Torn

Just over a month ago, I made one of the stupidest split-second decisions. hmmm maybe not, specially considering my tendency of making those! I was the goal-keeper while playing football with my friends (and some people I didn’t know) and just as my defender moved out of the way of a hurtling shot, I attempted a save with open faced palms. Yep, OUCH!!

Though it ended up being a save that could have put me on the nominee list of ‘best saves’ in a tournament, the sad part is that it was nothing but a stupid friendly match! And thanks to my heroics, I ended up suffering a ligament tear on my right wrist! And I’m living with it till date. I’ve never had a real sports injury before this – barring the gazillion bruises and scrapes – and i really don’t know how long a ligament tear takes to heal, but I must admit here that a month down the line, the appeal of having suffered my first sports injury has worn off and fear over the long-term effects are settling in.

If any of you out there know anything about recoveries from ligament tears, PLEASE tell me something.. cos the more i look up online, the more confused and scared i become. With the symptoms of the tear, I’m not even sure if its a ligament or a tendon that I’ve ruptured – even though my orthopedic says its the ligament (i’m just gonna believe him).

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Apart from the physical pain that my wrist decides to rain down on me every other minute, my brain and heart decided to add in my heart to the list of things that needs to be repaired too. I had to make the mistake of going through my first few posts on the blog and re-open some of my wounds.

Until later..