clumsy party of one

it's official. i'm an idiot and clumsy.

yesterday, while trying to do the right thing by putting away the dishes so we'd have some clean parts of this house, i smacked my elbow on the microwave. and damn did it hurt. the only time i have ever felt pain anywhere near that bad was in 2004 when i fractured my coccyx. only that pain was a 10. this was like an 8.

so after a slew of owwwww's strung together i went on with my day. did laundry, made the bed, showered, ate perogi's, hung out in the internet. it was a pretty normal day. but my elbow never stopped hurting. in fact my shoulder was killing me by the time i went to bed. even the tylenol p.m. didn't help with the pain.

when i woke up this morning everything hurt still. and worse. i couldn't believe the i could have hit my elbow so hard that the pain was worse and now my whole arm was throbbing. but i sucked it up and went to work.

all day my arm was killing me so i finally looked up some info on the internet. after reading and doing a few simple tests i called the nurses help line. they told me i need to seek medical attention in the next 4 hours. so that was that.

once work was over i drove myself to urgent care where i was poked (in the butt with pain meds) had x-rays done and was given a sling.

diagnosis: the x-ray didn't show any breaks or chips. it could be a very small hairline fracture but in order to determine that for sure they have to send my x-rays out tomorrow.

even if it is a small fracture they won't cast it. so now i'm in a sling. for at least 48 hours. more if i'm still in pain. (typing with one hand is a pain. does that count?) i have vicodin (yay), a six day treatment of steroid anti-inflammatories, this sling, and a ice pack plan. and a bruised ego cause i feel like an ass for fracturing my elbow while doing the dishes.

never again. i am off dish duty.

i need ice.

the end.