No, i'm not making a Queen reference. ;) Just a few hours ago, i was tuning my Acrolite up for tonight's gig, (i was gonna use my Leedy and Ludwig, but i changed my mind ;)) and as i was tuning it, it was just off the edge of the bed in my spare/gear bedroom, and fell directly on the top of my right foot, right on that large tendon/nerve of your foot, rim first. OUCH !. So after muttering, ok, yelling every curse word invented, and making up some new ones along the way, i immediately iced my precious foot with those frozen gel packs for 20 minutes. Swelling went down considerably, but is still present, and i will be icing it again before the gig. After that i went for a walk to see how badly my foot was hurt, and after about 45 minutes i actually felt a bit better and less sore.
Just rotten luck i guess, but had it fallen directly on my toes, i don't know what would've happened. I wasn't barefoot (just socks) and the drum just fell off the edge of the bed which is about 12 inches off the floor, and onto my foot ..
Not too bad, but still enough to have a minor, annoying foot injury on the most important foot of a drummer.
My questions for all you guys is, have you ever had to do a gig with a minor injury, how did the gig turn out, and how bad was your pain ?
As usual, i think some of the stories will make for some interesting reading.. ;)
