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I have years ago. It was a pain.
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You mean you were in pain.Dremmer said:I have years ago. I was a pain.
jtbell said:Thirteen years ago I was sideswiped by a pickup truck while bicycling. I had a broken collarbone, pelvic bone and ankle. Casts were not practical for those, so I spent most of that summer in a reclining chair in my living room (including sleeping) waiting for the bones to knit.
lisab said:When I was about 20, I was hit by a car as it drove across a parking lot (not in the lanes). I was on my bike at the time. The driver got out and looked at me laying on the ground. He quickly got back in the car and drove off fast.
Turns out I was OK, just bruises, but he didn't know that. Watching that SOB drive away, I felt a horrible mixture of disbelief and abandonment. It was so cold hearted and selfish.
nismaratwork said:2 of the 3 most painful breaks at the same TIME?
jtbell said:They actually didn't hurt at all so long as I stayed in my reclining chair.
The pelvic bone and the ankle didn't bother me so long as I kept weight off my feet with crutches. A sling kept the collarbone under control enough so I could get up to go to the bathroom etc. I think I took sponge baths sitting on a chair in the bathtub.
The worst part was that for the first several days I couldn't sit on the toilet comfortably. I wasn't eating that much, but I still got constipated. Whenever I tried to go, the pelvic bone complained. Finally after ten days or so i was able to get it out. It felt soooooo good! :!)
luitzen said:I was hit by a car in the summer of 2006 at the end of my second to last year before I went to university. I was delivering mail when I was hit by a car (I was on a bicycle, so I lost), was k.o. for 10-15 minutes and spent 9 days in hospital. I had a severe concussion and had a femur fracture of the left leg. That summer and the summer after that, I was unable to take a job for the holidays because of my injury, but now I'm fine. I don't have any problems playing ice hockey or when I'm running.
Alfi said:Re: Have you ever been hit by a car?
No.
Not as a pedestrian nor as a driver. I have been driving for 45 years.
mugaliens said:Wow - I'm amazed! I've been hit seven times, all while stopped (lights, traffic slowed to a halt, etc.)
I've even been hit three times while ridig a bicycle, and twice I've been run off the road while riding a motorcycle.
I've never been hit as a pedestrian, through.
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