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Not as exciting as DM's, but interesting nonetheless...
I was out walking with some friends, going from Barnstaple to Bideford for those who know their way around Devon. Just before we got to Bideford, we found the footpath was closed and diverted along a busy road. It was dark by this point. No choice, so we walked along the road, or next to it whenever possible. At one point, there was a sort of grassy verge, about a metre high, and we decided to walk on top of that for the stretch it covered. While scrambling up onto it, I twisted my knee or something, resulting in incredible, excruciating pain. I rolled down into the road, recovered a little, and, leaning against the verge, started to inch towards the driveway that was about a couple of metres away, to get off the road. While doing so, I blacked out from the pain for about 30 seconds. By the time I came to, my two companions were getting a *bit* concerned... I got safely away from the road, but I was still in massive pain and feeling rather faint and ill, so they decided to call an ambulance.
Ambulance came, drove me to Barnstaple hospital. There, I was put in a wheelchair and had to wait for a while (as, clearly, I wasn't dropping dead anytime soon). A nurse came to check what was wrong, by which time it had pretty much stopped hurting. I explained (which she wouldn't believe because I'd just bent that knee while taking off my trousers), so she checked the knee more thoroughly and said "It's fine. Bugger off." (not quite in those words, but close). We left, walked a mile to the station and got the train back home. The end.
OK, so the knee ached a bit, on and off, for the next week or so, but that's all. This happened in mid-December, and I'm not even sure now whether it was the left or the right knee. But when it happened, the pain really was excruciating. |
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