I am a Big Baby!!
This is the conversation I had with my doctor\sexy nurse today. Sexy nurse is Aphrodite she is a real nurse in a cardiac wing of a hospital in North Carolina. What I said is italisized, what she replied with is in bold.It is a riveting story about true pain and suffering.
I hurt my leg Monday night. It really hurts, I mean like you can not even imagine, if this is anything like child birth then I will have NO part of it. The pain is so bad that I can now feel my heart beating in. I want to scream but I am at work and I don't want to seam like a wimp. Even though I am crying like a 2 year old. I am crying so bad that I can't even see what I am typing. I think I am going to pass out. I would rather put the jewels in a vice then have to keep going though this torcher.
Good Lord, you can't even imagine the pain, the anguish, the agony I am in. I am seriously considering amputation. I know a nice ally where I could get it done for a couple of 8 balls.
Anyway, do you think I have this bandaged right?
Don't leave me hangin' I need to know if I did the bandage correctly. And if it's not you have to come here and re do it. Because I am a big fucking awesome baby!
She replied with:
What did you do?? Scrape it on concrete?? Hopefully you washed it real good and are putting some neosporin or something on it?? You really don't have to wrap it but if it makes it feel better then I'd get a roll of gauze and wrap around the let and then just secure the ends with tape.. that with some antibiotic cream (neosporin) should heal it up in a few days.. once it starts to dry up and scab then leave the bandage off of it...
I need the details of how this little catastrophe occured...
The I said:
CATSTROPHE IS RIGHT!!!
I will give you all of the details but it might take a while.
We play our games at Mid America Softball Complex way out west of 435 and Johnson drive. After last weeks awesome game (I was MVP!) I was feeling pretty great. I was moved up to second batter, because I am that good. So again just like last week the right fielder is way off the foul line. As I was rounding first the, ball was just landing way over the right fielders head. That is when I turn on the afterburners! I was going to go all the way home for another inside the park home run my 3rd in 2 games! But no, someone has it in for me. As I was rounding second but before I hit second base I fell and slid about 10 feet on the dirt. I was really pissed because we would have been up 2-0 it the top of the first inning. But because I fell I had to settle for only a double with one run kicked in. But there was no way I was coming out of game.
I cleaned out my battle scare with water and a paper towel during innings. When I got home I sat on the edge of the bathtub and poured about half a bottle of peroxide on the wound. That is when the pain started, I don’t care how old I get using peroxide to clean a wound is THE MOST PAINFULL THING EVER!!!! After blacking out for 15-30 minuets I drank the rest of the peroxide, you know to clean the wound from the inside (boy was THAT was a mistake, that stuff taste like shit!). I put on some cream that was in my first aid kit. I think it was generic Neosporin. Then I put on the gauze pads (?) squares, and went to bed.
I did not sleep much the leg really started hurting about 12 and has not stopped since, I think I am going to have to bite the bullet and take some Tylenol. Couldn’t you just send me some morphine? I know how to do my own IV.
So you think I should just go to my tool box and get some super glue and duct tape?
Seriously, at lunch I will go get a tube of Neosporin the size of a tube of tooth paste and a mile long roll of gauze.
If this injury interferes with my diet and workout schedule then I am going to be really pissed!!
How often should I change these bandages? I think I feel more puss leaking out of my battle scare.
Then She replied with:
Just wear the gauze during the day.. take it off when you get home and then you can re-wrap it again at night... I do suggest you take some ibuprofen.. it helps with the pain and inflammation.. Tylenol is for babies :)
That's quite an impressive story.. I mean.. you literally took one for the team! I'm sure it burns and since you double dosed yourself with peroxide I bet it's healing at lightening speed... but peroxided is the best thing.. good decision.. I'm proud. You should probably continue drinking lots of alcohol too.. that'll kill any infection :)
So keep me updated.. let me know if you're gonna have to amputate!
I replied with:
I still have more questions.
So do I run\workout with the bandage on or off?
Ahhh yes, Ibuprofen the wonder drug of the Marine Corps I used to eat that stuff like candy. Until it gave me a bleeding ulcer. I will stick with the Tylenol, maybe I will mix it up with some crack I stole from a dead hooker.
Seriously, How much Ibuprofen should I take at one time?
The D does not heal he regenerates!
Can I use stapes to secure gauze to my leg?
I am sure I will have more questions later but I will let you get back to work.
She replied with:
Umm.... no on the staples.. seriously bionic man. I would leave it on while you work out if it'll stay on... maybe you could just take a day or two off until you don't need the bandage anymore. You should never steal... even if it is from a dead hooker :) I would take no more than 400-600 mg of Advil every 8 hours.. or take it in the morning when you get up .. you can have some tylenol during the day and then take more advil before/after dinner.. alternating like that won't hurt you any...
You should probably give credit where credit is due... bleeding ulcer=too much partying at Kelly's
I replied with:
So at lunch I bought cloth tape, Neosporin with pain reliever, and 5 rolls of gauze bandage. I have rewrapped and it feels much better. I bought the Neosporin with pain reliever so I did not get any drugs. I don’t like drugs, besides I have a very important fantasy football draft tonight and I need to be 100% focused. I am just going to suck it up and take it like a man!
I have never had a bleeding ulcer or any type of ulcer. That was part of the dead hooker joke. In fact I have never ever been sick EVER!
I know I wont’ be working out today. But tomorrow is what I am concerned about. I won’t bore you with my diet/workout plans.
This my friends is what I have been doing all day. Plus I had my fantasy football draft tonight, but more on that later.
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