it took 60 years but I finally screwed up

[RonT (aka Ombligo)]

For the last sixty years, I've done everything one-handed. I never really gave it a thought, if it needed doing, I did it. I won more than one bet weightlifting and doing one-arm pushups. 

In all that time, I never suffered an injury - until last week.

Now I'm in a brace, and an orthopedic surgeon said to get an MRI. The X-rays at least showed nothing broken, but there is definitely something going on with the soft tissue in my wrist. Even doing the 12-oz curl hurts. I'm hoping it isn't too serious since not having my one working hand will really make life a PITA while it heals.

Oh, and how did I manage to hurt myself? Would you believe throwing away a toilet at the dump. As soon as I tossed it I felt a pop and pain. 

Long overdue but still not needed.

[AllGold]

Sorry. You probably tore a muscle. Hopefully, that is all. A lot of things like that happen when you don't expect it so there's really no way to avoid it.

I did that (tore a muscle in my wrist) many years ago. Mine didn't involve a toilet. It was lifting one of those old 10MB multi-platter disk packs (about 14" in diameter and about 9" high from the old days) that I kept in my office as a novelty.

It will heal, but will really suck for at least a month, especially when it's your only hand.

Best wishes for a simple diagnosis and quick healing.

[special]

So the only functional hand is in a brace? I hope you have someone to take care of you. Good luck with brushing your teeth and using the object that caused the injury.

[rgG-New]

So sorry to hear of your injury.
I will say, I was skimming your post a little too quickly and saw toilet and dump, and did a double take.

[halbert]

that was a good long run you had - hoping for a quick recovery

[Fritz]

bummer.  hope it's just a bad strain.