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I somehow manage to get the most absurdly bad injuries over nothing...
Around 3 hours ago I was working on this old commuting bike I got (whilst wearing sandals). Just finished putting a freewheel on it and a rear brake, took it for a spin round the block, was nice & fast. Road back into my garden and saw if I could still backwards-circle (managed a half turn)
As I was just popping off my bike, I felt my toe catch something. (mudguard rod) Didnt really hurt, just tried to shake it off. Then I looked at my toe, and f**k! see the whole nail on the big toe lifted back and gushing blood!
I was like oh s**t, this is bad. Dont wanna have to go and wait for hours in A&E (embarrassing too!) I run back in the house get some bandages together. At this point the pain starts to catch up with me, its immense, and theres loads of blood trickling out.
I decide a picture would be cool, then spend 15 minutes looking for a camera, find 3 but all the batteries are dead! I go about cleaning it up & try to push the nail back on, blood gushes everywhere, it hurts like f**k and it looks so cool & gruesome I really wish I could take a pic.
I want to do some riding this week so I decide I should really get it seen to quick, so I dont end up with a painful mangled foot for a month. Call up the GP, they are closing in 10 minutes.
SO I somehow squeeze my bandaged toe into a shoe, endure an extremely painful race to make the 30min journey in 10min. Get there, and the nurse takes off my good bandage, puts a crap "glorified plaster" on it, and tells me to go see a private podiatrist to remove the nail & make sure I dont get gangrene!
Wtf? So I end up re-dressing it my self so its sturdy enough to make the journey home (lots more pain) looking like an idiot spinning on the granny ring of my sisters hybrid with agony on my face
Well, I certainly cant see a podiatrist. So I guess ill be spending the next week at least not riding and trying to pull my nail off. Ill have another thing to add to my many bike related scars.