I have broken my neck.

what was the most annoying thing about the halo? are you still friends with that friend?

The most annoying thing about the halo was that I can’t shower. And yes, I am still friends with the friend.

Any long term issues or good as new?

I do have a long term issue. It’s called klippel fail syndrome... or whatever it’s called. I’m not too sure.

OMG! I actually born with Klippel-Feil Syndrome! First time I’ve ever seen anyone mention it. Not every doctor even knows what it is and I have to explain the whole being born with fused vertebrae thing. My x-rays look neat tho. It’s annoying AF! Can’t keep my neck 100% straight and my range of motion sucks. I get so many neck and back aches. Lots of migraines and headaches. I’ve done physical therapy 5 times throughput my life to help strengthen my neck and back muscles. Also, chiropractors won’t touch you, and you have to let massage therapist know about it. Oh, and a massage ball is a great tool to keep around. They work wonders.

Sorry you had to go through all of that. Glad you’re getting better! ᕕ(ᐛ)ᕗ

Thanks so much for the ideas!

Are you experiencing any forms of Ligma?

Ligma?

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I thought that might happen. Not funny.

How much were your medical bills?

Nothing I believe.

I live in Australia where most healthcare is free.

Got bless socialised medicines

It is rather nice, just don't mention the parking fees.

Or the tolls!

My cancer surgery was $85,000, so I wouldn't stress over parking fees.

I’m so sorry you had to go through that... it’s worse then breaking your neck.

Was it just the bones that were broken with no spinal cord damage?

I honestly couldn’t tell you! Me and my parents don’t know how to read x-rays and I was pretty preoccupied with other things, obviously, so I didn’t know what was going on.

...so nobody asked the doctors?

My parents knew, I didn’t because I was just too overwhelmed to pay attention at the time. I had so much running through my mind.

Simply put did you have to go to physical therapy to learn to walk again or did you maintain your ability to walk

I will have to go to physio for my neck.

can you walk

Yes, yes I can.

How did your parents react? Are you allowed to see friends anymore? Lol

My parents were shocked when they heard I broke my neck because we all thought I had just fallen over. And yes, I can still see friends.

Can you see them if they’re standing to the side?

Ohh... I do not have the halo on at the moment. I’ll make that clear because the original comment wasn’t. When I had the halo on, people would stand to my side or behind me and talk and I had to ask them to stand in front of me so I know who’s talking.

So how much motor function do you have now?

(You also doubled up the text in your post)

Oh I did? Haha. Didn’t realise. I’ll try fix that. And what do you mean by motor function, sorry?

Will you be able to walk, dance, perform gymnastics as before?

I can definitely walk. I hope I can dance! I’m a big theatre lover and was in this years production (now I’m backstage).

Sounds like you got very lucky then! So how do you feel about extreme sports moving forward? Take up skateboarding? BMX? Base jumping? 😆

None of the above! I’m not breaking another bone! I have stuff planned for the future and I’m not taking anymore risks. I’ll be down for a pool party though.

Why did I mention the pool party.

Because... its summer... and pool parties friggin ROCK

Winter here!

Oh Oscar! You little rascal

I do like myself a pool party.

I also broke my neck, about a year and a half ago, in two places. My doctors opted for the rigid neckbrace, which I wore for months.

Did you also notice that your neck staying 100% still 24 hours a day seemed to cause more aches and pain than the original accident? That started for me about 2 weeks in.

They also told me my posture had improved by several percentage points once I got it off! Did the same thing happen for you?

Congrats on getting through such a tough injury and remember - our necks are now stronger than everyone else's!

Glad to hear your ok too! I remember standing in the kitchen crying because I couldn’t deal with it anymore. I just wanted to yank the halo off and call it a day.

You seem to be doing well, do you feel good?

I am feeling great thanks. Hard with the neck brace but it’s better then the bird cage!

How did you become such an excellent writer at your age? Big props my dude! I hope you keep it up.

How’d you know I’m such a good writer haha?

I looked upon your post and saw that it was good.

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Be careful about revealing personal information on the internet. Maybe rather link to them through another anonymised google drive file?

I honestly don’t mind about my Discord.

Alas I’m too old and lame to use discord, but I’m sure they’re great!

Your never too old or lame to use Discord!

Hope you heal up fast! Did they say how long you'll need the halo and if you'll get full range of motion back?

Ah. I mentioned in my story that I did get the halo off. I am getting physio or however you spell it when the neck brace I’m currently wearing is removed.

How long until you're medically cleared to beat that guy's ass?

I’m not going to... I forgave him before he could say sorry.

How was school with the halo? Did you have to get any special accommodations for classes and such? Also, obviously you couldn’t move your neck, but how much could you move your arms and legs?

Glad you’re feeling ok! I can’t even begin to imagine the relief you felt getting the halo off lmao

School was interesting to say the least. More people looking at me. I could move my limbs fine though.

What type of floor did your head hit?

Gravel.

What's it like being banned from r/neverbrokeabone? And on a slightly more serious note, have you thought of any fun fake stories to explain the break? Or do you think you'll stick with the truth forever?

I have told someone that I broke it fighting for toilet paper.

What games do you play?

I hope you mean video games! Roblox, Minecraft, Red Dead, Animal Crossing... that’s it basically.

After you fell, were you able to move, did you try to move, and did anyone try to move you?

Yes... I had to walk to sickbay myself.. with help of course, but had to walk across the school there.

How's your neck now? Any lasting pain, range of motion issues? Have you gotten tired of your friend apologizing?

My neck is fine thanks. No pain at all and I can move it slightly. And the only time the friend apologised was after the accident in sickbay.

Will your range of motion ever return?

Hope so!

Are you in physical therapy or occupational therapy? Can you walk?

Physical therapy. Also, I can walk.

What are the effects of a broken neck?

What do you mean, sorry?

Oh gosh, I am so amazed at your strength with everything you’ve been through! What a terrifying ordeal. So glad that you’re ok. Was the arm-trend game something you saw on TikTok? If you could warn other kids about it, what would you tell them?

Thanks so much! I wouldn’t call myself strong per say... but then I don’t know what to call myself! Could you send me a video of the arm thingo? I don’t have tiktok I don’t know! Anyway, I’d tell kids to have a safe word or set a whole bunch of rules that their friends should understand and respect if they were doing it.

Dang.. I'm sorry you had to go through all that! I bet it felt amazingly good to get that halo off!
Was the car accident before or after the falling accident?

Wayyy before the falling accident.

Well it's lucky you survived all this!

Very lucky!

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I don’t feel anything towards myself really.

I screamed at him to put me down. He did, but I was off-balanced. So I fell and landed on the left of my head.

So what actually happened?

I landed on my toes and leaned forward if that makes sense. And since my hands were in my pockets, I lost my balance and fell forward,

Feel better dude. Hope u learned if play stupid games sometimes win STUPID prizes. Glad u survived. Did y’all record it?

No... we didn’t record it. I was at school at the time and we have a strict no phones outside of lockers during the school day.

Did you die?

Uhm.. no. I’m still here.

Why do you keep trying to milk your injury for attention?

I’m not trying to. I just thought I should share my story. :(