OUCH

2005.04.18 @ 19:17

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What do I and Rugby League player Andrew Johns have in common? Yesterday, I competed in the NSW state taekwondo championships. In the first round of my finals fight I let my guard down, which my opponent subsequently took advantage of, kicking me squarely in the left jaw and fracturing it. I didn’t realise what had happened at the time, and there was no visible damage, so I finished my two rounds but disappointingly lost, only scoring 1/3rd as much as he did. Today I visited a bunch of radiographers, dentists and hospitals, but the good news is I don’t need surgery. Just a couple of weeks of painkillers and eating through a straw, and 6 weeks later it will be healed (in theory)! I have to get an X-ray every week until then, so I’ll see how it goes.

Two X-ray images on the one weblog page. That’s quite worrying.

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Reader Comments

Jakub Steiner / 2005.04.19 @ 00:43

Ouch indeed. Wishing you a good recovery!
Matt / 2005.04.19 @ 15:11

Thanks mate, I appreciate it!
Jason / 2005.04.20 @ 17:25

Sorry ’bout that.
Enjoy the soup, yogurt, and milkshakes :P
Mal / 2005.04.23 @ 01:03

I believe sucking Guinness through a straw has magical healing properties. And it gets you drunk quicker :)

Don’t be trying any Blender coding just after doing it though ;)

Good luck with the healing dude!
Mal
David / 2005.04.26 @ 13:57

Hey!
i came upon your site by accident, or so…and i was looking at your graphic art, its insane and great, nice work, i am an amature 4d artist, i use vue d espirit and photoshop and i tried to learn 3d studio max but it was to hard, i was wondering what is the program you use? and im guessing you cant really download it off the net can you?
Matt / 2005.05.04 @ 03:15

Thanks, guys! :) Things are getting better, I can eat soft food again now. Things like this really make you appreciate the simple things in life.

David:
Thanks! I mainly use Blender, and actually you can download it for free :) You can read about it and download it at http://www.blender3d.org .

cheers,

Matt