I’m starting this thread to share some of the stories behind broken bones. The world’s toughest man thread got me thinking about how tough I am and whether I could compare to those men. Probably not even close but I’ve had some rough times in my life, as I’m sure some of you have as well.
Here’s my list of broken bones:
Left Wrist: Twice
Right Wrist: Twice
Fingers: left ring finger twice, right index finger once
Nose: FOUR times (I have one fucked up shnoz, a real chick magnet i tell ya)
Jaw: twice (both times had mouth wired shut for 6 weeks; for a man who likes to eat, this was pure hell)
I know there’s some rough housin T-men out there so share some of your stories and I’ll be back later to tell a few of my own.
I’ve had a few.
Broke my arm falling off a horse.
Broke my foot upon landing after dunking a basketball from a launch off a trampoline at the free-throw line(I blame Michael Jordan for that one :)during high school basketball practice (I’d had a couple of beers beforehand)
Broke my jaw playing rugby in a head-collision with a teammate while both of us were making a tackle (he was a heavyweight boxer, but got knocked out). My coach made me play the rest of the game.
Had my nose broken in rugby, again by a teammate, an uncoordinated 6’6" fool with flailing elbows
Broke my right index metacarpal sumo wrestling.
There’s probably more I can’t recall. Most were caused by my own youthful stupidity!
dislocated my right ring finger at the second(middle)knuckle and split the first bone right down the center. In the halfpipe.Those bad lips will getya.
2 broken ribs
Broken pinkys on both hands at least 2-3 times
Shot with a 22 in my left leg above the calf (passed through)
Sliced with a box cutter on my right shoulder (lots of stitches)
Both jaws were sports related. In football, my freshman year dude got under my jaw with his helmet and rocked my shit. In the nfl, this kid would’ve been fined like $400 million. But, I shook his hand afterward because it was one hell of a hit. The bone actually twisted around at the joint. Second jaw was actually cheek bone during basketball practice. Basically, loose ball plus one helluva head butt.
Noses, my shit is still crooked. I’ve had it straightened twice. One time, I had surgery and less than two weeks later it was broke again. I’m not gonna get it fixed again till i’m like 50 because I know I’ll break it again before it’s over. Only one of those came from a fight where I was jumped by what seemed like half the party, dudes and girls (long story).
As far as the wrists, nothin special except for what I did after I broke my left one. I was in sixth grade so about 12 years old when I cut my cast off after two weeks to play quarterback. God damn I miss football.
Wideguy, stabbed AND shot? That’s crazy. I’ve had a gun pulled on me 3 times but nobody had the balls to pull the trigger (fortunately lol).
Oh yea, I was ran over by a car once. Just my foot, nothin major.
Uhh, I’m sure there’s some more dumb shit that I’ve done in my wildin days. I’ll come back later.
Broken Left Wrist- attempting to do some crazy BMX shit…didn’t work
I was hit by a car in a parking lot
-broke 2 of my left ribs
-completely fucked up my right knee as i tried to plant to stop the car (have since than had corrective sugery)
-sprianed left wrist and broken midde and ring fingers alond with multiple lacerations alond my arm from my arm goign through their windshield
Both pinky knuckles, boxer-type fracture from hitting things. First one in severnth grade, second in collge. Set the second one myself, popped it back in place and taped it up.
Dislocated/broke/fucked up my middle finger knuckle on mt right hand playing sandpit volleyball in college. DON’T ever dive to tip a ball back in with your fingers spread. Ball hit the end of that finger and “CRACK”. Never had time to go to the doctor so the finger healed up crooked.
Last one in my hand was due to trying to teach my wife to spar. She threw a front kick and I tried to swat it away with my hand open, caught my ring finger on my left hand just right and broke the knuckle right below my wedding ring. Popped it back in palce and went on. Finger swelled so bad I couldn’t wear my wedding ring for six weeks, kinda sucked.
Also have broken both big toes three or four times each, not watching what i was doing in sparring in TKD.
Do most of y’all set your own breaks or go to the ER and drop the $250?
Left foot (basketball)
Left ankle (car accident)
Right hand (hitting someone)
Right tibia (jumping)
Right femur (fell on ice)
All 10 toes (some several times - various)
8/10 fingers (neither index finger - various)
Nose (skateboard)
Plus,
Separated both shoulders (more than once - various)
Torn rib / sternum cartiledge (twice various)
Torn knee ligaments (same time as tibia break)
Torn patellar ligament (same as tibia break)
Torn achilles tendon (fell in snow)
Torn tendon in neck (car accident)
I got shot back when I was like 20-21, when I went to WVU. A freind and I were at this party (we were dealing) and these two little cousin-fucking one toothed stump jumpers tried to rob my buddy. I slowed stepped out of the room, and came back in with a living room table. Took out both the guys and put my friend down too (but he saw it coming). I started beating the shit out of one kid with the leg of the table and heard a few shots (didn’t even know what it was at the time). Everybody ran out the house and my boy looked really scared and grabbed me like something was wrong. I noticed blood on the floor and holes in the wall in front of me. Around that time I realized my leg felt like it was ON FIRE. I didn’t finish that semester and layed low till my old man came a day or two later and we took a little vacation to florida. Good times LOL.
Box cutter was back in highschool. I used to fight often. Got into this fight at somebody’s house. Poor kid’s parent’s house got fucking ruined. People ripping out bannasters from the stairs, throwing everything not nailed down. Anyways some this kid I went to school with who always had a hard-on for me snuck me when I was in the middle of it with one of his friends.
Little toe, right foot. Broken, legsweep Thai Boxing.
Ribs. Broken 4 times, 1 time fighting, 3 times TKD/Thai Box
Right pinky, broken TKD.
Right wrist, broken, fight.
Left arm, stabbed just over elbow. Cut triceps and ulnar nerve. Shit happens.
Left eye, axekick TKD, blew out eyesocket, chipped off 2,5 cm piece of bone and cracked skull from corner off the eye til over ear. Took app 30 stiches to fix and my left eyesocket is made of plastic now.
Boy this one caught my eye and I had to chime in. Glad to see I am not the only one who has a long list, now I just have to try and rememebr them all. Start big and go to little I guess.
Pelvic shattered in 16 plus places and ruptured main artery in left leg.
Not bone but laid me up for a bit. Stick stabbed into eye.
Broken Tail bone (this was the most painfull by far)
finger well all except ring finger and thumb on left hand. Most numerous times worst was breaking all five on right hand at once.
numerous toes.
Nose twice
Think that is it as for major things I suppose, that I can remember.
[quote]Wideguy wrote:
I got shot back when I was like 20-21, when I went to WVU. A freind and I were at this party (we were dealing) and these two little cousin-fucking one toothed stump jumpers tried to rob my buddy. I slowed stepped out of the room, and came back in with a living room table. Took out both the guys and put my friend down too (but he saw it coming). I started beating the shit out of one kid with the leg of the table and heard a few shots (didn’t even know what it was at the time). Everybody ran out the house and my boy looked really scared and grabbed me like something was wrong. I noticed blood on the floor and holes in the wall in front of me. Around that time I realized my leg felt like it was ON FIRE. I didn’t finish that semester and layed low till my old man came a day or two later and we took a little vacation to florida. Good times LOL.
Box cutter was back in highschool. I used to fight often. Got into this fight at somebody’s house. Poor kid’s parent’s house got fucking ruined. People ripping out bannasters from the stairs, throwing everything not nailed down. Anyways some this kid I went to school with who always had a hard-on for me snuck me when I was in the middle of it with one of his friends.
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If you did a lot of fighting at WVU, we must know each other. When were you there?
broken bones:
broken left ?orbital? bone (hit with a bat)
broken jaw (hit with a bat)
3 teeth knocked out (hit with a bat)
nose 2 times (fight)
right leg – upper leg hairline fracture, lower leg compound fracture, patella hairline fracture, cut the tendon attaching the muscle on th front of my lower leg, in traction (motorcycle jumping accident)
stabbed in abdomen (fight)
stabbed in lower back (fight)
slashed on chest (fight)
broke four fingers (fight/basketball)
broke right hand/wrist (football)
2000 both semesters or maybe it was 2001? Kinda sad I can’t remember right now.
BTW I didn’t fight alot (more than 2-3 times) in college at all. Also, I’d like to point out that I was a young dick with a bad attitude and while I’m not ashamed of that time in my life, I’ll never go back to it.
[quote]Wideguy wrote:
2000 both semesters or maybe it was 2001? Kinda sad I can’t remember right now.
BTW I didn’t fight alot (more than 2-3 times) in college at all. Also, I’d like to point out that I was a young dick with a bad attitude and while I’m not ashamed of that time in my life, I’ll never go back to it.[/quote]
Um, you’ve posted about affinity times about how you punched people in bars for all sorts of stupid reasons. Maybe you still are a young dick with a bad attitude.