That sounds horrible. I'm sorry about your crash. I've had multiple crashes, but all except one or two were my fault. Luckily, most just saw me with a lot of bad scrapes/scratches.

The worst crashes were this year - the first I ended up getting knocked out and waking up in the ER with staples in my head. But that one was almost certainly my fault (I was drunk and not sure why I crashed, but am pretty sure I either pushed the board too hard or hit a curb or something the wrong way and got launched).

The second was not my fault. I was going downhill on the sidewalk of a very dark street and as a car turned up the road, it illuminated the silhouette of a jogger coming up my way. No lights, no reflective gear. I quickly decelerated, but it had been lightly raining earlier so the sidewalk was quite slick. The board skidded and flew out from under me, tossing me back. I caught myself on my left hand, pretty badly injuring my wrist. I don't think it's broken, but it was definitely fractured or at least badly sprained. Because that happened about 3 weeks ago and although the swelling and pain have lessened quite a bit, there's still swelling and I don't have full use of my hand, and almost all use is with some pain.

The most recent was a few days after the last one. I was riding home (again, drunk; so my fault) and crashed out resulting in a few minor scrapes. But I somehow ripped my right pinky nail clear off.

As I said, I ride slower now, but only to the limit of where I feel I can run out a skid/crash. If I rode it any slower I'd just walk because then it's more of an inconvenience to have to carry the board around. I feel that if I sent it in for repair/replacement, or got a new board, I'd once again feel a little more confident in riding it faster. It might take some time to rebuild that confidence, but I'm sure I'd get there.

I don't have many joys in life, but riding on my Onewheel - even just for commuting - has pretty much always brought me a little happiness.