Well... last Sunday was a nice day. Went to church, got my hair cut, cut the grass, went to go put some tubs up on a shelf in the garage and suddenly realized that was the last normal day I was going to have for a long while.
Tub slipped, tried to catch it out of reflex, took a bit of a tumble and landed with my left knee bending sideways in ways that are not quite natural. After a minute or three, decided I better get in the house to ice it down. Nope, couldn't put any weight on it. Popping sounds and me falling right to the floor. Crawled across the floor to my cell phone that was on top of a cabinet, pulled myself up to reach it and call the wife. Her and my son rush out and looking at their faces, I knew this was bad.
They rushed me off to the emergency room where I found out it wasn't anything simple like a dislocation, the tibial plateau was fractured. Got all splinted up and some nice pain meds and made an appointment with an ortho doc. Scheduled for surgery Tuesday morning to get a plate and some screws put in. Nice... guess I will have to get searched by the TSA idiots every time now.
Swelling wouldn't go down any after a couple of days so called the doc, he had me come right in to loosen the dressings. He did that and had me go for an ultrasound just in case of a blood clot. Yep, got one in a deep vein, so now I am going on blood thinners (rat poison). Been off work all week and will not be able to put weight on it for two months, full weight for three. At least I am a desk jockey now, just sit around and tell others what to do.
Never realized how much I took normal mobility for granted. Crutches suck, a walker is better but cumbersome. Wheelchair is pretty good but trouble fitting through places and a pain in the ass to take in and out of a car. Cannot drive for a while, so I will have to depend on wife, kids, or co-workers to help me get to and from the airport. Boss realizes he misses me a bit... that is good. I kept my side of things running pretty smooth and he is looking forward to me getting back in the swing of things. Wife misses the little things I do around the place, plus misses me just being able to get up and grab another cup of coffee... I married well, she has been my rock through all of this.
Sure wish I could go out and mow the lawn right now. My daughter is going to push me around Bass Pro tomorrow for Fathers day so I can spend a gift card or two I have gathering dust. So everyone out there, go stretch your legs, walk over to feed the dogs, change the thermostat, answer the door, change oil in a car, something. I will sit and be envious... and hopefully no longer take something so simple for granted again.
Tub slipped, tried to catch it out of reflex, took a bit of a tumble and landed with my left knee bending sideways in ways that are not quite natural. After a minute or three, decided I better get in the house to ice it down. Nope, couldn't put any weight on it. Popping sounds and me falling right to the floor. Crawled across the floor to my cell phone that was on top of a cabinet, pulled myself up to reach it and call the wife. Her and my son rush out and looking at their faces, I knew this was bad.
They rushed me off to the emergency room where I found out it wasn't anything simple like a dislocation, the tibial plateau was fractured. Got all splinted up and some nice pain meds and made an appointment with an ortho doc. Scheduled for surgery Tuesday morning to get a plate and some screws put in. Nice... guess I will have to get searched by the TSA idiots every time now.
Swelling wouldn't go down any after a couple of days so called the doc, he had me come right in to loosen the dressings. He did that and had me go for an ultrasound just in case of a blood clot. Yep, got one in a deep vein, so now I am going on blood thinners (rat poison). Been off work all week and will not be able to put weight on it for two months, full weight for three. At least I am a desk jockey now, just sit around and tell others what to do.
Never realized how much I took normal mobility for granted. Crutches suck, a walker is better but cumbersome. Wheelchair is pretty good but trouble fitting through places and a pain in the ass to take in and out of a car. Cannot drive for a while, so I will have to depend on wife, kids, or co-workers to help me get to and from the airport. Boss realizes he misses me a bit... that is good. I kept my side of things running pretty smooth and he is looking forward to me getting back in the swing of things. Wife misses the little things I do around the place, plus misses me just being able to get up and grab another cup of coffee... I married well, she has been my rock through all of this.
Sure wish I could go out and mow the lawn right now. My daughter is going to push me around Bass Pro tomorrow for Fathers day so I can spend a gift card or two I have gathering dust. So everyone out there, go stretch your legs, walk over to feed the dogs, change the thermostat, answer the door, change oil in a car, something. I will sit and be envious... and hopefully no longer take something so simple for granted again.
