Leg Injury & Deluxe Photos!
Photos of the injury to my leg on 2-12-2010 and the aftermath.
At about 19:00 Ro and I turned from onto Market St from Montgomery. The wet grating on the street was slippery and I panicked, clamping down on the rear disc brake which I am still not accustomed to. The bike’s rear wheel skidded around to the front and I went knee-first into the F car tracks. After calming down initially, the wound didn’t hurt and only bled when I walked. Mike and Kenny came to the rescue and picked Ro and I up and took me to the hospital. The first four pictures were taken at SF General Hospital.
Taken by the nurse when I had trouble getting the light and angle right. This one is the ugliest, IMO. (See the large version for the full effect!)
I took this close-up for Dad's benefit. Some preliminary cleaning was done and gauze was in place to absorb the bleeding caused by walking around.
After a thorough numbing (which hurt a little - needles were stuck into the wound) and antiseptic washing. While the nurse practitioner was getting the bits of road debris out, some little bits of fat came out with it! Well, one of the reasons I wanted a bike was to lose some fat...
7 hours after the initial injury, I'm all sutured up! That's 7 stitches. LUCKY! After this, I had to stand 25 minutes for the bus and then walk 5 blocks home. Still no pain!
20 hours after injury, 13 after stitches. The knee is still entirely numb! Like, dead numb. A little pain in the medial side. Should I be worried that it's still so totally numb, or could it be the local anesthesia still in effect.
Since it’s just my knee, I’m kind of hoping for a really rad jagged scar. Unfortunately I’m told that this is unlikely. It still doesn’t hurt at all, I’m just disappointed that I have to wait a couple more weeks to ride my awesome new bike again.