I fell out of bed in February. Never did that before. I woke early and made breakfast. Drank a couple cups of coffee. Watched some sports highlights on the tube. Saw that I had an hour and a half before needing to report to work so I decided to see if I could fall back asleep. I did.
I was in a deep sleep when my head hit the floor with a thunderclap. I knew immediately I was hurt bad. The head pain went away in 36 hours. The neck pain hung around and I had bruising on my neck. That concerned me because I did not fall on my neck. That was secondary. After a couple of days I went to the ER. My neck was broken at the C2 vertebrate. 37% of people with this injury don't live out the year. Superman could no longer fly after he fractured his C2. I was lucky I didn't damage my spinal cord. I took off my neck brace the other day and got a bill in the mail. All they did for me was image my fracture and provide a neck brace and instructions and an x-ray followup to see that the bone had fused properly. $37,500. You know they were happy to see me. If prone to falling out of bed, try bed rails. Most fractures result from car accidents. Wear your seat belt and save yourself a sore neck and your ice cream money.