According to CNN, some guys put sports in front of health:

When is a man's medical emergency not all that urgent? Apparently when sports are on the tube.

A drop in the number of men going to the emergency room during sports broadcasts on TV is followed by a surge afterward, reports an ER doctor who reviewed case numbers over three years at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore.

See the rest of the article here: Delayed ER visit?

Now that's a true sports fan!

Anyone ever put off an ER visit thinking......I'll wait it out?

 

I sailed with a busted leg for 3 days once. Couldn't find an er anywhere.

fltsfshr

 

Ouch. Rick broke his leg and put off the ER visit until the next AM.

 

Us men are tough!!!!



fltsfshr

 

[QUOTE=fltsfshr,Oct 11 2006, 03:55 PM] Us men are tough!!!!

 

All of my ER visits have involved a volume of blood loss that would preclude waiting for any event to conclude. I did drive myself part way once with my hand wrapped in a dish towel.

 

While pitching in a baseball game a line drive was hit back at me hitting me on the forearm of my glove hand. I finished pitching the game, about 3 more innings and after went to the ER. After X-ray it was determined i had a broken bone. For the next couple weeks I had all I could do to even pick up a bar of soap with that arm.
Levi

 

I pulled the muscles in my left calf during warmups for a flag football game. Played the entire game, went back to the office for the rest of the afternoon and drove the S home. The trip took 45 minutes in stop and go.

I then went to my guitar lesson and stopped on the way home to get some ice packs. I went to the doctor the next day and found out I had torn all the muscles in my calf - never occured to me it was that serious...

 

I forgot to mention that I'm now on crutches for the next 4 - 6 weeks and no driving the S.

 

No driving the S probably hurts more than the torn muscles.

Get better soon.