This past weekend, I had an interesting conversation with an acquaintance of mine. She and I were chatting, trading greetings and what not, when I noticed she was limping a bit. I asked her if she was alright, and she proceeded to start laughing. I must have looked a little perplexed as she noted my surprise and then explained how she sustained her injury; she explained to me that she was using the bathroom, and upon standing up from the toilet when she was finished, she severely pulled a muscle in her leg, making walking quite difficult for her.
She joked with me and said something along the lines of ‘have you ever heard of such a ridiculous way to get hurt,’ to which I responded yes, I most certainly have. She and I then started talking about how some of the worst injuries seem to come from some of the most ridiculous circumstances, and so I thought I could share some of my own with all of you.
Quite a few years ago now, I whacked my foot off the bottom of a swimming pool. I knew instantly that my foot probably wasn’t totally fine, but figured the pain would dissipate in a few minutes. After about 15 minutes I figured I should get out of the pool to take a look at my foot, and I was horrified to see that it had swelled up like a damn balloon. I ended up tearing three ligaments in my foot which tore so aggressively they managed to rip off bone shards which then embedded themselves in my muscle, and I also had a hairline fracture of one of the bones that runs along the side of my foot. I had reconstructive surgery done which involved me wearing a hard cast for three months, followed by a boot for another two.
Another time, I tried to exit our tobacco planter by sliding out of the row of seats backwards. I failed to register how high the drop was, and when I started to lower myself from the seat to reach the ground, I came off the seat and landed with all of my weight on my pinky finger. The thing was pointing in directions no finger ever should, and I ended up having what they call a boxer fracture and a dislocation. I had a cast up to my elbow for six weeks.
Crazy stuff, right?
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