# Have you ever broken a bone? Describe what it REALLY felt like..

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 13, 2017, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-broken-a-bone-describe-what-it-really-felt-like/779719 "2017-02-13T00:22:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-broken-a-bone-describe-what-it-really-felt-like/779719/61 "2017-02-15T03:56:01Z")

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> [@Canadjun](#):
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> I wasn’t in significant pain when I broke my tibia skiing back when I was a teenager **EXCEPT** when I attempted to put any weight on my leg. As long as I was careful I was fine.

Yep, this.

I broke my leg in three places when I was about 12 (got run off the road into a ditch by a car when I was riding my bike).

It hurt a bit, but I didn’t know anything serious until I tried to stand up. Then it turned into a compound fracture.

It hurt like hell. For a long, long time.

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**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-broken-a-bone-describe-what-it-really-felt-like/779719/62 "2017-02-15T04:09:52Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> I guess this doesn’t include having my sternum sawed in half for heart surgery.

Say, you could hire yourself out as a magician’s assistant.

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**Post date:** [February 16, 2017, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-broken-a-bone-describe-what-it-really-felt-like/779719/63 "2017-02-16T00:49:29Z")

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Had my jaw broken in two place, in surgery. I was wired (like splinted), so I didn’t get a lot of late damage and sharp pain. In that sense, less disruptive than apendicitus surgery, which did cause soft-tissue injury: from that, I can remember the fear of laughing or coughing or sneezing or rolling over.

What I remember from the broken jaw is that whenever the pain killers wore off. I became very angry and intolerant. Even at the time it was happening, I was amazed at how short my fuse was.

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