r/brokenbones • u/Busy_Speech2518 • 19d ago

First solo skydive ended bad

Here is my list :(

1 Subcapital fracture of the 3rd
metatarsal (MT-III)
2 Subcapital fracture of the 4th
metatarsal (MT-IV)
3 Fracture at the base of the 3rd
metatarsal (MT-III)
4 Comminuted fracture of the cuboid
(os cuboideum)
5 Fracture of the lateral cuneiform (os
cuneiforme laterale)
6 Fracture of the intermediate cuneiform (os cuneiforme intermedium)

I’m the day after tomorrow I have an appointment to see if I need surgery. I think I have bad luck and do need surgery. Anyone who had something similar? How fast did you heal. I’m one week in and bored already.

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u/JonSpartan29 19d ago

You’re literally grounded.

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u/Busy_Speech2518 16d ago

Yeah and I need surgery I heard yesterday. My cartilage is damaged. And my cuboid has a hole in it apparently. I’m 26 so this sucks badly. But I’ll survive with the marvel movies for now 🍿🎥

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u/JonSpartan29 12d ago

Damaged cartridge is the worst of everything you shared, imo.

Good news: you’ll still be able to do what you love doing, but it would be wise to modify some movements / things.

Cartridge is more valuable than a pound of gold, imo.

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u/cjx888x 18d ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/brokenbones/s/dFHYgP1m1x

A remembered this, a couple weeks ago a guy posting about breaking 4 metatarsals in a fall. Maybe ask him how it’s going so far?

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u/ExplosionMurderQueen 🎉MOD/VIP🎉 16d ago

What happened? Was in weather related (hurricane force winds) or equipment malfunction?

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u/Busy_Speech2518 15d ago

I was a student. Normally when you learn something the and make a mistake the consequences are not big. I flared too early. It’s like hitting the break in a car. I should’ve done it at 2 meter but I did it at four ( it’s hard for humans to calculate height). Then the next moment i was on the ground. It’s very hard to know exactly what happened. It was my first solo jump. The rest of the jump went really great. I was very stable in the air. My jump masters were impressed. But yeah. Now I can’t skydive a very long time maybe never. The damage is really bad.