Well, THAT wasn't how the day was supposed to go. . .

[rolanni]

The Day, as Planned, included a stop to gas up Kineo the Wonder Subaru before driving cross-town for an appointment at the Radiology Department at the hospital.  At about 9:50, I was walking down the sidewalk toward the main entrance to the hospital when I -- fell off the kerb.

No, I don't know HOW I fell off the kerb; suffice that I did, and tried to twist to regain my balance, went down hard on one knee, at which point my body got with the program, and I twisted so that I flopped over onto my side, and ohbytheway slamming my ribs into the nice hard asphalt.

A woman who had been coming down the walk toward me, rushed up, exclaiming, "That was a terrible fall!  Are you all right?"

I, of course, was more embarrassed than hurting -- hello, adrenaline -- leapt to my feet, assured her I was fine, looked at my left knee which was kind of stinging, but, hey, how bad could it be, if the jeans weren't torn -- and found that I had a respectable scrape, but nothing really serious.

At that point, a PA came rushing out of the OBGYN door, which I was nearing when I fell, and she also told me that I had taken a terrible fall.  I assured her that I was fine, just a skun knee.  She looked doubtful, asked me where'd I'd been going, I told her Radiology, and she walked me there, about a mile out of her way, and by the time we arrived, I found that -- anyone?

C'mon, you guys, this one's EASY -- yes, you!  What did I find?  Very good.

I found that my skun knee was now swollen up to the size of a Regulation Baseball.

I asked the radiology receptionist for ice.  She took one look and yelled for her supervisor, who dispatched a volunteer for an ice bag, found out why I was there and together we formed the plan that I would have my appointment, and then they would take me to the ER for an Xray, since I had fallen on hospital property.

Those things eventually came to pass, and I proceeded in a homeward direction, stopping at the grocery store for things that I was completely out of, and now I'm home and have three cats within an arm's reach.

The plan for the rest of the day is to eat a lunch salad, with a side of aspirin, and try to sleep it off.

No music today, sorry. . .

Comments

[drammar.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry. That adrenaline rush covers a lot of pain. I hope the aspirin/sleep/cat therapy help enormously.

[bandicoot.livejournal.com]

Ack! Tuck and roll! Last year I was cutting up a wind-downed dead tree above the driveway. I had my chainsaw in my right hand and went to hop on top of and over a little one-foot high wall onto the driveway. Unfortunately, there was a loop of ivy on top into which my left foot became entangled. I already had forward momentum, so I'd reached the point of no return. Time slowed down. What went through my head was, "Tuck and roll! Tuck and roll!" So as I was going down, I reached across my body with my right arm and chainsaw, and let that rotation pull me around so I was rolling sideways when I hit. Not even a scrape. I'd managed to distribute the shock over my right side and back such that I didn't even end up sore. I just sat there and laughed. And thought - "I'm getting too old for this!" But then I seem to think that a lot lately ;p

Cats on the lap are said to be good therapy for bruised knees.

[kk1raven.livejournal.com]

Oh dear! I hope your knee recovers soon. I usually feel really stupid when I fall and somehow it seems like the falls that don't hurt much when they happen are the ones that turn out to be the worst later. I managed to catch my foot in something while I was going out my door a few days ago and ended up going sprawling across my porch. Fortunately I just ended up with big bruises on both knees rather than doing anything worse.

[jhetley.livejournal.com]

Hospitals is dangerous places. Now you need to worry about the MRSA you picked up in that scrape . . .

Cat therapy can work wonders. Keep at it.

[martianmooncrab.livejournal.com]

t my skun knee was now swollen up to the size of a Regulation Baseball.

with a regime of alternating ice and cats on said knee..

[margotinez.livejournal.com]

Ow. Ow. Ow. Memories of my broken ankle fall flash through my mind. I do hope X-Ray was negative? I remember worrying about torn tendons, didnt have those, but did have torn ligaments. RICE for you - rest, ice, compression, elevation (the last is especially important). Sounds like you've got most of it, and second martianmooncrab: alternating ice and cat. Rest up, good thoughts are one the way to you.

[attilathepbnun.livejournal.com]

Ohmygoodness!!!
I hope the ice-and-cats work, and you feel MUCH better tomorrow!!!!

Oh my

[susan beaty (from livejournal.com)]

Definitely ice for the first 24 hours. And I agree with Margotinez; elevation is helpful, though a bit of a PITA.

It's been a rough day for some of my favorite authors. I just read on C. J. Cherryh's blog that Jane managed to drop a large rock on the end of her finger while working in the yard today. There was blood. Hope the treatment is effective and you feel better soon.

heat packs

[catherine ives (from livejournal.com)]

Definitely novel use of cats as heat packs.
Hope the knee is ok soon.

[julian satchell (from livejournal.com)]

Ouch!

I had a similar fall (hurt ankle not knee) a few weeks back, and it was very annoying - I was sure that my footing was OK, but went over anyhow.

Ice and elevation helped, and it seems to have cleared up, and I hope yours does too.

[threeringedmoon.livejournal.com]

I hate it when the adrenaline wears off. I hope you recover quickly.