World of hurt
Oh boy, do I ever hurt.
I was at work tonight, trucking along feeling good about life, when something bad happened.
My job at that moment was to check the nitrogen charge in the nose landing gear oleo (the shock strut on the landing gear), but to do so, I needed to straighten out the gear (the steering was turned to the right). So, I grabbed the tow bar, hooked it up and started to use the tow bar as a lever to turn the gear. Done this many times before.
But this time, things went wrong. I was just about at the end of my travel, when I felt my calf muscle "pop". It literally popped. A little yelp of pain, a quick sit down and I was in a world of hurt. Luckily someone saw me sitting in pain and came over to investigate.
I was wheeled over to the first aid room in an office chair and had someone send for a first aider (funny, me being a first aider and looking for another one). A little self exam, and I determined that I have either done a major strain or a tear. Shawn came over and came up with the same conclusion. So, off to the clinic.
The doctor gave me the bad news, torn muscle. So, I get some drugs from the pharmacy, an injection of some stuff called Meperidine and some Tylenol 3's, the doctor give me the shot and tells me to go home, ice and elevate and take two of the T3's. So, I have them and now am flying pretty high, but damn drowsy.
It looks like I will be off my feet for a few days, want to try and get onto light duties at work asap, but I need to wait for a little bit first.
I just hope that this won't screw up my trip to NYC at the end of April, since there was going to be a lot of walking planned.
I was at work tonight, trucking along feeling good about life, when something bad happened.
My job at that moment was to check the nitrogen charge in the nose landing gear oleo (the shock strut on the landing gear), but to do so, I needed to straighten out the gear (the steering was turned to the right). So, I grabbed the tow bar, hooked it up and started to use the tow bar as a lever to turn the gear. Done this many times before.
But this time, things went wrong. I was just about at the end of my travel, when I felt my calf muscle "pop". It literally popped. A little yelp of pain, a quick sit down and I was in a world of hurt. Luckily someone saw me sitting in pain and came over to investigate.
I was wheeled over to the first aid room in an office chair and had someone send for a first aider (funny, me being a first aider and looking for another one). A little self exam, and I determined that I have either done a major strain or a tear. Shawn came over and came up with the same conclusion. So, off to the clinic.
The doctor gave me the bad news, torn muscle. So, I get some drugs from the pharmacy, an injection of some stuff called Meperidine and some Tylenol 3's, the doctor give me the shot and tells me to go home, ice and elevate and take two of the T3's. So, I have them and now am flying pretty high, but damn drowsy.
It looks like I will be off my feet for a few days, want to try and get onto light duties at work asap, but I need to wait for a little bit first.
I just hope that this won't screw up my trip to NYC at the end of April, since there was going to be a lot of walking planned.
posted by Travelcedric at 22:38
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