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What was your most expensive injury? also, Do you have insurance?

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#1 · (Edited)
Mine was a $6k concussion.. I don't even remember the fall. At some point after the fall, I felt very disoriented, and I thought "ok, wtf is going on here..." because I literally could not remember how I got to the mountain and I could just tell something was not right. I called my friend to ask her how I got to the mountain, and apparently I kept repeating myself and she could tell something was wrong and decided to come get me. I passed out at some point and can't remember much of the rest. My bills were about $6,000 in total. Transportation to the hospital alone was $1k. The rest was for two tests, hospital bill, doctor bill, ER bill, and another I cant remember. I didn't have legit insurance, the program I was under only covered things that happened in my county.

So what was your most expensive injury, and what were your bills in the end (and how much)?
 
#2 ·
dislocated a vertebrate in my spine; near my lower back a few years ago while skateboarding. Was trying to 5-0 a hubba @ this local 119 [sandstone] park and fell from like 10 ft straight to flat on the concrete, right on my back. My homie tried to come help me up and help me laugh it off, but said I was twitching and shit haha.

I've been injured so many times I could give a fuck, just a huge annoyance/irritation when it happens nowadays; knowing i'll have to neglect the things I love: skateboarding/snowboarding, in order to sit on my ass and allow recovery time :(

All in all, I spent some $cheddar on x-rays and dr. visits initially and have since spent tons on chiropractor visits just to keep from being a permanent-cripple.

Injuries = suck ass.
 
#3 ·
My latest, and probably my most expensive, was actually a dirtbike accident. Was going around 25 mph, crashed, did a flip and landed on my head, neck, and then whacked my lower back. I wear all my protective gear, but I wasn't wearing a kidney belt, which protects the lower back. I broke my leatte brace, which means it did its job, and I felt okay actually, void a pain in my lower back (the bike was okay btw, which is crazy becuase it did a couple flips as well.) By the end of the day my back was cramping and killing me and I couldn't really bend over because it swelled up so bad, which sucked because I had to load my bike and crap. Anyway, next day wasn't any better, I went to a doctor and got xrays and he told me he was 90% sure I had fractured my lumbar spinal process, and that I should get a ct scan. I went in to the ER, had the scan, and they told me that I was fine; the thing the doctor saw on the xray was actually showing that I had a minor spina bifida. Which I guess means that my spinal process never fully developed. All in all, I was diognosed with a large hematoma. Recovery time: 1 week, thank God.

No insurance. And it's really dumb that I had to get a ct, which ain't that cheap. Everything was still under 2 grand though, so not that bad. Other than that just concussions and pulling muscles and spraining stuff. Snowboarding, football, being dumb-all definitely worth it though, except for the being dumb part. And smashing my foot under a trailer.
 
#5 ·
Amen brother. We could be in a bodycast with every bone shattered, living at a hospital for months on end and its all free (if you don't look at our yearly taxes...yikes). Anyhow....I would NEVER trade the Canadian health care system for that of our US friends. They think socialized medicine is crazy....the only thing crazier is the system they have in place :cheeky4:
 
#13 ·
Broke my collarbone in two places last year. Elected to have surgery as I'm still a younger guy and didn't want to deal with potential complications down the road. They inserted a pin into my shoulder that I had to walk around with for a couple months.

Total cost was about $15,000, including everything from hospital transport, doctors visits, surgery, etc.

Thank God for insurance under your parents being boosted to 26 years old. I think almost all of it was completely covered. Thanks Mom and Dad.
 
#20 · (Edited)
Well now that Obama's back in the house we get our healthcare for FREE!
And by free I mean we have to pay more taxes, but worth it. I'd rather pay more tax then have to pay thousands of US dollars after waking up from a surgery. That sure would be a nice surprise...
A couple years ago I damaged the nerve connecting to my right shoulder, and couldn't raise my arm, higher than 90 degrees. For 3 months the doctors sent me from one doctor to the next claiming they didn't know what was going on, charging thousands for each appointment. By the time it had recovered, they finally sent me to a specialist who got out an x-ray chart, pointed, and said "that's the problem." Those idiots could have just sent me to this guy the first time, but they didn't because my money mattered more to them.
The way they all laughed so casually every time...:mad:
I'm not saying that all doctors in the US are like this, most are really decent people- I just got unlucky. This problem can't continue now that national healthcare's on the way though, so I'm glad about it.
 
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