Journal #7947
Posted 12 years ago2012-08-24 11:20:17 UTC
I fractured both my heels Saturday.
My girlfriend got a new place near her university. Naturally I moved in. We threw a little party Saturday to celebrate being on our own. Sometime during the night, my girlfriend stated "I haven't been in the attic yet." Naturally we take that as an open invitation to go exploring. We find some trinkets left behind from the old owners; clothin, plates, plastic coconut-shaped bowling ball. At the end of the attic, there's a window. That window looks over the garage. Naturally, again, I climb out said window onto the roof of the garage.
I then decide its a great idea to jump off the roof while nobody is looking so I can run back inside and surprise them all.
I lept.
I stuck the landing.
Onto pavement.
Barefoot.
2 bilateral fractures of my calcanei.
Time to fully heal: 9-12 months.
Estimated time until I experience no pain: 3 months.
Estimated time I'll have to be on crutches: 1 month.
So... THAT happened..
My girlfriend got a new place near her university. Naturally I moved in. We threw a little party Saturday to celebrate being on our own. Sometime during the night, my girlfriend stated "I haven't been in the attic yet." Naturally we take that as an open invitation to go exploring. We find some trinkets left behind from the old owners; clothin, plates, plastic coconut-shaped bowling ball. At the end of the attic, there's a window. That window looks over the garage. Naturally, again, I climb out said window onto the roof of the garage.
I then decide its a great idea to jump off the roof while nobody is looking so I can run back inside and surprise them all.
I lept.
I stuck the landing.
Onto pavement.
Barefoot.
2 bilateral fractures of my calcanei.
Time to fully heal: 9-12 months.
Estimated time until I experience no pain: 3 months.
Estimated time I'll have to be on crutches: 1 month.
So... THAT happened..
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ow.
I am sorry for you though. My sympathies.
On the bright side, now that you're lying around in the couch all day you've got an excellent opportunity to watch all of those series and shows which you've never found the time to watch before. Almost makes me wish I broke my foot. (On the other hand, nah..)
I was only out of work for 2 days.
Thank god I have a desk job.
And madcow is right. It's hilarious.
I can honestly say that I cannot imagine how much that must have hurt.
I personally have never broken a single bone in my body. I guess it's one of the perks of being, as Archie would say, the most bland man on the planet.
I wish you a speedy recovery (That would be nine months, rather than twelve)
I then decide its a great idea to jump off the roof while nobody is looking so I can run back inside and surprise them all.
"I can see where this is going..."
I lept.
"Bad idea, I'm guessing?"
I stuck the landing.
"Oh, alright."
Onto pavement.
Barefoot.
2 bilateral fractures of my calcanei.
"Oooohhhh... ow."
My sympathy to you, sir. Also, apparently I completely missed the first line of the journal. :
Hope you'll feel alright man. Wish you a speedy recovery... if possible.
You are like these guys xD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxeHrCyx-Eg
It did really hurt. I was trying to walk the next morning and it just wasn't working out.
I had to crawl everywhere. Haha
I hope you still want to go for a drink...
I'll be able to walk come late september
I just can't walk for more than 15 feet without my heels becoming uncomfortable.
Basically I just gotta take it easy, rest whenever I can.
I can stand, shower, drive, walk a bit...
So I'm not in a cast or anything. But by the end of the day my ribs hurt. Crutches suck.
However I have never broken a bone, thankfully.
...does not compute.