So last night Rogue kept up our undefeated 2008 season (and technically our winning streak which dips into late 2007) by defeating the Reedy River Rollergirls with a score of something like 119 to 30. It was a super great time and I had a lot of fun. In a new personal best, I got a jammer takeout in the first period, and I even jammed a couple of times. My parents came down to visit and see me play for the first time which was neat, although I think I solidified my mother’s fears about me playing derby at the very end when I fell really, really hard on my already bone bruised left knee… which, last night was so swollen it looked like I had a knee growing out of my knee and by today, the swelling had gone down but the bruising looks as above. I went to urgent care today (probably the first non-sketchy one I’ve ever been to) and after some blood work and x-rays it was determined that I was free of fractures and soft tissue tears and mostly just need some downtime to heal, which I definitely need to do so I can play in my last bout with Rogue before I move in June. I swear it looks about a hundred times worse than it feels, although it did hurt pretty bad when I initially fell. Fortunately, it was in the last five or so minutes of the bout. The pain did squeeze out a tear or two, which turned me from Crimefighter to QUEEN OF THE GOTHS:
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3 Comments
May 6, 2008 at 10:16 pm
You roller girls are some mad crazy chicks! Seriously I was very impressed by the match on Sunday. It was much more physical than I expected. Go Rouges!
May 7, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Holy crap Erica! Don’t die playing. Mom is concerned enough about you playing. Ha. Surprised she didn’t jump up out of her chair when you fell.
June 15, 2008 at 4:01 pm
[...] It was a great time and they were all super nice. Unfortunately I fell and reinjured my bad knee. Not as bad as before, but it is definitely swollen and [...]