Why am I soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?

[venta]

Yesterday, I wrote:

> Right. I'm very late for rapper.

Once I'd got there, I managed to get one hand badly caught in the swords, had a bunch of swords smacked off my head, and someone trod on my foot. For encore, I did some practice tumbles[*], and fell of and landed on my knees.

And found out that a friend broke his back earlier in the week.

Bah. Should have stayed at home.

[*] Backwards somersaults, with your hands supported by the shoulders of people either side of you.

Comments

[lathany.livejournal.com]

Ow Ow Ow. You have my sympathy (and so does the poor guy who broke his back - how long does that take to heal?)

And, a first from me - I too recognise your entry title.

[venta.livejournal.com]

how long does that take to heal

I have no idea yet :(

He had to be completely immobilised for 48 hours, by now he should be at the stage of "just lying very still". I believe a back brace will soon get involved.

Someone else I knew who broke their back was back to more-or-less normal in 6 months, but I don't know if that was fast/slow/a completely different injury so irrelevant. Hopefully Gary will be visitable soon.