Body exchange

So, I'm about ready to return my body for a better model. I must be just past my warrantee dates because it seems to be falling apart. Either that or there is something about Darwin that is particularly hard on me physically. Since I've been back, I've had an ankle injury, a sprained finger, a back strain, stomach flu, a cracked filling, and now some sort of knee injury. Basically, I seem to be falling apart at the seems. Unbelievable. The latest seems to be a well done injury. On the last point of the night at frisbee, I came down in a pile of legs, and something wasn't right. I thought I heard a snap, and then realized that my knee was already swollen to about twice the size of the other one. Impressive response really - I didn't realize that swelling could happen so quickly. The strange thing about it was that it didn't really hurt much - just "Oh, I think that's bad" and suddenly it wouldn't move because it was so swollen. Very odd.

Now comes the hard part. Figuring out how to a) work with the Australian medical system, and b) get myself around town. Fortunately, the knee doesn't actually hurt, so I may be able to walk around a bit, but that doesn't really help getting across town to see doctors, or physiotherapists or any such folks. Argh.