Good News & Bad News
OK, so I have some good news and some bad news…
GOOD NEWS: After a 3 week break due to a bad leg injury (see earlier post here for details) I was able to play soccer again for ANU FC Division 4 on Saturday. We played against the 2nd placed team, Woden Valley FC.
BAD NEWS: Just 10 minutes into the match, while goal keeping, I charged a player who was shooting about 8 yards out. His foot and the ball connected with my right hand and bent my three middle fingers back about 45 degrees.
GOOD NEWS: I stopped a certain goal.
BAD NEWS: I took no further part in the match and had to watch the rest of the game from the sideline with my hand wrapped in an icepack.
GOOD NEWS: My team played the best they had all season and went up 1-0. Sadly Woden Valley equalised with just 3 minutes to go. But it was still a good result.
BAD NEWS: After the match my fingers and hand started to swell and bruise rapidly. See photos below. Notice the rainbow coloured fingers and the size of my knuckles! After seeking the advice of a friend who is a nurse (thanks Anna), I headed to Canberra Hospital to see a doctor. I was quickly referred to get an x-ray.
GOOD NEWS: A only had to wait 10 minutes to get an x-ray, a minor miracle for the overstretched ACT health system. X-ray showed that nothing was broken.
BAD NEWS: Doctor concluded that I had hyper-extended my fingers and over stretched all the ligaments. The bruising and swelling will get worse before it gets better. Hence I can’t play sport for another few weeks and it could take a month or two for my fingers to heal completely. That means I will miss even more games!
GOOD NEWS: It has rained continually all day today and so my match on Wednesday night has been washed out (again!). Lets hope it keeps raining (we need the run off in our dams anyway).
June 28th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Since the above photos were taken my hand and fingers have turned a nice black/purple colour with tinges of yellow. Fortunately I can bend my fingers slightly now but using my hand is still very painful.