Ouch
I've been very excited about my new camera. Leading up to QNY, I spent quite a few hours on and about campus testing it out. Here is what I learned:
Upon waking the next morning, however, I discovered that I might as well have fallen down the stairs. I pulled a muscle in my back and popped a rib-head behind my shoulder. One of these may have caused the other--I don't know. It hurts. Oh, and the rib being out of location caused nerve damage bringing about a loss of strength in my left arm. I was able to participate in a March 17th gathering in preparation for the full QNY festivities, but I was in agony the entire time. As evidence I submit that I was bested in 5 of 6 games of fooz-ball.
So, I went from being able to do 40-50 push-ups to doing 3-4. I'm told this will heal.
I spent 10 days, off and on, at the chiropractor. It was my first time and I enjoyed the sensations and loud popping noises.
My arm was still quite weak and often felt numb if I stood or sat stationary for long periods. Sleeping was difficult. I got my doctor to prescribe some awesome anti-inflammatories and my healing process was well underway.
Trying to get my activity level back to normal, I decided to join James and a few new friends to do a little hacky sack and play some schploing--I'll explain that another time. Long story short, my legs were knocked out from under me during a splendid jump and I landed on my left elbow (no strength to break the fall) and cracked one of my front ribs.
Now I'm coming down with a cold :(
Here are a few other pictures of how I've been coping in March.
- Only attempt to do one thing at a time while airborne.
- doing a spread eagle
- trying to look manly in the spread eagle position (just as tough as it sounds)
- toggling the remote shutter switch for the camera
- attempting to land gracefully on the stairs
Upon waking the next morning, however, I discovered that I might as well have fallen down the stairs. I pulled a muscle in my back and popped a rib-head behind my shoulder. One of these may have caused the other--I don't know. It hurts. Oh, and the rib being out of location caused nerve damage bringing about a loss of strength in my left arm. I was able to participate in a March 17th gathering in preparation for the full QNY festivities, but I was in agony the entire time. As evidence I submit that I was bested in 5 of 6 games of fooz-ball.So, I went from being able to do 40-50 push-ups to doing 3-4. I'm told this will heal.
I spent 10 days, off and on, at the chiropractor. It was my first time and I enjoyed the sensations and loud popping noises.
My arm was still quite weak and often felt numb if I stood or sat stationary for long periods. Sleeping was difficult. I got my doctor to prescribe some awesome anti-inflammatories and my healing process was well underway.
Trying to get my activity level back to normal, I decided to join James and a few new friends to do a little hacky sack and play some schploing--I'll explain that another time. Long story short, my legs were knocked out from under me during a splendid jump and I landed on my left elbow (no strength to break the fall) and cracked one of my front ribs.
Now I'm coming down with a cold :(
Here are a few other pictures of how I've been coping in March.
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