Once, when I was about 9, I was rough-housing with a group of children in the schoolyard. Whilst I was on the ground, they toppled on top of me … breaking both the bones in my left forearm, about 1/3 way up from the wrist. Purely accidental but there it was; and the most intense pain I can assure you. I was screaming profusely! I was eventually taken to the hospital, where after X-raying, they had to “set” the fracture, just as in your case. I don’t recall any anesthetic being administered, just a quick warning that “this might hurt a little