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I've never broken any bones or had the chicken pox myself, but I am wondering how many people here have. What event lead to your broken bones?

would you count the nose as a broken nose? its not really bone, but it has been broken. i've have the chicken pox as well.

would you count the nose as a broken nose? its not really bone, but it has been broken. i've have the chicken pox as well.

Well actually yes, it is a bone. Unless you are talking about the cartilage, but underneath all that there's a bone that can be fragmented.

chicken pox twice, surprisingly never broken a bone


what does chicken pox have to do with breaking bones

Well actually yes, it is a bone. Unless you are talking about the cartilage, but underneath all that there's a bone that can be fragmented.

..oh. learn something new everyday.

but yeah, i've done both then. may i ask if this is for something specific, or just out of curiosity?

Chicken pox yes, but no broken bones.

chicken pox twice, surprisingly never broken a bone


what does chicken pox have to do with breaking bones

They are related because they most commonly occur during childhood.

..oh. learn something new everyday.

but yeah, i've done both then. may i ask if this is for something specific, or just out of curiosity?

Well today I was having a conversation with some of my friends about broken bones and out of 6 people I was the only one who never broke anything or had the chicken pox, so this was just out of curiosity.

Neither. Don't want to either. :D

broke my right index finger playing baseball (stupid mistake, I was bunting, the guy threw at my head, I got the bat up in time to block the pitch, but caught the finger between my helmet, and the bat...then like the genius I am went on to catch both games of the double-header that day (this happened in the first inning of the first game.)
broke the bones around my eye getting hit with a fastball full on from a professional ballplayer throwing from about 45 feet away.
broke the knuckle on my index finger losing a fight with my closet door.

and I've had the chicken pox 3 times so far...

I had chicken pox when I was about 5. Am 41 now so that was years before the vaccine (I think I read somewhere there is one now). Managed to escape ordinary measles and mumps though.

Broke a bone in my little toe at 11 thanks to my pain in the butt younger brother pushing me down an embankment. Nothing else more major thank goodness :).

Schmucker']broke my right index finger playing baseball (stupid mistake, I was bunting, the guy threw at my head, I got the bat up in time to block the pitch, but caught the finger between my helmet, and the bat...then like the genius I am went on to catch both games of the double-header that day (this happened in the first inning of the first game.)
broke the bones around my eye getting hit with a fastball full on from a professional ballplayer throwing from about 45 feet away.
broke the knuckle on my index finger losing a fight with my closet door.

and I've had the chicken pox 3 times so far...

ouch. ouch. and OUCH! for the one taken to the eye. thats gotta suck.

it wasn't much fun no...the entire side of my face swelled up, nearly trapping my contact lens in there too...about a year ago (i got hit in the face about 5 years ago now,) i was having my eyes checked for a new perscription and the doctor told me the eye itself was scared from the incident...on the bright side...it gives me exicting things to talk about in internet forums...

Schmucker']it wasn't much fun no...the entire side of my face swelled up, nearly trapping my contact lens in there too...about a year ago (i got hit in the face about 5 years ago now,) i was having my eyes checked for a new perscription and the doctor told me the eye itself was scared from the incident...on the bright side...it gives me exicting things to talk about in internet forums...

thats awfully... optimistic of you.

Had chicken pox once when I was 5. Broke my middle and pointer fingures catching a football.....I broke another finger too, can't remeber what I was doing. I think I've broken my little toes multiple times (they are kinda bent up now) thanks to doorways and corners attacking me in the night. No major limbs as of yet (a wonder considering some of the stupid stuff I have done). Oh and I think a cracked my tailbone this winter snowboarding. Still hurts to sit in some positions.

`and I've had the chicken pox 3 times so far...`


this is interesting as I was under the impression that once you have ocntracted chicken pox--you are immune to it--

oh and yes and wrist

I had the chicken pox when I was really young, and only had them once.

Broken bones, no, but does a torn ligament count? ;)

this is interesting as I was under the impression that once you have ocntracted chicken pox--you are immune to it--

i believe that it just greatly decreases your chances of getting it. if i remember correctly, my sister had it twice. of course i could be wrong on both accounts.

How old are the people who have not gotten chicken pox?

I think ive had Chicken Pox.

`and I've had the chicken pox 3 times so far...`


this is interesting as I was under the impression that once you have ocntracted chicken pox--you are immune to it--


Me too, but Adrian Barbeau-Bot can be right too.

I've had both. Chicken pox when I was 4 or 5. Broken tail (?) bone from falling off a horse. (I've fallen off at least 50 times but injured only once.)

Although it's more common in kids under the age of 15, anyone can get chickenpox. A person usually has only one episode of chickenpox in his or her lifetime. But the virus that causes chickenpox can lie dormant within the body and can cause a different type of skin eruption later in life called shingles, also referred to as herpes-zoster.

http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/bacterial_viral/chicken_pox.html

No, I haven't broken any bones (yet, lol, though it's not entirely surprising as I'm not exactly the most active of people).

I have had the Chicken Pox though. Can't remember when, but I have had it.

chicken pox twice, surprisingly never broken a bone


what does chicken pox have to do with breaking bones

I always thought that you could only ever have chicken pox once...

Yes, I have had both the pox (chicken and small :p ) and a fractured nose. And please don't tell me that a break and a fracture are two different things, cos they are not.

You can only have Chicken Pox once, it can be mixed up with other illnesses, such as Measles, of which you can have more than once. You can have Chicken Pox at any age. But in adults, Chicken Pox is more harmful, and potentially fatal to the elderly, although that is very unlikely as most will have suffered from it before. Chicken Pox can also be fatal if you are immunologically compromised, e.g. you have Leukaemia, in which it is a big problem.

Chicken Pox is unpleasent, and you only get it once.

I got chicken pox from my friend who sat next to me in Primary 3. He came back to school without having fully recovered. Then, for the rest of the summer, I couldn't swim, I couldn't scratch, and I couldn't eat beef. I have forgiven him since. *weeps*

No broken bones because I don't move :P

I had Chicken Pox twice (after being told the first time that i'd never be able to get it again - grr) and i've broken a good few bones, mostly playing rugby. The full list is;

left arm twice
right wrist
various fingers and toes
three ribs (not at the same time)
collar bone

I also knocked my kneecap out of place drumming (a very foolish error on my part which involved me turning to pick up a stick and whacking my knee against the snare drum).

As well as all that, I dislocated my left shoulder last week in the stupidest way possible - jumping to catch a frisbee. I slipped when I landed and fell on my shoulder. I have to say it made a bloody good noise :D

You can only have Chicken Pox once, it can be mixed up with other illnesses, such as Measles, of which you can have more than once. You can have Chicken Pox at any age. But in adults, Chicken Pox is more harmful, and potentially fatal to the elderly, although that is very unlikely as most will have suffered from it before. Chicken Pox can also be fatal if you are immunologically compromised, e.g. you have Leukaemia, in which it is a big problem.

Chicken Pox is unpleasent, and you only get it once.

And no, you can get chicken pox more than once - it all depends on how good your immune system is.

Chicken Pox at 5 (the oatmeal bath sucked)

Broke a bone in my foot 7 years ago falling off a carnival ride....that I WAS OPERATING. It was embarrassing. It was a kiddie ride. It had just rained and the deck of my ride was all slippery. (I know people have seen this ride. It's the one with the six different cars on it...a bus, a fire truck, a dune buggy, a ford mustang, a monster truck and two motorcycles side by side.) I was going to step down off the platform when my foot twisted and I went down hard. I thought it was just sprained so I refused to go to the hospital. After it healed, I could feel a definite deformity in the bone. It doesn't bother me anymore, but it used to hurt if I stepped on it wrong for about 2 years.

And no, you can get chicken pox more than once - it all depends on how good your immune system is.

Admittedly, that's if you have had your immune system wiped out with immunosuppressants or you have an immunity destroyed disease. I should have made the link.

Except in the most unusual of cases, people who say they have had it twice, are getting confused with other illnesses.

Never broken a bone, but i've had the chickenpox.

Admittedly, that's if you have had your immune system wiped out with immunosuppressants or you have an immunity destroyed disease. I should have made the link.

Except in the most unusual of cases, people who say they have had it twice, are getting confused with other illnesses.

Fair enough then. I definitely had it at least once, the second time I had exactly the same symptoms and the Doctor told me (well, my mum, anyway) that it was chicken pox again. She (the doctor) was just as surprised as we were. Well, I was more itchy than surprised, but you get the idea ;)

And, incidentally, I much prefer breaking bones to having chicken pox (if I had to choose between the two - i'd rather not do either) - broken bones are much less painful, and you're not locked in the house without seeing anybody for a week.

I've never broken any bones or had the chicken pox myself, but I am wondering how many people here have. What event lead to your broken bones?

I have broken bones. I have had the chicken pox.

The typical event that leads to me breaking bones is me saying, 'Yeah, I can do that!' A short time later, a bone breaks. :(

Broke my left arm during a contest of "who can jump the farthest from the swing", stupid idea...i know...we had fun though. Was usefull since we went to euro-disney a week later and my arm in a sling got me past a lot of the lines real quick :)

I had my sternum (breastbone) sawn in half as part of a surgical procedure a few years ago (no, 'twasn't a boob job) so I'm counting that as a broken bone. You can see little twisted bits of stainless steel wire holding the join together in my thoracic X-rays. If they were magnetised, I could probably do away with a bra, relying only on the power of magnets. Unfortunately my top might 'pop' off in close proximity to refrigerators.

I had my sternum (breastbone) sawn in half as part of a surgical procedure a few years ago (no, 'twasn't a boob job) so I'm counting that as a broken bone. You can see little twisted bits of stainless steel wire holding the join together in my thoracic X-rays. If they were magnetised, I could probably do away with a bra, relying only on the power of magnets. Unfortunately my top might 'pop' off in close proximity to refrigerators.

LMAO :D Not at the fact that you had to have surgery, i'm sure that wasn't funny at all, i'm just laughing at the image - it's a Benny Hill moment, definitely.

broken bones: 1 metatarsal and one phalange - both on the left foot, but about 20 years apart.

Chicken pox around age 6.

I've had both.

i broke a bone in my baby toe some years ago and i left it that way. i have no feeling there now....huh, weird..... oh and i got the chicken pox at about 8 years old

You can only have Chicken Pox once, it can be mixed up with other illnesses, such as Measles, of which you can have more than once. You can have Chicken Pox at any age. But in adults, Chicken Pox is more harmful, and potentially fatal to the elderly, although that is very unlikely as most will have suffered from it before. Chicken Pox can also be fatal if you are immunologically compromised, e.g. you have Leukaemia, in which it is a big problem.

Chicken Pox is unpleasent, and you only get it once.

I dont know for certain that it was chicken pox all three times, but that was the diagnosis of the doctor, and, whenever im reasonably certain someone knows a lot more about a subject than i do, i tend to believe them...

Had chickenpox twice

My brother and I both had chicken pox when we were very, very young. I've also broken my left arm (wrist, actually) three times! :eek:

They are related because they most commonly occur during childhood.
I thought kids had all bendy bones :confused:

Never broke a bone, and although I've had chicken pox, it was a very mild case (or so I'm told; I don't really remember it).

I've had chicken pox. My advice? Tie yourself to a seat... it itches SO BADLY.

I've also broke my leg, which is only really bad if you are either active or employed. It's painful if you move, and fine if you don't, really... but when you get itches in the cast... :D

I had the chicken pox at 5. I had several accidents resulting in broken bones.

My nose
Both my arms (though not at the same time - thank god)
My collarbone (very painful)
My left wrist

And I had both my arms dislocated several times

And some other cool injuries, including a nail through my foot or through my knees and a ton of lost skin thanks to crashes with my bicycle.

I've broken my nose (well, i didn't but someone did.) And I broke three of my fingers on my right hand.) All in the same day....

I've never had chicken pox....

Had chicken pox when I was 12.

I broke one of the little bones in my feet in 1998 when I had to throw my left foot down to keep myself and a 3-wheeler (Damn 3 Wheelers! They Suck!) from plumeting down the side of a mtn. I heard a "pop" and felt a bit of pain. And for a few months had to "favor" that foot when I would sit indian style.. if I forgot about it and placed the weight of my body on the side of that foot it would tear inside and hurt like hell. It didnt hurt when I walked though.. only in that one position.
Never went to the doctor .. but I know I fractured or broke something in there. It grew back together .. but not perfect. My arch is higher on that foot now. So far it hasn't caused any back problems from the alignment. Hope it never does.
That's the only bone I've ever broken.

I've never had a cavity. I ate well as a kid and drank alot of milk. Played outside alot and built strong bones and teeth I guess.

i have broken bones but not important ones, only ribs, nose (if that counts) and skull (split open). And the stupid thing is i was in Disneyland when i got chicken pox, oh such fun it was!

Never had chickenpox. Want a list? :)

Red measles
German measles
Whooping cough
Tonsilectomy
Adenoidectomy
Double hernia
Appendectomy
Kidney stones ( Many times. Don't get them! You will not dig it! )
Two knife wounds ( don't ask! )
Broken right collarbone and three ribs ( motorcycle accident )
Broken left collarbone and nine ribs ( bicycling accident )
Broken heel of right hand ( got in a fight )
Shattered right femur and broken ankle ( parachuting accident )
Broken right leg in three places ( mountain biking accident )

I need a vacation! :D

Never had chickenpox. Want a list? :)

Red measles
German measles
Whooping cough
Tonsilectomy
Adenoidectomy
Double hernia
Appendectomy
Kidney stones ( Many times. Don't get them! You will not dig it! )
Two knife wounds ( don't ask! )
Broken right collarbone and three ribs ( motorcycle accident )
Broken left collarbone and nine ribs ( bicycling accident )
Shattered right femur and broken ankle ( parachuting accident )
Broken right leg in three places ( mountain biking accident )

I need a vacation! :D

You've had freakin whooping cough? Where the HELL have you been man!

You've had freakin whooping cough? Where the HELL have you been man!
When I was young, it was actually quite common. Had it at least twice, as I recall.

Where have I been? You mean besides Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, The Philippines, Malaysia, Korea, South America and Germany? :)

When I was young, it was actually quite common. Had it at least twice, as I recall.

Where have I been? You mean besides Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Japan, Indonesia, The Philippines, Malaysia, Korea, South America and Germany? :)

I better stay away from you then, you must have all kinds of diseases! :p

I had the Chicken Pox when I was five years old, my sister got it days later, so we dealt with it together. There's some cute pictures floating around my family of both of us with smiley faces from the medication that my dad drew on us to keep us distracted long enough not to scratch the pox.

I've never had a broken bone. Not one. *knocks on wood*

I better stay away from you then, you must have all kinds of diseases! :p
If so, I'm in remarkably good health! :D

Had Chicken Pox at around 7.

Broke my Metatarsal (sp?) in my left foot when I was 16 after I dropped a Moped on it. Considering that I was swerving to miss a Ford Galaxy, it could have been a lot worse. :)

I've never had the chicken-pox, but once I broke my toe.

I got the Chicken Pox. never broken any bones

I've never had the chicken-pox, but once I broke my toe.
Awww! [ kisses Neo's toe! ] :D

I went through a period there where I broke a bone every year for eight years. Falling off trees, down staircases, off houses, off water towers, getting run over and on one occasion just falling down. Good memories

And Chicken pox when I was about five.

Couple of broken fingers, broken arm & chicken pox. Also had the mumps, but not measles, etc.

They say you can't get it more than once. I think I wasn't there when they taught that lesson...

I had chicken pox 4 times.

I've also broken my wrists playing sports, and my pinky toe once on a door frame (no, I wasn't mad at anyone).

Chicken pox when I was three, alng with Measels, German Measels (Rubella) and Mumps the same year. (I got them all out of the way before I started school, so no quarantine in front of the telly.)

Broken bones: Nose (4x)
1. Tripping over the tread on the down step into the kitchen when I was four, running at the time, and landing bridge of nose first on the back of a kitchen chair.

2. A fight at school

3. Doing the high jump (straddle technique). I clipped the bar and dislodged it. It landed on my nose (triangular section metal bar) point first.

4. Slipping on ice and falling whilst carrying a box of my mothers china. (no broken china, but as I lnded face first, a broken nose.

Cracked a Vertebra in my Neck.
Not truly broken, but enough to end my rugby playing for a few years. Tight head prop and a collapsed scrum.

I have had Chicken Pox, A hairline fracture on my right foot, and a torn ACL ligament in my right knee.

Broken
Both shin bones, theTibula and Fibula
Side swiped a moving car on my bike (pedal) 3 months in a cast.
Finger playing Australian Rules Football
Chicken Pox once

I had the chicken pox when I was in kindergarden and got my first bone broken/fractured when I was beaten up on campus on night on my way home. The part next to my right eye between brow and check got it really good...

I caught chicken pox from one of my cousins on a family holiday. Five kids, all with chicken pox -- fun stuff.

I broke my toe by dropping a badminton weight on it (you know, one of those heavy iron blocks they use to weigh down the posts holding up the net).

I'm indestructable

When i was a baby i went down my stairs in a baby-walker and landed in the coal at the bottom. I ended up fracturing my skull.
Whats the moral of the story? Baby-walkers get great air

No broken bones or any "childhood" diseases here. Ever.

Broken right collarbone and three ribs ( motorcycle accident )
Broken left collarbone and nine ribs ( bicycling accident )
Broken heel of right hand ( got in a fight )
Shattered right femur and broken ankle ( parachuting accident )
Broken right leg in three places ( mountain biking accident )

I need a vacation! :D

Sounds like you need less vacations to me!


Oh and, had chicken pox. Broke my right wrist (left-handed, huzzah!) and broke my left big toe.

I had Chicken Pox when I was 5 or 6. I've broken several bones on many different occassions. I shattered my left wrist in Mountain Bike accident when I was 19 (12 years ago) I was riding close to a small cliff in a forest trail, and went straight into a tree around a tight curve. The ground was dry on the surface, a wet slippery mess beneath. A great big Ironwoood tree loomed up very fast, the only thing saving me from continuing on down the cliff. I put my hand out by instinct, to try to stop myself. I actually heard my wrist go *POP*POP*POP* as it hit the tree. Totalled the bike too...bent the back fork and the rear deraileur and gears exploded into little tiny bits on impact. OUCH! Luckily I was fairly close to a main road, near the outskirts of the city. A passing motorist stopped and gave me a ride to the nearest hospital. The doctors took several hours examing my wrist and the X-rays to come up with an effective strategy to heal it fully. All but 3 of the 20 odd bones in my wrist were broken at least once, and they wanted to avoid having to fuse any of them and thus impair my wrists movement. They did manage this, using 12 pins (some intersected multiple bones). The pins looked like wood screws, such as you would use for building a wooden deck or bench. I still have them. Removing them was PAINFUL, but a relief. I still have the pins and assembly, keep 'em in a box in my bike toolkit. My wrist still hurts during really miserable humid weather and the doctor said I'd have a good chance of developing arthritis in it during old age. They did a pretty amazing job given the seriousness of my injury.

All my other broken bones have been really minor. Just broken and chipped fingers and toes gotten while playing basketball, soccer, goofing around and such.

chicken pox when I was 26. Hospitalized for 3 days as I had a 105 fever and the lesions were internal too- my heart,liver.kidneys,stomach.
The lesions on my diaphragm muscle were causing excrutiating pain when I breathed, so the itching went unnoticed.

Many broken bones including nose,right eye orbit, shoulder & collarbone, 4 ribs and sternum, fingers, tailbone and toes. Car and assorted other accidents/incidents.

When i was a baby i went down my stairs in a baby-walker and landed in the coal at the bottom. I ended up fracturing my skull.
Whats the moral of the story? Baby-walkers get great air


I dont think they make baby walkers anymore and that is likely the reason. You're lucky you didnt break your neck too.

I jumped off a swing while way too high in the air in the 2nd grade. Resulted in a broken arm, my first and only broken bone.

Despite numerous attempts by my mother to get me infected with chicken pox as a child, I never contracted the disease. I finally got it at age 20. That was horrible! I even got them on the palms of my hands and the soles of my feet. I couldn't walk, I was a complete mess. My first instance of having fever induced hallucinations and delerium occurred during the worst of it. Apparently I was having long, drawn-out conversations with visiting well-wishers that never even came by.

chicken pox twice

How on earth does someone get chicken pox's twice?

How on earth does someone get chicken pox's twice?

Contrary to popular belief, chicken pox can be contracted more than once; it just doesn't happen very often.

Don't know if I ever had chicken pox. I do remember a minor cracking of my skull, coupled with a minor concussion, simply by tripping over a loose shoelace and landing on a brick edge, when I was about 14. My grandmother still can't bear to seem me with my shoes untied, and I'm 20 at the moment.

Got chicken pox in 4th grade.
That same year I was chased off a toy made of tractor tires & broke both my arms trying to break my fall.

The summer before 6th grade I caught a baseball with my left eye. Broke the bone right under my eye. I had to have surgery to build a plastic shelf under my eye because one of the muscles that control eye movement got caught between the broken bone.

My pupils are also 2 different sizes due to the concussion.

Also, chicken pox should be contracted as early in life as possible, as the discomfort and risk of deadliness increases exponentially later in life. Thusly my parents took it upon themselves to have me spend the weekend at my infected uncle's (adopted, he's close to my age) house to play "Chicken-Pox Monster." I hated them for weeks.

My senior year in high school, about two weeks before the prom, I went camping at a friends house. There was a ravine from a river that had dried up to a creekbed; a nearly twenty foot drop. After a sixer, untold quanities of marijuana, and some god-awful grog called a "sewer slut", I walked off into the woods to take care of nature's call, mistakenly walking off the cliff.

In my inebriated state, the feeling of weightlessness was similar to the one that sometimes accompanies waking up from a dead slumber and sitting up real quick; I honestly expected to be lying in my bed once I could figure out how to move.

They found my on my back in the creekbed.

"Are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine" ::lifts hand, which is flopping around with the palm nearly touching the wrist:: "but my hand, I think it's broken". We walked almost a mile uphill back to the house, and the kid's mother drove me to the ER. I was demanding a helicopter come pick us up the entire walk.

We got to the hospital and my only words were. "No...no pain medication... no pills." I really didn't want to die from liver failure. My mom picked me up and took me home, and I had to wear a full-arm cast for six weeks while it healed, including during the prom.

I did get laid by a girl almost strictly because of the cast though, and later ended up breaking her finger with my face while recieving a drunken punch, so it wasn't all bad.

had chicken pox twice. broke my ankle while playing rugby, my elbow falling off a wall and my toe was broken 4 bout 4 or 5 months without me knowing :rolleyes:

Haven't had either. I get those chicken pox shots, and amazingly, even though I ride my bike really fast and swerve in front of things all the time, I haven't broken a single bone. I haven't had any serious injuries from biking.