I was on my way from the laundry room to my apartment to start on the dishes. I slipped on a ramp I had been down, (I worked this out in the hospital.) ten thousand times. I was a bit shook up, and my left elbow hurt. I figured I'd dislocated it, and tried to wiggle it back into place.
I had a broken the elbow in several places, hitting the floor. It is now held together by nine screws. There was also some nerve damage, caused, I suspect by me trying to fix my dislocated elbow.
My laundry spent the weekend in the washing machine, and my dishes spent the weekend in the sink. They smelled worse than the laundry, but it was a near thing.