I'm Freaking Spiderman!!!!!

[Snaggletooth]

And I didn't even get bit by a radioactive spider!!! Done all myself by falling down and trying to drive my elbow into the concrete floor. I'd rather dealt with the spider at this point.

 

Last Thurday at work I took a flying backwards leap and did a 4" foot drop onto the concrete and I remember hitting my head but apparently the elbow got there fast and furious. (oop... different movie)

 

When my head quit spinning I tried to get up but the left arm wouldn't bend. At all. Could not support myself but finally got right side up and back on my feet. Checked myself out and I seemed to be fine except for the left elbow bleeding a bit and the stiffness. So....being a guy I cleaned it up and threw a bandage on it an finshed my shift. I did stop and notify the Director before I left that I had taken a spill and just wanted to record it and NO I didn't need emergency treatment. Hey! Like I said...I'm a guy and how many times have I cracked an elbow, knee, heel, wrist, head or other body part in my life. Not enough paper for a score card on that one.

 

Went home and cleaned it up and dropped the old joint in the ice bucket for a while. That helped. A bit. Then the swelling started up! I mean POOF. Man I got a big elbow! But being a guy....... I bandaged it up and went to bed.

 

NOW..... this is where those of you with weak tummies might want to wander back to a nice safe posting. And for those of you with the macho blood lust.... NO I didn't attach any pics.

 

 

But I woke up during the night and wandered in to scratch my name in the litter box. (cat hates that) But when I flipped on the light I glanced in the mirror and WOW! When was I in a fist fight? Blood all over my face and chest and the arm is drenched. Holy Smoke! Went back an turned on the lights in the bedroom and the bed looked like a scene from a slasher movie. I seemed to have been bleeding a bit.

 

Being a guy..... I changed the bandage and the sheets and went back to bed.

 

So... over the next few days of working I did my usual routine and kept cleaning the elbow and changing bandages. Seems like I'm gonna survive. Swelling is still there but the arm is loosening up a bit. Yeah, I'm fine.

 

Second notice..... be a good time to check out the Disney channel kids. Wait! The kids would love this part.

 

But come Monday.... things got odd. The arm hurt, the bleeding was slow but steady and there was a lot of clear fluid draining. When I got home I asked my daughter to give me a hand and help me take a look at the wound on my elbow and help clean it up. After all how many of you can see the back of your elbow? So she digs out the med kit and sets to work. She's always showed some interest in being a nurse. She cuts off the old bandage and pours Peroxide over the wound. Nice tingle. She mentioned it didn't look like a scrape but more like a puncture at the point of the elbow. Like a star shaped hole. So being a guy .... I want to take a look.

 

Last warning!

 

I raise my arm up, not easy to do, and hold it in front of me in front to the mirror but I can't bend my arm back. So I use my other hand to pull the left hand back towards my shoulder.

 

Yikes! I felt a pulse in my arm and a blast, not a little either, of blood and clear fluid shot out of my elbow and covered the wall, mirror, sink top, and shelves. I heard her scream and I turned around and, well that was a bad idea as I sprayed her, the shower curtains and towels rack as I did.

 

So rather than tend to the mess right away I had to hold her head out of the toilet for about five minutes. I think she has considered her future in nursing is at a low point right now.

 

Ok, Like I said ..... I'm a guy. Now I'm concerned.

 

So the visit to the Doc was informative and productive. When I told him about the bizzarre discharge he looked at me somewhat oddly. I asked him if he's ever seen that before. Nope. I told him to hold up a towel in front of elbow and did the same flex again. About a foot and a half out. Now I got three Doc's interested! So all in all they determined I had damaged the membrane that cushions the joint it the elbow. When it started to swell up and the pressure from moving my arm to that postion it just ruptured and the fluid and blood make a hasty exit though the first available hole. The one in my elbow.

 

And I got a bucket full of pills from the Doc's and I get to visit with them every other day for a while. Yea! My favorite pastime!

 

My bosses only question was how long would it take to heal. I swear, I want to show him my lil trick.

 

Ok, Ok .... so I'm not shooting web stuff but I got to admit I'd never seen nuttin like this in all my years of getting banged up and damaged. Too bad it didn't happen before Halloween! I would have been the coolest guy on the block. Yeah, kids love this stuff.

 

Myself, I think next time I'm going to go the "HULK" kind of thing. I'm not so fond of cleaning up after "Spidey". And I get a lkick out of the "Puny Human" line!

 

So there, it's a nasty, gorey story but has anybody experienced anything like this?

 

And you were warned..... several times.

 

Spidey

 

err.... Mike

[GAWildKat]

Well, if you had been my spousal unit I would have sent you to the doc right off. I hope you heal quickly and well.

[Yammer Dan]

Stuff smells real nice to doesn't it?? Had a pocket form in my back that would discharge crap and it smelled like crap. This was after having a cyst removed. They opened it up again and scraped it to make it start healing.

[Marcarl]

Ya you'd best see the doc's everyday or so for a while,, you don't want infection set in there,,, then you would have some real fun. Best check for bone chips as well. I whacked my elbow about 30 years ago, and still have to deal with the chip thing, it just doesn't want to stay put and hold onto something.

[mraf]

YIKES! Sounds serious. But the story of it had me snickering. Being a guy. Hope you heal quickly and tougher. Although being a guy you'll never tell anyone.

[Venturous Randy]

I guess this won't count as a workman's comp case will it?

RandyA

[Snaggletooth]

Best check for bone chips as well. I whacked my elbow about 30 years ago, and still have to deal with the chip thing, it just doesn't want to stay put and hold onto something.

 

Oh yeah! I got that going on in my right elbow. Got a few chunks floating around in there from '79 yet. Every now and then I catch one wandering down the arm. Very strange feeling.

 

 

My ex-wifey knew me well. She got used to seeing me at the desk with a handlful of butterfly bandages and a tube of super glue. She made the suggestion that men should have dip sticks installed to check to see how much blood they had lost so they would know when to head to the emergency room. Well, that one was easy to respond to. I told her "We'll, I have one now, I'm married to you."

 

Did I mention she's my ex now? I have such a way with women.

[RandyR]

yuck

[GAWildKat]

Now THAT sounds like my Mike (must be a Mike thing) if he said that to me I'd smile sweet and fwap him in the back of the head and go about my business. He says that's why he married a redhead lol.

[friesman]

Good tale MIke,

 

Take care of yourself and dont wait quite so long to get checked out next time...

 

Brian

[Snaggletooth]

Now THAT sounds like my Mike (must be a Mike thing) if he said that to me I'd smile sweet and fwap him in the back of the head and go about my business. He says that's why he married a redhead lol.

 

 

Oh NOOOOO!! That one I was talking about, "The Ex" ..... she was a red head to. Not much for the fwap on the head but she could chuck an ashtray with pretty decent accuracy.

[GAWildKat]

I'd do that too if it weren't for that dang thing called cerebral palsy, so I settled for fwaps instead, but in a real tizzy I have been known to throw a cast iron skillet a decent ways lol

[Snaggletooth]

I'd do that too if it weren't for that dang thing called cerebral palsy, so I settled for fwaps instead, but in a real tizzy I have been known to throw a cast iron skillet a decent ways lol

 

 

Yikes!!! Have we ever met? You sound familiar. Wait!! She did have sister.

[XV1100SE]

Good story.... and hope it heals quickly.... so you can get back to work as soon as possible !

 

Think most of us have had similar experiences... doing the guy thing and either thinking it isn't serious or will heal itself in time.

 

Take care of the elbow... and yourself !

[GAWildKat]

LOL no, I'm the only redhead out of 6 kids, and the brunette has a worse temper than me. I'm rather calm and slow to anger these days.

[GAWildKat]

I tried to do the "guy thing" when I fell and broke my ankle 4 yrs ago. I told Mike it wasn't broke, just badly sprained, he still took me to the ER, not only was it broke, but it was a spiral fracture, thankfully a walking boot and bedrest was all I needed.

[Trader]

Good story.... and hope it heals quickly.... so you can get back to work as soon as possible !

 

Think most of us have had similar experiences... doing the guy thing and either thinking it isn't serious or will heal itself in time.

 

Take care of the elbow... and yourself !

 

 

yeah...like trying to walk to see if the leg is really broken!!!!....It was!

[Snaggletooth]

.... so you can get back to work as soon as possible !

 

What? Miss work? Who ya kiddin'? I'm a GUY!!! Haven't lost a minute off the clock yet on EITHER job.

 

But...... I'm gonna wimp out for a bit. Just woke up and was wondering who was trying to run a lag bolt into my elbow so ....... where did I leave those pain pills?

[reddevilmedic]

youre not Spiderman...youre ContagiousMan!!