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TGT

Social climber

So Cal

Aug 7, 2012 - 06:47pm PT

Similar thing happened JE.

She actually broke it before she hit the ground.

She was going off the right side and her knee hit the back of the saddle as the horse was going left.

Newton and Archimedes took over from there.

mouse from merced

Trad climber

merced, california

Aug 7, 2012 - 08:07pm PT

Finally got into a car/bike, no faking. Over thirty years living on borrowed time. I was lucky to get away with two rib fractures.

Have only been sleeping on the recliner. The recovery is coming faster than I thought it would, too. That Melloxicam and Trammadol combo works on the pain.

It was on Friday, the 27th, that I T-boned the car in the crosswalk. She wasn't there three seconds before! I was barely moving, my inertia lifting me up when the front tire hit; I glanced the door post with my noggin and landed flat on my back; thinking I got a lung punctured, I didn't move. The EMT thought a neck brace and back board were necessary. (The worst part, it wasn't necessary--they only brace you like that if you have been hit by the car!) He thought I had been hit, not the other way around. They kept me in lockdown in spite of my protests.

The whole incident is bizzare, so I won't go into more detail. I hate to say it, but I am spooked now. Bike riding was fun. Now it's deadly. And then they steal your bike! Or mess with your tires! Or throw sh#t at you! Or pull into the crosswalk! At least it wasn't a deer!

I hope all the rest of you Sad Sacks get to feeling better and functioning. Bite the bullet, my brothers and sisters. Don't fear the pain and it won't hurt so bad? Or harden the f*#k up? Get better one and all.

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Aug 7, 2012 - 08:12pm PT

Almost went on the list, 5.9 hand crack 90 degrees F, had a proto Kruk moment!! That was a close one!

kaholatingtong

Trad climber

the green triangle, cali

Aug 7, 2012 - 08:23pm PT

^^ damn road bikes are dangerous. better off climbing :D:D. cant tell u the number of close calls i had riding my bike religiously around the bay area for several years.

damn injuries suck but i suppose they can be something to grow from too.

Daphne

Trad climber

Black Rock City

Aug 17, 2012 - 12:08am PT

I went on a date today. So my heartbreak is healing well. I forgot to say that I doubly qualify for the injured reserve list for both heel break and heart break. The date, a lovely and interesting man who does not climb, did some energy work on my foot and I feel great. I walked all day without my air cast and still feel great and am not in pain. Maybe when I see the doc next Wednesday he will give me permission to ditch the air cast altogther. On the other hand, the cane I ordered came today.

murcy

Gym climber

sanfrancisco

Topic Author's Reply - Aug 17, 2012 - 01:05am PT

Glad to hear the news in today's posts!

I've been doing the vegan socialist mat exercises recommended by my PT and mixing in some pull-ups, dips, and hangboard hangs on the theory that they're "traction". Two top-rope gym sessions have gone fine, so Knapsack Crack had better start getting nervous.

BASE104

Social climber

An Oil Field

Aug 17, 2012 - 11:53am PT

It has been nigh a month since my partial knee replacement. I am getting around and doing my PT. Tossed the walker a while back.

A WALKER? SH#T!!!!

When did I get so damned old? Just ask anyone and they will tell you that I am extremely immature.

Anyway, done with that. Doing my PT and the range of motion is coming back fast.

Jaybro

Social climber

Wolf City, Wyoming

Aug 18, 2012 - 02:16pm PT

From the Yin to the yang, add my ten year old niece and climber Hannah, to the list.

Hannah, seen here after an earlier break a few years ago

Not wanting to be out done by Em and Daphne, she decided to have a foot fracture of her own, day before yesterday, while hiking on the olympic peninsula "this rain forest is cool" details are murky, but something about wearing mom's shoes that were a little to big for her, and getting her foot stuck and taking a tumble...
Arriving home at one, friday morning they got up early to get it checked out, as she was scheduled to fly to paris for two weeks today.
The Kaiser Doc said it "looked okay" but sent her to Xray anyway. Sure enough fracture of some sort (unclear to me, but not the calcareous) and sent her to get casted.

It looked grim for the trip....then, this morning, My Bro consulted with a friend of theirs, a kaiser sportsmed doc ( a Chinese woman (with a Jewish husband) with whom I had a conversation in Russian, on Xmas day over Xmas dinner at my brothers house) who knows Hannah. She said "oh by all means go to France! Prop the foot above the heart as practical." ( moms lap on the airplane) she said the clot thing is not that big an issue with ten year olds.
They are on the way to the airport now.
Another adventure begins!

Edit; at the airport -
an hour ago

klk

Trad climber

cali

Aug 18, 2012 - 02:24pm PT

I've been doing the vegan socialist mat exercises recommended by my PT

damn hippy

BASE104

Social climber

An Oil Field

Aug 18, 2012 - 07:22pm PT

JE,

The tibial plateau on the inside of my knee was what was replaced. I know way too much about it now.

BASE104

Social climber

An Oil Field

Aug 19, 2012 - 01:52am PT

Oh man. Blowing a finger takes FOREVER to get over. I remember blowing one bouldering and it took a huge amount of time to heal. I had to do climbs without crimping for about a year.

I see videos of Sharma dynoing for one finger pockets and that guy must have steel tendons. It is beyond me.

westhegimp

Social climber

granada hills

Aug 19, 2012 - 02:14am PT

Right side climbers elbow. Off and on, mostly ON, for the last three years. Also low back issues.

Just can not shake this elbow stuff. Seems like I try everything. Rest, stretching, warming up, rehabbing, weights, eccentric weight training with light load, ice, heat etc. Then when none of that works I get a shot. That is a miracle. Usually works for 6 months to a year or so. Then the pain comes back. Repeat. This time only 3 months. :(

When my back hurts it is hard to do any training let alone climb.

This getting old is not for wussies!

Wes

Daphne

Trad climber

Black Rock City

Aug 23, 2012 - 12:23am PT

Yay! Saw my surgeon today and I have been pronounced healed! Of course, I still have lots of pain and I do hope it will continue to get better and better. I can return to consult about having the metal removed in early December.

I will be back pulling on plastic this Saturday the 25th for the first time since April!

rgold

Trad climber

Poughkeepsie, NY

Aug 23, 2012 - 01:54am PT

I'm coming to the end of month seven of rehab from ACL reconstruction/meniscus dissection. Younger folks might be all healed at this point but I'm on the geriatric one-year plan, so have just finished the first month of the second half-year.

Good news: I've got six climbing days in during the last month, all leading at the 5.5-5.6 level, with a touch of 5.8 thrown in. 5.5 doesn't sound like much, but in the Gunks it has what most people would recognize as genuine climbing on it. I'm doing primarily things that are new to me (taking this opportunity to get in a bunch of "easy" routes I'd never done). Thank god I have the Gunks to rehab in, with a big supply of easy climbs that are steep, esthetic, and tricky.

Bad news: I'm not entirely pain-free, although I'm fine while climbing. I can't sit on my heel on the bad leg yet. Descending steep rough terrain is the biggest problem; poles are essential and it seems like they will be for a while. Weakness/pain is most notable in anything involving impacts. This is brought into sharpest focus when it comes to hopping on the repaired leg. A combination of weakness, pain, and, no doubt, psychological timidity has made it almost impossible without some extra support. This means I can't yet do one of my favorite aerobic activities: jumping rope.

All told, I'm very happy with the progress. I didn't think I'd be outside climbing until the Fall, and I've beaten that goal by a month or two, even if the routes themselves are easy. I thought I'd start in the gym on a tight toprope, but I think leading easy routes outside is much better, and certainly more leg-intensive.

It has been a tremendous help to be able to get out with my homegeezers, an AARP crew with me as its youngest member at 68.75, the only one under 70, and an age range extending ten years beyond that. These guys know what it takes to keep on truckin' in the face of age and infirmity with humor and style, and know how to fully celebrate what they've got rather than bemoaning what they've lost.

westhegimp

Social climber

granada hills

Aug 23, 2012 - 02:07am PT

"I can't sit on my heel on the bad leg yet." I had meniscus surgery done on both legs. After I returned to climbing and other stuff, I had similar issues that you mention. This helped me greatly, it might help you when you are able to do it. In the morning when I wake up I roll over on to my knees in a sort of "child's pose" This does a few things, mainly I get to stay in bed longer while claiming I'm doing my PT exercises! With my knees if felt like there was pressure inside the joint. Doing this exercise squishes all the excess fluid out of there. No more pain doing the rock on and sit on the heel move! Still do that stretch every day. Good luck with you recovery. Don't over do it.

Wes

rgold

Trad climber

Poughkeepsie, NY

Aug 23, 2012 - 10:31am PT

Thanks Wes, I'll try that stretch.

donini

Trad climber

Ouray, Colorado

Aug 23, 2012 - 10:40am PT

Rich...you have to climb in the Gunks to appreciate that 5.5/5.6 there is like nowhere else. Heal up fast and come visit Western Colorado, we can knock some of the dust off of Bragg.

TGT

Social climber

So Cal

Aug 24, 2012 - 05:28pm PT

Cozz, The wife says she sympathizes.(she's had bone spurs excized from the shoulder in the past)

As she now sprawls on the couch with a leg full of titanium.

The whambulance bill showed up today.

I'm dreading opening the mail now. Why can't they directly bill the insurance co like every one else does?

There was also the "customer satisfaction" survey from OC fire. wasn't expecting that!