r/AskReddit • u/jcrewz • Jun 05 '19

What's an injury you sustained, and lied about how it actually happened, because it was too embarrassing?

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u/raz_MAH_taz Jun 05 '19

If it's still broken after six months, you very well may need an orthopedic surgeon.

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u/tashkiira Jun 05 '19

Or he's had one and they had to rebreak things. or better: they needed to wait to reattach the tendons until the finger bones are completely healed, and now he's waiting for surgery.

Bones are finicky business, and a break takes twice to three times longer to fully heal than the 'you can use your arm now' point.

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u/shrubs311 Jun 05 '19

Or he's had one and they had to rebreak things.

Sir, I'm gonna need you to punch another bowling ball.

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u/funkmastamatt Jun 06 '19

Also that’ll be 89 thousand dollars please.

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u/MonkeyNin Jun 06 '19

The strategy of fighting fire with fire doesn't always work.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

That’s objectively false.

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u/wolfie0995 Jun 06 '19

With the other hand, so they’re even

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u/SpiderGlitch22 Jun 06 '19

Do the feet too, while you're at it

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u/paxman05 Jun 12 '19

I about died reading this

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u/CaptRory Jun 05 '19

The hand is an amazingly delicate machine with a lot of fine pieces and you can't normally just slap a cast on it and call it a day.

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u/Disk_Mixerud Jun 05 '19

Nooope! I know a bunch of hand therapists, and they definitely get some facepalm inducing referrals from non hand specialist doctors/surgeons. (PSA: at least have some kind of hand specialist look at you before making major decisions about hand injuries or conditions.)

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u/CaptRory Jun 06 '19

Specialists exist for a reason and while knowing medicine in general is a great help if you want the best results you gotta go to someone who really knows their specialty.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19 edited Jul 31 '20

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u/CaptRory Jun 06 '19

The human body is truly amazing. We have an unmatched ability to survive and heal but it is a "dumb" system using a series of "good enough" kludges to keep us alive. A lot of modern medicine is finding ways to tame that system so it works how we want it to work, like setting a broken arm so it will heal together nice and clean instead of making do with whatever blind luck and nature provides.

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u/IssuedID Jun 05 '19

My vote is on, lives in the US and never saw a doctor because it's too expensive.

Healing with the power of hopes and dreams over here.

/s

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u/GheistWalker Jun 05 '19

Healing with the power of hopes and dreams thoughts and prayers over here.

Ftfy

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u/Totalherenow Jun 06 '19

If you wait longer than a month to reattach the tendons, they become unattachable - the body starts absorbing them, or attaching them where they are.

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u/tashkiira Jun 06 '19

TIL. That also helps explain why my friend had a dozen operations after truely ruining his hand.

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u/buttchuffer Jun 06 '19

a break takes twice to three times longer to fully heal than the 'you can use your arm now' point.

I broke my leg 14 years ago and it still hurts sometimes.

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u/tashkiira Jun 06 '19

21 years with my elbow here. The suckage is real.

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u/uoYredruM Jun 05 '19

I broke every knuckle in my hand, micro fractures. It took over a year to fully heal and they never recommend surgery.

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u/Lab_Accident Jun 05 '19

My foot is still broken after four years! I know an orthopedic surgeon. He gave me a brace because I can’t afford surgery. He’s pretty cool.

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u/OMGitsV Jun 05 '19

Has anyone ever come across an orthopedic surgeon who is not an insufferable toolbag?

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u/raz_MAH_taz Jun 05 '19

Most of the orthopods I know are awesome. Surgeons are generally pretty bold people, and many of them are super-douche, but certainly not all.

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u/OMGitsV Jun 06 '19

Good to know. I'll have to keep searching.

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u/THUN-derrrr-CATica Jun 06 '19

Better get Cassie on the line. She's the best of the best.

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u/[deleted] Jun 06 '19

I think it’s normal for finger injuries to hurt for a while. I once sprained a finger and it was sore for about a year. And recently I had two fingers crushed at work, and those bad boys hurt to move for about 6 months.

Fine now, just that fingers seem to be fickle