Ouch!!!


I love my feet!

I have been playing badminton for some time now. Uhm, when I say playing, I mean just playing for fun. Not seriously playing or anything. Last Saturday, I went to the SIP (SSEAYP Alumni Association) Weekly Badminton with my friends, Bok, Erik and Lachi. We finally saw Drew there after not seeing him for a long time. It was bound to be a great, fun night.

I was really looking forward to playing again as I missed the last badminton get-together. Before leaving the dorm, I drank around one liter of water and did my stretching in advance. I was really, really excited!

We got to the court at 8 o'clock in the evening. We were having so much fun playing and laughing at our mistakes when about five minutes into the game, I jumped to hit the shuttlecock, which was obviously beyond my reach, and landed twisting my ankle. I was still laughing as I fell on my butt, but I knew it was going to be bad as I heard a crunch from inside my skin. I tried getting up and that was when I felt the excruciating pain in my left foot/ankle. I couldn't believe what was happening. Just when I was having such a great time and building up some sweat...

The next two hours, I just watched my friends play and laughed with them. Yes, I have very high tolerance for pain! Erik suggested we have my foot checked by the doctor and we decided to go to Medical City after the game. I hopped my way to the car. Playing Little Half Chick back in fourth grade was actually a preparation for something after all! Sure, I was laughing, but I was really in pain!

We got to the hospital and since I couldn't walk, they wheeled me in on a wheelchair. Now, when I was a child, weird that I was, I always thought how cool and romantic it'd be to live my life on a wheelchair. And, as my wheelchair and I were being pushed around the whole place, I realized that it was neither cool, romantic nor easy. I hated the feeling of frustration at not being able to move freely and faster. I decided then and there that I never want to be on a wheelchair ever again!

After the X-ray was checked, the doctors said that it wasn't anything serious. No broken bone or whatever, just swollen soft tissue and lateral malleolus. I thanked God silently. It was past midnight by then. While other people were singing, dancing, head-banging and being starstruck at the Fete de la Musique, I was seeing stars, too... because of the pain!

Because of my injury, I stayed in bed the whole day on Sunday. My friends, Bok, Dean, Erik and Lachi proved to be the kinds of friends referred to in the saying, "A friend in need is a friend indeed." They went to see me and stayed with me in my room the whole day. I don't know how I could ever thank them for everything. I would have died of boredom had they not come. Hehehe:)

Anyway, now, I walk with crutches. They're not as cool as I, as a demented little girl, thought they would be. Using them gives me aches all over - back ache, shoulder ache, armpit ache, etc. My armpits are so painful it feels like I have wounds there! I will have to use the crutches two or three days more, I guess. And then, I'll be able to walk normally again. I'm looking forward to this Saturday's badminton already! :)

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Tag... I'm it!

What are the things you enjoy, even when no one around you wants to go out and play? What lowers your stress/blood pressure/anxiety level? Make a list, post it in your journal, and then tag 5 friends and ask them to post it in theirs.

I was tagged by Anj.

-Reading
-Writing
-Eating
-Looking at photo albums
-Just sitting and hanging out at the Sunken Garden in the afternoon
-Playing with (my) cats
-Going to bookstores
-Listening to instrumental music
-Singing
-Rollerblading
-Watching soccer games (on TV or in person)
-Playing with Pikachu (my soccer ball)
-Checking out sports stores for soccer things (soccer shoes, shin guards, etc.) and badminton rackets
-Surfing the Net
-Taking a walk/stroll
-Texting


Tag:
-Valynn
-Balbs
-Lanee
-Noringai
-Adam

Now, you're it! :)


Comments

Anonymous said…
hehehe, sige sige. will post in my blog. :D

noringai
S.T.P.Peralta said…
oist! pagpuyo sa ha kay para dali kang ma ayo =)
BabyPink said…
tita pie, i hado bettah be! *japanese accent*

lans, sobra pas puyo ako gibuhat, dangs. bed-rest! waaah!
Anonymous said…
Naku! Erik nga pala told me about this the other nite. Yikes, bad trip! Buti nalang naagapan ang sprain mo. Ingat palagi! I guess we won't be playing badminton muna in the next couple of weeks. ;)
Dr. Emer said…
Get well soon, Baby Pink. Next time, be careful, ok?
BabyPink said…
toni,
mga next week, pwede na siguro.:) i can walk without the crutches na pero slowly lang. gusto na nga kaming (dean and i) tadyakan ni bok eh, kasi we go out (to eat lang naman) pa and i should be resting my foot. eh, i did rest it naman for three days. my tita naman says that if i don't walk it, it's not going to get better. naku, i don't know who to follow anymore. pero ok na siya, insha-Allah (God willing).:)

doc emer, opo. thanks.:)
Renee said…
Sorry to hear about your little accident. My sister, your Ate Maya, was also into badminton, that is, until she found out she was pregnant after eleven years of marriage! I don't know if Auntie Minda knows already but please tell her if she doesn't.

Daddy would've been soooo thrilled!
BabyPink said…
wow! congrats to her! grabe! that's really nice. yes, i will tell mommy minda.:)
Baby Rockstar said…
Ouch. Hope you get well soon. I feel for your armpits. Hehe. Now tell me, what hurts more, the crutches or pinching armpits for good luck? Hehehe. I miss you and Xaxa all over again!! Grr.

I was laughing about the wheelchair part. Hahaha. The silly, romantic things we think up as kids. I used to think eyeglasses would be so cool on me, make me look smart and pretty and all. I wished ardently for my eyesight to wane. Now that I'm wearing glasses, I can't go back. Huhu. No more romantic ideas for me, damnit.
BabyPink said…
ey, ka giyoto so kade-drug ta. mangaito ta pen na pangingilek ta den! piyangasosokaran a mga wata! hahahaha!:)

i miss you a tanto, oli!:(
Patrick said…
I can still remember 1 time that I was rushed to the hospital because I dislocated my left shoulder ... and it's all because of Badminton! hehehe .. pero eto pa rin ako naglalaro pa rin ng badminton. Just don't forget to do such "stretching" before playing, and ingatz ka always ;)
BabyPink said…
hey thanks, man!:)

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