I had a bicycle ruck back in london (while racing to get our indian visas, no less) that just kept on swelling. so the other day i had the rather strange experience of an arm-lancing in our local hospital…
thankfully, after some 8 oz’s of the good stuff were taken out, the prognosis looks good. Total bill? £14.
Thanks to the good Dr Farouk, for the remote diagnosis.
and by the way, if you’re feeling a little queasy, best look away now…
Dhavalikar Hospital – where you can ride yourself off into the sunset only ten minutes after a local anaesthetic!
Alien Elbow
the scene of the crime – looks clean enough?
Ok, i faked this one while waiting. pretty convincing, huh?
(have been debating whether or not to draw attention to the blood splattered table cover…?)
unsightly, ungainly and, thankfully now, unbandaged.
I consider myself a little wiser as to the hazards of corners, pavement, fixed gear bicycles and the Indian Visa office…
ah yes, that’s what i wanted to wake up to on a sunday morning when eating my porridge. thanks for not posting pics of 8oz of pus. i cracked my elbow in bicycle ruck with a swift downhill corner into a speed bump couple years back – i feel for you. but not your pus. pus not good. even though it’s good to say. pus pus pus. pus.
wares the juce??
ew gross that looks painful!! so glad you’re okay babe! nice looking hospital too 🙂
xxx
The face and the swelling are a bit like the scene from Alien . (without John Hurt or an Alien)
Nice… nice and gross…
gis a wheeze on your withered limb!
aww shucks you guys. thanks for all the pus-related sympathy. the interweb really does make dealing with life’s little hardships that little bit easier.
@Daz: there would have been a juice-shot if i’d had a little more presence of mind. The Dr. waved a rather full bowl of murky red liquid under my nose, and i just wasn’t fast enough with the camera (being flat on my back and mid-chat with the four nurses in attendance). soz.
will attempt to grow you some more at some point.
xx