In the event of an apocalypse, Sox and I were taught at a young age to shoot to kill or don't bother pulling the trigger.

Ouch, Kristin!

A student in one of my sister's classes was asked to put away his cell phone at the beginning of a test today. This distressed him. He finally asked my sister if she could take the phone and answer any calls that came in and take messages. Apparently, he wasn't waiting for important news, just didn't want to miss any calls.

I suggested that she take the phone and proceed to have long, cryptic conversations while her students were trying to take the test that sounded like she was talking about the answers, but not.

Exactly how much damage could I have done to my knee simply from slamming into into a metal filing cabinet?

Ummm, the girl who stayed home with a bruised butt has nothing to offer.

Exactly how much damage could I have done to my knee simply from slamming into into a metal filing cabinet? I swear the pain keeps getting worse, but I don't see a big bruise or anything. It's been almost 10 hours, though. Shouldn't it be feeling better by now? The thing that concerns me is that the pain is giving me a nasty limp, not just the pain I would expect from a bruise.

Back in March, S fell down walking across a parking lot in Tuscon, the morning we were to drive back here to LA. At first it wasn't bad, but over the course of the day, it got worse and worse, to the point she really couldn't walk by about half way back. It showed no signs of a bruise, really, but hurt when she put any weight on it. When we finally got back to LA, we went to the ER, were up until almost 5:00 in the morning, only to discover that it wasn't broken, nor was it otherwise seriously injured (though it had swollen quite a bit), and within a couple of days she was right as rain.

Which is all to say that, while your knee is probably fine, even if it hurts like the dickens to try and walk on it, if you have to ask a question like "have I possibly done grievous bodily harm to myself?" the answer should probably be "maybe I should ask a professional."

Where it is 48 hours afterwards can give you a better idea.

I seem to have messed up my left hand. my arm has been bugging me for a week or so - and that is better, but my hand is obviously where the pain started. It complains when it is used to do basic things. Bah. It had be better next week

heat might help too, Kristin. I've heard that alternating heat and cold is best.

I think I'll give it a couple of days, like Beth suggested. I suspect it's just very owey.

Beth, sorry you've hurt yourself, too!

When I was hit by a car, the ER intern told me my knee was sprained. He had a MRI or something done "just in case" and told me I'd be on crutches and to find a ride home later that night. (My knee looked fine. No bruise, no swelling.)

When the MRI results came in, a real doctor told me my knee was all fucked up and needed surgery, and my leg was broken just below the knee and would need screws put in to hold it together. I was in the hospital for four days and on crutches for four months, with PT continuing beyond that....

eta: This is not to say that KristenT has any serious knee issues, as Chevy Suburban hitting knee is a bit more serious than a filing cabinet doing the same....

me too! esp when I don't know how. though it is most likely do to furniture moving .

Everyone get better, no more owies

tommy, from this day forward, will be known as Worst Case Scenario Guy.

Also, tommy does not get to lead storytime for the kidlets after the Apocalypse.

Apocalypse skill: Huh...well, I could document it for the survivors.And keep us off Fixed Noise.