I was at work today and it was crazy as usual. I was sitting at a desk entering some patient data, and needed to get back out to the floor to register another room. I bolted up out of my chair and forgot that there was a hard, unmoving cabinet above me.
Oh.My.God.
I rammed my forehead right into the corner of that sucker. It flipping hurt. I hit it so hard that I bit my tongue. Everything went grey for a half a second, and I literally saw stars. As I turned away from the desk my legs felt like jello and I was completely unsteady. I wanted to cry out, but my coworker was in the room and I couldn’t look like a wimp in front of her. Come to think of it, maybe I should have fallen to the floor. I may have been sent home – damn me and my intense need to always seem strong!
I have been walking around work for the past 7 hours with a huge welt on my forehead and a pretty pink line going down the front of my forehead. Thank God the corner of the cabinet is rounded. I can’t imagine what I would look like if there was a sharp point on it.
My head is still sensitive to the touch and throbs when I walk. Maybe I should have let one of the doctors look at it. I can’t go them now and say, “Hey can you check me out? I knocked myself silly 7 hours ago.” That would be way too embarrassing, especially since one of the nurses on tonight is a leave-you-panting-hottie. No thank you. I’ll just keep my little injury to myself tonight, thank you very much.
