Hey hey,
It's rather ironic. I make a post about how much I love being active, and then the very next day, I go and hurt myself.
Rather badly at that, lol.
Soooo, yeah. Skiing yesterday...well now I have trouble...uh....walking.
lol
Basically, I went off a small jump on the side of a run, lost my balance while going off of it, and somehow managed to smash myself into a rock.
A rather small rock. But even a small rock can hurt. A lot. Especially when you fly into it. With your knee.
Well, more specifically, the underside of your knee.
Like, you know the part just below your kneecap? With the tendons and muscles? Yeah, I slammed that into a rock. Going rather fast.
Oh, and I also smashed up the entire side of the upper leg.
(all of this is on my left leg)
So anyways, I hit that, roll to the ground, and just lie there. This was easily among the most painful feelings in my life. It felt like I had literally smashed my kneecap into pieces. And I was really afraid that I had done just that, or maybe torn my ACL, or something.
So I lay there for about a minute, while my brother and Dad held me in place (since I was on a slope). Then I felt like I wasn't so badly dieing enough to check and see if I HAD broken anything. Lifted my leg a bit, and found that, despite major pain, I COULD move my left leg and knee.
That was a good sign, lol.
So I eventually managed to get up and slowly ski down to the bottom (screw calling for the ski first aid people, I'm a tough guy XP). Went into one of the chalet places to check myself out. Pulled up my snowpants to see my pants were bloody. Pulled up my pant leg, to see a moderately nasty scrape across my knee, as well as my entire knee being about double its usual size (and most of which was completely numb).
So suffice to say, I knew I wasn't skiing for the rest of the day, lol. And since it was only 11-ish, I changed out of my ski stuff, grabbed my DS, and hung out at one of the bars until my brother and Dad were done for the day.
Anyways, it seems to be doing a lot better today. I still can't walk properly worth a crap (I keep my left leg completely rigid and hobble along), but I CAN bend my knee slightly without too much pain. And the swelling has gone down slightly (after lots of ice).
So I'm thinking there won't be any permanent damage (and also really hoping so, lol), but I'll have to wait and see. If my inability to walk, or the swelling persist, I'll head over to a doctor or something and see if I need x-rays or whatevs. Until then, some good ol' sitting is in order XP
Anyways, thought I'd just let you guys know XD
Actually has trouble sitting as well, lol,
- Kastom
