In which I prove to be a klutz

Yesterday afternoon I had a close encounter of the unintentional kind with a door opening in my general direction.  The results was a bruised, swollen, and extremely sore toe.  You can't tell from this angle, but the injured toe was swollen twice the size (top to bottom, not side to side) and the same toe on opposite foot. And I must add, it is amazing how much pain can emanate from such a small part of the body.

Owie, my toe!

I tried the standard home remedy for these sorts of ailments: ice, ibuprofen, elevation & rest, but it still hurt like the dickens in the morning and the swelling hadn't gone down at all.  I decided to go to urgent care when they opened. An hour and a half, four x-rays, and I don't remember how much $$ later, it was determined that my toe is NOT fractured (yay!), but badly contused. The Urgent care doctor sent me off with a prescription for a stronger anti-inflammatory and told me to keep up with the ice/elevation/etc.

Checked the time and realized that I had just enough time to drop off the script at the pharmacy and get lunch before heading to my orthopedic appointment for injection #2.  Nothing better for back-to-back doctor visits as a way to spend the day (note sarcasm).

As she was preparing for the injection I told her about my toe, mostly because I wasn't wearing a shoe and didn't want her to bump it.  She asked to take a look at it and recommended that I get fitted for a 'post op shoe' to wear while it is healing. So I left her office injected and sporting a post op shoe on one foot and a regular shoe on the other.  I'm actually quite pleased about this, there is currently no way for me to wear a shoe comfortably on my left foot; this 'post op' shoe is easy to get on and off, is much more comfortable than a regular shoe, and provides support (vs. wearing no shoe).

quite the fashion statement

Orthopedic instructed me to go home and put heat on my knee.  Both she and the urgent care doc also wanted me to ice my toe.  I was happy to oblige.  Except for the small detail that I have a bunch of work to do before going on vacation next week, but I guess I can work on that tomorrow.  At this point, my day is pretty much shot anyway.

fire and ice: heat on knee, ice on toe

So yeah, I won't be logging much in the way of activity this weekend.  One the bright side, concurrent injuries means less overall down time, right?  And both problems are on the same leg, so at least I have one good leg!

Now would be great time to share your own personal klutz stories so I know this doesn't only happen to me. Please and thank you!