i broke my arm...

Well I can say that I was in your same shoes!!! I was running backwards in a basketball game and fell and broke my wrist in a couple places!! To make it worse, on the way to another game after I broke it we watched tape on the bus and we watched the fall more then once!!! I had to laugh because you never think it is going to happen to you!!

Keep you spirits up!! It will get better and at least it wasnt a knee or anything like that!!!

Hope you are doing better!

GJ

TypeA Girl Pilot - 2006-02-25 8:58 PM ....but you were in the halfpipe, right?

...or maybe she finished the whole pipe before snowboarding.  hmmmmmmmmmmm 

I feel your pain.  I broke an ankle skiing last year and my story is kind of meek as well.  I bailed from a gladed trail when I saw a bump that I didn't want to go flying over.  Really, I just leaned over into the snow, and planted myself.  Intentionally.  And couldn't stand up after that.  Ended up being taken off the mountain in a rescue sled by the ski patrol. 

 My story would be soooo much cooler if I had skied down on a broken ankle.

 Try the snowboarding story.  I like it.

Were you doing a 50/50 nose slide on the urban rail and nearly hit it perfect?

Just tellem' you did it snowboarding-------a snowboarding accident.  That in intself is cool.  It's better than a walking up the stairs accident or tripping over my own two feet accident

Incidentally, I fractured my radial head (elbow) mtn. biking in '02.  It took almost a year before I was actually pain free- and even now, once in a while, it will flare up.  Although, my break involved the shifting of tendons (which is what hurt the most) as my radial head- half of the little ball in your elbow that allows your hand to suppinate (palm up) was shattered to dust causing the tendons to be affected. 

Anyhow- I just told people I broke my elbow on a week long camping/mtn. biking adventure in Kentucky.  Going uphill- even.

Hope you heal surely and quickly- it's no fun!!

so far I have stuck with telling the truth.. snowboarding.  Seems to get varied reactions, but the guy I'm dating thinks its hot so no complaints there.  Thanks for all the advice.  At this point (just a week later) I am feeling pretty pain free (therefore am drug free, not sure what was worse.. the pain or the drugs, whew, they did a number on me)  I went on a run (with lotsa walking) yesterday and was pretty happy just tp be out doing something.  Didn't even notice my arm. so I'm gonna take it slow, but I'll continue to push forward.

p.s the cast is blue