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Reported in the LA Times.
Accident happened at Sun Valley, Idaho. Not a comfortable Christmas for Mr Schwarzeneggar, governor of California, I imagine. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ouch 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Has something got garbled in along the way? I'd have thought if you'd broken your femur you'd be in plaster immediately (rather than returning after Christmas to get it fixed)
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hoppo, Yes, there's something of a US-style exaggeration going on here. Broken femur is sometimes life threatening due to the shock and potential blood loss. It would normally be dealt with by a ruddy great piece of scaffolding down the bone and (in the case of my best mate who DID break a femur in Chamonix) around a month in l'hopital. My mate was in his 20s and fit as a butcher's dog - Arnie is fit for sure but at 59 this would be no cake walk. Sounds like he bruised himself slightly and the hair was knocked out of shape.
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Linds,
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He'll be back.
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Bode Swiller, It was also the first Arnie I thought of... This is a snow users forum after all, and he is a 
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Linds, ditto!
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One of our guests also broke his femur on Friday, the last day of his holidays, so he's spent Christmas here in hospital whilst his family returned home. They operated on him that night, to insert a rod .
Deb
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I smashed my femur up very badly whilst skiing in Verbier, they took bone from my hip to rebuild my leg!! They used a metal bar inside my leg along the bone, with around 18 screws holding it back in, I was back on a plane home within 4 days of doing it!!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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kitenski, nice picture. That's a hell of a break. 
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kitenski, thanks for the pic... I just bit straight through my knuckle
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You know it makes sense.
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It is somewhat odd that Arnie's "fracture" is seemingly not being treated in any way: no cast and no surgery.
Of course "fracture" just means a break in the bone, anywhere in the bone, so not necessarily the scary fracture poor kitenski suffered (Wow! I hope you are all right now), but maybe just a chip or crack.
I would be interested in more details.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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It transpires that Arnie wasn't actually moving when he broke it. Caught his pole in his skis when standing and fell over.
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Poster: A snowHead
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flicksta, I think we can all sympathise with that sort of accident 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Hoppo wrote: |
| flicksta, I think we can all sympathise with that sort of accident |
The pathet-o-fall, the best kind.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Of course people who have used a lot of steroids in the past - say for body-building - have a higher risk of osteoporosis and fractures. I am sure this could not apply to Mr Schwarzenegger....
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| kitenski wrote: |
I smashed my femur up very badly whilst skiing in Verbier, they took bone from my hip to rebuild my leg!! They used a metal bar inside my leg along the bone, with around 18 screws holding it back in, I was back on a plane home within 4 days of doing it!!
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that looks a tad sore
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stoatsbrother, isn't it fairly common knowledge that he used steroids when bodybuilding?
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He was being sarcastic...
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Timmaah, indeed. But more than that, hasn't Arnold himself admitted to it?
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Kramer, I didn't know that. Given his track record of sexual harassment allegations you wonder when he stopped... Be interesting to see his femoral head and L spine DEXA T scores though...
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| stoatsbrother wrote: |
| Of course people who have used a lot of steroids in the past - say for body-building - have a higher risk of osteoporosis and fractures. I am sure this could not apply to Mr Schwarzenegger.... |
Mrs S's first comment too. 
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FAQ
but normally sommething you would want to get sorted out ASAP, I certainly would 
will be along soon 
