What hit me a few years ago was a tree, in the shoulder, in a fluke logging accident. And it was also a fluke that it didn't kill me. Long story.
There were no broken bones; there was some damage to the sensory spinal nerves although no significant motor impairment. I took 12 hour slow release morphine twice a day for pain relief for two years. Lovely stuff, but I feel much older now.
Lovely stuff, but I feel much older now. Morphine is lovely stuff. I was on it for a few days after my pancreas exploded.
At least now I fully 'get' how someone could become an addict!