Swam four events in a meet yesterday (actually five with the relay they threw me into). It was my first real meet in 22 years. My first event was the 50 ***. I came to the wall on the finish and reached out to get the touch pad. I tagged it and jammed my right index finger. OUCH. Didn't think it was that bad. It was sore, but I made it through my other events. Still sore all night. I iced it a bit last night, but this morning it's very swolen an brused.
This is not the first time I've done something like this. I once broke my foot hitting it on a gutter on a flip turn.
Did I mention I don't have any depth perception? And did I mention that I'm an idiot?
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This might make you feel better:
I broke my 5th metacarpal (the bone in your hand that your pinky finger attaches to) earlier this year. I was swimming in crappy pool that I wasn't used to and I was out of shape. The lane line flags were too high (hung off a balcony actually) so my focal point was off. I guess I was backstroking faster than I thought and thought I had one more stroke. I ended up slamming my hand on the end of the pool.
It hurt pretty good. The bruising was pretty awful. I think i may have fractured it before in lacrosse so it was a good hit to break it. I feel like a complete dumbass.
EDIT: Forgot to mention the fact that I had to have surgery with 2 pins put in.
This might make you feel better:
I broke my 5th metacarpal (the bone in your hand that your pinky finger attaches to) earlier this year. I was swimming in crappy pool that I wasn't used to and I was out of shape. The lane line flags were too high (hung off a balcony actually) so my focal point was off. I guess I was backstroking faster than I thought and thought I had one more stroke. I ended up slamming my hand on the end of the pool.
It hurt pretty good. The bruising was pretty awful. I think i may have fractured it before in lacrosse so it was a good hit to break it. I feel like a complete dumbass.
EDIT: Forgot to mention the fact that I had to have surgery with 2 pins put in.
