oldernow
2024-05-07 22:48:44 UTC
And then it started raining while I was hand-skimming the
pool, so I put that away, walked from the backyard through
the garage, and noticed it was suddenly a deluge... so I
"busted a hump" to get to the car, but wasn't sufficiently
careful when ducking into it, as I was still pulling the
car door open.
I managed to come down hard upon the stop of the door
with the upper part of my left cheek. Another half inch,
and I suspect I'd be down to one eye.
So, it bled a little, but mostly stopped after holding a
cotton ball soaked in rubbing alcohol to it.
More notably, it swelled up "like a motherfucker". So I
held a soaked towel containing ice to it on and off for
as much as I could take.
But now the area from the inner corner of the eye socket,
and coming down about an inch at an angle appears to be
a classic "shiner".
While areas of the lingering puffiness hurt to press
semi-hard, it's not feeling like broken/cracked bone kind
of pain. So, since I've little faith in people "practicing"
medicine, I guess I just need to wait it out.
My wife is out with a daughter. She's seen it already, but
I can imagine her insisting I be seen after she gets home,
because she wants to see a doctor for trifles all the time.
And you wanna know the worst part? I *still* don't know
what a *gaylord* was/is! :-)
pool, so I put that away, walked from the backyard through
the garage, and noticed it was suddenly a deluge... so I
"busted a hump" to get to the car, but wasn't sufficiently
careful when ducking into it, as I was still pulling the
car door open.
I managed to come down hard upon the stop of the door
with the upper part of my left cheek. Another half inch,
and I suspect I'd be down to one eye.
So, it bled a little, but mostly stopped after holding a
cotton ball soaked in rubbing alcohol to it.
More notably, it swelled up "like a motherfucker". So I
held a soaked towel containing ice to it on and off for
as much as I could take.
But now the area from the inner corner of the eye socket,
and coming down about an inch at an angle appears to be
a classic "shiner".
While areas of the lingering puffiness hurt to press
semi-hard, it's not feeling like broken/cracked bone kind
of pain. So, since I've little faith in people "practicing"
medicine, I guess I just need to wait it out.
My wife is out with a daughter. She's seen it already, but
I can imagine her insisting I be seen after she gets home,
because she wants to see a doctor for trifles all the time.
And you wanna know the worst part? I *still* don't know
what a *gaylord* was/is! :-)
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oldernow
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oldernow
xyz001 at nym.hush.com