# I hurt myself. Again. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 15, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hurt-myself-again/274953 "2004-11-15T23:33:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hurt-myself-again/274953/1 "2004-11-15T23:33:08Z")
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. \ It _hurts_… And I’m a total klutz. :smack: \ ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hurt-myself-again/274953/2 "2004-11-15T23:37:29Z")
Don’t do that. It hurts. 😃 Sorry. Couldn’t resist. 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. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hurt-myself-again/274953/3 "2004-11-15T23:43:02Z")
> [@NinjaChick](#): > > \ > It _hurts_… And I’m a total klutz. :smack: > \ 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? ---
**Author:** ![trupa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@trupa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trupa)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hurt-myself-again/274953/4 "2004-11-15T23:46:38Z")
This looks like a job for… RICE! Rest Ice Compression Elevation Break a l…err… Good Luck 😛 ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2004, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hurt-myself-again/274953/5 "2004-11-15T23:46:49Z")
> [@Maureen](#): > > Don’t do that. It hurts. 😃 > > Sorry. Couldn’t resist. > > 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 would work better if I had one of them around…I’ve got my roommmate, but, uh…not quite. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hurt-myself-again/274953/6 "2004-11-16T00:17:44Z")
_offers to bring you ice, footrubs, tea, aspirin, and anything else you need_ ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hurt-myself-again/274953/7 "2004-11-16T00:29:11Z")
\*Keapon does a little jig. \* Seriously, you can’t see me, but I’m hopping on one foot to another. 😃 La la la. Look at meeeeEEAAAAHHHHHH! OWWWWW! OOWW! ow owww! :smack: Arrgggh, the irony of it all. I stubbed my big toe. ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hurt-myself-again/274953/8 "2004-11-16T01:23:04Z")
Aw, you poor thing. :rolleyes: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hurt-myself-again/274953/9 "2004-11-16T01:29:22Z")
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. What the fuck? ---
**Author:** ![NinjaChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@NinjaChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinjaChick)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hurt-myself-again/274953/10 "2004-11-16T01:56:45Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > 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. > > What the fuck? 'kay. I dunno what caused it, but I’m handing off the ‘shameful source of injury’ prize to you. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hurt-myself-again/274953/11 "2004-11-16T09:21:14Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > 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. > > What the fuck? 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. ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2004, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hurt-myself-again/274953/12 "2004-11-16T15:27:27Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > 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. > > What the fuck? I’ve done things like that before. Funny how all those weird little extendy things inside your arm work.