Giant Black Brace of Doom

[devilgrrl]

I morphed back into my 16 year old self Sunday. I slept until 3pm. I actually don't think I've done that in years. To be fair, I did get up briefly at 11, had some Lucky Charms, realized I was still very tired, and went back to sleep. Not really productive, yo. I wasn't actually going to do anything around here, even though the house is a wreck because the maid is out of commission, but still.

I did shower, however, and when Steven got home, I suggested we go to The Cheesecake Factory because I wanted a Cuban sandwich. We had the weirdest cheddar broccoli soup there. It was basically cheddar soup with diced peppers and onions in it and a few florets of fresh, lightly steamed broccoli. Steven liked it; it gave me sores in my mouth. FTW. It was a complete zoo, despite getting there at 5. This was probably wholly related to the fact that the Celtics were playing. Came home, decided to take today off from work, rang my mum and sister, and basically took it easy for the rest of the night.

Turns out that today was a good day to take off. Someone pulled the fire alarm during 7th period and that would have been a bitch to get out of the school. So in lieu of that, I slept in, had lunch, and chilled out online for most of the day before my doctor's appointment. That's where my stupid began.

I had it xrayed (like I should have already had done) and then the doctor comes in and asks how I did this. I'm all "I was sitting down." Were you doing anything unusual? Nope, just sitting down. I mean, it was kind of a low chair and it's old, but I've sat on it before. At this point, I can tell he's dying to laugh at me. I CAN TELL!

What this amounts to is that I've probably torn some cartilage, since I have a history of mediscus tears in That Knee and it looks like there's some tendonitis as well. Basically, it hurts, but it's not blown out: no ligament damage. Blah blah blah, stay off it, minimal driving, ice it, and he totally gave me permission to wear zoris to school for the next couple weeks.

He wanted to know if I had a brace from the surgery and nope, I just have this mangy ace bandage with Original! Bloodstains!, so he sends the nurse out to get this Giant Black Brace O' Doom. We heave it on and it pretty much covers my leg from mid-thigh to mid-calf. Sexy! So, it's going to be me, GBBO'D, and my cane for the next couple weeks. And I'm 80% sure this isn't going to fit under any of my pants except for one pair. FTW, again.

So now I'm home, with it up on a chair, waiting for Steven so we can go to BJ's for more soda and find something to make for dinner.

Comments

[littlestarletta.livejournal.com]

the cheesecake factory in braintree? it's insane every day and time of the week. it's faster to drive to cambridge or chestnut hills and go eat there then to wait @ the ssp

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

See, lauraxmarie and I went for lunch there last Wednesday and had no wait. It wasn't too bad a wait yesterday (got there at 5:15, were in a booth at 5:30), but a few minutes later, I saw the hostess tell people it was going to be like an hour.

[call-me-ps.livejournal.com]

Does it look like Starbuck's brace?

I sprained my ankle when I was blown by a heavy gust of wind in the third grade. It knocked me off balance, and I fell on my ankle the wrong way when I stumbled sideways. Still haven't lived that one down. The doctor, my parents, my sister...the latter three still talk about it.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

It's slightly less bulky and it's black, but pretty much, yes. I should take a picture of it. Oh, and it says Donjoy on the bottom.

I've sprained my ankles moving the wrong way before too. Has anyone checked to see if you have hypermobile joints?

Yea, my mum has been laughing at me about fucking this up while sitting, too.

[wickedshadow.livejournal.com]

I miss getting tons of sleep like back in the old days.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

Same here. Actually, what I miss is being able to function on 4 hours of sleep like it was eight.

[justsurvive.livejournal.com]

how long do you have to wear it? what a pain

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

A week or two, so far. Then, I have to see how it feels. Yea, it blows.

[amity26.livejournal.com]

I hope your knee gets better very soon.
I have never been to the Cheesecake Factory since the closest one is two hours away and always had an insane wait time when we tried to go there. That soup sounds really strange. Broccoli cheese is my favorite.

[devilgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yea, I guess they all seem to have insane waits. I mean, the food is good, but it's not hours of wait, good.

Thanks! I hope it straightens out soon, too.