pogo_it:
Ah yes, I remember an incident involving clutches and knees. I was about to set off on my way home for Christmas - a 500-mile drive with a ferry in the middle.
While getting into the car, I dislocated my left knee. Yes, it was dislocated - it was definitely at a funny angle, and fucking painful. It was also bloody freezing outside, so I tried to drag the injured leg inside the car to close the door (left-hand drive vehicle). Doing this 'relocated' it, as it were, and it looked normal again. So I went and drove 500 miles. To be fair, for the first few hours it wasn't actually too bad, as it hadn't had time to swell up yet. And most of the trip was motorway anyway, completely uninterrupted for the last 200 miles or so. So the very last 5 miles, leaving the motorway to get to the final destination, were somewhat agonising.

My sympathy to pooflake, too. I wasn't too happy with the splitting, blinding headache I had yesterday, but I think I've used up my share of "sickies" (I'm a PhD student, so it's mostly about not pissing off my supervisor) for the moment so had to sit through it.
(julius, Wed 16 Jul 2008, 17:25, Reply)