Tag: accident

MY LEFT ARM IS GETTING BIGGER!

On: By: Philip Wake
On 20th July while salsa dancing at El Grande I needed to get on the stage to dance with a young lady. A fellow on the stage held out his hand and pulled me up energetically. I landed on my feet but the stage must have been slippery, probably with a spilled drink, and I fell very badly. I got up and had my dance and didn't think anything of it. A week later I happened to feel under my left forearm with my right hand and felt several scabs and only then realised that I had fallen on my left Read more [...]

MY RIGHT ARM IS OUT TO LUNCH UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE!

On: By: Philip Wake
Over the weekend my right arm puffed up to twice it's normal size so I resolved to see the doctor as soon as I got back to Gosport. I was lucky because he was in reception when I arrived and immediately diagnosed that my elbow had become infected as a result of the injury I receive 15 days ago when I went salsa dancing in Brighton. Had I not had it seen to it could have spread to the rest of my body and developed into septicemia which is a serious blood stream infection which can lead to death! Read more [...]

GOING SALSA DANCING CAN BE DANGEROUS!

On: By: Philip Wake
On Sunday 27th March 2016 I discovered how dangerous going salsa dancing can be at: SALSA AT THE VIEW EASTER SALSA & BACHATA ALL DAYER . I've copied my comments on the facebook post about this event below as it would have taken a lot of embeds! Click on any "2y" to see the original comment. Philip Wake Fantastic night of salsa despite falling over on the wet gravel road leading down to The View and scraping a lot of skin of my right forearm and bruising my right leg from top to bottom. Read more [...]