This week has been a bit of a wreck... Literally. On my way to uni on Monday, my train was delayed because of an accident on the line, and the replacement bus I was on got hit by a truck, resulting in a concussion and dislocated knee for me (it wasn't a hard impact, but it was enough to jolt the bus and make me lose my footing, dislocating my knee as I tried to stop myself falling and then hitting my head as I fell anyway :( ) I still managed to get to my class, though, as well as taking my class on Tuesday morning, but by the time I got home I was in so much pain that I had to take some of my strongest painkillers, which made me kind of fuzzy-headed and reduced my mental capacity to that of a brain-damaged goldfish. Plus the concussion meant that the slightest little thing reduced me to state of incoherent rage and despair, so I thought it best to just step away from the computer lol To be fair, I've had a problem with that knee for a good ten years - this is probably the 7th time I've dislocated it since the original karate injury - and it's got so weak and unstable that someone just has to fart next to it and that will blow it out of alignment, but I was hoping to be able to put off going to the specialist for another few months...
I spent most of yesterday and this morning alternating between staring vacantly at my screen and catching up on various admin tasks for uni, though I did squeeze in an hour or so of writing yesterday and half an hour this morning, which produced about 700 words and 300 words respectively, so at least I've made the weekly limit I'd set for myself. Rex keeps nudging his leash and then standing beside me and staring at me with guilt lasers in his eyes, but unfortunately the goal of walking him twice weekly will be on hold for a while; even with my walking stick, I'm not capable of much more than an awkward, shuffling power-waddle, so I wouldn't be able to keep up with an impatient German Shepherd :) The rest of today will be spent formatting a sample exam for students, and after that, it will all just be a blur of assignment marking.
And there's a new Nintendo DS game out today that I really want (Pokemon Black 2) and because I'll be spending money on physio, I won't be able to buy it for ages >:( I know I probably won't have time to play it anyway, but still... Bugger #firstworldproblems haha
Judgemental Dog seems to have let the power go to his head:
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Oh no, Rebecca, I am SOSOSO sorry to hear all of this! Please try and take it easy--concussions take some time to heal (my mom, through extreme klutziness, has had 3 of them), so don't push it too much. I will be sending along lots of healing thoughts!
ReplyDeleteOUCH!! My knees have always been weak (in fact my whole body is pretty crap!) and I've dislocated both knees so many times I forget (but not for a few years now - touching, no grabbing onto wood) - and once I fell on some plastic parcel strap on my way to work, dislocated one knee and both elbows. NIGHTMARE!
ReplyDeleteGet well very soon and rest that knee. I really feel for you because I know how much it hurts. XX
Oh my goodness! Heal up soon. I think he'll understand that you can't do the walks. Good job on getting your word count in even with all that. Feel better!
ReplyDeleteOh Rebecca. Hope you feel better soon. I have one knee that pops if I get hit the wrong way. Old injury from way back so know how painful it is. Take care, rest and I'm sure judgement dog will forgive you.
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about such a crummy setback...be well, and best of luck with your ROW80 goals!
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