What a day!!! SERIOUS injury
Aug. 29th, 2007 05:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Today started off pretty good. I got to Starbucks near work, did some Sudoku, and![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
3dollarbilly stopped by my table to chat. Nice!
I got to work, and there was a phone call from my boss. She was summoned to appear for jury duty today. Cool.
I clocked in to work around 8am. Shortly thereafter, my co-worker heard a crash and found me on the floor. How shall I put this? "I misstepped from my chair and found myself on the floor." I was embarrassed. My crash to the floor caused a tremor that made the clock fall from the wall. Oops! I laughed.
Then I got up. Ouch.
My right calf was tingly. Oh well. I went to a meeting for an hour, and afterwards I was still in much pain.
After the meeting, I had the RN in charge take a peek. She wrapped my ankle with an icepack and an ACE bandage, gave me some Motrin, and she had me contact our employee health department. They got my information, then called and had me come over to them, conveniently located across the street from my office.
They deemed that I had torn or partially torn my Achilles Tendon. They were fascinated by the clarity and swelling, and I was their show & tell project for the morning. They made an appointment for me with a podiatrist at 2pm. They gave me some crutches, then had me wait back in my office.
The podiatrist was nice. Very informative. I need surgery. Immediately.
After frantic calls to my GP for a pre-op eval (he's not working this week), another trip to Employee Health, and a taxi ride home, I got a call to go back to the podiatrist. Taxi'd back to their office, filled out some paperwork, did some labwork, and I'll have one of their docs to a pre-op tomorrow at 6:15am. Surgery is scheduled for 7:15am.
I'll be off work for at least 10-12 weeks. During that time, I'll be on crutches, in a wheelchair, and getting some physical therapy. I'll probably limp for 6 months to a one year.
Doctor: "You won't be able to do real physical stuff like playing basketball anytime soon."
Me: "So will I be able to play basketball after this all heals in about a year?"
Doctor: "Yes."
Me: "That's great. I never could play previously."
That old joke made her laugh.
I may need some help in the upcoming weeks. Unable to ride BART, someone may need to bring BART to me.
Today started off pretty good. I got to Starbucks near work, did some Sudoku, and
3dollarbilly stopped by my table to chat. Nice!I got to work, and there was a phone call from my boss. She was summoned to appear for jury duty today. Cool.
I clocked in to work around 8am. Shortly thereafter, my co-worker heard a crash and found me on the floor. How shall I put this? "I misstepped from my chair and found myself on the floor." I was embarrassed. My crash to the floor caused a tremor that made the clock fall from the wall. Oops! I laughed.
Then I got up. Ouch.
My right calf was tingly. Oh well. I went to a meeting for an hour, and afterwards I was still in much pain.
After the meeting, I had the RN in charge take a peek. She wrapped my ankle with an icepack and an ACE bandage, gave me some Motrin, and she had me contact our employee health department. They got my information, then called and had me come over to them, conveniently located across the street from my office.
They deemed that I had torn or partially torn my Achilles Tendon. They were fascinated by the clarity and swelling, and I was their show & tell project for the morning. They made an appointment for me with a podiatrist at 2pm. They gave me some crutches, then had me wait back in my office.
The podiatrist was nice. Very informative. I need surgery. Immediately.
After frantic calls to my GP for a pre-op eval (he's not working this week), another trip to Employee Health, and a taxi ride home, I got a call to go back to the podiatrist. Taxi'd back to their office, filled out some paperwork, did some labwork, and I'll have one of their docs to a pre-op tomorrow at 6:15am. Surgery is scheduled for 7:15am.
I'll be off work for at least 10-12 weeks. During that time, I'll be on crutches, in a wheelchair, and getting some physical therapy. I'll probably limp for 6 months to a one year.
Doctor: "You won't be able to do real physical stuff like playing basketball anytime soon."
Me: "So will I be able to play basketball after this all heals in about a year?"
Doctor: "Yes."
Me: "That's great. I never could play previously."
That old joke made her laugh.
I may need some help in the upcoming weeks. Unable to ride BART, someone may need to bring BART to me.
