Seems no matter what I always find a way to get injured in some way.  Monday night we had baseball and we were playing a tough team.  I hit a single and tried to extend it to a double and while racing into second base for some stupid reason I decided to slide into base with shorts on, on a gravel/dirt mix infield.  Ouch!  That ripped part of my shin a bit but it was reasonable.  Then, the next inning I got caught turning first base too much, so I had to race back into base and again I slid!  Ouch!!!!  That one hurt and my shin was ripped open pretty good and bleeding nicely.  I didn’t even think about the slides, I’m just so used to competing and doing whatever to get the job done.

Anyhow, it’s about a 6 by 2 inch open wound on my leg and it’s pretty painful.  I have been home from work ever since.  I had to cancel 4 tennis matches this week, including the first Inter-County match Aleen and I were suppose to play together.  I even had to give up my TFC tickets for Saturday because I just can’t walk properly.

The pain was bad still mid-week so I went to a nearby walk-in clinic as my doctor is on holidays.  He said it looked fine and it just needs time to heal.  He also had to give me a tetanus booster shot as I hadn’t had one for 15 years.  I didn’t know you needed one ever 10 years!

Because I have been walking with such a limp, I started to get pain in my groin on Friday.  It was terrible, I couldn’t move the leg, I was getting worse.  So in the evening Aleen and I went to the hospital and got things checked out.  The wrapped it nicely and explained to me how to properly take care of it.

Now things are getting better.  The groin pain is gone and I am slowly trying to walk properly.  There is still pain in the shin around the wound and there will be as it continues to start scabbing up.  Right now it is still an open wound and weeping.  Hopefully, within the week things will be better, but for sure no baseball or tennis this week. :(

Lesson learnt I guess.