How does one do that after having a hole cut in one’s chest? Pain-wise.
I remember from EMT school the informal advice that spontaneous pneumo is a predisposition for certain body types and something as trivial as a burp or hiccups can cause. Tall and thin body type. But this is anecdotal- is there an underlying cause in your case?
Some medics said exactly this for me. This body type is called "franzino" in Brazil and is exactly how I was as a teenager. Strangely my pneumathoraces were not on the same side. On the left side it happened twice which was fixed with two clamps and a pleurodesis. On the right side it occurred only once but considering my predisposition, there's no reason to think it will never happen again.
Imagine walking around knowing your lungs could pop for essentially no good reason, at any moment.
Sure… But a hole in one’s chest isn’t exactly topical, right?
But what do I know? Can lidocaine be injected… sub… topically?
And the broken arm depends on the type of break. I split my humorous bone length ways. Initially because of adrenaline, it was absolutely painless, after an hour the pain kicked in. If I didn't move my arm it was fine but if I moved it, wow, 2nd most painful experience in my life.
Yeah it's interesting how this works.
I once broke my collar bone (I tried jumping up a curb on my bike, the handle bars fell off and I went collar bone first into the edge of the curb). I ended up carrying my bike home in pieces for half a mile and remember it not being too bad. As long as I kept my arm at my side it didn't feel any different than normal but when I lifted up my arm it was one of the sharpest pains I've ever experienced. I only ended up having a hairline fracture too.
As someone who watches bike racing, it is often immediately apparent when someone has broken their collarbone by the way they keep their arm.
So you're hilarious, now that you have an extra funny bone?
They did use a good belt of ("5 star") brandy, but for equipment sterilisation rather than pain control.