Comments | lexica510: attacked by killer bookcase

lexica510

attacked by killer bookcase

Aug 20, 2007 14:48

Last Wednesday I was walking along the sidewalk on Webster past a building that's been under construction (or renovation, same diff) for some time now. There were several workmen moving furniture and cabinets and suchlike off a truck and onto the sidewalk, in preparation for moving it into the building. There was a lot of furniture, enough to line ( Read more... )

foot injury, pain, annoyances, oakland, the monkey

Comments 8

xtingu August 21 2007, 03:20:39 UTC

Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow! I'm so sorry this happened to you!

I hope you're able to get some relief... and also some compensation. Poor thing. :-(

I hope you're feeling better really soon-- and enjoy those triceps!

(ps: I am totally guilty of doing the verb tense shift-o when I start a paragraph with "So." That was a fun read.)

lexica510 August 21 2007, 18:39:03 UTC

Thanks - I keep reminding myself that it could be a lot worse (at least it's not broken)... and then keep having brief waves of "dammit, this HURTS!" Phooey.

matrushkaka August 21 2007, 04:35:49 UTC

Oh man! I'm glad you're OK but sorry to hear about the pain. Did they give you Vicodin or anything?

lexica510 August 21 2007, 18:42:23 UTC

The ER docs said to take up to 600 mg of ibuprofen a day for a week*, but since I avoid NSAIDs (just too many people injured and killed every year because of them) I'm taking the vicodin left over from my last round of back issues. The bottle says 1 tablet every 4 to 6 hours; I'm trying to spread them out to 1 every 6 to 8, just to be on the safer side of things.

*If they prescribed something, KP would have to pay for most of it; if they recommend an OTC drug, it comes out of my pocket. Thanks, doc.

cartman94501 January 1 2008, 03:36:54 UTC

True, but 600mg of Ibuprofen costs about 3 cents.

merle_ August 21 2007, 16:17:20 UTC

Yikes! That's really horrible. Bad, too, that the workmen didn't do anything more than just ask if you were okay. Seems like minimally they should have offered to call a cab and pay for the ride to ER.

Hopefully, if you're back at work, you sit somewhere that you can prop your foot up on your desk. It looks strange, and isn't completely comfortable (typing being hard), but you'll heal up a lot faster that way.

lexica510 August 21 2007, 18:52:38 UTC

The guy I was dealing with was as responsive and helpful as possible under the circumstances - told me to be sure not to leave before he got me the contact information for the company and kept checking in periodically - but yeah, calling a cab would have been nice. (As it was, spiritualmonkey hightailed it over to Broadway & 13th to find a cab.)

Several people in my office have dealt with foot injuries or surgery, so they're very understanding. One of them brought me the stool that she used to elevate her foot after her foot surgery; another one has assigned herself the duty of getting me coffee in the morning (yay!); and I can't pick up anything bigger than a piece of paper without somebody hollering "Let me get that! Don't you try to carry that, you'll hurt yourself more!"

One of the annoying aspects is that this was a totally avoidable accident. Grrr.

merle_ August 21 2007, 21:47:25 UTC

That sounds somewhat better.. if still quite painful; and, yes, it should have been quite avoidable. Maybe you can find out what company was moving and tell them you sacrificed your foot to save one of their bookshelves and hope for a reward. ;-)

A stool can help some, but it's always best to have the inflammed area at least at the same level as your heart (if not higher) unless you're icing your feet or taking anti-inflammatories.