If I ever got around to making one of those 100 Things About Me Lists, two of the things that would be on it are the fact that I've never broken a bone and never had a cavity. I'm really proud of both facts, although I'm less and less sure that they're attributable to anything but dumb luck.
Witness: What started out as a scrape on my knee from the car accident in January has morphed into some mysterious injury that is not responding to ice, rest, ibuprofen or cortisone injections. I counted myself as lucky to have walked away from that accident relatively unscathed, but now I can't help but thinking that a simple broken leg would have been healed by now, goddamnit. I know, I know. Stupid. Unbroken bones are always better than broken bones... but still: WAH. My knee hurts and I haven't been able to run or work out for months. I couldn't even go to yoga this week. Not. Good.
I was forcing myself to lift weights 2-3 times a week just to get in some semblance of exercise, and then I went and did this:
I was mauled by a polar bear that mysteriously jumped out of the woods. And Sawyer was riding on its back. Shirtless.
Fine, fine, that's a lie. I was actually hit by an 18-wheeler carrying a load of smuggled bio weapons that careened out of control when Jack Bauer shot out the front tires and singlehandeldly saved the day.
FINE. I tripped on a curb and fell, alright? Stone cold sober. But it was raining and kind of slippery SO THERE.
Wait, there's more. That nasty looking scrape slowly turned into an even nastier looking bruise:
Which then took over my arm...
Which refused to fade ELEVEN DAYS AFTER I FELL WAS MAULED BY A POLAR BEAR...
Don't worry, though, I'm juuuust fine. I had four x-rays taken of that bad boy and it's "just" a "bone bruise". Just like the one on my knee! I match. Awesome!
Pardon me, I have to go and compulsively brush my teeth now. The never-had-a-cavity thing is all I've got left.
You bruise like I do. Something simple that should heal in a few days and it looks like someone beat the crap out of you.
I can get punched in the face and not get a bruise, but run into a door frame and I look like I have been beaten.
Hope it heals quickly!
Posted by: Kristabella | Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 10:05 AM
OMG that hurts me just LOOKING at it! Owie!
Posted by: Liz | Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 10:11 AM
Yikes.
Posted by: -R- | Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:22 AM
Dang gena!! That makes me ache in my joints!
Ouchie-cha-cha!
xox
Posted by: heidikins | Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:29 AM
Holy crap that bruise looks painful.
I will say though that I was in a car accident in 2004 and hurt my knee and it took years to get back to normal, that's how deep the bruise was. YEARS. But now it's fine, so... yeah. I might have just jinxed myself.
Posted by: nancypearlwannabe | Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 11:33 AM
I totally put the never broke a bone thing on my 100 list only to...break a bone three months later. Don't do it!! I will say that the broken bone required only two weeks in a cast and two weeks in a splint and had I sprained it, it would have taken months of rehab, so I don't know if it's true that an unbroken bone is always better than a broken one.
And I have bruises from that accident (six months ago!) that you can still see the outline of on my legs. Good times.
I hope you feel better soon!!! (Argh! The pain!! It looks so sad!!)
Posted by: NGS | Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 02:01 PM
Holy WOW! That is unbelievable. Good thing you aren't a child, or CPS would TOTALLY be called in.
Posted by: Janssen | Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 02:03 PM
Those bruises still make me cringe. JG always grumbles that the cops will come after him about abuse because I am always black and blue from my own klutziness. "I ran into the door, officer, honest!"
Posted by: RA | Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 02:04 PM
Oh ow you poor thing ow ugh must look away poor baby ow!
Posted by: ccr in MA | Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 06:51 PM
Ouch! That looks quite painful - but at least you can milk it for as long as possible! :D
Posted by: Katie | Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 08:50 PM
damn. as mr. squirrel just said, "WHAT are you looking at?!?!" Sweetie, I hope it doesn't hurt as bad as it looks.
Posted by: HollowSquirrel | Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 09:08 PM
After several months of serving as a recess supervisor, I can safely say that is the first legitimate injury I have seen.
Posted by: Mary | Friday, May 01, 2009 at 08:38 AM
Good Lord, woman! That looks awful! You poor thing. :(
Posted by: Zandria | Monday, May 04, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Yikes, ouch! That looks like my foot right about now. So maybe I didn't actually break my pinkie toe, I just bruised the bone. That's rotten. Go brush.
Posted by: Courtney | Wednesday, May 06, 2009 at 07:25 PM
Oh my gosh, Jen! What are you doing to yourself? ;)
Posted by: alyndabear | Sunday, May 10, 2009 at 05:58 AM