Not a major decision by any means at the point, but one with massive consequences: deciding to run down the stairs of a student building after having finished a sizable delivery to the second floor, which resulted in my slipping and hitting several steps in succession. Hard. I wasn’t able to get up for several minutes, and the injury took almost 9 months to heal. This was in November of 2020.
The pain came back with a vengeance in the spring of 2023, out of nowhere, and has it made impossible for me to work one of several jobs that was the main source of my income.
Nothing has solved the pain so far, as I am the proverbial ‘mystery patient’ to most doctors I’ve seen. It’s pretty frustrating to keep throwing money at procedures and tests that do F all.
And so, in hindsight I wish I’d taken my sweet ole time getting back to my car on that cold November day.
Hindsight’s 20/20. #FML
