Feeling a little dislocated
Written by The Laddie
A little while ago, during my lunch break, I took some time to look for a new camera bag. I have had my eye on a Crumpler for a while now, but it’s pretty hard to find one in a store that you can examine. To my surprise, I found we have a Crumpler store here in Berlin.
So making my way there (with my camera in my old bag), it starts to hail BB pellets. I start to make for cover. The ground is uneven and I trip. Trying to save my camera, I put my other arm out and *pop*, out it comes from my shoulder socket.
Yep, I dislocated my shoulder right in the middle of the street. I drag myself to an empty store front and sit for a while, trying to assess the damage. I briefly think that maybe I have in fact broken something, so the first thing I come up with is that the Lass will be worried about me. I don’t know why I think like that. But above all, I do not want to have to call her about an accident, because I can’t stand making her cry. All of a sudden, I am popped back into the present by my arm going back into my shoulder. OW!
You know how its’a big ‘Die Hard’ thing that John McClane can pop out his arm to defuse a bomb? Well, I would have exploded. I am a wuss like that and this kinda pain has me flattened.
I sit for a while longer, trying to get myself sorted, when I notice a guy in the café across the street just staring at me. For the longest time he just watches me, apparently not even asking himself whether or not I am ok. That’s city life for you, I guess. Unless you actually fall on someone, they just simply won’t care.
Anyways, I am off work for now and I have been lazing around, trying to recover.
A friend just told me that it took him five years to get his arm back to normal again after a similar incident. Somehow I don’t think being off ill the next five years would go down so well with my work.
October 30th, 2009 at 11:49 pm
Oh dear me! Ouch! Very ouch! You sound very brave, like someone sawing his arm off to escape from a rockfall… or maybe not quite that brave…. but still. Good for you.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Ow!! My 22 yr. old fell off a bike recently and dislocated his elbow. I think I’d endure childbirth all over again rather than the pain he was in! Hope it’s back to normal now. Can’t believe no-one stopped to make sure you were OK. Human decency and all that? Don’t they have a Good Samaritan law in Germany?