i really wanted to practise some cycling before i go back bcos i probably need to cycle to school quite often in the future, so i jumped at the suggestion of a night cycling trip with smsa ppl! unfortunately it just rained so it was wet and slippery, and i haven't cycled for quite a while, and i suck at controlling the bike when i'm going slowly :(
plus i was tired from going out almost every night, so i guess i wasn't in full form to think clearly, so when they wanted to cycle from pasir ris to changi village, i was like ok! unfortunately that trail is a lot harder and dangerous than the flat stuff at ecp!! should have just stuck to cycling in ecp :/
then when we got to this sharp turn i slowed down quite a bit but i didn't notice the slope after. when i finally saw it i was like ah whatever i'm slow enough now to make it. too late did i realise that the slope was steeper than i thought, and i turned right too much so my bike went into the green railing on the right. i couldn't reach my right bike handle and my right hand couldn't do anything, so in my panic i did the first thing that came to mind: grab the railing and stop!!
if i were a pro-er biker, i would simply turn with my left hand to get back to center then brake with my right hand, but since i was panicking about my bike handle going through on the railing on the right (and obviously i couldn't brake with my right brake), i simply reached out my hand to the railing to stop the bike and me from moving. it didn't work for a second so i grabbed again harder.
of course my hand hit the vertical part of the railing and bike + me stopped. i felt pain but didn't think much about it, thinking it was just a bruise. the bike front handle turned backwards, so after checking the bike was ok, i turned it round and moved it center before cycling on. then i noticed my entire right hand was covered in bright red. for a moment i was surprised and wondering where this came from. then my 2nd thought was that i need to clean up quickly so that i was not slowing the rest down.
unfortunately, it was a pretty deep laceration and was bleeding profusely (yes i actually have the occasion to use this phrase on myself T.T...) and i was like wow how could blood look so bright and red! it's just like tomato sauce, and to think i always thought using ketchup as fake blood was totally off!
anw i was so fortunate to be with a bunch of awesome ppl! all the other ppl were so worried and thanks jh for having plenty of wet wipes, tissues and hand sanitizer on hand! thanks h.e. for helping me wash and cleanup the blood (both on my hand and the bike), and for putting my plaster on! ( thank goodness i always bring plasters along, in case of blisters or injuries ^^)
anyhow i was really scared by the blood, bcos i was nv comfortable with it and i always felt some fear esp with large amts of blood (from myself no less!). that's why i could nv be a doctor haha. aaand i totally dirtied my favorite white shorts with blood from my hand and the bike, so it looked like i just had a leak from a period (obviously not the case) and/or had been attacked by someone with a knife.
thanks j and yl for cycling all the way back to return the bikes and then drive over, and thanks yl especially for giving up his cycling and driving me to see the doctor, accompanying me the entire time, then sending me home!!
i felt really lucky and touched and happy, really glad that i had someone to tide me over the pain and blood. i nv really liked the doctor's, that's why. anw the doctor was literally digging in my wound with alcohol to clean it out (PAINNNN) for at least 3 changes of cotton swabs, then he said i needed 2 stitches.
my eyes literally popped out of my head! i knew it was a worse cut than i've had b4 (excepting the one i sustained at 2 that i totally don't rmb), but stitches mean baaad. and painnn. and more trouble after!
luckily (or not?) the doctor didn't have anymore local anesthesia so we made do with skin glue to glue both edges of the wound together. the cut was pretty deep and gaping open with blood coming out, so it definitely needed to be closed up. i wonder how the doctor could do all this so calmly T.T
anw here's a picture of it after glue (it looks sooo much better glued up!):
the wound goes round to the other side between the thumb and 2nd finger, so it's painful and awkward for me to use my right hand now. sniffs. i also got a tetanus jab and antibiotics in case of infection, so the price tag got really high for all these :( esp the glue costs $80! and it was a 24-hour clinic (bcos it was 10+ by then and most clinics close 9 or 10pm) so the consultation fees increase at night-time to $40 T.T
anyhow i conclude doctors really can earn a lot, so it's well worth the time and money spent studying medicine...
hmm hence i am typing and texting with my left hand now, which were things i could always do but just slower than usual. though trying to brush teeth, use utensils and write with my left hand prove to be a lot more difficult. hopefully no writing is required of me until i can write decently with my right...
till then, let's hope it heals fast and leaves no scars! and i will definitely brake my way down any slope in the future, and stick to cycling at ecp...
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