have beat myself up quite a bit, bruises, cuts, and the like. I've lost a few finger nails, though. Actually, I have broken my right ankle. Putting up a fence a few years ago, the ground was convered, and I must have twisted my ankle in 10 holes in the ground. It hurt, and I kept telling the boss I was going to the doc, but I jsut told myself to suck it up, it was just a sprain. I didn't even bother looking at it. until 6 months later. There's now a bone sticking out of my ankle. Not far, or skin breaking, but it must have broken, and I just kept bracing it up, and now it's healed the wrong way! I'm an idiot sometimes.