Et tu, doctor? Et tu?

[blamebrampton]

I slightly damaged my Achilles tendon coming home from the gym the other night. Having gone through the multi-year peroneal tendon saga, I didn't want to wrong-foot (boom boom!) myself on this one, so I headed off to the doc when two days of rest and ice had not done the trick.

Doc: What did you do?

Me: I was crossing the road, when I realised that the car in the distance was doing 70 rather than 50, so I went to sprint the rest of the distance and I felt a little pop and there was a sudden pinching hurt, and it's not a snap, because I could still walk on it, but it hurts with shoes or boots, is fine barefoot or with mules …

Doc: That's not like you.

Me: Que?

Doc: Avoiding the car.

I'm used to this sort of abuse from my friends and family, but from my doctor? Harsh. And honestly, if I wasn't so good at getting out of the way, my dire record of being run over/into would be far worse! Tendon will be fine, BTW, just minimal running for a week or two.

Comments

[i-autumnheart.livejournal.com]

To be fair, he *does* sort of have a point...

I'm glad your foot will be OK, and even gladder you weren't hit!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

IT'S BEEN AGES SINCE THE LAST TIME!

Honestly, you're going to be 126 and at my funeral and will you be saying 'Oh her novels …'? oh no. Will you be saying 'Her literacy foundation changed lives!' oh no. Will you be saying 'And what about that time she brokered lasting peace in the Middle East …'? Of course not! It will be all, 'Heh, remember her squashy blue broke face?'

Though I tell you, this going to the gym lark has made my leaping out of the way of lunatics far more impressive. Might be up to going back to ballet next year so I can do it more artistically ;-) (And I think I may now have the full set of bung tendons in that foot ;-))

[i-autumnheart.livejournal.com]

If I ever get to read those novels I know are lurking in your head (and hopefully on your hard drive?) then I promise faithfully to remember those before the squashedness.

I'm glad the gym work is paying off for you. I never got to see you dance before the original incident, so if you're really up to ballet again, go for it! I know I'm not - though I am managing riding, which is more than I though I'd ever get back to, so it's not all horrible.

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

On the hard drive, getting longer ;-)

And I expect I'll be able be crap, but who cares? It's the doing that's fun, like riding!

[i-autumnheart.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. Plus exercise that's much, much less deadly dull than going to the gym.

Any kind of dancing is a grand thing.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_inbetween_/]

"It's been ages since I was last hit by a car!"
You should have seen it coming then! Oh wait, you did ...

I'm sure you realise this will only help promote your novels. You're coming perfectly pre-packaged with marketing material. I can even see action figures!

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

I have to confess, there's a scene in one of my fics where I have Sirius Black come off his bike, and someone commented that they thought that was an incredibly realistic scene -- which was probably because I gave him an almost exact recreation of one of my spills ...

But you're right! I should write a satire of a cyclist who goes around blowing up inconsiderate motorists!

[shu-shu-sleeps.livejournal.com]

Yes - go back to ballet, that may inspire me to do the same (actually hometime is facilitating that plan...), and I have bung tendons in ankles (lateral and medial), knees and hips! I can still do stuff, you just have to watch out for the way you start compensating....

[blamebrampton.livejournal.com]

She's encouraging me, too! I think another 6-12 months will see a suitable balance of strength and flexibility so that I can tackle it without doing anything horrid. If all else fails, there's always tap :-)