does anyone have injuries that have never properly healed? how do you cope?

Question

i have a crooked little finger, that even a splint didnt straighten after i injured it. its making me feel depressed. plus i have torn ankle ligaments that im waiting to get attended to....plus i have an injured right knuckle im waiting to get attended to...
plus i have 2 teeth missing at the front, bottom row, im 30 and i feel like im falling apart, and ill never find a partner because of these problems.....im aging to physically

Answer 1

I've had scarring from breast cancer surgery and am missing some boobage on one side. I count myself completely healed, but it does make swimsuit shopping more time consuming. I'm not ashamed of the changes (badge of survival and all that), but in order to avoid unwanted questions, I've taken to wearing a rash-guard over my top to make it less noticeable. Saves on the sunscreen, too!

I also shattered my leg a while ago (both tibia & fibula) and had to have screws & pins & plates, etc. One bone is only partway healed (like someone took a bite out of my bone). Mainly I can predict the weather since my entire ankle and leg acts as a barometer.

I don't know where you are or what your resources are. Can a dentist fashion false teeth for you? I know several younger people with false teeth. It hasn't altered their romantic life drastically.

You could be feeling depression if life seems hopeless. It may not have anything to do with your injuries, although it may seem so. Do you have access to therapy and can you get a medical check-up? Any number of factors in your life can cause depression, as can many medical ones.

Answer 2

I have been dealing with the after affects of a car accident that , on August 13, will be 17 years. My skull was fractured, I had a major concussion with brain damage. (my IQ is 132 after the brain injury) My neck was broken. I developed a bone spur that eroded the disc at C3. I now have shooting pains up the side of my face to my temple. (I had the nerves burnt last September. But it's coming back) Sometimes my face or the back of my head will go numb. I have pain and numbness down my arms and into the last two fingers in each hand. My ribcage was crushed and my Sternum cracked. My left lung was punctured, The spine extending through the ribcage had many cracks and small fractures. my lower spine was almost separated from the sacral plate. The disc at L5-S1 was removed and some of the surrounding bones were shaved to allow room for the swelling nerves and spinal cord. My right hand was almost torn off. All the tendons and nerves were reconnected and skin from my hip was grafted to the wrist area . Fortunately, I'm left handed. I have a blind spot in both of my eyes and have lost much of the hearing in my left ear. The worst part of it was not the broken bones, it was the broken heart. My fiancee was killed. BUT; after the accident, I entered college, had a baby (I was, and still am, a single mother), returned to school, got two degrees and managed to get hired to some very high level government and private agencies. Unfortunately, because of the pain in my back and legs, I had to leave the positions I loved, and was well paid, to go on SSI and am living in government subsidized housing. Tomorrow. Monday the 16th, I will have 8 injections in my sacral plate to determine which nerves are responsible for the pain in the Sciatic nerves in both legs. Then in two weeks I'll go back in to have them chemically burnt in hopes of relieving the pain. I take a lot of different medications for pain. But, I am very happy. I don't have to punch the clock of anyone. I don't have to worry about loosing a job, being unable to pay the rent, enduring worse pain, I volunteer to sit on committees and organizations that are associated with the work I want to do, I have an on-line store: http://www.avalonmyst.net where I sell Fantasy art and products that represent another passion. I love Dragons, Fairies, Wizards, unicorns, etc,. Sure there are days when I am in so much pain that even the drugs don't work. On those days, I lay on the couch all day and watch movies. Have pizza delivered, and wait because I know that tomorrow will be better

Answer 3

My friend, I'm afraid it is something that we all deal with as we get older. Since I'm a woman, now that I've reached my later 40's, one of my most loved body parts, or actually two of them, have been terribly effected by the pull of gravity. I, too have several missing teeth on the bottom and wear dentures, have graying hair, wrinkles around my eyes, worry lines and many other things that do not reach my vain expectations of what I think used to make me look so fine. But, you know, I have lived and I am still alive. I used to worry about my imperfections, but now the number has grown to that above which I can actually do anything about. I am much older now. I can forever see my old self, dimples, freckles, and the wonderful hair and body, but just to have lived and loved is all that really matters to me now. Just to be with the man I love and now that I am loved is enough for me. And if I were not with this man of mine, I would still have the pull of gravity, the gray hair, wrinkles, bad ankle, missing teeth and worry lines in my forehead. With age comes a new sort of freedom and I have learned that I can roll with the punches of this life. It is what is in the heart that matters most, not our beauty which withers away with the passing time. I have peace in my heart and it still feels good.

Answer 4

Yes. I injured my upper back almost two years ago. The pain was horrendous and I lost two weeks work. I still had pretty bad pain for the next couple of months. Now it still hurts all the time, but it is livable. This is as good as it gets, it will never be any better. I don't use pain killers anymore and haven't for over a year.

Answer 5

What kind of business are you in to beat up your body so much? You are lucky to be aging and maybe now you will be able to begin the like yourself enough to go to a doctor and find out what is really wrong, (if anything is wrong at all) How about your diet, your physical activities? I hope you finally begin to feel good about yourself, no one can do that for you.

Answer 6

Why don't you have a quick scroll through all your previous questions - you asked this one several months ago and got a load of answers. Try reading them instead of ignoring them and letting them go to public (or in your case "favourites") vote. Some people answer questions in order to try and give help and advice. On your part, you have to READ them.

Answer 7

Does a broken heart count? I have had every one of my ribs either broke or cracked, my left arm, a vertebra, both thumbs and my big toe, if that is not enough I can go on. Since I was twenty-five I have had only five broken bones. Life can come you very fast, just roll with the punches.

Answer 8

I have this hideous mental problem. I keep going back toY/A. It's fairly compulsive. I can't get enough of it and all I find are questions like this? Maybe someone can help me?

Answer 9

yer last year i was drunk n fell in a hole chasing this b**ch neway long story n i tore the ligament in my foot. i was on crutuches 4 6 weeks but it still hurts when i run or walk 4 long periods of time i just live wiv it

Answer 10

Nope just scars and stuff.