Broke my clavicle (collarbone)

I feel with you.
I also have broken the clavicle once, but i was like 6 years old so i dont remember much, only that it hurt. also i didnt have to have surgery
Hope you dont need surgery and get well soon

I'm sorry to hear you are in such a poor state. Best the luck to you for a speedy recovery!!!

Just be glad you weren't in a fight with lagman, he'd have broken more than your clavicle.

awww hope ya feel better!
*hugs*
im sorry that you might not be able to do all that stuff you planned
laughter is the best medicine, so be happy!
maybe you'll have a faster recovery :]

hey man that sucks =(

Junior Year in college i broke my collarbone going down a hill on a skateboard.... It was a clean break so no surgery needed. The bad thing about breaking your collarbone is that you can't put a caste or anything on it... so you need to let it heal on its own naturally (if you don't have surgery). That is why they say it is one of the most painful breaks you can have.

For me it was very difficult to do anything physical for at least 2 months. Even then, any physical activities (like basketball) were a no go. I don't think you will be able to do any of your activities... A Theme park would absolutely murder your collarbone.

Looking at your xrays, it is basicaly the same as mine (right shoulder area w/ clean break).

Sorry dude :/

hope you get better soon

hay, my dad flew off his motorbike and broke his collar-bone last week. but he damages some nerve tissue in his shoulders, so he might need surgery. It Sucks and Dosnt suck at the same time, because if you dislocated your shoulder, it would hurt like HELL! to get it relocated (i would know ), but you might have made it to the theme part on thursday. Hope you feel better soon

That sounds painful, sir. I've cut myself a lot, just by falling on stupid things like stairs and on to sharp objects...had a gash in my head above my eye that you could see my skull through once.....haven't broken any bones yet though.

Never broken a bone, but I once split open the under side of my chin. I fell off a diving board and directly hit my chin on the sharp end. It was extremely painful at the time.

I never broke my collarbone, but I did dislocate it last year.

I was playing hockey, and I was pissed off at a player on the other team, so I completely leveled him, and from that, I decided to keep going, because I was so angry at the time. I went to hit a kid, so I threw my shoulder into him, and as I did, something didn't feel right at all, so I skated off the ice to the bench. I sat there for a bit with just a dull pain in my shoulder, and as I sat there, after about 30 seconds, the most excruciating pain I had ever felt in my life kicked in. It hurt so bad, and the worst part was when I had to take off my shoulder pads, and had to move my arms around to get them out of there. Lifting up my arm and having to move it around with a dislocated collarbone was the worst thing I had ever done. Thankfully, my doctor's son was on my team, so she helped me out. I didn't go to the hospital because she put it in a sling for me, but it was still so painful. I still feel pain in it on cold days, or when doing certain things, but that might be because my arm was in a temporary sling for 2 weeks, when it should have been in a permanent sling. Hopefully yours heals better, which I'm sure it will, because mine did a shit job of being replaced.

I have broken mine, and I totally sympathize with ya ... it's a mammy rammer ...

Not me personally but I have seen it many times when bikes (be they motorised or otherwise) and skateboards.

First listen to your doctors and your physio friends: anything from plain fractures to nerves to bones can be involved so in depth diagnosing is not something to be done over the internet. You biggest problem will likely be tendons but as you have some physio's to call on do so.

Get an exercise bike or something to keep remotely fit with (naturally forgoing anything intensive with upper body which means jogging and such is also out as falling is not a good idea) and couple this with eating correctly. You are just about the age when bones start becoming adult bones (and so more likely to break) as I recall (16 is lower end of it).

Trips: head injuries are likely to make you skip these, broken bones are not (unless spinal, knees or very serious breaks). You may have to forgo the pepsi max mind you (and not to rub it in but I was on the front one year and it was fantastic), they had a decent maze when I was there however (and if they are still doing the tiered tickets it is a nice way to kill the otherwise useless low grade ones).

One handed typing: I tried with a busted wrist and it does suck, hopefully you can get to a stage where you can at least mash the keyboard with the other hand.

I have broken two bones before and they hurt a lot. I couldn't imagine breaking my collarbone.

I'm glad to say I never broke a bone in my body.

My biggest injury was a huge cut on my temple that almost caught my eye. I have a distinctive scar now .

I broke mine on the right side by crashing a dirt bike. Bike stopped after hitting the side of a logging trail and then a bush. I went right over the handle bars and the right shoulder planted nicely in the ground. The bone break didn't hurt so much as what felt to me like the cutting of tissue when accidentally moving the right shoulder and having the bone poke around in there. I had the old figure eight sling that holds your shoulders back. It healed up pretty well but I still can't throw a baseball or football like I used to. If you are a side sleeper make sure you don't roll over on it during the night. I think it was 3 nights after the break I woke up on my right side due to the pain.

You won't want to ride anything at the theme park, but travel and walking about should be no problem.

Thanks for all your comments, they mean a lot to me!

I've just been for my appointment and the doctor says I should be fine to go on my trip and that it needs no treatment. I have to go back in three weeks for a check-up but that's all!

[quote name='sinkhead' post='1171239' date='May 27 2008, 04:37 AM']Thanks for all your comments, they mean a lot to me!

I've just been for my appointment and the doctor says I should be fine to go on my trip and that it needs no treatment. I have to go back in three weeks for a check-up but that's all!

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wow good stuff! just make sure to go easy on it and have fun!

Ooh, that sucks man. I'll be praying for ya!
Luckily, I've never broken anything. I've cracked both of my big toes (baseball accidents!) and that's really the only major thing that's happened to me.
Hope you feel better yo...just think, it could've been worse!

[quote name='tinymonkeyt' post='1169605' date='May 26 2008, 02:21 PM']awww hope ya feel better!
*hugs*
im sorry that you might not be able to do all that stuff you planned
laughter is the best medicine, so be happy!
maybe you'll have a faster recovery :][/quote]
Gah! No, Tinymonkeyt--dont hug him! The mans got a broken collar bone!!!

I'm 100% sorry for you about your injury. In my immediate family we've had repeatedly broken arms, legs, toes, fingers, fibulas and noses but never a broken collar bone. I am fairly certain that the theme park is 110% no, but I cant speak for sure.

It would be utterly horrible if you couldn't make that trip though as it sounds like an amazing opportunity and a whole lot of fun. It depends on what you'd need to do on that trip, how you get there, who will be there to help, etc... but I dont see any real reason why you cant go if you're 500x more careful and responsible and cautious then you were when you were flung down a hill and jumped on...

I found this info via Google.

[quote name='http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00072']Nonsurgical Treatment
Most broken collarbones heal well without surgery.

A simple arm sling can usually be used to immobilize the arm. A child may have to wear the sling for 3 to 4 weeks; an adult may have to wear it for 6 to 8 weeks. Depending on the location of the break, your physician may apply a figure-of-eight strap to help maintain shoulder position.

Analgesics such as acetaminophen or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications, such as aspirin or ibuprofen, will help reduce pain.

A large bump will develop as part of the healing process. This usually disappears over time, but a small bump may remain.

After the bone has healed normally, shoulder function generally returns with time. The result is little, if any limitation, unless the fracture was widely displaced (the parts of the broken bones are separated a lot.

Range of motion and strengthening exercises can begin as soon as the pain subsides. Sports activities should not be started until full shoulder strength returns.[/quote]

That gives me hope that you can go But, of course you still need to, ya know, talk with your Doctor, and get all the needed pain meds and immobolization devices and find someone in your class--or 3-5 people if you can/depending on how long the trip is--who will volunteer in shifts to help you out on various days--depending on whats been planned for the group and find some people you can depend on there to be there for you when you need it.

Also, when you get there, find a darn good pillow or something to sleep on to support you properly how ever the Dr. recommends. Please, please, please dont forget or over look this. I can tell you from the times I've had broken bones or just been in a lot of upper body-mid back pain that you will regret it.


P.S. Just because I always forget, make sure that you give out thank-you cards when you get back

bump cause it's old, cold, and covered in mold.

[quote name='ScuberSteve' post='1300727' date='Jul 27 2008, 09:51 PM']bump cause it's old, cold, and covered in mold.[/quote]

Today is a slow day but cant you find something else to do?
Masturbate?