If I hadn't felt the bizzarre jolt coinciding exactly with the noise I am certain I would have believed a gun had been fired. A low POP/BOOM. ( a poom?... a bop? both sound a bit too cheery)
It was that very POP that scared the daylights out of me... your body shouldn't make a gunshot pop, and I found the ensuing intense pain quite confusing. How can this be? I was simply leaning across the edge of my bed to pick up a pen. WHAT can this be?
Here is where it gets strange... I was reaching for the pen just after dialing a work associate to report a flooded room at school.
Ring....ring....Reach for pen. POP!
Hello?
Uhhh, oh...I'm... I'm ... (SPASM, SPASM) Oh Crap! I was calling (gasp) for something else (whimper then spasm) but I've just... hurt... myself. gasp.
Needless to say this is NOT a method I would recommend using to make a positive impression on your colleagues.
The skinny.
I ruptured my plantaris tendon. The good news, and great relief to me, is that no surgery is needed. This is a supposed vestigial tendon that runs from your ankle through the "meat" of your calf and into your knee. (it is the skinny aqua one in the picture below).
When it goes, (and it apparently goes POP in lots of people "over 35") it detaches from all the muscles it was attached to and causes bleeding, swelling and minor tears in the muscles. So, loads of pain, swelling and bruising, and 3-6 weeks of hobbling back into full mobility. All this with the promise that it is highly likely the plantaris in the other leg is brittle and ready to go POP soon as well.
It IS true I've always liked to have things to look forward to.
I keep wondering what happens to the dangling plantaris. Is it absorbed back into the body? Does it rot? ... shrivel up? I'm hoping for dissolve.
Days away from my spring break I am now unsure how I'll be spending it. I was planning on cold fusion research, but I'm ready to play it by ear.
This has been an inconvenience, a pain, and frustration, but it could have been so much worse, and I'm very very grateful there is not any cutting, stitching or drugging needed. (of course they offered all sorts of drugs, and I'm wondering now why I didn't take the offer and make a little profit on the street?)
Anyway... if you are over 35, hyperextending your knee and hear a gunshot.... it could be a popping plantaris.
6 comments:
Wow....our bodies are so strange! Glad you didn't need extensive care and hope it mends quickly for you....gosh darn it!
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Oh that sucks. I can't say I remember that part when I was looking at all those bodies at the museum.
I guess at least you are looking at the bright side, can't say I would be.
I am with you about the drug money. I mean really why not. But then I have been trying to get Jason to start a Meth Lab on our land in Mackay for years.
Ouch! I hate it when random things happen that you are not expecting. Glad it didn't require surgery. Dennis had something go haywire in his leg too. Wonder if it is the same thing. It was when he went to go running. Hope it heals quickly and you can get back to your cold fusion work.
Oh. Dear. You now get to live with the fear of the "Pending" second shot. Brilliant. Just what you wanted, a little something to spice up your life cause you have "nothing" to do...You are being a real trooper and making the best of a crap situation (as you have learned to do over and over...) I'm glad you didn't have to have surgery, drugs and all the "fun" that would have entailed. But particularly glad that you have had some assistance from friends and random folks. Wish I could do something from afar to make it all better.
Let's just plan on having a blast at our second annual Wildhorse retreat in June...(second pop or not.)
And yeah...What DOES happen to that thing after it goes pop?!?
YIKES!! I am sorry that sounds perfectly miserable! I am with crazy, wish I there was something I could do to help.
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