h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

About 2 months ago I needed to visit the smallest room (I do this every day a few times - but for the purpose of starting this journal at the beginning I'll start with the visit a few monts ago). I trotted merrily upstairs and as the loo is the first room on the right - an about turn at the top of the stairs really I swivelled and entered the room.

Most of you know that I live in a very small cottage and it's very old so the bathroom was cobbled up out of one of the bedrooms but this makes for a tight entrance! The door opens as far as the wall that is directly behind it (between bathroom and stairs) and no further - there is another wall at the other side of the doorway (between bathroom and bedroom) so you can appreciate that the entrance to the room is the width of a door but it's never given me much trouble before.

This day about 2 months ago, whatever way I swivelled at the top of the stairs - I took one step hit the wall and bounced off and smashed my arm into the door handle ..... now I'm no lightweight and my full weight landed against my forearm which had nowhere to go except the door - and the handle is a mighty solid thing - no give at all.

I felt incredibly sick with the pain and needless to say the air turned blue. My arm was so sore I attended the hospital to see if it was fractured - it wasn't. My problem is that since then I've managed to recreate this accident almost every week and it's beginning to become a bit of a worry. My forearm is now nobbly due to all the impacts with the door handle and there are several lovely little bruises all at various stages.

Thankfully I've only hit the *exact* same place twice and have managed to spread the pain at regular interval between mid forearm and elbow but I don't know what to do about it. In the 11+ years I've been in this house it's never happened before that day 2 months ago - is it a hex one of you lot have placed on my house or is the door just out to get me???

I just don't know.

Stop drinking - now!

Sorry to hear that, but I guess it's some sort of self-fulfilling prophecy now.

So the door isn't out to get me then?

Have you been playing with your spells, dear sister?


lil xx
The Wise One.

don't want it to sound silly, but have you thought of something like these Fizzy ?
http://www.interiordoors.com/bifold.html

That'll teach you to put a spell on the Brotherhood!

It is returning to haunt you!!!

Br. Roymondo will have a field day on this.

But seriously I would speak to your and request a balance test, and also see an optician... and I am not being flippant. There may bean underlying reason...





MMF

Actually I have given a bifold some thought - but I just sort of hoped the problem would go away as quickly as it came - either that or practise self-cateterisation.

PSmy neighbour had a plastic type one as his pantry door, as his kitchen was tight for room

notthat other one with flying emails

We have a wooden bi-fold door on our bathroom, because we too have limited space

Hah MMF - my doctor unfortunately can't tell his a*se from my elbow so I don't think I'll bother him with such a thing - last time I saw him I was tempted to ask was his father in.

Tried flying down the chimney?

MMF

Funnily enough ................ no.

a chimney in the bog ??

*hides her broomstick*

Gee..sorry to hear that,Fizzy...

I would second the advice to have your self checked out by the ..things sound a bit too suspicious...

Have you considered wearing something protective, Fizzy?

This came to mind: http://rugbycoachblog.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/american20football-51.jpg

That doesn't protect her arm. This might be a better idea:

http://picasaweb.google.com/TheBelana/MediaevalFestival#5354709640523191970

better than sun creams as well
http://www.fotosearch.com/clt002/d1607/

Hehe!

It's working!!