Yesterday, the aftermath
Right, I suppose I should finish the story.
I did indeed take myself off to hospital yesterday afternoon, although in retrospect I may have been a little concussed as it took me over an hour to get on the correct bus in order to get a couple of miles down the road. The nurse gave me something of a bollocking for not seeking medical attention sooner as I was still bleeding 5 hours after the accident, he cleaned me up and did all manner of tests to make sure I didn't have any sort of interesting brain damage. He also made sure that I'd not damaged my kidneys which lead to much hilarity a I was still too shaky to hold the sample pot still enough to piss in without dropping it. Eventually he stitched the hole in my head, which included shaving a section on my hair, I have yet to be brave enough to look at how much he took off yet and I now have six sutures about three inches above my left ear. As he stitched me I could feel him doing it but thanks to the local anaesthetic, not the sharp sensation of the needle going through, which was very strange. I took my mind off it by talking to him about extended role practitioners in the NHS as this is an entirely nurse practitioner run unit and I had just been reading about how radiographers are to start reporting, prescribing and discharging patients over the coming years. I've been told not to get them wet until I have them out in a weeks time. I can see me wearing a hat quite a lot for the next few days, especially as the wound has been weeping during the night and my hair is once again matted together, lovely.
Well it looks like my bike is a write off, I'm sure it could be fixed with time, money and skill but I have none of these at the moment, which is a shame as walking is slow and buses are inherently not to be trusted to get one anywhere on time. If anyone knows of a nice light men's mountain/commuter bike going for pennies, do let me know. Also my favourite glasses have been totaled too, which I think explains the bony tenderness above my left orbit, I have spares but they're really uncomfortable and i spend more time taking them off and looking at them than I do wearing them. And again I'm looking at £60 for some basic ones.
Anyway, enough moaning, I'm still alive and at least I didn't break any bones.
Also: Having been up and about for a few hours now, my head is clear enough to tell that my head isn't entirely clear still, but I suppose that's normal given the circumstances.
I did indeed take myself off to hospital yesterday afternoon, although in retrospect I may have been a little concussed as it took me over an hour to get on the correct bus in order to get a couple of miles down the road. The nurse gave me something of a bollocking for not seeking medical attention sooner as I was still bleeding 5 hours after the accident, he cleaned me up and did all manner of tests to make sure I didn't have any sort of interesting brain damage. He also made sure that I'd not damaged my kidneys which lead to much hilarity a I was still too shaky to hold the sample pot still enough to piss in without dropping it. Eventually he stitched the hole in my head, which included shaving a section on my hair, I have yet to be brave enough to look at how much he took off yet and I now have six sutures about three inches above my left ear. As he stitched me I could feel him doing it but thanks to the local anaesthetic, not the sharp sensation of the needle going through, which was very strange. I took my mind off it by talking to him about extended role practitioners in the NHS as this is an entirely nurse practitioner run unit and I had just been reading about how radiographers are to start reporting, prescribing and discharging patients over the coming years. I've been told not to get them wet until I have them out in a weeks time. I can see me wearing a hat quite a lot for the next few days, especially as the wound has been weeping during the night and my hair is once again matted together, lovely.
Well it looks like my bike is a write off, I'm sure it could be fixed with time, money and skill but I have none of these at the moment, which is a shame as walking is slow and buses are inherently not to be trusted to get one anywhere on time. If anyone knows of a nice light men's mountain/commuter bike going for pennies, do let me know. Also my favourite glasses have been totaled too, which I think explains the bony tenderness above my left orbit, I have spares but they're really uncomfortable and i spend more time taking them off and looking at them than I do wearing them. And again I'm looking at £60 for some basic ones.
Anyway, enough moaning, I'm still alive and at least I didn't break any bones.
Also: Having been up and about for a few hours now, my head is clear enough to tell that my head isn't entirely clear still, but I suppose that's normal given the circumstances.