Friday, August 31, 2012

I Don't have a Hand Brain. But I do have Pancakes.

I got to spend my Friday night at an after hours clinic. I had a pain in my hand. You see 6 weeks ago, I got a flat tire. My spare tire is underneath my car, so I was loosening the bolt to lower the bar that holds it up. Towards the end of the loosening process this guy distracted me, by asking if I needed help, and the bar fell down on my hand, right between my thumb and index finger. No big deal. It got bruised, but I could move it fine. So I didn't go to the doctor.

Except that it has continued to be super senstive to the weirdest things brushing against my hand. Normally, I would just ignore it. However, I was super paranoid that there might be a brain growing in my hand. Plus, I barely touched the door jamb yesterday and it has been super sore ever since.

I know that sounds crazy, but let me explain.

When I was in high school, my father injured his hand in a similar way.  He ignored it too. Until months passed and it was still bothering him. And he was starting to lose movement of his thumb. No good. He finally goes to the doctor and they tell him that he has a tumor, caused by the trauma and they need to remove it. He gets it removed and they biopsy it. He definitely had a mass of brain tissue growing in his hand.

You will all be relieved to know that I don't have a brain growing in my hand. It is just still bruised and never healed because I never let it rest and heal. Duh.  Also, this is the same thumb that I injured a couple years ago. I smacked a coworker's ass, but I hit their ass bone instead and it tore the ligaments around the base of my thumb, so my shit was already messed up.

My Friday night improved after the doctor's office because Mindy and I went to IHOP.

I got chocolate chip pancakes because I am a fucking adult and I can do what I want.


What's your weirdest injury story?
Posted by Ally Gregory-Moore at 11:00 PM
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10 comments:

  1. Oddly enough, I'm more amazed that you injured yourself smacking someone's ass than your dad's brain hand.

    My weirdest injury was probably when I dropped a sheet of drum shield on my toe, leaving a neon blue stripe across my nail. If I chose my color right, I can match my nail polish to the stripe so it blends in.

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    1. Eesh my toe hurts just thinking about that.

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  2. The weirdest injury I have ever received was when I was about 9 I broke my little toe on a typewriter that was sitting on the floor.

    It's been too long since I went to IHOP, their chocolate chip pancakes RULE!! :D

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    1. Ouch another toe injury.

      Also, chocolate chip pancakes are outstanding.

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  3. Congrats on being 20sb's september blogger! and those choco pancakes look phenomenal!

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  4. A hand brain could come in useful. My hands do stupid things all the time.

    Years ago, before going to my first job (pumping gas), I burnt my hand making Easy Mac. Like the skin instantly bubbled and peeled off and I still have the scar a decade later kind of burn.

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    1. I have a scar on my hand from the scalding interior of a cheese stick.

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  5. I cut my thumb with a strawberry! Really! I was trying to pick off the green leafy part at the top, so I dug into it with my thumb nail. Next thing I know blood is comming from under my nail! That cut stung for a few days!

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  6. Wow. I love this post. Brains in hands and injuries from smacking asses? Love it.

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