Owwwwwwwww!!!!

sorry to hear it mate, hope it gets better soon, finally my
ligament is almost healed in my foot now which means i can
start riding properly without holding back to much again.

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Quoted message said:

Grr, And here was me telling people it's almost impossible
to injure yourself badly when riding a unicycle... Bob

Bob-- I learned firsthand that one can get injured semi-
badly whilst fiddlin' with the unicycle. Last month 13
April), whilst I was attempting a way-too-enthusiastic
freemount on a shallow incline, I was slammed into the
asphalt hard enough to cleanly break a rib (number 10, left
side) with my elbow. A rather freakish fall, no doubt. But
yet another example of an unfortunate accident, and one that
was not prevented by the use of a helmet, leather gloves,
wristguards, kneepads, and high-top leather boots. The
upshot is that injuries do occur, and usually when one least
expects them to do so. --carl

man, that sucks. Hope you get better soon.

Last night I crank grabed a metal see-saw (about 10" wide)
in the wet, and jumped onto it, but slipped and landed on
the top of my leg on the see-saw... it gave me a dead leg
all last night and today.

Tom, thats great that you can start to ride with holding
back! Shame about BUC though!

Joe,

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ahh im not too bothered about BUC actually i enjoyed it so
thats all that matter, and theres always next year

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Krashin'Kenny said:

I shattered my right thumb in 9 places back in October.

I never even knew there were that many places in a
single thumb :-)

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beelsebob2 said:

*Grr, And here was me telling people it's almost
impossible to injure yourself badly when riding a
unicycle... *

Definitely not impossible. About a month ago I took a
serious header off the front trying to pedal too fast.
Landed on my shoulder and got a slight collar bone
separation. Still healing but at least I'm also still
riding. Also smacked my head on the pavement at the same
time. Lucky I was wearing a helmet.

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Any physical activity is going to have the possibility of
injury, especially when falling down and/or speed is
concerned. Sorry about your elbow. Compare this to my friend
who slipped on a wet floor a couple of months ago, coming
straight down on his butt with his arm stretched exactly
perpindicular to the ground. He broke his wrist in several
places (compound fracture I guess, though bones did not
break the skin). He has only recently graduated to a cast,
after wearing a bracket on his arm with bolts and pins
holding the bones in place.

The total time will be several months of healing, followed
by several more of rehabilitation (his arm is all skinny
now) and almost a guarantee of having arthritis in that
wrist in later life. And he was on two feet!

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I fell off midway across a teetertotter Saturday afternoon
and landed on my hands. I've had it wrapped up since, and
finally decided I should go to the clinic and get it looked
at. Turns out I have a fracture at the base of my thumb. I
have an appointment with a hand surgeon Friday morning.

Here is what my left thumb looks like as of this
afternoon...

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weeble said:

*I fell off midway across a teetertotter Saturday
afternoon and landed on my hands. I've had it wrapped up
since, and finally decided I should go to the clinic and
get it looked at. Turns out I have a fracture at the base
of my thumb. I have an appointment with a hand surgeon
Friday morning.

Here is what my left thumb looks like as of this
afternoon... *

At least it looks like a small, clean break. I can relate to
your situation. I shattered my right thumb in 9 places back
in October.

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Neither did I until I got my nose broken in 5
different places.

Bob

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beelsebob2 said:

*Neither did I until I got my nose broken in 5
different places.

Bob *

Wait till you see a video of a nose job. They basically
break up the nose into tiny bits with a hammer and punch and
then put a mold over the top of it so that it heals into the
new shape. 🙁

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Klaas Bil said:

*On Wed, 12 May 2004 21:25:01 -0500, "Krashin'Kenny"

Quoted message said:

I shattered my right thumb in 9 places back in October.

I never even knew there were that many places in a single
thumb :-)

Klaas Bil - Newsgroup Addict
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*

It's hard to see all the fractures in these pictures, but
check out this thread from awhile back:

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I was going to mention how I sliced my knee last night after
trying to ride down some steps (actually, I had just ridden
down a couple of the steps and was stepping off the uni
after deciding not to ride down the rest of them when I
fell), but as I continued to read down the list of posts I
was overcome with feelings of inadequacy that my slight
wound didn't actually leave me requiring medical attention.
Well, I say it didn't need medical attention, but my
girlfriend did make me put a plaster on it when I went to
bed so I wouldn't bleed everywhere. ..however, I did draw
the line at using one of the 'Barbie' plasters that she
first offered me.

The most annoying thing about it all is I had my knee pads
with me, but decided to leave them in the car as I didn't
think I'd need them.

So, I've learnt my lesson.

Gary

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Heh, I've seen the videos... I've had a nose job after my nose got
broken... On another note, it appears I managed to break my arm 🙁

Bob

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beelsebob2 said:

*Heh, I've seen the videos... I've had a nose job after my
nose got broken... On another note, it appears I managed
to break my arm 🙁

Bob *

That SUCKS!!!!!!!!! Hope you heal quickly 🙂

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