its friday and i finally get to see the orthopedic. lower leg is now only twice the size of its twin. ankle looks like someone smeared grape jelly all over it with a touch of moldy green and yellow. doc gives me an exam and the results. he says "see when i squeeze your calf your foot doesnt move........not good." he goes on the explain that the part that is torn is the actual part of the tendon that connects to the calf muscle. " i cant stitch it back to your calf" good news is that you wont have to have an operation.........bad news is you will be in a cast for 6 weeks and no weight bearing of any kind on your leg. :( this sucks because i do retail and im on my feet for 8 hrs a day. as he is telling me this stuff, my lips kind of go numb and i get sick at my stomach. my whole summer is shot to hell. not only do i moto, but no sailboat, no water ski, no mountain bike, no august backpacking in wyoming. he goes on to say that after the 6 weeks in a cast that ill be in a boot for another month. then some rehab work. in 2-3 YEARS the effects will be gone. hell, ill be so fat after this that ill need to respring the bike. :aj: wish me luck.
the medic said...........and i said @#$!
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Send the Ho-Ho's to Swift's house! :D Hang in there, Gene. Let us know if we can do anything for you. :(
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you know this is the first time ive ever been in a cast and i dont have any decent motostickers on it at all. if yall got any moto related that you dont want send em to
gene johnston
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i dont want people to think i got hurt playing softball!
gene johnston
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denton, tx 76209
i dont want people to think i got hurt playing softball!
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Gene-On the way! I got a couple really cool Alpinestars stickers with the new boots. You can put'em on your new "boot"! :) I'll throw in a couple other special ones, too. You 'll have the most stylin cast around! If you still have it on at DW, I'll do some hand artwork on it. :)
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***VioletSP here***
HEY! whats wrong with getting hurt playing softball? Now if you hurt yourself with a softball I can see that being a little embarrassing but sliding strawberrys hurt just as bad as face slappers.
HEY! whats wrong with getting hurt playing softball? Now if you hurt yourself with a softball I can see that being a little embarrassing but sliding strawberrys hurt just as bad as face slappers.
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a year ago if you told me that face slappers hurt my response would be somewhere along the lines of "if you wouldnt annoy people while in striking distance you wouldn't have that problem now would you"
a year ago if you told me that face slappers hurt my response would be somewhere along the lines of "if you wouldnt annoy people while in striking distance you wouldn't have that problem now would you"
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violetsp if you are playing fastpitch, im not going anywhere near that field. moto related injuries get more gasps from the uninitiated than tripping over home plate. i do have to admit that im already tired of people telling me that im not a kid anymore.
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haha I dont have the reflexes for fastpitch!!
If you want even better gasps you could just hang a sign from the end of your foot--
"broken while saving blind orphans from a flaming bus wreck."
or if you wanted to stick to the truth but dont want to deal with critics you could just have it read
"If you feel it necessary to point out that I'm not a kid anymore be warned that I will hit you with my cane."
haha I dont have the reflexes for fastpitch!!
If you want even better gasps you could just hang a sign from the end of your foot--
"broken while saving blind orphans from a flaming bus wreck."
or if you wanted to stick to the truth but dont want to deal with critics you could just have it read
"If you feel it necessary to point out that I'm not a kid anymore be warned that I will hit you with my cane."
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milk,
hang in there buddy. i did all the tv/internet/reading that i could stand last week while waiting for the swelling to go down. today makes one week in this cast(5 more to go) and another month in a walking cast. i got to go to work on tuesday but had to go in a wheelchair(docs orders). a guy who works for me is a parapelgic and is giving the "rookie" (me) a hard time. he can carry a wheelie forever. i try not to get frustrated because i know its not permanent. im praying for your comfort because i know its gotta hurt way more than mine. mine hasnt been bad at all. i take asprin to keep the swelling down . hurts like a bad sprain. eat all your veggies and do what the doc says to the letter. talk to ya later.
hang in there buddy. i did all the tv/internet/reading that i could stand last week while waiting for the swelling to go down. today makes one week in this cast(5 more to go) and another month in a walking cast. i got to go to work on tuesday but had to go in a wheelchair(docs orders). a guy who works for me is a parapelgic and is giving the "rookie" (me) a hard time. he can carry a wheelie forever. i try not to get frustrated because i know its not permanent. im praying for your comfort because i know its gotta hurt way more than mine. mine hasnt been bad at all. i take asprin to keep the swelling down . hurts like a bad sprain. eat all your veggies and do what the doc says to the letter. talk to ya later.
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I think I might have found my god-send last night actually.
Im 6'3 230 and dwindling, but I have a brother that was an ortho-tech for a number of years, and he is a powerlifter. He came over last night, and I got in the wheelchair. He adjusted the legs and pads for me, and the carried me and the chair down the two steps that have been hindering me. This will be great because he told me he will load me up at night and push me anywhere I want to go. I cant push myself yet cuz of this left elbow but in 4-6 weeks I will. :confused:
He told me he will load me up Sat. night and push me to the race track too. :)
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Im 6'3 230 and dwindling, but I have a brother that was an ortho-tech for a number of years, and he is a powerlifter. He came over last night, and I got in the wheelchair. He adjusted the legs and pads for me, and the carried me and the chair down the two steps that have been hindering me. This will be great because he told me he will load me up at night and push me anywhere I want to go. I cant push myself yet cuz of this left elbow but in 4-6 weeks I will. :confused:
He told me he will load me up Sat. night and push me to the race track too. :)
Anyone here on AOL IM or Yahoo mess often or now?!?!?
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You guys go easy in them wheelchairs, now, ya hear? I don't want to read any wheelchair ride/crash reports. No racing. No wheelies. Keep those things in first gear only. And wear your helmets! :debil:
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