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brigdhExample 4,988,509,802: I was standing at my computer (which was sitting on my lofted bed), when I heard a hissing sound from the kitchen, and realized that the milk I was boiling to cook with had boiled over onto the burner, so I went running into the kitchen to turn down the heat.
And I managed to run directly into the wall at the end of the kitchen counter, slamming into it hipbone-first. But the really unique part? I did it hard enough to draw blood. Yes, yes, apparently my hipbone really is that sharp.
And now my entire left hip is turning that red color that comes before major bruising.
On the other hand, I'm going to get a free CD any minute now, when the promoters from MTVu come back and collect the survey I filled out for them, so really, it's a good day overall.
And I managed to run directly into the wall at the end of the kitchen counter, slamming into it hipbone-first. But the really unique part? I did it hard enough to draw blood. Yes, yes, apparently my hipbone really is that sharp.
And now my entire left hip is turning that red color that comes before major bruising.
On the other hand, I'm going to get a free CD any minute now, when the promoters from MTVu come back and collect the survey I filled out for them, so really, it's a good day overall.
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Date: 2006-02-13 02:41 am (UTC)But on to the practical. As the daughter and sister and sister-in-law of doctors, I have this to say: If you can reasonably put a big ziplock bag of ice on it, do so. (Unless this happened hours ago, in which case never mind.) This will help with swelling/inflamation. Also, it might help to pop a couple of tylenol or their generic equivalent now, if you haven't done it already, because that too can help stop inflamation before it gets fully underway.
But you probably knew that already, and I'm going to shut up before I find myself telling you to eat more ice cream -- advice that seems particularly wrong when this happened precisely because you were trying to cook.
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Date: 2006-02-13 02:53 am (UTC)And I try! I just had a conversation yesterday with my roommate about my tendency to sit around and eat entire boxes of ice cream or chocolate in the middle of the night with no visible effect.
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Date: 2006-02-13 02:57 am (UTC)I have also several times tripped just as I entered a room, and so literally fallen inside. This happened twice when I was coming somewhat late into a business meeting at the Jim Henson Company.
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Date: 2006-02-14 04:24 am (UTC)My best injury story is from this summer, when I went on a cruise right after getting a giant, fist-sized bruise on my leg from fighting with my brother, which, it being a cruise, was constantly on display since I was always wearing either swimming suits or shorts. People make very interesting faces when you explain that the bruise on your inner, upper thigh is from your brother.
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Date: 2006-02-13 05:30 pm (UTC)Secondly, there is a drag king show Wed night, 9pm at Little Brother's. I'm going; do you want to come? I think it'll be fun. Gaelynn and Chandra will be there and Jen Y.'s S/O Jax is performing.
Let me know. :D
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Date: 2006-02-14 04:21 am (UTC)Alright! What's the cover charge?
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