ok this is really painfull to type so please excuse the occasional lack of puntuation.
Finally out of ER after 5 hours of staring at the ceiling unable to move.
Why?
because was in a really bad biking accident. Probably the equivalent of falling off a horse at gallop in fantasy terms. Last thing remember was hitting the fence. Eventually come to half way back on the bike path... and can not move... just pain and numbness combined...
Luckily a friend was biking with me and more luckily he was behind me and while mostly unable to help me directly, was able to call my roommate fore help, who got a ride out as close as could as I crashed in the middle of nowhere.
Helmet I had just bought the other day probably saved me.
Meanwhile got back the use of my legs, but hands were totally useless at first, but gradually got bacl use of a few fingers on one hand. Got to standing and tried to stagger to a meeting point using the bike as a support, but it was a mess so roommate manhandled it to the ride a mile off while I staggered along.
Get to ER and just short of full body x-rays. Somehow succeeded in not breaking or fracturing any bones and was eventually released. They didnt check for muscle or other damage. But no bones broke.
necks in a cast for a while and can barely use hands. just typing this out is an ordeal. My head and face actually looks worse than my hands.
if id been alone or my friend ahead of me and not realized Id wrecked that would have been really hell.
So right now in getting to see first hand, no pun intended, what its like to lose most of the use of your hands.
Eating is a trial, getting dressed is a trial, and holding things is a trial to pretty much impossible.Sleep? with this sort of pain? aint happening. Kiss goodby any short or long rests. Spells with somatic components? aint happening. Cant even hold a practice bokken a player got for me. Getting into armour with straps and such aint happening. For a modern setting guns are out, can noty hold a nerf gun or pull the trigger. And for more modern or futuristic, using a keyboard is an ordeal and really slow going.
So there you go. Wear a damn helmet!
addendum: and all this happened because I am handicapped and it kicked in at the worst possible time, causing me to crash.