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When i was 12, I took a nasty fall at a construction site, and twisted my right ancle just shy of 180 degrees. At first I did not realize what had happened, don't know if i was in shock or what but from my knee down, i was completely numb. But then i attempted to walk on it again... what a mistake that was. I have never felt such pain! I felt eveything that time, and heard everything too. Heard snapping, and cracking, along with the undescribable waves of pain.

The doctors said I broke my tibia, fibia, and cracked the growth plate in my ankle in pieces, and as a young boy, that should have stopped bone growth in my foot. Somehow, the doctors were able to reset the bones without surgery. Man i tell you, they had to manually reset the bones by twisting my ankle back to it's original position. That my friend was worse than the accident itself. That was torture. They had to hold me down, and reposition my ankle. Needless to say, more popping and snapping happened. And oh yeah, I screamed in pain too.

I was in a cast for the entire school year, and could not go to school for awhile and had a in-home tudor. That was difficult for me, I was not the best in school, but thankfully i had some caring teachers to assist me so that i was able to stay in the same grade, and not fall behind the rest of friends.

Then the long road to recovery with the help of rehab. Someone was surely looking after my up in heaven, because, i suffered no long term problems from this. I was even able to fufil my childhood dream, and join the Army and be GI JOE!

This accident had a profound effect on my life. Still have scarring and bruises to prove it. Still to this day I can't watch Stephen King's movie titled 'Misery', when the crazy woman breaks his legs in that manor. It just makes me cringe in the fetal position!