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I broke my big toe that way.
Im not 100% sure how it all went down. But. I was standing on the toilet bowl. Lid closed (of course). I was leaning off to the left to reach a light bulb over the sink I was trying to get to .
Something happened where the seat came loose somehow. Slid sideways. In an attempt not to hit my head on the ceramic sink I over corrected my right foot. It went into the now open toilet. Big toe first. Full body weight.
Took like 3-4 months to heal.
Pretty sure it was just hairline fracture. Not a compound fracture.
But I was honestly lucky it was my big toe and not my head and the sink.
The lid was tight before I did this.
I thought the amount I had to lean over was not very much and it honestly didn't look like a risk. I was wrong.
I'm super lucky as I live alone. No one would have found me for at least a week.
Don't be playing around in the bathroom. Every surface is a death trap.
My friend who is a mortician told me a lot of people die in bathrooms. Like way more than you would think.