Man down

rick_chasey
rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
edited June 2013 in Commuting chat
...me.

Playing basketball. 3 mins in I trip up. Grazes on knee.

Arm hurts. Play on for a bit. Try to catch a few balls and christ it hurt.

Turns out, a broken elbow and sprained wrist.

Ouch.
_

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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    GWS

    p.s. Can you dunk?
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Were you the ball?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Was bearable when I was walking about.

    Now lying in bed. F*ck me it's painful. Eye watering.
    _
  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    Ouchie - GWS!
    May assist.
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  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Tut Tut,

    Heal up soon.
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  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Rick playing basketball :?:

    This is what I picture - :lol:
    810439716.jpg

    Get well soon.
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  • msmancunia
    msmancunia Posts: 1,415
    Asprilla wrote:
    Were you the ball?

    That's hilarious. :lol::lol:
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  • veronese68
    veronese68 Posts: 27,901
    :shock: What on earth made you think playing basketball was a good idea?
    Heal fast.
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  • walkingbootweather
    walkingbootweather Posts: 2,443
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    GWS

    p.s. Can you dunk?

    Only Rich Tea I'd wager.....

    Yes Get well soon.
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  • Wrath Rob
    Wrath Rob Posts: 2,918
    3 minutes? You played for 3 mins and took yourself out? Wow, just wow.

    More seriously, I broke my elbow a few years back and I can confirm that it is indeed, fecking painful. That's at least 6 weeks of the bike too. Bummer. Get well ASAP.
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  • Kieran_Burns
    Kieran_Burns Posts: 9,757
    Wrath Rob wrote:
    3 minutes? You played for 3 mins and took yourself out? Wow, just wow.

    More seriously, I broke my elbow a few years back and I can confirm that it is indeed, ******* painful. That's at least 6 weeks of the bike too. Bummer. Get well ASAP.

    My eldest brother (when he was very young) was playing football, an organised team match... he kicked off, caught his foot, tripped up and broke his leg.

    In plaster for weeks, unable to play for months. First game back, someone else kicked off and passed him the ball, he caught his foot, tripped up, broke his leg (same leg, same place).

    He stopped playing after that.
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  • davis
    davis Posts: 2,506
    Kieran_Burns wrote:
    My eldest brother (when he was very young) was playing football, an organised team match... he kicked off, caught his foot, tripped up and broke his leg.

    In plaster for weeks, unable to play for months. First game back, someone else kicked off and passed him the ball, he caught his foot, tripped up, broke his leg (same leg, same place).

    He stopped playing after that.

    He should look on the bright side.

    The bright side being: :D:lol:
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    Well through a series of complications relating to fraud, my card and it happening in the US on a Sunday, no prescription painkillers.

    Turns out ibuprofen does sfa.

    Sleepless night. I'm tired.
    _
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Dont you get a EHC or equivilent when travelling to the states?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,660
    rubertoe wrote:
    Dont you get a EHC or equivilent when travelling to the states?

    No. I'm on work insurance. But don't have details. And it was Sunday. can pay myself and get reimbursed but Sunday morning hsbc cancelled my card due to an hsbc security breach which comprised some cards.
    _
  • rubertoe
    rubertoe Posts: 3,994
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    rubertoe wrote:
    Dont you get a EHC or equivilent when travelling to the states?

    No. I'm on work insurance. But don't have details. And it was Sunday. can pay myself and get reimbursed but Sunday morning hsbc cancelled my card due to an hsbc security breach which comprised some cards.

    Suckety Suck Suck.
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    Get well soon, Rick. I broke mine about eight weeks back, it was an open fracture of the olecranon which required surgery to fix up. I was mountain biking and my front wheel went on a patch of gravel. Rode down the mountain to my car one-handed, where a colleague kindly drove me to hospital.

    I was lucky, mine was surprisingly pain-free. The look on the nurses face when she asked me to say how painful it was on a scale of 1-10, and I replied, "I dunno, maybe a 2 or a 3? I mean, I know it's there, but it's fine." Several guys at work now think I'm the terminator.

    Five weeks later, I was back on the bike with almost full mobility (but the triceps of a girly-man). It gets stiff every now and then, and I have a load of metalwork that may or may not need removing at some point - but it's OK.
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  • EKE_38BPM
    EKE_38BPM Posts: 5,821
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    ...I have a load of metalwork that may or may not need removing at some point...

    Aluminium, steel or Ti?
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  • gabriel959
    gabriel959 Posts: 4,227
    Ouch!

    Get well soon mate - sounds very painful :(
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  • UndercoverElephant
    UndercoverElephant Posts: 5,796
    EKE_38BPM wrote:
    UndercoverElephant wrote:
    ...I have a load of metalwork that may or may not need removing at some point...

    Aluminium, steel or Ti?

    High grade stainless steel, naturally. Think of me as the 953 man. 8)
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  • The Rookie
    The Rookie Posts: 27,816
    Pah, should have asked for CF!
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