Injured photographer notice. One handed typing impedes timely posts!

This morning, at an otherwise serene swim practice, a swimmer in an adjacent lane and I experienced a  head on, mid-air, mid-stroke hand collision. It happens; but rarely.

Randy, the oncoming swimmer in the next lane, is a big guy at 6'2" and quite fit. His hand impacted the back off my hand with a heck of a lot of force and the shock of the impact actually dazed me for a few minutes... He was fine. 

My lane mate is a nurse who was once a flight nurse who has seen and responded to off the charts traumas in helicopter rescues and in the E.R. for decades. She stopped swimming and evaluated my hand. Randy, who is a medical doctor also weighed in. No major damage but both agreed my hand would see some pain and impressive bruising. Both suggested putting ice on it. If it still hurts on Monday I'll go in to see my G.P. and get an x-ray. All the fingers move and no bones are sticking through the skin :-)

I told my swim friends I'd ice the hand right after I stop and get coffee. In unison they both said, "You mean you'll get coffee AFTER you ice it down...!!!"

 It's so slow and frustrating to type with one hand. Now I think I know how MJ feels.

This is just a note to let my faithful readers know that the usual bounty of posts may slow way down for a few days. I'll be relying on the house manager to handle stuff around the house and office. Fortunately it's the right hand that was struck. I am profoundly left handed. Lucky.

So, this is what pains feels like? Novel.