I fractured my elbow trying to move a patio table when I was drunk and smoking a cigar. One of my friends in the building next door to the one I lived in was getting rid of it and I asked if I could have it for our building's rootop deck. She said "sure just come take it whenever you want". Well I picked a stupid time to take it at like 2am after I was at the bar with my friends. I got home and was smoking a cigar (I tended to do that after I drank a lot) and thought what the hell I will go get the table now.

Table wasn't too big or heavy and was easy to move for one person but her patio was towards the back of the building and the ground was elevated so there was maybe a 2.5-3 foot high curb you had to get down from to get access the parking lot to walk along the driveway and off the property. It was not very high at all so I decided I would just jump down with the table rather than putting the table down, getting down and then pick the table back up. Needless to say in my state I did not account for the additional mass I was carrying in front of me when I jumped and gravity did it's work. I tried to brace myself in time but landed directly on my elbow. It hurt but I didn't notice how bad it was right away. I got up, picked but the table, dropped it off on the rooftop deck and went to bed.

When I woke up I couldn't move my arm and had to physically move it with my other arm. I thought that's weird maybe it's dislocated or something. Anyways I went back to sleep and figured I would give it some time and see if it got better. I was supposed to have a meeting that day but I rescheduled it. By around 4pm I was getting these sharp shooting pains randomly anytime I would move my arm even slightly so I called a buddy of mine and asked if he could give me a ride to the hospital. They did an x-ray and determined I had a small fracture in the elbow. Fortunately I didn't need a cast or anything just a couple weeks in a sling and then physiotherapy for a couple weeks after that to get my full range of motion back. It took about 6 weeks total before I had full range of motion in my arm again.

Funniest thing was the x-ray tech at the hospital asked me "vodka or whiskey" when he saw what I had done to myself. Haha