More Gimpiness

[jamesq]

My pulled hamstring has now turned into the largest bruise I've ever had. It starts at mid-thigh and goes down to mid-calf! It's also migrating around the side of my knee.

I've discovered it feels better when I've got it bound up in a couple of pressure bandages.

I'm temped to wear my kilt to the polling this weekend so I can scare people. Just goes to show that heavy fighters aren't the only people to get spectacular injuries in the SCA.

It's mostly blue now, but I've been told it will eventually turn green and yellow.

The sucky part is that my earlier estimates for when I can run again are probably off by a lot. As in "November at the earliest".

Comments

[jamesq]

That's actually an excellent idea. I'll see one after my non-physio therapy tomorrow.

[whackychick.livejournal.com]

I'll bring you some "bruise juice" (chinese linament) on Saturday...the stuff is the cat's ass (unfortunately, kinda smells like it too, but it works like a hot damn)...

I remember that!

[(Anonymous)]

I remember that kind of bruise. Only it wasn't in a spot that most people would see and freak out about.

It was, uh... elsewhere. And everything around it swelled up. And the main bruise was around a dinner plate inside, with a nice cup shaped ... uh, nevermind. Let's just say I remember those colors well.

I think Bruce made a slurpie combo once called Thigh Bruise Purple in memory of all those wonderful colors.