• PattyMcB@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I’m not talking a clean break. I’ve definitely never had that (and I’ve been through the ringer, believe me - concussion with amnesia and a torn mcl).

    I’m talking about hairline fractures that didn’t debilitate me, but were likely due to the sheer amount of pain, bruising, and swelling.

    • shalafi@lemmy.world
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      12 hours ago

      Doesn’t even have to be a clean break to immobilize you. My first break was my right arm at 9-yo, on my birthday. Every thought I was being a wuss, because I was. Next day the doctor popped the X-ray on the wall light, “I TOLD YOU!”.

      Anyway, it was just a crack, not sure how to define it medically. I believe he called it a greenstick fracture, but after looking at pics, it wasn’t that bad.