Eye Heart Pasta
Erik changed my life
I didn't do it on the bike, but I don't think that's a prerequisite for posting here. :teeth
I was playing tag with my dog in the back yard. He went to the right to run through the ivy. I darted left to cut him off when he emerged from the other side. I noticed I was about to step on some branch cutters so I rotated my foot at the ankle to try to avoid stepping on them. My foot was rotated ~15° clockwise to my body's general direction of travel. As I moved through the stride I heard the 'pop' and slid to a stop on my deck. Friday night I got x-rays, drugs and an ortho referral after 3.5 hours in the ER.
Saw the ortho today. Looks like my femur drove a part of my tibia down 2 cm. He wants a CT for more detail, but he's already scheduled me for surgery next Tuesday the 29th. A hockey stick shaped plate, a couple screws and a synthetic bone graft is the current plan.
One month of zero weight bearing. Another of 50% weight bearing. A third month working up to full weight bearing... and then I can go back to work. It seems my employers are very accommodating, but I still worry about being away that long and also how I'm going to keep myself from getting bored at home during my recovery. I guess I could get everyone in the sink (and here) sick of seeing my screen name all over :laughing
Maybe now I can make the Sink get together at Sonoma instead of doing my business trip to Chicago.
I was playing tag with my dog in the back yard. He went to the right to run through the ivy. I darted left to cut him off when he emerged from the other side. I noticed I was about to step on some branch cutters so I rotated my foot at the ankle to try to avoid stepping on them. My foot was rotated ~15° clockwise to my body's general direction of travel. As I moved through the stride I heard the 'pop' and slid to a stop on my deck. Friday night I got x-rays, drugs and an ortho referral after 3.5 hours in the ER.
Saw the ortho today. Looks like my femur drove a part of my tibia down 2 cm. He wants a CT for more detail, but he's already scheduled me for surgery next Tuesday the 29th. A hockey stick shaped plate, a couple screws and a synthetic bone graft is the current plan.
One month of zero weight bearing. Another of 50% weight bearing. A third month working up to full weight bearing... and then I can go back to work. It seems my employers are very accommodating, but I still worry about being away that long and also how I'm going to keep myself from getting bored at home during my recovery. I guess I could get everyone in the sink (and here) sick of seeing my screen name all over :laughing
Maybe now I can make the Sink get together at Sonoma instead of doing my business trip to Chicago.