Yeah, that hurt

[fbhjr]

Coming out of the meeting with our customers yesterday I was walking to the parking lot with my boss and my boss’ boss.

You may recall, that for the last few months, I haven’t been able to see things to the bottom left.

That’s where the curb was.

I never saw it. I only saw the pavement coming up to my face.
Good news, I didn’t hit my face or head.
Bad news, I landed on my arms and really hurt them.
My boss and boss’ boss went on about how badly I fell a good bit.

At first, I thought it was OK, and I started off driving folks the 5 hours home.
When I had my arms on the wheel going fairly straight, it wasn’t too bad.
But, if I had to turn the wheel a lot or do a lot of maneuvers, it hurt a lot.

So, I had the other two take turns driving while I tried to make my arms feel better.

We got home at midnight and I took some pain relievers and tried to sleep. I got a couple of hours, but it was very, very hard to get at all comfortable.
As the night went on, my arms hurt more and more.

About the time I’d normally get up, I woke my wife and asked her to take me to the ER.
The time wasn’t total coincidence. I know when the best time to go is.
As predicted, no wait, got right in.
The doctors looked at them right away.

The consensus is my bones are not broken. Which is what I was afraid of.
But, I really, really hurt the muscles.
They gave me a prescription for "super Advil".

I’m working from home today trying to keep the warm and hoping they’ll feel better soon.
Hope I can sword fight this weekend…

Comments

[meathiel]

Ouch ... hope it gets better soon. Glad nothing was broken at least!

[palusbuteo.livejournal.com]

YIKES!!

Glad nothing seems to be broken

[manue7a.livejournal.com]

Get well soon!

[ravena-kade.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear that you fell.

Hope the pain goes away soon.

[chris-warrior.livejournal.com]

ok, glad you didn't crack either radii, but, um, maybe swordfighting this weekend _isn't_ the best plan. maybe some muscle rub with arnica and gentle range-of-motion exercises for a few days? did they give you a script for PT?

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

They gave me an instruction sheet for it. Pretty generic, and I already had a good idea of what to do.

[merilune.livejournal.com]

I'm glad that nothing seems to be broken. Hopefully the pain relief will have you feeling a lot better, but get plenty of rest.

[twicet.livejournal.com]

Ouch...that must have really hurt, wonder if some physio would help reduce the inflammation.

[hindustar.livejournal.com]

Oh no!! I hope you feel better soon!

[mac-arthur-park.livejournal.com]

Ouch, ouch, ouch! I hope you heal quickly!

[one-raido.livejournal.com]

Oh my goodness. So glad they aren't broken. Take it easy this weekend.

[yesididit2.livejournal.com]

oh ouch! hope you feel better soon!

only thing i can think of is to keep moving and gently stretching the sore spots.

[manintheboat.livejournal.com]

Tiger balm hugs! (tiger balm makes a patch)

[chaquir.livejournal.com]

ouch!! That sounds like one nasty fall that you did there.

I'm glad nothing is broken though. Now rest up and heal.

[postingwhore.livejournal.com]

I hope your arms get better soon! :(

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

Oh, ouch. That sounds so painful. I'm sure everyone is recommending home remedies, but arnica is cheap and doesn't have any side effects, if you try it. Hope something helps!

[tjoel2]

Why were you afraid that the bones would not be broken? I would think it would be the other way around. Then you could at least treat the break and let it heal.

[fbhjr.livejournal.com]

Our biggest sword show of the year is next week.
I didn't want them broken for that...

[tjoel2]

Oh, very true! Hope you are healed enough to perform for that by then. *hugs*

[zoefruitcake.livejournal.com]

Nasty, I hope you heal soon

Owieeeeee!!!!!

[evrgreen.livejournal.com]

We hope that you are feeling better soon! That is just awful, and even awful-er timing wise. Glad that there are no bone breaks, but sometimes torn muscles or ligaments can take about as long to fully heal.
Go easy my friend - we'll be thinking of you!

[marketeer]

Yikes! I hope that you're feeling better soon.