A Series of Falls

Some 9 weeks ago, one of my colleagues in the same office fell in my company premises and fractured her 5th metatarsal bone on her left foot. About 3 weeks later, another colleague who sits in front of me twisted her left ankle. Since then, another 2 girls in my office has somewhat either fell down or tripped over something. Luckily they were small injuries.

Then came my turn... Just 3 days ago, I fell down in my office and now has a few big and small colourful bruises on both my knees :( The story: I had accidentally clicked the "print" button on my PC. And because the printout would be more than 100+ pages, I had to stop the print. I thought by running to my network printer barefooted (without my shoes) would bring me there faster. So there I run.... and as I negotiated a left turn, I slipped and fell *thud* *bang*!! Nevertheless I still picked myself up and limped to the printer. Fortunately only a few pages were printed. But poor me, both my knees hurted :( Sat down and rest a while and I could see the potential bruises forming... Luckily no one saw me fall but surely, everyone in my office heard me!! Silly me tried to run barefooted in my stockings on a carpeted floor. Of course the lack of friction caused my fall...

So I became the 5th and last girl in my office to round off this 'series of falls'. One girl mentioned if it was some form of a curse to have all the girls injure and/or fall down one after the other... well I think it was just concidental that all of us were careless or clumsy. Well I guess there's something that I can thank God for and that is that my blood can clot when the blood vessels are broken. If my platelets are not doing their job, I better start to worry!! Here are 2 photos of my injuries taken yesterday:

Left knee and right knee

My falling stint made me noticed a swelling on my knee which is not related to the fall. Had some old knee joint problem which I'm not sure if it was exactly getting better. The fluid swelling is caused by inflammation of the joints. Anyway after visiting my Orthopaedic, I was told that there isn't as much fluid as the last time. But he did recommend me to do MRI scan to check if I have a meniscus tear. Sounds scary... well since the situation is not that bad (yet), I shall just leave it for the moment. Boy, am I getting older or what?? (More on The Meniscus)