So, I went ice skating for the first time in my life earlier this year. I was getting the hang of sliding across ice and balancing on knives after an hour. My cousin on the other hand was slipping just about every roundabout. Right before we were about to leave, and I mean right before, my friend scared me by rushing towards me really fast and then braking. I put my hand to my face thinking he was going to kick up ice and I lost my balance. I fell directly onto my left palm at an awkward angle ( my fingertips facing towards my butt and my palm towards my face). I put all my weight on my hand as I flew up. Took me a couple of seconds to feel an excruciating pain in my wrist. It felt like when you fall on your wrist so hard, you can't feel your fingers or move it but your clearly in pain. Now multiply that by five and with a hot, burning sensation. I just laid on the ice feeling completely nauseated and like I was going to pass out. I fell so hard, everyone one the ice rink checked up on me.
Finally got off the ice and found out immediately that I could not move my hand or fingers and that it reeeaaallllyyy hurts. Had a nurse check on it and they said it was fine but to put ice on it. Lo and behold, as soon as I left the rink, my wrist was hurting tenfold to the point that I started to cry. After two hours, and a trip to my local hospital, urgent care, I finally made it to a hospital that accepted my insurance. I had the hugest bump on my wrist to due me breaking blood vessels from the fall and didn't notice this until I went to UC where even they went wtf and were worried for me. Every place and person told me it's just a sprain and I even thought so myself because I believed if I really did break a bone, I would have been screaming and crying. Found out I fractured my wrist in both bones with the bumpy visible bone on my wrist being completely broken off. Yep, waited 7 hours in a hospital with absolutely no painkillers waiting for a doctor to call three other doctors to see if I needed surgery. Said I didn't need surgery. I'm $3,000 in debt and can no longer bend my wrist backwards.
I needed the surgery lmao.
PS>I have pics of the bump on my wrist if anyone is interested.
I hope you're not in too much pain or discomfort. It's almost like a cautionary tale hearing what you had to go through with doctors and getting adequate care, if only it weren't such a common experience.
