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To: ItsOurTimeNow
I never had my arm broken, dislocated twice or three times at the elbow, never broken.

My feet have been fractured, but not outright broken. That was from bootcamp, and the steel toed boondockers that you have to wear about four pairs of socks to get em to really fit. In my case, I was wearing all the socks prescribed, but we were in Chicago in -60 degree snow and ice, marching double time. Stress fractures...

By the time all was said and done, boot camp was overwith, and my feet were swollen, black and blue, and so tender that I couldn't get even one pair of socks on, much less shoes. At that point, though it was too late. The doc said either live with it, healed incorrectly, and have swollen feet forever, or get both feet rebroken to fix it. I opted to live with it. BTW, it changed my shoe size too, odd that.
16,144 posted on 01/24/2004 11:28:11 AM PST by msdrby (US Veterans: All give some, but some give all.)
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To: msdrby
I think you made a great choice...I can't imagine the pain it would cause if you had to have your feet re-broken.
16,146 posted on 01/24/2004 11:32:28 AM PST by ItsOurTimeNow ("By all that we hold dear on this Earth I bid you stand, men of the West!")
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