Welp, its no quick descent to the Dark Side for me…

No breaks. No dislocations.

The doctor said that he’s 99% sure I strained tendons and probably have some pretty bad tissue damage in there but he also said he could see no signs of errant cartilige so the best he can recommend is 800 mg of ibuprofin and to “not punch anything hard for a little while with that hand.”

I guess that means I’ll need to kick when he gets back to town. So all of you that were imploring me to get my hand looked at, you were worried about nothing.

On a side note, I really dislike hospitals. They’re like tombs. Quiet, stark… no one is happy (except for my x-ray technician, but I think he was on crack or something.) I got this sob story from this old guy that was sitting next to me waiting for x-rays… he seemed to think that everyone was out to edge up his medication costs. I told him to keep voting Texans into office and that’s what you’ll get. You either get cheap meds or Iraqis blown up. Your choice.

He was pretty much done talking to me after that. Either way, I’m going to be laying it easy on the right hand for a little bit until it heals up. I’ll still be at Karate on Thursday and Saturday for the gasshuku.