Sunday, October 22, 2006

Frustrating Temporary Handicaps

Well, I was going uphill and suddenly out of a blind turn, a cyclist came downhill at a high speed. He did not have brakes, so he came and rammed into me. His pedal was missing the rubber padding and that pierced my foot. Nothing serious,thank you for the concern.
This is what the recording on my cellphone tells people,whenever they see my bandaged foot & ask me "dude,what happened ?!". Its been eight days,but still there has been hardly any improvement. The Doc says that the tiny bones on my metatarsals have cracked. So its gonna be a while before I'm up and running. Due to this injury I have come to understand the hardships of the physically challenged. I can't use my left foot nad this makes it really difficult to walk. I'm forced to walk on my left heel and the majority of the weight is on my right leg. Which means every night,my right leg curses me !! I'm asked to take rest, BEDREST !
Think about it, lying down all day doing nothing is the most FRUSTRATING thing ever. I like to keep myself aware of the ongoings in the world, so the TV and Newspaper come to rescue often. I have also started reading my first novel after 7 years. Oscar Wilde is just too damn compelling. The Internet does give me immense relief, since I can catch up with all my friends in Cyberspace.
But one can never keep a person like me tied down. I started going to college 2 days after the accident. Limping around and being carried around by a few heavyweights in college. The pain is unforgiving, any fast movements and it stings. Sleep in the wrong position and it stings. Missing a round a medicines and it stings. This is what they call stinging pain I suppose. I have to lament about October 21st. It was the festival of light for many. But for me,it was the festival of sitting around on my backside doing nothing. Finally I got out of the house at night,unable to take the onslaught of boredom. The purpose of this post is purely to write away the pain, distract my mind from the pain or even the thought of the injury. I have learnt that to deal with things like this, one not only needs Physical Strength,but also Mental Strength.

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

may god bless u ..amen!!

Akshay said...

its truly a 'pita' sit thru ur day doin nthn....i kno how it feels man...it sucks...

hope u r up n able real quick

Anonymous said...

Hell yeah... Oscar Wilde surely is just too damn compelling. You've totally got that mental strength in there, so don't even say you don't. You just need find some way to sit and be yourself... watch some amazing movie and come bug me about it or something ra :) Or just continue reading... I'm already proud of you!! I totally hope your poor foot gets better SOON! Take care of yourself!!!

Anonymous said...

i can understand wat u are saying because i went through the pain and anguish couple of weeks back so may GOD help you!!!!

Anonymous said...

i totally get wat u're saying..been through it twice in my life already..soo tough to just sit around and try ur best in resisting the urge to get some kind of movement..just any kind!!but don worry,you'll be up and kicking very soon..just get the required rest!!

Dark Angel said...

hey!! hope you get well soon!!

Poornaa Venkatesan said...

ADII!! Get the wells the fasts!:D

Ravi said...

Welcome to the club boy! :p

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