How do these things happen to me? I’m afraid I broke my thumb. How?
No effing clue.
Seriously I have no idea.
All I know is, I’m in extreme pain suddenly and inexplicably.
Only when I move my thumb though. So that’s… good? Oh right except do you know how much you actually move your thumb? Or bump it? Or twist it?
Turns out quite a lot.
Thank goodness I’m right handed because otherwise I would have been completely useless at work. I just yelped occasionally. Ya know, perfectly normal waitress behavior. Random yelps. Cute.
Oh and do you have any idea how difficult it is to put in a ponytail without using one thumb? Try it. Basically impossible. And since I work around food my hair is required to be up. I have so far succeeded in not passing out from the pain. Stars have been seen though. Other cute waitress behavior? Fainting. Or so I’m told.
Now I’m not really sure what to do. I don’t want to spend the $100 copay it costs to go to the emergency room just so they can tell me I’m a crazy person. I already know that.
Seriously though. How does one seriously injure themselves without noticing? I frequently have bruises that I can’t explain but I’ll usually have a vague memory of thinking “Ow, that’s going to leave a mark.” If it were actually a seriously injury like a break or sprain I should have noticed when I did it.
You’d think anyway.
Oh, also? There is no indication of injury except for the pain. No bruising, swelling, heat, or marks of any kind. My thumb looks perfectly normal.
It just hurts like a mother effer.
I have to work in the morning. Considering how much worse it felt as the day went on today that makes me nervous. I’m not calling off though. Not happening.
If I just ignore it what’s the worst that could happen? I mean, even if it is broken they can’t really put a cast on it right? They’ll just get me one of those sexy braces that I can buy myself at the drug store, right?
I’m so cheap broke. I also don’t want to call off work to go to the doctor and I definitely don’t want to waste money on a copay. Especially if nothing is seriously wrong.
Someone tell me it’s no big deal to just ignore this.
Thanks.
Jen
Yikes! That sounds awful. I do that all the time too. I swung my arm back yesterday and hit it on the car door.. Yep big bruise.. Weird that you don't know how you hurt your thumb, but I hope that it stops hurting as quickly and randomly as it started. Miss and love ya!!
~ Jen
SkyWaitress
Yeah I'm hoping it will just go away. This takes mindless clumsiness to a whole new freaky level!
Miss you too. We need to talk soon, it's been waaaay too long. ::hugs::
Andrew
Sounds like Twitter Thumb. Need to back off the typing. Happened to me from typing on a keyboard all day long…
SkyWaitress
If only! The thing is, it started after barely being on Twitter for several days.
Maybe I'm going through withdrawal?
Babe_Chilla
Ouch! That's just crazy. How can you hurt yourself and not know how?
SkyWaitress
I have no idea. Especially since it hurts this much. I've walked around on sprained ankles many times. This? Hurts way more. I'm just so confused.