Adventures in Coaching

[przed]

With footie season done, it's time to gear up for hockey season. So, this Saturday I skipped one of my TIFF films to attend the women only coaching seminar. It was an on-ice lesson and I was looking forward to getting on the ice again.

Remember last week I said I was diagnosed with osteoporosis? (You can see where this is going, right?)

I'm on the ice for five minutes, I'm standing there listening to the instructor to explain the next drill, and I absentmindedly lean back on my skates.

The thing with hockey skates is that the blades are rounded. Lean backwards and you keep going. So. I start to fall, I flail around, and I fall. Right on my left hand.

Crunch.

Yep, I broke my left wrist. And yep, I'm left-handed.

I'm going to be in a cast for 4 to 6 weeks. I'm being optimistic and hoping I can play with my team soon after that.

All-in-all, I'm going to be quite happy to see the end of 2019.

P.S. Typing one-handed sucks.

Comments

[kore]

OUCH! and Goddamn!

2019 sucks rocks.

[potofsoup]

yeeeesh oh noes!! sending you lots of hugs!

[dine]

well, *that's* not the sort of adventure I was hoping to hear about! I sure hope your bones heal up quickly

[graculus]

Yow. Please to not keep doing this sort of thing!

[solosundance]

Oh crap... sorry to hear this, hope you heal up super-quick.

[mrlnpndrgn]

I tried those kind of skates. Once.

Fell on my *ss.

Luckily, it's well padded, but still...

Got back to the nice, ordinary, "girl" skates right away. Of course, I do not play hockey :-(

Hope you get well soonish.

[corvidology]

Ouch, that' awful!

I hope you make a swift recovery.

[gwyn]

Oh my gosh, P, that's awful!! I'm so sorry that happened, and I hope you're not in too much pain--I remember all too well how uncomfortable that kind of cast is. And yes, one-handed typing is awful. I have a lot of admiration for people who can do it. {{{hugs}}}

[spikedluv]

Oh no! I'm sorry to hear that! I hope your wrist heals up quickly and well so you can play.

[dracothelizard]

Oh no! Feel better as soon as is medically possible!

[halotolerant]

GAH!!! Oh hell that's so annoying. Glad to see from comments above that it's doing better (but then I know how stoical you are, so I bet you're still putting up with a lot). *mega hugs* Hope the cast isn't too itchy!

[cyanne]

Ouch. Hope it heals up quickly. Working one handed gets very old, very fast. But it counts as a hockey injury, for whatever cred that gets you.