I'm okay!

[luzula]

This is a blanket thank you for your comments on the last post! <3

I seem to be out of danger for concussion now, which I'm very grateful for. Also, I'm fascinated to experience that it's actually true that you can have a wound like that and feel no pain at all. There was pain on first impact, but then it disappeared and I was feeling around the back of my head wondering where all that blood was coming from. Huh. Well, good to know for fic writing purposes, I guess. And there's been surprisingly little pain from the wound overall; I guess an infected wound would be a different kettle of fish. Honestly the hardest thing about all this is not being able to sleep on my back and only with great care on my side.

Heh, and the doctor much appreciated my short-cropped hair. *g*

Comments

[naraht]

I missed your last post because I was away. I'm very glad to hear, belatedly, that you're all right. Hope you're soon able to sleep better.

[luzula]

Thanks! : )

[regshoe]

I am glad you're all right <3

Getting seriously injured and thinking about how useful the experience will be for fic writing—you are a dedicated author. :D But it's good that it doesn't hurt much!

[luzula]

Actually I was thinking of that scene in one of your stories where Keith doesn't realize at first that he'd been stabbed! When first reading it, I was doubting that it was possible, but I no longer doubt it.

And thanks! : )

[sovay]

I seem to be out of danger for concussion now, which I'm very grateful for.

I was away from the internet for most of the day and missed your head injury! Please continue being out of danger for everything.

[luzula]

I do appreciate having a brain that mostly works well, and would like to keep it. Thanks!

[philomytha]

Glad to hear you're past the worst of it now. Also I'm reassured to discover it's not just me who pays attention to painful experiences for their fiction-writing potential! I remember the time I had a big splinter of wood lodged under a fingernail, I was thinking about how I would describe it if it happened to a character...

[luzula]

Thanks! Obviously I would have much preferred that this hadn't happened, but since it did, well. I do write in a fandom where people being wounded is a likely thing to happen. : )

Given your dedication to

[jesse_the_k]

empirical investigation, I'd prefer you join less martial fandoms :,)

Re: Given your dedication to

[luzula]

I know the wording in my last post was a bit ambiguous, but I didn't slam my head on the wall on purpose. : ) I was playing with my six-year-old niece, obviously a dangerous activity.

[badly_knitted]

Glad to hear you're doing okay, and I hope you'll soon be able to sleep comfortably again.

[luzula]

Thanks! : )

[bittersweetshimmer]

I just scrolled back to see and ouch! I'm glad to hear you're out of danger and not having any pain - I hope you keep healing swiftly and smoothly

[luzula]

Thanks! Hey, have I met you before? Hopefully this is not head-trauma-induced forgetfulness...

[bittersweetshimmer]

No, no fear of that. Your post popped up on the 'latest things' page - I'm a DW newbie and still learning my away around.

[luzula]

Oh, okay! Welcome to Dreamwidth, then. : )

[seascribble]

I am glad you are okay! I am lol at you turning this into fic research.

[luzula]

Thanks! And well, you know. When life hands you a head wound, make...hurt-comfort fic?

I saw your various posts; I wish you the best of luck in working out what to do!

[seascribble]

This is the (fangirl) way!

Thank you! I'm a fucking mess about it lol.

[sanguinity]

Glad you're concussion free and haven't felt much pain! And I have to laugh at you mining it for fic-writing, because yup! A bad thing happens, and I'm all "Welp, pay good attention, and maybe I can get a story out of it later!"

[luzula]

Well, I'm glad I'm not alone in that! : )

(I assume you and your wife did not have to escape across the length of France during wartime? *g*)

[sanguinity]

We have not! We've had some tense moments crossing borders, but that's about it. Ah, well, here is our rusty-trusty imagination to the rescue again!

[nyctanthes]

Very glad to hear that it's a manageable head injury. :P

I have needed stitches (for hands/fingers) multiple times (I'm careless with kitchen knives), and the worst parts were always i) the sudden gush of blood and ii) not being able to get the bandaged area wet.

[luzula]

Thanks! Yes, I can imagine that it's very annoying to have to keep your hands dry. At least that hasn't been much of an issue for me.

[ceruleancat]

Glad to hear you're ok and this experience is passing relatively easily. Also, amused by the instinct to take notes for future writing. Might as well get some benefit from an ordeal.

[luzula]

Thanks! Yes, if it was going to happen, I might as well get some benefit from it… : )

[china_shop]

So glad you're okay and not concussions, and wow, it's fascinating that it didn't/doesn't hurt! Bodies are so weird! :-)

[luzula]

Thanks! Actually I'm impressed by how well the brain works--that it could take such a blow and still keep working… and healing in general is very cool. Well, I feel lucky.

There is a little pain even now, but it's very low level and I don't notice it unless I focus on it.

[scintilla10]

Glad you're not in pain, and I hope your recovery continues to be smooth!

[luzula]

Thanks! : )

[ride_4ever]

Relieved to know that you are recuperating well. I had to chuckle at your remark about "good to know for fic writing purposes" because my first thought had been concern for you and my second thought had been about concussions or possibilities thereof that I'd read in dS fic. Oh fandom.

[luzula]

Well, my own first concern was getting a concussion or any kind of brain damage! I was scared of that. But now that I'm out of danger of that, so why not use the experience for fic research? : )

[hurry_sundown]

Oh geez, Luz. I hope you're feeling better. *hug*

[luzula]

I am, thanks! *hugs back*

[chestnut_pod]

Oh, hurray for being out of danger! Thank goodness.

[luzula]

Thanks! I was scared of getting a concussion, so I'm relieved to be out of danger for that.

[nnozomi]

So glad you are doing better, with no concussion and little pain; I hope it heals fast.
Well, good to know for fic writing purposes, I guess.
LOL. Experience is always useful!

[luzula]

Thanks! I'm surprised how fast it's healing and how little pain there is. But most grateful for the lack of concussion...

[cahn]

Oof! I'm (belatedly) glad you're okay! <3

[luzula]

Thanks! <3

[iberiandoctor]

OMG! Glad to hear you're on the mend. Sending my best ♥

[luzula]

Thanks for the good wishes! <3