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[dualbunny]

I picked up something else to bring with me to VVC yesterday! Bruises! Yay!

Never, never, never do stupid things with ladders. Like say lean them against your garage at a ridiculous angle to scrape paint, just because you don't feel like going upstairs and dragging down the ladder you know very well you should be using for the job.

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[sockkpuppett]

Ow, Ow, Ow, OWW! Having fallen off the roof of my house when I was a teenager, your post suddenly brought back the memory of all that pain and the brilliant purple/black/blue/yellow/green bruises that I sported for *months*. And yeah, mine was one of those stupid ladder mistakes too. Never EVER fuck with gravity, man. :)

I hope you have the good drugs.

[dualbunny]

Drugs! That's what I'm missing. ;D

I think I actually got lucky with the position that I fell in. I was still holding onto the ladder and basically laying flat along it, so we fell as one object. And since it's an extension ladder that was fully retracted, it actually bounced a little and absorbed a bit of the impact.

I can only imagine what happens if you fall from even a small height like that and land at an angle or something. I'm thinking hospital trip probably. I'm thinking your roof fall beats mine!

[toniarachelle]

OWWIE!!!

[dualbunny]

::types and sits down very carefully:: ;D

[toniarachelle]

Are you feeling any less sore??

[dualbunny]

Heh, not so much. I think the one by my butt is getting sorer instead. ;D But I am getting pretty tolerant of the aches. I've just mostly been ignoring them today. :)

[thisficklemob]

O.O You poor thing! {{{hugs}}}

I must admit I'm either impressed or alarmed by the diagrams... tell me you didn't make those yourself?

I hope you sleep ok... ice those bruises...

[dualbunny]

Hee, I made the second one by photoshopping the first one. ;]

I've actually been sleeping ok once I get past the falling asleep part. Although sitting looks like it's just going to keep getting more fun. :P

[thisficklemob]

Ah, well, that's alright then. I couldn't quite believe you bothered to create the brick wall and all... but the "tiny ledge in the siding" seemed awfully specific. *g*

I'm not sure about the bruising, but I really like Kiss My Face Active Athletic bath gel for when I'm really sore. It has arnica in it, among other things. My brother actually won't use it because he says it makes his legs all wobbly... which to my mind is a good sign for sore joints.

Take care, huh? And no more ladders for you for awhile, missy.

[dualbunny]

If I had had a homeopathic first aid kit together yet, I probably would have taken a does of arnica, so I could definitely see that helping out. So I agree with you over your brother. :D And I promise, no unsupervised ladder time for me for a while. ;)

[gobi_rex]

Aww, poor Bunny. 7 feet down sounds most painful.

[hands you a cold pack] I know a thing or two about bruises, and unfortunately there's no way to make them go away faster or make them less ouchy. A cold pack may help to keep the swelling down, though.

And this is precisely why ladders and I are very unmixy things. The ladder toppling down is my nightmare scenario (that or falling backwards). The one and only time I climbed up on the roof of my friend's house, it took me more than an hour to muster enough courage to attempt a descent. It was quite a spectacle, too.

You mentioned your freezer (btw, one can never have too many freezers), and I remembered that Keanu Reeves (allegedly) used to soak in a tub full of ice chips after especially grueling Matrix shoots. I'm not saying you should climb into your freezer (which would be unsafe), but remember the old RICE rule: rest, ice, compress, elevate.

Shutting up now....

[hugs you carefully]

[dualbunny]

My freezer's mostly empty right now, so I could certainly go sit in it. Man, a tub full of ice chips...excuse me while I shiver my teeth into chattering despite the 90 degree day. :}

I've always been one of those ladder danglers, happy to completely ignore all the stickers on the ladders. This has at least given me more respect for taking the time to do that most important step of making sure they're stable (especially when you're on one alone) before adding any other ridiculousness. :P

[poisonapple73]

Ouch. Nasty bruises are awful. *hugs you, but very, very gently*

[dualbunny]

Aww, thanks. My hugging regions are mostly safe. It's the extremities that are paying for it. ;]