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Help me, I think I'm fallin... [okt. 25-a, 2005|06:39 pm]
First, thanks for everyone who responded with so much concern to my post about slipping and falling:
    http://www.livejournal.com/users/clynne/84698.html

I am back from the Urgent Care Clinic -- hey, here's a tip on getting seen quickly at a UCC, just tell them you can't sit down. I got bumped in front of everybody except a couple really sick little kids. Rock out!

So, what happened was I was walking down the stairs from my livingroom into the Tiki Room, and somehow lost my feet and instead of collapsing like a normal person would I held my computer up and away to try to keep from dashing it onto the hard tile floor. Er. Bad, bad instincts! Save body first, computer SECOND!

I ended up leaning back somehow and BOUNCING my back against the stairs three or four times before coming to a stop on the floor. Then I sort of laid on the floor and cried for a bit. Then I realized, hey, I might be all alone here but at least I have my computer RIGHT HERE so I can call for help! I reached up with my right hand to pull up a Terminal screen (which would connect to gale, my instant messaging client of choice). Ow. That hurt, doing that. Maybe I'll just sit up and get the phone and call Erich.

OW!!Right, sitting not such a good idea. Flipping over into "cat pose" and then leveraging up onto my feet, then doing a knee-bend to grab the computer with my left side -- which doesn't hurt at all by the way -- and then putting the computer on the bookshelf where I don't have to sit or bend to use it? MUCH BETTER IDEA. At this point, I'm now realizing that I'm probably kinda damaged (the severe pains from my left hip were a dead giveaway). I'm not entirely sure if Erich is at his computer, but I figure someone is, so I puff to my personal category a general request for a ride to the Urgent Care Clinic.

Er, OK, so, I guess I wasn't thinking terribly clearly because that of course panicked all my friends on the channel. Also, the phone rings; it's Erich, I tell him what's up and he's gonna come home. Right, so, I let my friends all know I'm OK and I make a post to my LiveJournal. That would be my "I'm in pain, I'll talk to people and in general disseminate information" stress reaction, right there.

I couldn't sit in the car; I had to lay down in the back seat. I was worried about sitting when it hurts before seeing a doctor, because, well, maybe I would be doing additional damage. Anyway, the Urgent Care Clinic gets me in remarkably fast -- I had just convinced Erich to return to work because it was just gonna be several hours of sitting around being bored when they put me in a room.

A younger-than-me doctor (when did doctors become so young? And so cute?) came in to see me, I explained what happened, and he made me sit up and then he tested my legs for numbness and strength and arranged for me to get X-rays and an anti-inflammatory shot. Oh! OK, when you're imagining me walking through the UCC, you have to imagine that I'm walking all slow, and HUNCHED OVER LIKE IGOR, because it's the only comfortable way for me to walk. Only, of course, rather than being Igor, I'm wearing a pink Hello Kitty shirt, blue overalls, and have long blue hair. It was probably pretty damn funny looking.

Right, so I get the X-rays, and the doctor comes back and says they look fine, no bone damage, just probably lots of muscle damage, so then I get the anti-inflammatory shot. They forgot to tell me I'm getting a shot in the butt. I forgot to tell THEM that I'm wearing hot pink underpants that say "HELLO KITTY" across the ass. Then I get prescriptions for Vicodin, Flexeril, and Motrin. Woo, hoo, I am gonna be so high tonight when Erich gets back from the pharmacy and the video store.

Erich picks me up, I still can't sit in the car, so I lay down in the back for the trip home. We get home to find out the cats haven't, in fact, peed all over the house despite being deprived of a litterbox for several hours (I had just finished washing out the litterbox when this adventure began).

In summary:
  • Computer is fine.
  • I am damn fine, but I fucked up muscles in my lower back, right hip, and neck. Also, I have bigass bruises on my right elbow and forearm, or I will when the color comes up.
  • I won't be wearing my planned Hallowe'en costume, since it involved these boots.
  • Who wants to come watch movies on my sofa tomorrow afternoon! I have Jalapeno Poppers and mini corn dogs in the freezer!
    • LigiloRespondu al ĉi tiu

    Comments:
    [User Picture]From: [info]avocado_tom
    2005-10-26 02:25 am (UTC)

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    glad to hear that you're alright.

    also: those are pretty fabulous boots.
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 02:32 am (UTC)

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    I know! I was all excited to wear them in public. Since I'm not gonna wear the outfit, now, I'll let you guess what the costume was. Hint: I also acquired a pair of Sai as costume props.
    [User Picture]From: [info]msfiend
    2005-10-26 02:31 am (UTC)

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    Those boots are too awesome not to wear, perhaps we can get you a wheelchair? ;p


    p.s. I'm very glad you're ok and didn't break anything. Maybe I need to make you the bubble wrap suit I've been threatening Broken with for years?
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 02:32 am (UTC)

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    I'll just have to wear 'em some other time, like, I'll come out to Bunker or something. :( This costume would look *silly* in a wheelchair.
    [User Picture]From: [info]thefreak
    2005-10-26 06:34 pm (UTC)

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    If it's what I think it is, then the box office tally (and negative critical onslaught) would have crippled her...or you can be post-stabbing version...
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 07:16 pm (UTC)

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    Hahahaha. But, I wasn't gonna be the movie version of her. I'm no Jennifer Garner!
    [User Picture]From: [info]darkviolet9
    2005-10-26 02:43 am (UTC)

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    I'm glad you're okay! Damned stairs. I think you should take Sarah Liz's tip and pad your house!

    You can be known as Broken Connie-Lynn! =P
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 03:13 am (UTC)

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    I hurt my knee for many months when I was at LBCC... They called me "Gimpy" for years after.

    Today Erich called me "Gimpy-Lynne."
    [User Picture]From: [info]darkviolet9
    2005-10-28 04:09 am (UTC)

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    Ouch! Sorry 'bout that, Gimpy-Lynne. ;)
    [User Picture]From: [info]riffraff814
    2005-10-26 03:16 am (UTC)

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    Oh, and I'm glad you're mostly ok, if bruised and twisted up.
    [User Picture]From: [info]brokenheather
    2005-10-26 03:54 am (UTC)

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    Glad you're okay! And stop hurting yourself...that's my job!

    Stairs are the devil's tool. We should know.
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 05:06 am (UTC)

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    EVIL STAIRS!

    Clearly I should get one of those motorized chair things installed for those three steps.
    [User Picture]From: [info]j3nzie
    2005-10-26 05:39 pm (UTC)

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    indeed !!

    she was just jealous of us .. and our brokenness.

    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 05:43 pm (UTC)

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    No way! I'm OLD SCHOOL broken! I got my first long-term injury in 1989, when I developed arthritis from playing leapfrog! You kids are SUCH newcomers to the "busted-up-body" scene! You come with your big fancy diseases and messed up hips that I *know* you got at "Broke Topic" and "Disease Outfitters" and try to act all broken! I am SOOOO sure!
    [User Picture]From: [info]j3nzie
    2005-10-26 05:54 pm (UTC)

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    no way man - I am old school through & through .. I make my own diseases : p

    knee problems started in 1988 (12ys) yo .. dislocated my knee while riding a bike ..

    although that was not my first brokenness.
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 06:01 pm (UTC)

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    Oh, the shame! I have been caught out as a broken poseur! I'll never be cool again!
    [User Picture]From: [info]j3nzie
    2005-10-26 06:08 pm (UTC)

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    I don't know myabe you count as an OG broken ..

    back when I first started getting broken they didn't even have name for my dieases .. they had to make them up as they found them ..

    omg I know you feel yesterday but i have to whine. my f'ing back is killing me today .. i think it is the cold!

    OUCH!
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 06:20 pm (UTC)

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    I hate the cold. It always makes my arthritis get all gimped up. I usually get a week in November, when the weather gets really bad, that I just can't walk at all.
    [User Picture]From: [info]j3nzie
    2005-10-26 06:46 pm (UTC)

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    luckly i have missed the arthritis bullet (i am not sure how with everything that is wrong)

    but the cold does hurt!

    I remember the week I moved away from seattle. it was so cold my BONES hurt. it was horrible. I am glad I didn't live there through the winter
    [User Picture]From: [info]montyy0
    2005-10-26 04:03 am (UTC)

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    sorry to hear you're still in pain, but glad to hear it's not too serious... feel better soon...
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 05:06 am (UTC)

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    Thanks. Yes, no secret broken necks or anything. *whew*
    [User Picture]From: [info]j3nzie
    2005-10-26 06:09 pm (UTC)

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    OMG that reminds me - my brother was in IRAQ in the stupid war and when he was packing up to come home - something feel on his head and he was like .. whatever shake it off

    turns out he broke his neck!

    [User Picture]From: [info]the_angelus
    2005-10-26 05:03 am (UTC)

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    I think it's safe to assume you won't be coming by at 11am tomorrow then?
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 05:05 am (UTC)

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    Yeah... sorry.

    If I can sit without pain tomorrow, though, you're welcome to come by and I'll give you a chair massage. But, um, only if it doesn't hurt when I sit.
    [User Picture]From: [info]cinnamon_grrrl
    2005-10-26 06:15 am (UTC)

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    Ouch! Hope you're feeling OK.
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 04:53 pm (UTC)

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    Thanks! The side muscles feel better today but the middle of my back still hurts when I sit.
    [User Picture]From: [info]shakal
    2005-10-26 06:17 am (UTC)

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    Owch! I'm really glad you're going to be OK.
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 04:53 pm (UTC)

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    Thanks.
    [User Picture]From: [info]resurgam
    2005-10-26 06:18 am (UTC)

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    yikes! take good care of yourself, sweets!
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 04:54 pm (UTC)

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    Thanks! Will do!
    [User Picture]From: [info]thefreak
    2005-10-26 07:46 am (UTC)

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    Whatcha watchin'? I just found a copy of this at the thrift store the other day...or I could show the Nasubi tape (the naked guy from Japan)...or what have you...
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 04:56 pm (UTC)

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    Er... Thanks for the offer of the bad Don Knotts movie, but I think I may have seen it on TV as a child. Or at the drive-in. *shudder* :)

    I'm watching:
    Ghost World
    Triplets of Belleville
    I (heart) Huckabees
    Lemony Snicket
    [User Picture]From: [info]thefreak
    2005-10-26 06:31 pm (UTC)

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    Dude! BAD? Nevuh!! I watched it often as a child...it was like buried treasure when I found it there amidst the refuse of the thrift store...

    But alas...I have not seen any of those films...when are ya starting?
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 07:15 pm (UTC)

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    I'm starting ... well, as soon as I get bored with taking care of paperwork, and messing around on the computer. :)
    [User Picture]From: [info]thefreak
    2005-10-26 09:02 pm (UTC)

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    HA! You replied to your own comment, so I didn't see this till just now.

    Call me, cause I don't have your number on my new phone...
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 09:04 pm (UTC)

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    I don't have your phone number! Call 626.398.3738, that's my house.
    [User Picture]From: [info]brisrealm
    2005-10-26 08:16 pm (UTC)

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    hot lead and cold feet rocks!!!! it's on my amazon wish list...
    [User Picture]From: [info]thefreak
    2005-10-26 09:01 pm (UTC)

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    DUDE! I friggin' love iiit. I was just thinking of it the other day too and wondering what the hell it was called...I was resigned to never seeing it again...and then BAM there it was! Maybe we should have a viewing party!
    [User Picture]From: [info]scarletwench
    2005-10-26 03:23 pm (UTC)

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    If you lived closer I'd come by and watch some movies with you. I'm taking a mental health day off from work, in hopes my neck and head will feel better.

    We really should start a Broken Camp next year. Did you hear about Camp Shit's All Broke from a couple of years ago?
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 04:57 pm (UTC)

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    Hey, have a good mental health day, and I hope you feel better.

    Yeah, I heard about "Camp Shit's All Broke." Pretty funny. We should call our camp "Camp Cripple." Our motto could be "HELP US PUT UP OUR TENTS!"
    [User Picture]From: [info]squeakytina
    2005-10-26 04:33 pm (UTC)

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    1. So glad you're ok, or as ok as you can be under the circumstances.
    2. Boots... *drool* Don't worry there's always another reason to dress up and wear those boots
    3. I wish I could go over your place to keep you company. But I live in Disneyland and that's really far from Chez CL. Oh yea, and this job thing I have. boo!

    May all your pain go away...
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 04:57 pm (UTC)

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    Hee hee, thanks, SqueakyT!
    [User Picture]From: [info]j3nzie
    2005-10-26 05:40 pm (UTC)

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    get better you!
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 05:45 pm (UTC)

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    Aww, thanks!

    Right now I'm waiting for a recruiter to call me back so that I can get high again. :) I don't wanna be all painkillered out when I talk to someone on the phone about work.
    From: [info]chocho42
    2005-10-26 05:44 pm (UTC)

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    Ugh! I'm glad no bones were broken. But you have my sympathies.



    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-26 05:45 pm (UTC)

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    Thanks. :)
    [User Picture]From: [info]redqueenofevil
    2005-10-30 01:50 am (UTC)

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    Hey, this is Jill. It's nice to see you have an lj too. I'm glad you're doing okay, though the fall sounds trecherous. If you need anything, send word, and we'll help.

    I'm still in awe of the play you were working in, btw.

    Anyway, take care!

    Jill
    From: [info]clynne
    2005-10-30 06:18 pm (UTC)

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    Nice to see you, and thanks for the offer of help and the compliment about the play!