Yikes, that sounds like it wasn't much fun at all..
I broke mine the first time at the beginning of an OP deep in country and never had it looked at other than the medic who packed it for me (we were gone for a month)...it never was quite the same after that until I broke it again and had an actual Dr look at it who noted it had been broke before....he fixed it up for me.
No fun at all, each side of packing was bigger than my fist, and I wear xl gloves.
I can't belive it even fit through my nostrils(you saw my pic in the helmet thread).
I bet everyone that ever had a nose job had no idea what they were in for after, lol
Some people get lucky and the Doc snaps them back in place in the office.
The most suprising thing to me was that as soon as I got hit, I heard a splash like sound, instant tears, but not from any pain as there was zero, and nothing but bright white light, I was completely blind otherwise, no shapes, blurry figures, nothing, just blinding white light.
I couldn't see anything for about a minute, then I started to see blurry, and focus came back within another minute.
Still zero pain, and then a bad headache in about 15 minutes.
I also never lost my footing, and quickly took that guy down, nor was there any woozy or blackout feeling, I was otherwise unfazed.
The Dr. told me that was all pretty normal too.
I always try and find the good, and think of it as a good experience.
