kathryn
Cathlete
Yesterday was the first day I haven't worked out (at least a wee bit! like 3 sets of 20 crunches or 10 minutes of stretch) since December 1. But there's a good (though somewhat embarassing) reason.
I was going to watch a bit of TV before working out, so I plopped down on the sofa, heard and felt a "pop" or "snap" under my right leg, which I thought was a pencil or pen breaking, so I lifted my leg up, and saw a pencil....STICKING OUT OF MY LEG! I pulled it out--intact: it has been in me about 3" (think "movie where someone pulls an arrow out of self", it was a rather surrealistic moment). I washed it off, called the doctor, then headed out there to get it thoroughly washed, then probed by the doctor (I've been probed!) then get a tetanus booster, a pressure bandage on the wound, a scrip for antibiotics, and some Aleve (just in case, I didn't think I'd take it, because my pain tolerance seems pretty high--maybe being poked in about the same area with long acupuncture needles for the last year or so has something to do with that--but it ended up hurting bad enough to convince me to take one dosage before bed!).
While the doc was probing, he said there was a bit of tissue that had come out (I thought I'd seen something, but couldn't investigate too easily on my own.) It was fatty tissue, so that's better, IMO, than something more useful!
Feels much better today, and I can take off the pressure bandage and take a shower, and get rechecked tomorrow.
It's just not a particularly 'exotic' injury (despite the "probing"), although the pencil WAS a colored art pencil (and survived the encounter with no damage!).
I don't know how long I'll have to take it easy, but it seems like from what the doctor and nurse said that it will heal on its own pretty quickly. I'm just concerned about flexing or stretching the muscle and how that might reopen the wound (or hurt like @!#*#!).
I hate to ask this, but has anyone had a simliar injury (a puncture wound to the leg muscle---pencil not necessary!). How long did it take to heal up?
ANd please, feel free to post about your "stupid injuries and wounds" so I won't feel like such a doufus (who can't even spell that word, probably!).
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I was going to watch a bit of TV before working out, so I plopped down on the sofa, heard and felt a "pop" or "snap" under my right leg, which I thought was a pencil or pen breaking, so I lifted my leg up, and saw a pencil....STICKING OUT OF MY LEG! I pulled it out--intact: it has been in me about 3" (think "movie where someone pulls an arrow out of self", it was a rather surrealistic moment). I washed it off, called the doctor, then headed out there to get it thoroughly washed, then probed by the doctor (I've been probed!) then get a tetanus booster, a pressure bandage on the wound, a scrip for antibiotics, and some Aleve (just in case, I didn't think I'd take it, because my pain tolerance seems pretty high--maybe being poked in about the same area with long acupuncture needles for the last year or so has something to do with that--but it ended up hurting bad enough to convince me to take one dosage before bed!).
While the doc was probing, he said there was a bit of tissue that had come out (I thought I'd seen something, but couldn't investigate too easily on my own.) It was fatty tissue, so that's better, IMO, than something more useful!
Feels much better today, and I can take off the pressure bandage and take a shower, and get rechecked tomorrow.
It's just not a particularly 'exotic' injury (despite the "probing"), although the pencil WAS a colored art pencil (and survived the encounter with no damage!).
I don't know how long I'll have to take it easy, but it seems like from what the doctor and nurse said that it will heal on its own pretty quickly. I'm just concerned about flexing or stretching the muscle and how that might reopen the wound (or hurt like @!#*#!).
I hate to ask this, but has anyone had a simliar injury (a puncture wound to the leg muscle---pencil not necessary!). How long did it take to heal up?
ANd please, feel free to post about your "stupid injuries and wounds" so I won't feel like such a doufus (who can't even spell that word, probably!).
x(