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05-30-2014, 11:13pm | #1 | ||||||
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Not a great start to the summer.
So last weekend I slipped and fell off the transom of my boat while i was up on the trailer and fell about 8 feet backwards on the asphalt. I put my hands out to break my fall and shattered my left wrist. Finally went to see the orthopedic specialist and went in for surgery yesterday. The socket was destroyed so they had to put titanium plates and pins in it. So no boating,no fishing, no motorcycle, no guitar,no shooting, no racing,no working on the car.
You never realize how dependent you become on having both hands. The only good thing is I'm right handed and i am lucky i wasnt paralyzed from the fall. |
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You know what would have been worse..if you fell forward, with an erection...
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Damn dude that sucks.
Let me know if you need someone to take care of the Miata for the summer. |
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Wow! Glad you're still with us George.
8' is a long way to fall, much less backwards. How long until you have enough functionality with the left wrist/hand to be back in the game for the most part? I'm sure there will be lots of PT on the way. Scott
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Dang George.. this is some suck news...
It would be tough not being able to do things you enjoy, and it sounds like your whole list got wiped out. Seasix would have saved the fall with his face, but I guess hindsight is always 20/20 |
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Hope your wrist heals up quickly. |
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Damn... Hope it's a fast recovery.
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05-31-2014, 7:01am | #9 | ||||||
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Been there, but didn't need the surgery. It sucks, but I was always thankful it wasn't a foot, leg, or ankle, where you need to walk on. That is a major PIA.
And you will be surprised how much you will still do. Is the cast higher than your elbow? Mine was, brutal suckage. They do that so you can't bend anything. Good luck! |
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Holy Crap dude. I hope you have a full and quick recovery.
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Damn George! That really sucks!
Here's to your speedy and full recovery. |
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Sorry to hear
Glad you are ok otherwise Yes Wrists/hands and ankles/feet, we take the for granted I fell coming down ladder 2 years ago and busted both ankles One full year of no activities you noted |
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sending you good thoughts and yes i know about losing being able to depend on something
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Holy Crap!!
Damn, that sucks. I hope everything heals up like it should. |
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Damn that sucks. Get well soon George.
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Hoping for a speedy recovery.
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pics please
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Not good news. Hope the mend is speedy and without issue...
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Damnit man, just damnit.....Similar thing happened to me, off the deck of my 20' Flying Scot sailboat.....just pulled into the lot, finished unstepping the mast, so I hopped up to do some minor shit, feet out on slick deck over backwards some 5-6' to the ASSfault.....hit flat on my back, and only thing I remember thinking was 'TUCK YOUR HEAD" the advice of my old HS gym teacher......but the fall knocked my out, the ex was home being under the weather, and Larry/Julie thought I was dead, on account of I did not move for two minits, so they said......Larry drove home, I laid in the back seat just sore as shit.....
later that fall, maybe 5 months later, I started rectal bleeding, so to have my gut stitched just inside the sphincter ......talk about a PIA for a week or better till I could walk......Doc told me it MAY have healed on it's own, but I insisted on USING IT~~~~~!!...... Damn deck shoes not what they cracked up to be.....give em 1/2 a chance they put another crack in your ass, did mine..... |
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Worked out pretty well for a fellow named Allman years ago, who found himself in a similar situation. |
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