[Opening narration] Steve Austin, astronaut. A man barely alive.
Oscar Goldman: Gentlemen, we can rebuild him. We have the technology. We have the capability to build the world's first bionic man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster.
The Six Million Dollar Man. Perf. Richard Anderson. 1974. Television.
(How could I not find good Bionic Woman quotes? It’s sexism I tell ya.)
TIME: around 2:00 PM
PLACE: Surgery Center
SUBJECT: My wrist
Pretty! The nerve block in my arm is starting to wear off…time for my “dolls” – hooray for modern pharmaceuticals!
"The world is like a broken wrist that healed the wrong way, and will never be the same again."
Frances Hardinge (Fly by Night)
TIME: 12:30 PM & 9:22 PM
PLACE: Riverchase, Fenton, MO & living room
SUBJECT: My legs and my wrapped wrist
Did you see the difference? A broken left wrist – more specifically, a closed fracture of navicular (scaphoid) bone of wrist and distal radius fracture. Nice. huh? Unfortunately, I don't have a fun story to go with it. I was at Riverchase (a recreation center) in Fenton, MO and was walking back to my lounge chair, hit a slick spot where the concrete slopes into the water and down I went. Luckily my sister (an ER nurse) was with me and got me into the SSM St. Clare ER right away. I'll see an orthopedic surgeon on Monday. Good news is it's my left wrist - I'm right handed - AND I've got Percocet!
(”X” marks where the dreaded slippage occurred.)
