#leg injury

[baratrongirl]

I have been dealing with non-stop health problems since 22nd June or thereabouts and I just want it all to stop.

On 21st June, which was my birthday, I went to an Elder Scrolls Online 10th Anniversary party at the offices of Bethesda/Zenimax in London. I proceeded to catch COVID from being out in public, and spent a week in bed.

On 29th June I was sitting at my computer, still with a high fever, stood up to go to the loo, and something in my right leg tore and I fell over. Couldn't walk at all for several days. Finally got free of COVID, went to the hospital, and they thought from an ultrasound that I'd torn my Achilles tendon. So I got put in a horrible cast and was not allowed to put any weight on the leg at all.

Went to Germany for the ESO Tavern anyway because I figured that accessible hotel rooms would be less stress than my house, which is only accessible for my normal disability and not for "you can't put any weight on your foot at all". Had to inject myself with an anticoagulant called Fragmin because of being immobile, which is super great if you're needle phobic.

Once I got home and saw the specialist, she thought it probably wasn't a tear and ordered an MRI. This showed that actually, I "only" had "thickening and inflammation" of the tendon. So it looks like I "only" tore my calf muscle which is a much less serious injury to heal. (I could dig out the hospital letter with the actual names of the muscles but I frankly don't care enough.)

However, my right leg was STILL rock solid with oedema. (Medical for "swelling"). The calf felt hard to the touch instead of squishy like my left leg. The young doctor that I saw the second time was only bothered about the tendonitis and severe inflexibility of my foot, not the fact that my leg was swollen. And I continued to have pain spikes so bad that my temperature hit 38.0 C and I started puking for probably six weeks after the initial injury.

TL;DR my leg started to get better and then it got worse again. About two weeks ago I noticed the leg was more swollen than ever, and the skin was bright red and very itchy. Took myself up to the hospital again, had a blood test, sat and waited for the results.

My foot turned LITERALLY purple and by the time I got to see the A&E doctor, she just looked at my foot in combination with the blood test results and declared that I had a clot. (Though she was very thorough, carefully checking the entire length of my bad leg against the good one.) They gave me a massive dose of anticoagulants and sent me home to sleep in my own bed for a bit, then I went back the next day and had another ultrasound at a different frequency from the first. (Different frequencies of sound penetrate different levels of tissue). And promptly got diagnosed with Deep Vein Thrombosis.

Blood clots are kinda gross (don't worry, there are no pictures):

Apparently the blood clot is from behind my knee all the way up to mid-thigh. I thought a blood clot was an amorphous, approximate spheroid blocking the vein at a particular place, but it actually fills the entire vein! (Gross!)

Also the main concern with Deep Vein Thrombosis is that bits might break off from the main clot and travel through the bloodstream to cause a Pulmonary Embolism. So the high dose of anticoagulants is actually to deal with bits breaking off from the clot rather than to break down the clot itself! That's why the treatment is 3-6 months on a high dose of anticoagulants.

I was worried about the risk of stroke but that's from blood clots in arteries, not veins.

I'm still annoyed with the doctor in the Fracture Clinic who basically looked at me and saw a fat person, rather than checking that my uninjured fat left leg and injured fat right leg felt the same. Because I had the oedema then. I had a soft, squishy fat left leg and a hard, unsquishable fat right leg.

If I'd actually followed his advice I might have accidentally killed myself. Fortunately I know the medical word "oedema" and knew not to use the special socks which said "do not use if you have oedema".

I am so fucking frustrated. So stupidly tired. I can't work out whether I'm depressed because I'm exhausted or exhausted because I'm depressed. Or whether the two states are orthogonal and caused by something else.

I feel like I've basically missed the entire summer to being sick and mostly unable to move very far from my bed, and the only joy I have is that I live in the UK and have paid nothing for any of this healthcare because it's all funded from our taxes.

[akorean]

Cw: injury

Leg update: I don't need surgery! Hooray! They just made me a new cast, and I'm going to lay like this until talk like a pirate day(what a coincidence, I know)

[ballyhubbock]

Casualty

Join me in a casualty department in Dublin

Photo by RDNE Stock project on Pexels.com I’m sitting in casualty awaiting my turn. George Michael’s “Careless Whisper” wafts in from the room next door. Out here, the kid two seats away from me is coughing his guts up. His Dad sitting next to him is focused on his mobile phone. I wonder why Dad doesn’t pass him a cough drop or something to suck on, to stop his booming chest-rattling cough.…

[whumperfultime]

Whumpril 2024 Day 1: Limp

So uh I've only ever shared my whump writing with like. Two other people in my entire life. And it's been years since I let people read anything I've written in general. So it's kind of a big leap for me to post this, but I wanna get out of my comfort zone a little and develop these OCs some more. @whumpril

Contains: Sprained ankle, limping, fleeing from law enforcement, brief mention of gunshots, a little platonic comfort at the end, female whumpee

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Kalei had no idea how she managed to evade the police pursuing her.

The darkening woods around her were quiet aside from the chirping bugs and distant birdsong. No matter how hard she strained, she couldn’t hear any more footsteps crashing through the brush or shouted orders to surrender. Which was a miracle considering how close they had been when she tripped on that stupid tree root.

That stupid fucking tree root that left her with what she prayed was just a sprained ankle and not a fracture. Whatever was wrong, it hurt. And even worse, it kept her slow. Each leaping step forward on her left leg came with an awkward landing and pulse of pain on her right. She grimaced and whispered obscenities under her breath each time. Every low ditch or patch of thick foliage beckoned to her, practically inviting her to stop and hide so that she could rest and assess the damage.

Stopping wasn’t an option.

She had to get to Dace and Matago first.

The whole job had been a set-up, clearly orchestrated by Vanidor. Get an undercover officer to pose as the client, lure them out of the city and into a rural part of Garal, arrest them after they’ve delivered the stolen goods. It was convincing enough that Kalei felt safe making the delivery by herself. That at least might have thrown a wrench into Vanidor’s plan – he was probably counting on grabbing all three of them in the same place.

That’s the desperate hope she was clinging to, anyway. If there was another team targeting the others back at the ship, then she would be too late.

Another step forward. She landed wrong on the uneven terrain, stifling a pained whimper and failing to hold back her tears. Still, she kept going. There was no way to tell if Vanidor’s team knew where they’d landed the ship. If they did, she could only hope that her crewmates would be able to take off before getting captured.

A familiar golden glow became visible through the maze of trees: the interior light of the Azaphia’s cargo bay, guiding her home.

A bellowing voice came from somewhere behind her. “Police! Stop running and do not move!”

Kalei quickened her pace to the absolute maximum, not once taking her eyes off the light. The adrenaline flooding her system seemed to numb the pain and fuel her forward. The thinning trees revealed the outline of the ship, and then broke entirely, revealing the clearing where they had landed.

She almost collapsed in sheer relief when she spotted Dace already inside, standing at the control panel for the cargo bay’s entry ramp. He slammed his hand on the close button as Kalei forced herself to keep moving. She could still hear the officers behind her, closing the gap, as the Azaphia’s engines began to power on.

The ramp raised up from the ground and inched higher.

Kalei threw herself forward, her chest slamming against the platform’s edge as it ascended. Dace grabbed onto her arms and dragged her up before she could even begin to try to climbing it herself. The two clung to each other, losing their balance and falling to the floor as the ship lifted off.

The first gunshots rang out while the cargo bay’s entrance closed and locked.

Kalei let herself collapse altogether and tried to catch her breath. They weren’t technically safe yet, but she was too exhausted not to place her faith in Matago’s piloting skills.

Dace shifted beside her, pushing himself upright. “What happened?” he demanded.

“Trap,” was all she could say at first. A few deep breaths later, she added, “Vanidor set us up with an undercover operation.”

At the mention of the man’s name, Dace let out a frustrated sigh. “Fucking bastard…guess I’ll have to let Mat know we need to lay low for a while.” He paused, processing more of the situation. “You were limping out there…are you hurt?”

Kalei tried to wave him off, then grimaced as she registered the throbbing pain again. “Twisted my ankle. Just get me some ice.”

The movement of the ship stabilized as Matago got them to the right altitude to fly. Kalei moved to try and stand only for Dace to scoop her into his arms instead. The adrenaline rush gave way to relief, and she found herself laughing as he carried her towards the med bay.

“What’s so funny?” Dace asked.

“Vanidor’s elite federal police can’t even capture a lone woman with only one fully functioning leg.”

[tomhasatransblog]

My right leg is bad again :(

After a week off squatting to ski, I came back and could squat with 0 pain.

A couple weeks of normal leg day later and it hurts while squatting just like it did before. Doesn't hurt day to day at least. But I think I need to lay off quad work for two weeks completely at least.

Sucks because they've been my weakest area for so long and I was making good progress. But I worry I'll have this injury forever if I don't let it heal, whatever it is.

So I'm going back to bro splits I guess. Chest & triceps, back & biceps, shoulders, abs/lower (-quads), for a four day week.

My left elbow is still a lot better at least. I did dumbbell lateral raises with (very light) 6kg dumbbells a while ago and it hurt a little but was mostly fine. Hammer curls remain painful, but bicep curls are still fine.

[wildrisen]

i need to make a compilation of weslie getting whumped because aaaauuguhhgdsggghfjs.

right now i'll just think about my favorite moments that he's taken hits

movie 1: he sacrifices himself to save his friends

movie 5: his leg is hurt after he falls... from the clouds

hf: he pretends to be sick (21); he hurts his hand after smacking his car (22)

movie 6: he's unconscious after saving the prince

mttnw: he's sick at the beginning of ep 57 :')

tld: his leg is injured after jonie accidentally crushes him against a tree (41?)

aits: his leg is injured after paddi accidentally pushes him over during a training session (52? idk) and he also attempts to keep the injury a secret which is :( augh

rat: his past self is freezing to death and his present self is fading away (40-42):

tiag: he's sick for basically the entire episode (33); he hurts his leg while defending his sister (18?); that arc at the end where he's unconscious and having nightmares

atdf: he gets trapped in that avalanche and practically almost dies lol; towards the end, he's trapped in that oxygen bubble and is slowly losing consciousness

dfv: infamous severe leg injury on court (49?)

ubtng: he and wolffy get stuck inside the freezer and nearly die (on his birthday, btw); everyone nearly dies in the cloud monster bubble

movie 8: ankle injury on court; wolffy punching him in the face

tgr; he's stuck in the prison with a power lock that causes him pain; general wangcai basically defeats him later and turns him into that power stone

tst; he gets heatstroke after blocking a fireball; throughout the season his shadow prince self is exorcised, but it's painful

msa; he's knocked unconscious during the earthquake at the beginning; an avalanche occurs on the snow island and he's stuck in it

[andreilslovechild]

okay you know what I love? when Andrew has a permanent injury from the crash he killed Tilda in. like she died theres no way he didn't get seriously injured too. I like to think he hurt his leg. and has a bit of a limp. he doesn't need to move around much in the goal so he can still play. but he wears a knee brace. and when he's pushed himself too far it starts to ache and he ends up with a limp. and then Neil gets him an ice pack to put on it, and some aspirin, and they lay down on the couch to watch a documentary.

[graphicmedicalstuff]

Baywatch S02E13

[how-much-for-a-whump]

I like the way she's talking to him.

GIFs → here

[akorean]

My LEG finally stopped HURTING !

As it turns out, it was kinda... smushed between the cast, and that caused the pain, but since the swelling went down, I could just move it in a comfortable place

[mythixprincess]

I feel like history is about to repeat itself.... I'm coming down with a cold as my nose is runny and my throat is scratchy. My right leg is a complete mess and traumatized from my fall last week.

I do not want Covid for the holidays again! It wasn't fun especially since my lungs are no longer the same.

[fullmetaldevil-blog]

A little conundrum.

(Warning: discussion of leg injury)

As of right now I am currently on leave from work due to what I originally thought was just a sprained ankle. The ankle had been swollen for weeks despite my attempts at getting it under control. I resorted to wearing a brace I got from the local pharmacy as well as taking anti-inflammatories to try and reduce the swelling. Wednesday 10/26 I was at my job per usual but had to leave early. I was in agony as the pain not only increased a lot more then previous days, but had spread to more of my ankle and the pain went as high as my knee.

I left work and went to urgent care to see what exactly is going on. To my dismay I have a small chunk of bone free floating within my ankle. There's speculation that it could have been a bone spur having broken off, or a "free floating" bone that would go away in a few weeks time. In short there is something that isn't supposed to be there in my ankle. I'm waiting to talk to a specialist about my situation and what options I have.

In the meantime I'm in an out of pain that ranges from tolerable to not so much. All I can do is wear the boot they gave me and to stay off my leg as best I can. At this point I'm laughing like a loonatic due to the fact that every time I go to the hospital for my leg it is always my left. At least this time I didn't have Helga the nurse twisting my leg around to get x-rays of my knee. That and the staff had nicknames for me. I was called either "hobble-long" or "foot loose". Not to mention the natural height jokes since the boot makes me an inch taller. My kudos to the hospital staff for their sense of humor, I enjoyed it.

In short my health is up and down depending on my leg but the rest of me is just tired lol.

[fandomhopping]

I hurt my leg : (

OH NO!! Are you doing okay?! What happened?!

[salad-juice-enjoyer]

Good news: no bones are broken.

Bad news: I'm expected to still use the hurting leg.

[i-write-whump]

When the whumpee hurts their leg, but they don't want to worry their teammates or deal with proper medical care, so they decide not to say anything. The whumpee trying to hide the fact that they’re limping from their teammates, but getting caught after only a few hours, and their teammates making them tell them what happened. The whumpee admitting that they got hurt and didn't say anything, and their teammates asking why. The whumpee admitting that they didn't want to worry them, and their teammates pointing out that they’re going to worry more if the whumpee hides this kind of thing. The whumpee begrudgingly admitting that that makes sense, and their teammates making them get medical care.

[graphicmedicalstuff]

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