Other folks go skiing, horseback riding, and skydiving and comeback without a scratch. Me, I tried going to the library yesterday, tripped over a speed bump in the road, and fractured my skull in two places. This is just embarrassing. First thing they did at the emergency room was to put my a cervical collar on my neck—one of the few places over my shoulders that wasn't hurting. That thing as as troubling as the pain I was in. I actually threw up when they put it on. I guess I wasn't being a very good patient, because just before I did, I told them to get this thing off me, it was making me sick. I've never liked wearing ties, I can barely tolerate a v-neck tee shirt. If I believed in reincarnation, I might suppose I had been hanged in a former life or something, but I have never liked anything around my neck. I was so glad when they removed it after a CT scan showed no spinal damage. Of course, the nausea was more related to the concussion than the neck brace, and I managed to throw up later just fine as they were prepping me for discharge even without the brace. My poor wife stayed with the whole time, from around 11:00 AM until about 5:30. She's a good one. I think I'll keep her.
So there it is, two skull fractures (one just over my left eye, the other to my left sinus), one fat lip, a concussion, and a bruised rib. I feel much better today but doubt I'll be posting much here today here today.
Oh, and for all the doubters: The doctor said my "brain looks fine."
In the spoiler below: my pretty face upon returning home from the E.R.: