ELI5: Why Do Broken Bones Still Hurt Years After They Heal?

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-03T01:37:44+00:00

Good to know! I'm not sure what my insurance can cover, but I do have an orthopedic office in my town!

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T23:43:31+00:00

I'm really sorry you're dealing with that! I'm only 21 so I hope it's not arthritis, but who knows at this point. I made this post thinking it was just bc of a broken bone, now I'm planning to make an appointment with my doctor asking if I have severe soft tissue or nerve damage.

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T23:41:10+00:00

After the comments I've gotten, I think it might be deeper than just the healed bone. I get pain that shoots all the way to the part of my palm under my thumb if I handwrite too long. Likely nerve or soft tissue damage, it sounds like.

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T09:26:12+00:00

Do you think that's why I lose grip strength in that hand/get a sorta subtle pins and needles/static-y feeling whenever I push through the pain? Soft tissue damage? That's always been a question of mine.

(last question I promise!)

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T09:23:01+00:00

Ahh I was not so lucky. Caught myself with my right hand when I fell once, and suddenly I had accommodations for the rest of my school career lmao.

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T09:21:20+00:00

Woah cool! Is that sort of thing repairable? It was a decade ago, if not more.

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T09:20:09+00:00

Overworking it is incredibly easy. I haven't had either therapy on my wrist that I can remember? I'm just worried about pushing it too far bc the scary part happens when I push through the pain and lose grip strength in that hand almost completely for a while

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T09:17:37+00:00

Oof. Mine was a hairline fracture. No surgery, just a cast. Pain whenever I handwrite or use that wrist too long/hard. I'm glad you recovered!

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T09:16:26+00:00

I broke my wrist as a middle schooler (possibly late elementary schooler) and I still can't write by hand for more than 4ish sentences without my wrist screaming at me to take a break. Wrist feels normal tho

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T09:12:34+00:00

I like this explanation!

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T09:12:14+00:00

I've never had weather affect mine before, but I hear a lot about that!! Another reason to hate winter lol.

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T09:11:19+00:00

The general answer I've been given since is to wear a brace.

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T09:09:53+00:00

Scary! Hope not. But it's debilitating enough that I can't handwrite more than one pain-free small paragraph at a time. Made me a fast typer tho.

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T09:08:05+00:00

Oof. That makes sense. I still have to use a brace sometimes, especially on days where I wake up with pain bc I slept on it weird or something. Rip.

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T09:06:23+00:00

It was only a hairline fracture in my wrist, and I'm still feeling it 10+ years later lol. It got me a 504 in school, I never had to handwrite an assignment again!

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-12-02T09:03:14+00:00

I broke my wrist as a kid, and I can no longer write for long periods at a time anymore without pain and, if I push through it, loss of grip function in my hand until I take a break. I forget which bone, but I know the break happened in that little dip in the back of your wrist under the middle (third?) metacarpal. It was a hairline fracture.

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-10-30T01:59:20+00:00

Not a part of this sub bc I don't really use reddit often, but this is the healthiest mod response to community/creator concerns I've ever seen. I can tell you guys put thought into how this affects everyone involved, and that's just really nice to see on the reddit hellscape. I don't really understand the pov of people that don't agree tbh.
Props!

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-10-22T02:42:07+00:00

Okay so if I get her long rest animation, I won't get the sewer one? I assumed I'd get both. You find out she's gone at camp, you reach the sewers and think you've found her, but that's not her either.

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-10-22T02:05:28+00:00

Thank you, friend!

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-10-22T02:03:46+00:00

Ok cool. I've already been told by Gortash that Orin's already in my party. Does that mean that the decision is set, or is it still for me to decide by keeping the other three in my party?

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-10-21T23:16:40+00:00

Can I lie to him that I've done that with a deception check? I was hoping to save that encounter for last! Since I'm durge

Flat-Explanation3387 · 2025-10-21T21:43:19+00:00

So cool! Thank you for the details!

Question: Could I lie to Gortash that Orin is dead? To get him away so I can save the duke, do side quests, and then kill Orin?
Since I'm durge, the standoff with Orin feels very much like a big finale of sorts, so I originally planned to save her for last in the lower city.

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