When the "young and healthy" become the "old and infirm."

[Cerridwen]

19. First, I must ask your forgiveness.

When I read your post I laughed. Not at your injury but at the wonderful way you described it. You painted a very visible picture. (I like redundancy.)

A former co-worker, a young, athletic, woman who was in training to run her first marathon placed the small toe of one of her feet forcibly against a heavy suitcase in the hall in the middle of the night. That was essentially how she described it. It was funny and sad at the same time. I read the same in your post.

For whatever it is worth, you have my sympathy for your injury. Please take care of yourself. Minor things can become major if you treat them as minor. I swear some part of our bodies lay in wait until they can get even with us for our lack of respect of them.