Semi-Charmed Life

Mr. Glass

Recently I've been sidelined with what I self-diagnosed as "separated ribs" from jiu jitsu. My partner had me dominated and I was all ready to tap to the armbar, but I in a last ditch effort to escape I popped something in my ribs. It was one of the most chilling and disgusting feelings I have ever felt. My ribs felt like they were popping out of my chest. My guess is I tore some cartilage surrounding the ribs.

Of course it should not be my job to guess. I visited the doctor last Saturday but I completely forgot to ask him about my injury! Most likely he was probably going to tell me to rest up, but I still should have brought it up. Instead, I was at the doctor's office for pain in my left ear and the left side of my head, especially after I wake up. The feeling subsides after a while, but it was out of the ordinary and better to check with the doctor than not. After a battery of questions and a few tests, he concluded that I most likely have an ear infection which was caused by my recent swimming endeavors. Sucks, but I'd much rather it be a mundane ear infection than something worse.

I'm also going back to a specialist this week to check out my ankle. Back in February I jacked up my knee while snowboarding. While I think my knee has healed since, the accident somehow has affected my left ankle. There are times when my ankle feels perfectly fine and then out of nowhere my ankle feels like it's sprained or broken or something and it hurts like crazy when I try to walk. Hopefully this will not be something that requires surgery. Better yet, hopefully this will be something that can be fixed since it's already been 5 months since my snowboarding accident!

Lastly, I think my eczema is slowly coming back . . . I'm trying really hard to keep it under control.

It must be a curse or something . . . I love all these physical activities but it seems like my body is never able to keep up. Maybe what my friend Kevin said is true, that my body was meant for playing video games.