Went to the walk-in clinic today to get the leg thing checked out.
Doctor says they’ll have to amputate.
No, of course not, he said I pinched a nerve and that I should avoid leg presses or extensions for a while and take a vitamin B complex (which I’m already doing). Cardio is still okay.
He also said the numbness could take weeks to wear off. I have to shave my left leg without any sensory input such as ‘ouch, I seem to have cut myself’ for weeks? This is bollocks.
Wow, it’s that numb, eh? Jeepers.
Don’t worry about the shaving, though — I don’t know about you, but unless it’s a really major gash I don’t feel the little nicks till it’s way too late anyway. Usually the only shaving cuts I actually feel are the ones where I’ve subconsciously been like “hey, that ankle bone is ALWAYS in the way — let’s just lop that off.” Maybe I’m just a freak. A clumsy, clumsy freak.
Alternatively, it’s winter, dude — who needs shaving?
An arterial blood spray is nature’s way of telling you to stop shaving your legs.
-B
I think whovever marketed the kind of weight training you were doing when you hurt yourself should be sued for selling something dangerous and stupid and trainers who convince the ususpecting that it is a reasonable thing to do should be fired. Just because the muscles can be forced to adapt to a task in the context of a weight machine doesn’t mean bones, tendons, etc. can reasonably be expected to put up with that shit.
You are such a feminist vegetarian hippie.
This, from the driven madwoman who bikes 100km in one go?
No, you are right, it was a foolish exercise and I won’t be doing it again. I did let her know about the nerve problems, and she looked shocked and appalled. I’m not one to sue, especially given where I work, but I am also all about being forthright and honest with people, so that they don’t repeat their mistakes.
That’s my code name in the military.