On Saturday, I worked out at karate for two hours, and earned my school patch, thereby making me (and other whitebelts) official members of the dojo. On Sunday, I went for a two-mile hike up and then back down a mini-mountain, in the snow.
I did not hurt myself there.
No, I was walking to work today. It’s under a mile. About a 10-15 minute walk. Theoretically, very low on the list of “ways I might hurt myself today”. Wrong. I suppose I tripped over a rock or something (unpaved shoulder of the road). I fell. My ankle made an unhappy little noise. I got up - a little tender, no big.
Half an hour later, I’ve been sitting at work for twenty some minutes, and ow. Hello, swelling and stiffness and pain. Luckily, I sit at a desk for pretty much everything I do at work, so I was fine for the rest of the day, and got a ride back home. I stopped by the nurse: her helpful contribution was an icepack, some ibuprofen, and to tel me to go to the urgent care clinic and get it X-rayed. So, instead of having fun at karate, I’m here. Feeling stupid.
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It hurts… And I’m a total klutz. :smack:
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I’m sorry you have an owie. But on the plus side, you can be pitiful at your SO, and get foot rubs and sympathy stuff out of the bargain. “Honey, can you make me some tea? I would but my ankle huuuuuuuurts.” Make sure you pout and flutter eyelashes effectively.
It’s bad, but at least you have actual swelling-as-proof. That’s better than those painful owies that don’t look like anything so that no one believes how much they hurt. Am I right?
On Saturday, I was straining to reach a plug behind my TV, and I pulled something in my left shoulder. About fifteen minutes later, my (untouched) middle finder swelled up and discolored like I’d hit it with a hammer.
Gosh, that’s tough. Are you ambidextrous enough to find any middles with your right hand? If not, I guess you’ll just have to be satisfied with finding up, down, left and right with your other finders, until the swelling goes down on your middle finder. I’m curious; how many middles would you say you try to find in a day? You aren’t trying to find the middles of females, are you? That could lead to broken finders, not to mention lawsuits.
It would work better if I had one of them around…I’ve got my roommmate, but, uh…not quite.