QotD: Ouch, That Hurt!
Have you ever broken a bone? If not, what's the worst injury you've sustained?
I've never broken a bone.
I was bike dependent when I lived in Denver. One time I hit a curb wrong while going fast. I flew over my handlebars and skid down a bit. The left side (arm and leg) had road rash all over them. I was bleeding and all red and rashed up. I just got up and rode the rest of the way. My boss was a little creeped by the blood and brought me up to the breakroom to help me clean up with alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, and iodine. It was pretty.
The accident and the wound dressing didn't bother me. Trying to sleep on it, well... I lost a lot of sleep that way.
When I was younger, I got the wind knocked out of me a lot. And one winter, I was hit in the face by a chunk of ice some older kids threw at me. There was a possibility I could have lost sight in that eye. It was all bloody and nasty. I had never been so scared. I was 11, I had to go without sight for weeks. I think about a month or so? It wasn't the same season when I was safe to see again. I wish I had pictures. I just remember how grotesque it looked.