late christmas pressies
so my friend 'family man from espoo' was in london for business and stayed with us the weekend. all good. but the interesting part? i got a late christmas gift. he'd digitalized an old VHS video i had asked him to store years ago (when i moved abroad). now, i got back the VHS...and the content on a USB stick. what a surprise. and so awkward to see something i could vaguely remember but hadnt seen in a decade or two. the video was from a concert at my junior high school (1993), i'd rented a handheld camera and just had fun with it. quite certain it was the first video i've ever shot. it certainly looks like it. but so sweet to see those people! i edited some clips from the Apulanta concert which was supposedly my main focus that night and put it out there. can barely see or hear anything but i can recognise a song here and there.
NYE day at Jamie's Italian in London Bridge with Niina and Noora.
watching NYE fireworks with the projector at home with a few friends.
inspired by 80s hits me and Ally were dancing at our place - it was NYE night to be fair - and i once again roll in my foot. only this time i broke a bone :( last time was around 3 years ago in portugal, and i wore heels on the cobblestone streets. risky for anyone, and i knew better but... aaaaanyway i just couldnt walk much a few days and the foot was swollen. now im off my foot for a good while, fracture clinic said im wearing the boot with crutches up to 3 months. internet is full of horror stories where someone is still on the boot after 6 months, but i try to remain positive, maybe i heal well. although that break in the x-ray does not look nice.
on the positive, i got to see doctor on NYE night after all, as he was on shift. i was in denial for a while, thinking i'd just sprained it but eventually had to give in and hobble into an uber and into the A&E. there, got x-ray done, then queued, then got seen by doctors colleague whom ive met before - nice guy. doctor was by then off work and just there to support me. actually advised the colleague with some stuff though, so i was in super good hands.
i have to say life with crutches is not as easy as i hoped. its not just about our home being in 3 floors, its all the ache in my hands and arms... which im sure is in part about the 3 floors, but not only. left hip feels nasty too since i end up putting a lot of weight on it. when friends ask "hows your foot doing?" im not sure what to say, because the foot is bloody fine, safe in its boot. but ME, i sometimes crawl up the stairs cos my body is just exhausted. so i have pains, but not in my foot, lol. i am glad i can take the boot off for the nights and generally give my foot fresh air and wash. its feeling more mobile every day, like, i can mvre the ankle and toes. just have to keep weight off it and not poke cos it IS sore to touch.
lol, as i googled about the 5th metatarsal fracture, i found this:
the x-ray room at doctors hospital. i think the swelling is already obvious on the right foot...
waiting....
doctor made an AMAZING smoothie today (kale, spinach, kiwi, banana, nuts...). and its in my mug that ive had since i was a kid. and im still just as messy?
NYE day at Jamie's Italian in London Bridge with Niina and Noora.
watching NYE fireworks with the projector at home with a few friends.
inspired by 80s hits me and Ally were dancing at our place - it was NYE night to be fair - and i once again roll in my foot. only this time i broke a bone :( last time was around 3 years ago in portugal, and i wore heels on the cobblestone streets. risky for anyone, and i knew better but... aaaaanyway i just couldnt walk much a few days and the foot was swollen. now im off my foot for a good while, fracture clinic said im wearing the boot with crutches up to 3 months. internet is full of horror stories where someone is still on the boot after 6 months, but i try to remain positive, maybe i heal well. although that break in the x-ray does not look nice.
on the positive, i got to see doctor on NYE night after all, as he was on shift. i was in denial for a while, thinking i'd just sprained it but eventually had to give in and hobble into an uber and into the A&E. there, got x-ray done, then queued, then got seen by doctors colleague whom ive met before - nice guy. doctor was by then off work and just there to support me. actually advised the colleague with some stuff though, so i was in super good hands.
i have to say life with crutches is not as easy as i hoped. its not just about our home being in 3 floors, its all the ache in my hands and arms... which im sure is in part about the 3 floors, but not only. left hip feels nasty too since i end up putting a lot of weight on it. when friends ask "hows your foot doing?" im not sure what to say, because the foot is bloody fine, safe in its boot. but ME, i sometimes crawl up the stairs cos my body is just exhausted. so i have pains, but not in my foot, lol. i am glad i can take the boot off for the nights and generally give my foot fresh air and wash. its feeling more mobile every day, like, i can mvre the ankle and toes. just have to keep weight off it and not poke cos it IS sore to touch.
lol, as i googled about the 5th metatarsal fracture, i found this:
well, Jones fracture is closer to the base than mine, but nevertheless, clearly im not the only one!Jones Fracture
Jones fracture was first described by Sir Robert Jones when he fractured his fifth metatarsal in 1902 while dancing around a Maypole at a military garden party.
the x-ray room at doctors hospital. i think the swelling is already obvious on the right foot...
doctor made an AMAZING smoothie today (kale, spinach, kiwi, banana, nuts...). and its in my mug that ive had since i was a kid. and im still just as messy?
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