I Think I'd Make a Terrible Paramilitary.
I might've ever so slightly, accidentally kneecapped myself.
Last Thursday (15/8/19) I was sitting with my knees crossed. I reached for something and, CRUNCH! I forced my left kneecap into the back of my right knee.
This caused my right knee to swell up to double its size. Reducing its mobility from the usual 130° to around 13°. This threw my right ankle out of alignment spraining that too.
Most frustratingly the great reactor fire of my Gout flare-up was almost out. When muscles get sprained the produce lots of acid. Dumping fresh fuel on the fire.
This has all rather dramatically reduced my movement radius. To the point that if it's not in arms length it may as well be on the fricking moon.
Since then I've mainly been adopting the policy;
If I'm immobile I may as well be asleep. It is the best way for the body to repair itself.
I've finally reached the point where I'm comfortable sharing my vulnerability with the World. Although, clearly, rumours have been doing the rounds.
The reason for those rumours is kind of creepy;
Normally when I go to bed I take my tablet with me. Putting this in a drawer.
Amongst hackers this has replaced me marking my place on Twitter.
Not having hands free to carry it I've taken to leaving my tablet downstairs.
Diagnosing a limp is just the start of the extent to which modern electronic devices can track their user's movements.
Quite why anyone would pay money for an Apple Watch or a fitness tracker is a mystery to me.
Last Thursday (15/8/19) I was sitting with my knees crossed. I reached for something and, CRUNCH! I forced my left kneecap into the back of my right knee.
This caused my right knee to swell up to double its size. Reducing its mobility from the usual 130° to around 13°. This threw my right ankle out of alignment spraining that too.
Most frustratingly the great reactor fire of my Gout flare-up was almost out. When muscles get sprained the produce lots of acid. Dumping fresh fuel on the fire.
This has all rather dramatically reduced my movement radius. To the point that if it's not in arms length it may as well be on the fricking moon.
Since then I've mainly been adopting the policy;
If I'm immobile I may as well be asleep. It is the best way for the body to repair itself.
I've finally reached the point where I'm comfortable sharing my vulnerability with the World. Although, clearly, rumours have been doing the rounds.
The reason for those rumours is kind of creepy;
Normally when I go to bed I take my tablet with me. Putting this in a drawer.
Amongst hackers this has replaced me marking my place on Twitter.
Not having hands free to carry it I've taken to leaving my tablet downstairs.
Diagnosing a limp is just the start of the extent to which modern electronic devices can track their user's movements.
Quite why anyone would pay money for an Apple Watch or a fitness tracker is a mystery to me.
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