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Bounced my face off the pavement today. (true)

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Working on some creative animation stuff, having a great day, decided to go for a bike ride to pick up something for supper. Ended up at Jimmy Johns, about 10 blocks away, got a giant sandwich, left a couple dollars for a tip, put sandwich in backpack, started biking home.

Nearly home, stood up on bicycle and started cranking to speed to a stoplight that had just turned green when "pop", my chain flies off, foot hits the ground (because I was cranking hard on the pedals), bike turns sideways instantly and my face BOUNCED HARD off the asphalt.

No traffic on the road I was coming from, still 50 feet from the stoplight I was rushing towards. Lip is very swollen, one of my front teeth is painful if pressed on, but not loose. Forehead and nose have cuts, bloody knee, bloody elbow.

Walked the bike the last three blocks, came inside, showered, used some bactitracin on the wounds and put on gauze pads with surgical tape I have had in my medicine cupboard forever. I live alone in my apartment so I had no one else to dress the wounds. I don't know that I have ever hit my head that hard before.

Elbow was bleeding big glob drops of blood so that was a bit concerning.

I feel very lucky I didn't lose a tooth on the spot. Front teeth cut up my inner lip quite badly.

The cherry on top was now I feel I should wait a few days before chewing anything, so my giant sandwich will have to sit in the fridge uneaten. I am sipping on a protein drink as I write this, wondering how many days until the tooth is no longer tender to the touch. All other teeth seem unaffected, just the left front tooth is sensitive.

After working all week, this is not how I was planning to spend my Saturday night, but It's a lesson to have compassion for anyone who has a bad day, I guess.

I'm really hoping this doesn't have any lasting effects like CTE. The worst part is that that bike chain has popped off before, I was in a good mood and daydreaming a bit, then I saw the light turn green and started pumping the pedals like I did in my youth. Had I not been in such an impulsive mood, I would have considered that the chain popping off was a serious hazard and the accident could have easily been avoided.

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