Saturday, December 16, 2006

Upside-down big toe

Well, just came back from soccer today. Play once a week with some friends.

Now I'm back, and I broke my toe. haha. It wasnt from the soccer itself; I was running to get the ball, and I jumped off the edge of the field (about 4 feet up) to land on the grass below, but there were sharp rocks hidden underneath the grass..so "crack". It didnt actually hurt at all. It just felt like it hit my toe very hard, so I took off my shoe to make sure it wasnt bleeding. And it wasnt, but the big toe was bent BACKWARDS. Like, pointing upwards. The joint was broken and bent the wrong way at 90 degrees. haha. CRAZY stufff. I couldnt believe it. I was just staring at it and wondering why I'm not feeling any pain for something that looks so fucked up. Looked like someone elses foot.

So I just grabbed the toe, pulled it hard and bent it back the right way..the "CLICK" was REALLLY loud! haha. And it still wasnt painfull, just slightly uncomfortable, like someone just punched me in the shoulder. Then I started walking, and started feeling really dizzy, and had to sit down. I was laughing the whole time at how something so fucked up could feel so not-that-bad. But then the pain hit. Like a my toe was being pulled, twisted and ripped off verrry slowly.

And I shut the fuck up.

haha. Just sat there, well actually, lay there until it got better. Dunno why I went into shock. I mean its just a broken toe, not a punctured lung. But I was sweating ice cold sweat the whole time, and everything I looked at was tinted in a near-blinding white.
crazy day.

Well, now I've wrapped it up, immobilized it and monitoring it until tomorow. If its still fucked up, then it means theres probably a hairline fracture, or worse on the toe bone, and I'd have to get it x-rayed and immobilized in plaster paris for 6 weeks. Otherwise, it just means the joint was unhinged, and just needs rest to prevent excess swelling, and should be fine in a few days.
At least this is what they taught me at med-school. The bastards better be right.