What do I say? He's injured!

My Cap "friend" recently got injured, and in his field injury is bad, bad, bad. I sent him an initial message, offering my help if he could use it and just being there for him... But now I want to send him something to just brighten his day a little as he recovers. He seemed so sad in his response to my first message that I don't really know what to say to him, or how he'll react to it. What would you like to hear if you were in his shoes? Mind you, his injury prevents him from working, so to speak. I just want to give him something to be happy about during this hard time.

Thanks!

Just "BE THERE" for him!!

No, he's likely to recover. He sprained his MCL and is out 2 to 4 weeks. The season just started though, and he usually gets pretty down when he injures himself. He's sprained his ankle multiple times and would always try to play on it too early because it just kills him when he can't play.

I asked what I should say because we live in different locations and it's not as easy for me to PHYSICALLY be there without hopping on a plane. So I wanted to know what to say to him, not regarding his injury, to help take his mind off of it if only for a few minutes.

Thanks cappywench

say

hey sexy, what are you going to do with all that free time in bed, now that you are injured?

Thanks everybody!

I agree wit CW, tell him jokes 😄 This will help alot. We caps hate being injured, sick, unwell -- we don't like anything that will hinder us from being 'us'.

Thanks.

I guess I'll just talk to him the way I normally do then. I never tell him jokes, because he has a different sense of homor, but I always make him laugh.

Tell him to get over it big baby.



Nah just kidding. LOL.

"He sprained his MCL and is out 2 to 4 weeks"

I've definitely been there before. Honestly, it sucks. It really, really sucks. Long term wise, his injury isn't that bad at all. Short term wise, he's going to feel like crap and attempt to rush it, all athletes do. Biggest problem with knee injuries is the fact that they're complete wildcards after they're "supposedly" healed. Really it can go two ways, he either rushes it and ends up risking injuring it again and this time more severely or he'll become tentative and become a shadow of himself on the field. And there's nothing worse to an athlete than not being able to leave on your own terms. Best thing to do right now is just to keep his head up and not drag him down. Tell him to take it slow when he recovers and just pretty much support his decision to go back.

Thanks DK09! I appreciate it.

Mystic, as soon as I read your first sentence I said, "Oh hell no!" Lol. Glad to know it was a joke lol.