The state of Adam's Ass

[yendi]

Ow.

Standing is okay. Lying down is okay. Kneeling, sitting, crouching, bending to get fake eggs out of the fridge, walking up stairs (down is fine), and (as I just found out) sneezing all hurt.

Staying home today, although I've already sent seven work emails, which makes this an insanely productive morning.

Comments

[ewin.livejournal.com]

Wanting to express sympathy both yesterday and today leaves me in the same position of... every time I start leaving a comment saying how terribly sorry I am about what happened to your ass, I either giggle or start thinking baaaad thoughts...

[crwilley.livejournal.com]

...I hate to say it, but in my misspent youth it took me weeks to recover from similar circumstances. I never had it officially diagnosed as broken, mostly because I was pretty sure there was nothing they could do for it - they can't really put a cast on your butt - but I recall it hurting in exactly the situations you're describing.

This might be too personal, but - does it hurt when you sit on the toilet? If it doesn't, you might want to come up with some similar ring-shaped arrangement for when you have to go back to work.

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

Having once fallen on my own coccyx (because I'd have a devil of a time falling on yours -- or anyone else's, really), I sympathize. And I won't mention that it took at least two weeks for mine to feel better.

[rowancat.livejournal.com]

Got to be more entertaining than a State of the Union report ;)
Sorry, this is one of those things where you feel
equal parts sympathy and giggles.
The sheer number of jokes that come to mind is mind boggling
but in the end i hope you recover as pain free as possible :)

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Off topic alert! Hey, are you guys planning to go to Boskone?


And I hope your ass feels better soon.

[yendi]

Hee! Yeah, it's hard to keep a straight face when talking about this sort of injury (especially when I'm standing and it's actually not hurting too much).

[yendi]

I'm definitely thinking about seeing if I can find a ring-shaped pillow at CVS (and I've asked my office-mate to keep an eye out for hard wood chairs, as soft ones put too much weight on the bone).

[yendi]

You don't have to say it; I did more than enough online research, alas, to reveal how long it would take. :-)

Boskone

[yendi]

Of course!

[yendi]

Thanks.

Re: Boskone

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Cool! I'm not for sure that we're going, but a friend is coming over from the UK so now I'm considering it. And I loved Bruce Coville's Magic Shop books when I was in middle school, so there's that. As I said in another thread, Jeremy Thatcher FTW!

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

We are! It's Elayna's favorite con...

You?

[emilytheslayer.livejournal.com]

Definitely considering it!

[malinaldarose.livejournal.com]

Sometimes, the internet's not a good thing. ;-)

[crwilley.livejournal.com]

I'd suggest a Boppy - it's a U-shaped pillow used by nursing mothers - but it might be a little thick.

[unwilly.livejournal.com]

Ah the new Fox show, The State of Adam's Ass.

I'm glad the Herman's Head people are finally getting that spin off.

[popfiend.livejournal.com]

You need an o-ring stat.

[ckd]

After a similar injury in our household, we picked up a ring-shaped pillow at our usual pharmacy (Skenderian Apothecary, near Harvard Square). It worked quite well.

[yndy.livejournal.com]

yikes!

If part of it is muscular, try some Blue Goo on it - works amazingly well for my lower back in conjunction with swelling reducers like ibuprofen.

((hug))