Can someone come over here and shoot me in the head?

[sportsmom]

Please?

I fell the on Saturday when the hubster and I were outside moving some stuff from our shed. I tripped over something, and went down hard. I hit my knee, which now has a very lovely purple bruise in the shape of Great Britain, as well as a couple of others. I tried to catch myself with my hands and ended up jamming both of my shoulders, but they feel better today than they did yesterday. I also hit face first in the gravel and scraped the hell out of my forehead and nose.

I can actually bend my knee today, but no further than a 45* angle, and that's the absolute limit, it hurts long before it gets to that point. I've been living on caffeine and Tylenol for two days and to top it all off, I have a sinus cold.

Help!

[BookstoreEscapee]

Aw, you poor thing! Big :hug: and lots of chocolate... Hope you feel better soon :)

[Andara Bledin]

Yikes!

Well, since it's been a couple of days, it's not likely to swell up any more, so you'll want heat around the knee to get the blood flowing. As for the scraped up areas, if you're not allergic, I've found a salve with a high aloe vera base (or just the plant itself) to be wonderful for healing up quickly.

Other than that, take it easy, and maybe take a long hot bath.

^-.-^

[BookstoreEscapee]

Hey, my mom just made some chocolate chip cookies...all warm and gooey...I'll send you some :p They cure all ills..

[dispatch]

nothing a few shots of jagermeister won't fix!

*ahem* but seriously, OUCH! feel better soon, and don't challenge the gravel to a rematch, I've found it allways finds a way to beat you

[sportsmom]

Thanks for the thoughts and offers of cookies, guys! It feels better today, except now the sinus headaches are really settling in.

This past weekend was my weekend to take the littlest out to do something (hubby and I switch up weekends and kids), so I had to suck it up and take her out to a movie. Luckily Sunday nights at 8pm are rather slow and the theater I took her to has lots of leg room.

I guess I'll probably make some cookies this weekend for my girls, they were all big helps the past couple of days. My oldest did the laundry yesterday and brought it upstairs for me. I told her if she washed it and brought it up, I would fold it, so that was a good deal, I thought.

The hardest part has just been getting comfortable to sleep.

Thanks again guys!

[Jinxy]

I swear by Aleve Sinus and Headache, they work wonders.

[AFpheonix]

Supposedly Arnica gel is great for getting rid of large bruises quickly. It's a special order item for our pharmacy, though.

Aleve cold and sinus is just sudafed/naproxen combo. Nothing special.