***Update***
Well it looks like a torn meniscus. I will have an MRI next week and then we will know for sure, how badly injured it is and where we go from there.
Okay, I am not the most athletic person I know, I have never claimed to be, but yesterday I proved that although I would like to believe I am Peekaboo Street, I’m more like Klutz-a-boo Avenue!
The day started out okay as we arrived at Waterville Valley. The lodge was loaded with kids from the local schools, who were participating in races, a light snow was falling. We had arrived a bit early affording me the time to get ready at a leisurely pace. Our friends arrived and we talked and joked and laughed as we got ready to ski.
The first run was so nice. I felt pretty good. I must say that although I ski, I do not ski “pretty”. My friend, Carol, she skis pretty. Boy I love to watch her! Me? Well the best that you can say is that I get down the mountain!
Yesterday? Not so much.
On our third run I was bringing up the rear of our ski group when I screwed up and caught an edge and down I went. Bing, Bang, Boom!
Yes, you could say that was a bit painful, but the worst part? I couldn’t ski down the mountain, I had to go in the toboggan to the first aid center. Now this is not the way I wanted to go on my first toboggan ride. I had sort of planned that to be with laughing people, on a snowy day and after several “nice runs” we would all sit around and drink hot chocolate.
Not me, I rode down wrapped in an emergency blanket, being pulled by a young man who was young enough to be my son! Hubby met me at the bottom with our friends, where they collected all my gear, and put me in the back of our station wagon and headed off to the Emergency Room at the local hospital. The good news is, nothing is broken, the bad news is…..it hurts like heck!
So today I’m going over to see the P.A. at Hubby’s knee surgeon’s office and I will find out what I have done. I’m a little less sore today and since I spent the night in ice, the swelling is down.
I have to say, I am really embarrassed by this, but since I always share the good, the bad and the embarrassing with you, dear reader, I knew I had to write this down. Call this the confession of the stupid skier!
PS: I’ll let you all know what the doctor says….
OUCHIE!! Oh no. I do hope this is not terribly serious. In spite of it all, of course, you have kept your wonderful sense of humor….and that little graphic is just perfect!
hugs,
linda b.
Oh dear, sorry to hear that, getting injured sucks but at least you have kept your sense of humour!
I haven’t skied downhill for a number of years and to be honest I’m almost afraid to for just that reason. I was recently cross-country skiing and almost wiped out going down the hill and it was scary. I’m so afraid of breaking something.
I find that when you get too confident and are not concentrating, that is when it happens.
Get well. ICE lots of it.
You know, Paul hurt his knee yesterday too. It must have been a bad day for knees across the US!! He tripped on the stairs and had his hands in his pockets – so just went down very hard!
Hope that it’s nothing too serious but they give you nice painkillers for it! 🙂
Saturday Nite Live did a news segment years ago in which they headlined the famed skiier’s crash with “Peekaboo – ICU.”
Hang in there. Hope the pain goes away quickly.
Oh! MB ouchie for sure. I did the same thing to my right knee when I was skiing/falling down the mountain (I am not nearly as good a skier as you). I hope it’s not too bad. I had a great orthopedist who fixed me right up! Let me know how it goes.
OH, NO, what a bad luck! I do hope that it isn’t as bad as it sounds!!!
Good luck with the MRI.
Oh,no! I just hope it isn’t serious. And you are not a stupid skier, an accident can happen anywhere… unfortunately.
Sorry for commenting so late. I hope your knee isn’t giving you too much pain now. I’ve been trying to convince Alex to go skiing in the Alps b/c the prices are so cheap during a sluggish winter. But now, I’m not so sure. I like my knees, wobbly as they are.