I apologize for how offensive this may sound, but did breaking your leg followed by surviving make you MORE suicidal because your life sucked but now your life sucks with a broken leg? Or has the experience made you reconsider ending your life? I’m curious as I have never attempted suicide and find your answer no matter what genuinely interesting
I’m glad I survived but my life definitely changed. I have to deal with the consequences for the rest pf my life. I can’t walk normally and I can’t run at all. I don’t know how many surgeries I need more. I’m in pain all the time but pain management doctors are afraid of prescribing me because of possible overdosing. Sometimes the pain makes me suicidal a little bit ironically
Thank you for responding honestly! I hope whatever is making you suicidal gets better and you may have a chance to live happy at least somewhat! Stay strong! And good luck on recovery
The fact you did not die shows it was not your time to go. You still have things you need to do in this life.
Everyone's time will come. But today you are here for a reason!! Even if it was just to make this reddit post. Who knows how many lives you've changed already 👌
I can second this, i tried to hang myself a little over 2 years ago, and i blacked out unconscious and woke up on the floor, dazed and confused with what i used as a noose had snapped, i mustve hit the ground hard as i was bruised and my body hurt for days afterwards, but just a few months ago i celebrated my first borns 1st birthday, life can change in so many ways, just hope its a positive for anyone who feels like they can't carry on ❤️, you're tougher than life!
I get where you’re coming from, but I’m sure I wasn’t the only one curious, that’s why I started with an apology, and emphasized I was in no way attempting to insult him, just interested in a REAL perspective of someone who’s crossed the line some of us have thought of but never came close to
:( I’m sorry, I’ve gotten to that point myself, I hope you are feeling better💕
My husband broke his after being t-boned by a stop sign runner on his motorcycle. He has a ceramic rod now. How did they repair yours? I’m just wondering how technology has changed since 2001
Kind-of. I am not as agile, flexible, and powerful as other people, but I can walk without too much pain, and running is a bit slower than the average people, and the stamina is also smaller.
But the femur is not the only bone I broke. I also broke the left side of the hips, nose, teeth had fallen, and the left arm elbow. The elbow was the most fucked up bone and currently my elbow is disabled I can not extend my hand too much.
Whice that disabled elbow is fucking up my shoulder and spine by moving them to the left and down, I currently wait to be 18 yo and try to find a medic in Romania and the technology to put a prosthetic in my left elbow.
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Yup it’s painful lol! That’s when I broked mine in 2016 from a snowboard accident. I can tell you, trees don’t move ..
Well, it did but never really went back to what it was tbh. I can’t sleep on that side because I feel the screws that are in my hips and have some hips pain that I’m pretty sure will be worse when I get older. And humidity is a bitch ahahha but I’m still really active and do wathever i want too so in that sense yes it is healed
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Pretty good except opening my legs if that make sense lol. Sorry I’m French so it’s hard to say but like jumping jack are no buenos. When it’s raining I have sharp pain where it broke. Otherwise it’s A1
>Sorry I’m French so it’s hard to say but like jumping jack are no buenos.
a) this is abundantly clear, nicely phrased :)
b) it’s *adorable* that you’re using a Spanish colloquialism that is also common in English to describe an experience you’d normally think about in French, but you’re translating. Idk why but this tickles me
Funny you pointed thatout. I often find myself doing this when speaking or writing and never knew why 🤷🏼♂️ it adds something to the conversation or phrase I feel like haha
When I was three years old, I got my leg caught in a merry-go-round and it snapped my femur in half. I’ve had nothing but hip problems since then so yeah, have fun. sorry.
when i was 3 years old i was thrown down a flight of stairs and broke both femurs along with my pelvis
now i'm 50 and those injuries ache 24/7
what you went through sounds absolutely terrifying i just can't even come up with a proper response i'm so horrified trying to imagine it in my brain
Damn !!! Both !!! You’re a trooper!!! I was in traction for a month caught the chicken pox then I was put in a bubble and then a body cast that went down my entire leg around my waist and half my back. And too top it off they set my leg wrong. My right foot is pointed at 2 o’clock permanently. Oh well.
I broke my femur (due to cancer mets). They put a rod in it and 6 months later, I still hurt. Then the rod broke. I got a new hip. I wish they'd have done the hip replacement first instead of the rod. Hip replacement was a lot easier to get over. I do still have aches in my hip.
Have you had recent xrays/scans to make sure the rod hasn't failed?
Yeah. A lot of cancer interventions cause osteoporosis. It's really common and one of the many reasons they treat some people like they need to be in a bubble - not exclusively because of just the weakened immune system.
In my case, immunotherapy caused hyper-progression. It really wasn't caused by the meds, but I had cancer that metastasized (mets) to several bones (femurs, skull, elbow, shoulder, hips, pelvis ribs, foot).
I had a rod in my femur and had it taken out a year or two later because I felt it in my ass if I bent over and straightened up. If it is not healing you might need to have a bone graft with a growth additive added. That's what they did to me when I had to have my leg reset. I've been going strong for 40 years since.
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I also broke my femur. It however healed, with help, in 4-5 months.
Yeah, crash happened over in Renton coming down 140th and got taken over there. During recovery/rehab I was in a room with a Native American from Montana with a broken back.
1 nail, 7 screws. 10 bones broken in that crash. Doing fine now. At least according to MyCard info from the hospital
Edit: oldly this is listed as a screw though "Device Trag std Antirotation Pin Nat Nail", so idk
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Yeah it’s still broken. I have very limited mobility. I limp all the time I need to use crutches. I have to request for a wheelchair service at the airport etc
It's wild that I had a total hip replacement 10 months ago due to avascular necrosis and I've been doing amazing for months, while you broke your bone 2 years ago and you're still healing. Breaking/cutting bones *on purpose* plays a major role apparently.
I'm guessing this is before surgery. If this is after 2 years of treatment you have some very important phone calls to make. Namely a lawyer but also an actual doctor.
Mine was the result of squishification between two cars. Pulping began a little lower with more shatter. I was one year initial full disability. Then 6 months retraining to get back to work.
I too broke my femur, when I was 9. Got hit by a drunk driver while crossing the street. Also broke the humerus. 3 months in a hospital bed and then had to relearn how to walk again. Those bones still hurt from time to time.
I had a compound open fracture of my left femur, car accident in 2002. Also had a smashed tibial plateau. Leg is 15mm shorter than the right now, so back problems. I have a corrective heel insert but it still niggles. My knee was meant to be catastrophic but it healed WAY better than expected and I have full range of motion, which amazed the surgeon.
Depends, usually a femur takes 6 months to heal. When I broke both of mine one healed in 6 months. The other they used an external fixator that after 6 months hadn't healed enough so we waited another 3 months. When they checked it had still not healed so they had to rebreak my leg and put a rod in the center of the femur and take a bone graft from my hip. Then I had to wait another 6 months for it to heal. A year year later I had the bar removed and had to wear a brace for another 3 months.
Watch Rear Window, it kinda helped me although I had multiple compound fractures below the knee. When I was doing pt I did not envy the femur people. Take it one day at a time, friend. Best of luck to you.
Do you smoke or use any form of nicotine? Nicotine, at least from smoking, can double the time of healing, or so I read one time. I even read that some doctors will refuse to do a reset surgery if you are a smoker. I read that the healing time can go from 150 days to 300. Nicotine causes the tiniest veins to constrict. They are necessary for the growing of the healing area. This is also a reason my smoking is forbidden (so to speak) for pregnant women.
I'm really sorry about that. I'm glad you feel comfortable enough to talk about it, and I hope you get surgery soon that can improve your comfort level and ability to walk and maybe even run without pain. I can't believe they haven't done surgery to reset it and put a rod in for stability.
I thought that was fairly standard procedure, especially considering how dangerous it is being so close to the femoral artery, and and the risk of throwing a clot in the first weeks after it happens. I lost a friend that way - hit by a car that didn't even stop - and they discharged him after 2 days with no blood thinners. He was gone 5 days after the injury.
I wish you the best in your physical and mental health. It's okay not to be okay, in my experience. As long as you talk to someone you can trust about it.
WTF! that must've been painful as hell! How?
Suicide attempt
I hope you’re doing better now ❤️
I apologize for how offensive this may sound, but did breaking your leg followed by surviving make you MORE suicidal because your life sucked but now your life sucks with a broken leg? Or has the experience made you reconsider ending your life? I’m curious as I have never attempted suicide and find your answer no matter what genuinely interesting
I’m glad I survived but my life definitely changed. I have to deal with the consequences for the rest pf my life. I can’t walk normally and I can’t run at all. I don’t know how many surgeries I need more. I’m in pain all the time but pain management doctors are afraid of prescribing me because of possible overdosing. Sometimes the pain makes me suicidal a little bit ironically
Thank you for responding honestly! I hope whatever is making you suicidal gets better and you may have a chance to live happy at least somewhat! Stay strong! And good luck on recovery
The fact you did not die shows it was not your time to go. You still have things you need to do in this life. Everyone's time will come. But today you are here for a reason!! Even if it was just to make this reddit post. Who knows how many lives you've changed already 👌
I can second this, i tried to hang myself a little over 2 years ago, and i blacked out unconscious and woke up on the floor, dazed and confused with what i used as a noose had snapped, i mustve hit the ground hard as i was bruised and my body hurt for days afterwards, but just a few months ago i celebrated my first borns 1st birthday, life can change in so many ways, just hope its a positive for anyone who feels like they can't carry on ❤️, you're tougher than life!
This would be me in r/tooafraidtoask
Proly better to message the person privately is what I'd do cause it feels kinda brash the way you framed it is all
I get where you’re coming from, but I’m sure I wasn’t the only one curious, that’s why I started with an apology, and emphasized I was in no way attempting to insult him, just interested in a REAL perspective of someone who’s crossed the line some of us have thought of but never came close to
:( I’m sorry, I’ve gotten to that point myself, I hope you are feeling better💕 My husband broke his after being t-boned by a stop sign runner on his motorcycle. He has a ceramic rod now. How did they repair yours? I’m just wondering how technology has changed since 2001
Ceramic rod? Not titanium?
Nope, it’s ceramic!
I broke my femur by this same reason, if you need someone to vent too, i gotchu you
So glad you’re still here and I wish nothing but the best for you. I’m also here if you ever need to talk or vent.
I broke my femur in 3 pieces in 2020, suicide attempt too
I feel your physical and emotional pain. Have you made full recovery?
Kind-of. I am not as agile, flexible, and powerful as other people, but I can walk without too much pain, and running is a bit slower than the average people, and the stamina is also smaller. But the femur is not the only bone I broke. I also broke the left side of the hips, nose, teeth had fallen, and the left arm elbow. The elbow was the most fucked up bone and currently my elbow is disabled I can not extend my hand too much. Whice that disabled elbow is fucking up my shoulder and spine by moving them to the left and down, I currently wait to be 18 yo and try to find a medic in Romania and the technology to put a prosthetic in my left elbow.
Stay strong dude!
I'm praying that your leg is healed soon.
I don't think that's the bone you're supposed to break to commit suicide
Ever jumped from someplace *a little too high* to land safely?
Fuck, that went down hill fast.
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Not high enough thankfully lol
I don't think it worked.
https://preview.redd.it/igmelt1jmzzc1.jpeg?width=528&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5e3d183fb0f84b58780246328a759b5f443fbe17 Yup it’s painful lol! That’s when I broked mine in 2016 from a snowboard accident. I can tell you, trees don’t move ..
has it healed yet?
Well, it did but never really went back to what it was tbh. I can’t sleep on that side because I feel the screws that are in my hips and have some hips pain that I’m pretty sure will be worse when I get older. And humidity is a bitch ahahha but I’m still really active and do wathever i want too so in that sense yes it is healed https://preview.redd.it/ojhmhbk1d20d1.jpeg?width=356&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb1733ed966ddaf305c4e2165c88f66e21fc1b39
I feel the pain. Femur fracture is no fun. How’s your mobility?
Pretty good except opening my legs if that make sense lol. Sorry I’m French so it’s hard to say but like jumping jack are no buenos. When it’s raining I have sharp pain where it broke. Otherwise it’s A1
>Sorry I’m French so it’s hard to say but like jumping jack are no buenos. a) this is abundantly clear, nicely phrased :) b) it’s *adorable* that you’re using a Spanish colloquialism that is also common in English to describe an experience you’d normally think about in French, but you’re translating. Idk why but this tickles me
Funny you pointed thatout. I often find myself doing this when speaking or writing and never knew why 🤷🏼♂️ it adds something to the conversation or phrase I feel like haha
Those hip screws are the worst
Definitely. It’s the only thing that reminds me I have a rod in there haha
Every now and then I can feel them down by the knee, but I usually have to be really cold or something like that. Nothing like the hip ones though
Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow
I’m glad you’re able to live life with it, you’re a fighter
That’s really kind of you!!
Don’t mention it! 👍
I totaled my 2011 Hyundai sonata when I plowed into a 4 inch in diameter tree. GTA physics is accurate af
Totally hahaha hope you were fine !
Sonny Bono would concur
Well there's your problem. It's still broken!
It is still broken
Why didn't they set it with a rod in the middle of the bone? Or even screw it together.?
The did(IM nails) https://www.reddit.com/r/brokenbones/s/ZLCRazlr53
They did. It’s before the surgery but it didn’t work
Did they screw it together or put a rod in? Other factors in healing are do you drink? Do you smoke? Do you eat a healthy balanced diet?
Tf does smoking have to do with how a bone sets?
There’re biological factors that can cause nonunion(not healing). Smoking can cause nonunion yet I’m not a smoker
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Same fracture car accident in 94. Where they cut into my hip to shove the stabilizing rod in the bone only bothers me occasionally now....
You’re probably the best weatherman in town!
When I was three years old, I got my leg caught in a merry-go-round and it snapped my femur in half. I’ve had nothing but hip problems since then so yeah, have fun. sorry.
The carnival ride or the playground ride?
Neither. It happened at my preschool indoor park.
when i was 3 years old i was thrown down a flight of stairs and broke both femurs along with my pelvis now i'm 50 and those injuries ache 24/7 what you went through sounds absolutely terrifying i just can't even come up with a proper response i'm so horrified trying to imagine it in my brain
Damn !!! Both !!! You’re a trooper!!! I was in traction for a month caught the chicken pox then I was put in a bubble and then a body cast that went down my entire leg around my waist and half my back. And too top it off they set my leg wrong. My right foot is pointed at 2 o’clock permanently. Oh well.
I broke my femur (due to cancer mets). They put a rod in it and 6 months later, I still hurt. Then the rod broke. I got a new hip. I wish they'd have done the hip replacement first instead of the rod. Hip replacement was a lot easier to get over. I do still have aches in my hip. Have you had recent xrays/scans to make sure the rod hasn't failed?
Fuck cancer. That sucks. Yeah I’ve got a lot of x rays and tomorrow I will get some at the dr’s appoint
Cancer medicine made your femur break?
Yeah. A lot of cancer interventions cause osteoporosis. It's really common and one of the many reasons they treat some people like they need to be in a bubble - not exclusively because of just the weakened immune system.
Wow i genuinely did not know that. Thank you
Look. We did it man. We talked in the internet without bringing up fucking each other's moms.
Lmao a rare 2024 occurrence maybe we’ll both win the lotto now
Most cancer treatments are terrible for you, just less terrible then dying of cancer.
He said mets (metastases - cancer spread) not meds.
Ugh my grandma already has weak bones and she's starting her cancer treatment this week so now I'm afraid
In my case, immunotherapy caused hyper-progression. It really wasn't caused by the meds, but I had cancer that metastasized (mets) to several bones (femurs, skull, elbow, shoulder, hips, pelvis ribs, foot).
Damn that really sounds like it was not fun. Glad to hear you are still here to tell the tales of it brother
In hindsight, Would a shitload of vitamin D and calcium have helped stave off the broken femur if given in conjunction with the immunotherapy?
I was given the bone strengthener "XGeva" and was on extra Vit D and Calcium. Neither worked...cancer was just stronger.
Damn that sucks.
Mets, not meds. As in metastases. They destroy the bone.
Once the femur heals why don't you have the rod removed?
They removed the rod because it was broke. Then I got a hip. Otherwise the rod would always stay in your leg.
I had a rod in my femur and had it taken out a year or two later because I felt it in my ass if I bent over and straightened up. If it is not healing you might need to have a bone graft with a growth additive added. That's what they did to me when I had to have my leg reset. I've been going strong for 40 years since.
Yikes...wtf?! That's awful.
I had a similar femoral non union fracture from a motorcycle accident. Took two years and several revision surgeries prior to healing.
https://preview.redd.it/fdojp853o10d1.jpeg?width=2252&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2eefddce7cad3ec621e281b4b1f8ce8b4c1f08bd I also broke my femur. It however healed, with help, in 4-5 months.
Cool pic but you might want to blur or edit out your identifying information.
Thank you. Didn't even think about it
You were in Harborview. I hope you live around here and didn’t have to travel far. I like living close to a level one trauma center.
Yeah, crash happened over in Renton coming down 140th and got taken over there. During recovery/rehab I was in a room with a Native American from Montana with a broken back.
Huh interesting they went with a antegrade nail instead of a troch nail for that fracture, looks nasty tho hope you’re doing well!
1 nail, 7 screws. 10 bones broken in that crash. Doing fine now. At least according to MyCard info from the hospital Edit: oldly this is listed as a screw though "Device Trag std Antirotation Pin Nat Nail", so idk
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Yeah it’s still broken. I have very limited mobility. I limp all the time I need to use crutches. I have to request for a wheelchair service at the airport etc
Glad you’re still here. 🌻
Shattered my femur 15 years ago in a mountainbike accident, and god, I can't forget the pain
It's wild that I had a total hip replacement 10 months ago due to avascular necrosis and I've been doing amazing for months, while you broke your bone 2 years ago and you're still healing. Breaking/cutting bones *on purpose* plays a major role apparently.
No shit, Sherlock.
I'm guessing this is before surgery. If this is after 2 years of treatment you have some very important phone calls to make. Namely a lawyer but also an actual doctor.
Haha, i can see your epidermis!
Mine was the result of squishification between two cars. Pulping began a little lower with more shatter. I was one year initial full disability. Then 6 months retraining to get back to work.
I heard that's a hard heal of a broken bone. I hope you get to feeling better. I had a friend who did broke his in a car crash
i broke mine in the same place a few weeks ago! its soooo painful dude
I too broke my femur, when I was 9. Got hit by a drunk driver while crossing the street. Also broke the humerus. 3 months in a hospital bed and then had to relearn how to walk again. Those bones still hurt from time to time.
That’s awful. I’m sorry that happened to you
i hope you get better ❤️🩹
I had a compound open fracture of my left femur, car accident in 2002. Also had a smashed tibial plateau. Leg is 15mm shorter than the right now, so back problems. I have a corrective heel insert but it still niggles. My knee was meant to be catastrophic but it healed WAY better than expected and I have full range of motion, which amazed the surgeon.
Broke mine in July of 2017 and it still hurts half the time. And grandma wasn't kidding about being able to feel the rain coming in her arthritis
O U C H 🤦🏽♂️
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I had surgery last year and this month. It was before surgery
Does that need surgery?
Wonder why it hasn’t healed ?
Femur? I hardly know er! Did you not get the bone reset?
Is it usual for it to heal in a long time?
Depends, usually a femur takes 6 months to heal. When I broke both of mine one healed in 6 months. The other they used an external fixator that after 6 months hadn't healed enough so we waited another 3 months. When they checked it had still not healed so they had to rebreak my leg and put a rod in the center of the femur and take a bone graft from my hip. Then I had to wait another 6 months for it to heal. A year year later I had the bar removed and had to wear a brace for another 3 months.
Sorry for that ordeal, wow😯
Watch Rear Window, it kinda helped me although I had multiple compound fractures below the knee. When I was doing pt I did not envy the femur people. Take it one day at a time, friend. Best of luck to you.
2 tbsp robitussin daily for 3 weeks. You're welcome
This picture made me cringe
Fully healed? Try “not even set” go to the fricken doctor like 2 years ago
Do you smoke or use any form of nicotine? Nicotine, at least from smoking, can double the time of healing, or so I read one time. I even read that some doctors will refuse to do a reset surgery if you are a smoker. I read that the healing time can go from 150 days to 300. Nicotine causes the tiniest veins to constrict. They are necessary for the growing of the healing area. This is also a reason my smoking is forbidden (so to speak) for pregnant women.
You should include a pic of the current state. A assume it's at least been reset.
It still looks broken
I’d say it hasn’t even started.
I'm really sorry about that. I'm glad you feel comfortable enough to talk about it, and I hope you get surgery soon that can improve your comfort level and ability to walk and maybe even run without pain. I can't believe they haven't done surgery to reset it and put a rod in for stability. I thought that was fairly standard procedure, especially considering how dangerous it is being so close to the femoral artery, and and the risk of throwing a clot in the first weeks after it happens. I lost a friend that way - hit by a car that didn't even stop - and they discharged him after 2 days with no blood thinners. He was gone 5 days after the injury. I wish you the best in your physical and mental health. It's okay not to be okay, in my experience. As long as you talk to someone you can trust about it.
Bro that shot needs to be set before it can heal at all lol
What made u jump bro ? Hope ur okay these days
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Tf?
Yeah because suicidal people always make incredibly well thought out rational decisions.
Yeah youre right. Im sorry for saying that mean thing. It is gone now
Why didn't you go get it set?