My own Rear Window
As shown by the blurry cameraphone pic I posted last week, I have two bum legs. I hope to get my hands on my X-rays, but I do know that I fractured by right tibia in two places, both near the spot where the ACL attaches to the bone. I might have torn my ACL and I hope to find out for sure within the next couple weeks. As for the left foot, I fractured the tarsal that leads to my big toe. How’d this happen? Yeah…
It all happened at a kickball game. I was in the midst of what was probably my best performance so far - 2 for 2 at the plate and I was also started pitching for the first time - even though we were losing. So I got on with a single and Missy was up next. She kicked a soft dribbler to the left side of the field and I was sprinting to second the girl at second had the ball and tried to tag me out. To avoid the tag I tried to stop as fast as I could, and that was when things went to hell. My right foot planted into the ground, ready to stop, but my body wasn’t ready to slow down at all. My momentum was headed towards second, so my knee bent the wrong way and I felt a big SNAP - yowch! To hopefully soften the blow of my fall I tried to roll a couple times and come to a stop, so I think that’s when I hit my left foot on the ground and broke that bone. It all happened so fast I can’t really be sure.
That all happened last week. Now here I am in my 1 bedroom apartment - on the third floor nonetheless - for an indefinite time. I’ve got a stack of DVDs and my subscription to the Economist should start this week (YES!) to keep my brain occupied. My leg only allows me to do a few hours of work every day. Email me with some DVD recommendations if you have any, Ian has given me some good ones already. I think Freaks and Geeks will be up next once I finish Scrubs. And I think now might be the best time to get a Wii.
Tomorrow I visit the orthopedist and possibly get a couple of casts put on but I’ll most likely schedule an appointment for an MRI on the knee. This process is so slow, all I really care about is the amount of pain meds I have left.
Pretty ironic that I watched Disturbia last night, eh? Ha!
My new temporary fears:
- Stairs
- Dropping something on the floor
- Pain medication shortage
my first word-ish CAPTCHA
“That is the sort of thing that would be subject to a malpractice claim in the civilian world.” - Dr. Paul Appelbaum, a professor of psychiatry, law and ethics at Columbia University.