Danged Ball.

Posted by Dr_Eechmen on Sept. 30, 2006, 10:52 a.m.

Fun… I get to type with one hand (left… and I'm right handed…). The reason is as follows:

I went to my martial arts school, and in the last minute or two of class, we ended up playing dodge ball. I was recoiling for a throw, when someone threw a large rbber ball at me, torqueing my arm backwards. My arm went numb, and I looked down at it, and it was sort of flopping around.. not good. I limped over to a seat and collapsed, and was almost unconscious for a few minutes, and, after that, I tried standing up and I felt a sharppain, along with nausia. We ended up getting the paramedics to transport me to a hospital… which sucked; they're too gruff.

Anyhow, after I got to the hospital, they payed with my arm, asking me tojudge the pain with that friggin' smiley rating system… I called it "a little pain" which misled them into thinking that I was fine… and, let me tell you, getting into position for the x ray was one of the most painful things I've experienced (morphene doesn't realy effect me) They decided that It would need surgery, as I was what's called a spiral fracture (bone broke in a spiral). They decided to send me over to a better hospital for the operation, and a morpheneless car ride over bumpy roads wasn't too fun…

I arrived at the hospital, and the specialist there laughed and told me that a surgery would be pointless, as It wouldn't help much, and It would have a chance f permanently paralizing my right hand…

They put me in a half stratjacket, which I have to wear for 2-3 weeks, then I get a cast. I also have to sleep vertically during this time… not too fun.

My wrist hurts, so I'm taking a break from typing….

Comments

NeutralReiddHotel 18 years, 3 months ago

=O

-0NL1N3- 18 years, 3 months ago

Wow. =(

marbs 18 years, 3 months ago

That sucks. I'd hate to sleep vertically - my room is in the attic.

WaleedAmer 18 years, 3 months ago

Holy crap! Well, I hope you get better soon.

Dr_Eechmen 18 years, 3 months ago

Yeah.. it really sucs… I might scan and post the xrays later… It's a weird break.

flashback 18 years, 3 months ago

if it's a normal keyboard you're typing on, that sucks - *I* can hardly type with one hand on a full-size keyboard with one hand, and I have crazy long fingers. If it's a laptop keyboard for a smaller model, though, you should be fine.

Too bad about your arm. It would have been better if you got a greenstick facture - that's what I had, and they heal pretty easily - I was done two weeks ahead of schedual. Though the full-arm cast sucked.

Asterisk 18 years, 3 months ago

Wow, the vertical sleeping sounds like it sucks.

Straight jacket? I dunno, that seems a little extreme for a broken arm. But, i'm not a doctor.

Yea, having a broken arm does suck. Everything is 5 times as hard as it usually is. Can't remember what kind of fracture I had. All i remember is a huge gaping hole in my arm, so.

Hope it heels ok, and good luck with everything, it's gonna be hard.

Dr_Eechmen 18 years, 3 months ago

Thanks… and when I say straight jacket,I mean that's what the splint/ sling is like. My arm is in a sling up against my chest, wrapped to my body with some bandaging. I can't move it at all…

HeroofTime55 18 years, 3 months ago

sleeping upright dosent sound too cool.

And try pecking to type with one hand. Its what I'm doing right now, with my mouse in the other hand. I can do it pretty fast, my mind knows where all the keys are (though i cant site them from memory… its instinct or something…). Of course, you probably won't do it very fast if youre used to typing "the normal way" like I never bothered to learn :P

Anyhow, hope you get better.

sk8m8trix 18 years, 3 months ago

RENEMBER THE 5 D's OF DODGEBALL

dodge

duck

dive

dip

and dodge

and u did none of those, so its ur fault which i will now display witha a "hahaing"

HAHAHAHAHA