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| 15 JAN 2011 at 3:13pm |
Terry PenrodGrand Inquisitor
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Sorry to hear about your foot, Stiler. Be careful on those icy steps and take care.
CHeers, Terry
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| 15 JAN 2011 at 3:22pm |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Whew, good thing you didn't break your whole leg or something even worse like hurt your back or neck or something, Stiler!
Still, having a foot like that can be a literal pain as well as a pain in the neck. Reminds me of the time I hurt my ligaments and foot bones during sport (they didn't actually break, but they had to be kept still and in alignment) and also hobbled around in gypsum and with crutches for a good few weeks. Like you say: Fun!
..and Lady Kestrel also broke her foot or leg not too long ago as I recall, on a step or some such.
Step carefully, people!
Hope you recover soon, Stiler! [smiley=wave.gif]
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 15 JAN 2011 at 4:51pm |
HelenGuild Master
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Status : Offline | ouch!! Sorry to hear that. Ive never broken a bone either ( knock on wood ) but have had sprains in a few places and it hurt like He!!.
All you can do is rest, keep it elevated Im guessing, and make the best of it and get some serious gaming in.
Im no big fan of pain meds myself and only over the past few years have started to take them when I just cant take it anymore. Its a little easier for me to take them now but I usually dont until I really need to. :-/
Maybe just some otc Ibuprofen would be helpful?
Hope you feel better soon.
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| 15 JAN 2011 at 11:32pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | What a rotten thing to happen - just when you're really keen to get out there and shovel snow....
Hope your recovery is swift and not too painful. But where is TN? Is that The North? :-?
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| 16 JAN 2011 at 2:50am |
HelenGuild Master
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Tennessee, You know its famous Elvis's graceland in Memphis and ( at least I think its in Memphis ) : and also has Nashville which is like the country music capital of the world. Lots of snow it's NOT known for.
Very beautiful place too.
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| 16 JAN 2011 at 3:04am |
StilerJourneyman
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Location: US, TN
Status : Offline | Thanks for the well wishes everyone .
Originally Posted By Caroline (15 JAN 2011 11:32pm)
What a rotten thing to happen - just when you're really keen to get out there and shovel snow....
Hope your recovery is swift and not too painful. But where is TN? Is that The North? :-?
Hah, shovel snow, I was gonna go sledding and riding on atv's with some friends later that day.
TN = Tennessee, as Helen pointed out being the state famous for Graceland and Country music.
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| 16 JAN 2011 at 4:51am |
chronotigger65Journeyman
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Status : Offline | My mom once had both feet broke or fractured once and had to use a wheelchair to get about. Can't remember how she injured both though. Maybe I should ask her about it.
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| 16 JAN 2011 at 5:06am |
| Deleted User | Seems like the trend to date is for more snow in the SE US recently where it seems in some cases they are not often prepared for such as reported by my Aunt who lives in Gallitin outside of Nashville.
Relax now, catch up on your games and mend up per doctor's advice Stiler. That same storm system you mentioned re-developed along the Atlantic coast and then dumped twenty-two inches on my location a short time later. Due to fallen tree limbs our power went out Thursday night and was finally restored this AM. I was able to save all of my frozen foods and garden vegetables from the freezer by moving them to the cellar bulkhead, not a significant change since the temperature dropped to minus six F last night. Winter sucks.
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| 16 JAN 2011 at 7:18am |
TravellerGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Originally Posted By Camaroboy1968 (16 JAN 2011 5:06am)
Seems like the trend to date is for more snow in the SE US recently where it seems in some cases they are not often prepared for such as reported by my Aunt who lives in Gallitin outside of Nashville.
Relax now, catch up on your games and mend up per doctor's advice Stiler. That same storm system you mentioned re-developed along the Atlantic coast and then dumped twenty-two inches on my location a short time later. Due to fallen tree limbs our power went out Thursday night and was finally restored this AM. I was able to save all of my frozen foods and garden vegetables from the freezer by moving them to the cellar bulkhead, not a significant change since the temperature dropped to minus six F last night. Winter sucks.
Aha! So that's where you got to! I was wondering what happened to you, so good to see you back on the forum!
Hm, I've got a sister living in TN, so I suppose I'll get a phone call from my mother later today to tell me all about the snow they're having... :
* * * Just call me Trav. * * *
“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.” - Robert Bloch
"They are not reciprocally sublated--the one does not sublate the other externally--but each sublates itself in itself and is in its own self the opposite of itself" (Hegel, from The Doctrine of Being)..."
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| 16 JAN 2011 at 8:40pm |
AndromusGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Yeah, it's been an ... interesting ... winter so far. I read an article a few days ago about a report from the National Weather Service stating that 49 out of the 50 states (except for Florida) had snow on the ground with 70.9% of the country estimated to have been covered in snow.
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| 17 JAN 2011 at 9:04pm |
AShadowWalkerPrivate Detective
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Status : Online | Dude....I am really sorry that that happened. I have never broken a bone and now that it snowed here in New York, it was and still is one of the thingsl that I really am rabidly scared of.
Wish your foot heals well, and that you wont have any lingering problems or complications in the future. Wish you the best. If you have to use crutches later on, try to get the canes that wrap around the forearm. They are more stable and a great deal more comfortable to use.
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| 17 JAN 2011 at 10:44pm |
TechnoSpikePrivate Detective
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Status : Offline | I wish you a steady recovery Stiler! Having faced something similar in the past, being stuck, unable to move freely can be quite distressfull, not to mention the injury related pains.
I hope at least you have some great games handy to help passing the time!
Hang in there!
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| 18 JAN 2011 at 9:39pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Sorry about your foot, Stiler! Here's to a speedy recovery!
As Trav mentioned, I broke my ankle and had surgery in Dec. 2009, so I understand the frustration. I had never broken a bone until then, either. To make things worse, I couldn't even blame the ice, just my two left feet.
Fortunately, I missed the snowstorms this month. I was on a theater trip in London, and we just had a lot of rain there. However, coming back yesterday, the landscape from the air was white from Canada to Newark International and further south. Today we had rain in my part of NJ, which has reduced some of the bigger piles and washed away some of the icy spots.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 18 JAN 2011 at 10:20pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
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Status : Offline | Hey Lady K.....
So glad you got to go on your theatre trip after missing the one previously. So.... you gonna tell us what you saw or do we have to come over there and sit on you?
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| 18 JAN 2011 at 10:27pm |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Yes, but I'll start a new thread as soon as I get a chance to upload my pictures. I'll need at least another night of sleep before I attempt it, however, because my brain is still on London time.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 19 JAN 2011 at 1:01am |
StilerJourneyman
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Location: US, TN
Status : Offline | Originally Posted By LadyKestrel (18 JAN 2011 9:39pm)
Sorry about your foot, Stiler! Here's to a speedy recovery!
As Trav mentioned, I broke my ankle and had surgery in Dec. 2009, so I understand the frustration. I had never broken a bone until then, either. To make things worse, I couldn't even blame the ice, just my two left feet.
Fortunately, I missed the snowstorms this month. I was on a theater trip in London, and we just had a lot of rain there. However, coming back yesterday, the landscape from the air was white from Canada to Newark International and further south. Today we had rain in my part of NJ, which has reduced some of the bigger piles and washed away some of the icy spots.
Ouch, glad I didn't have to have surgery at least. Just wondering, after a few days did your calf muscle start to really hurt?
The past two days I've been having a permanent "charly horse" type of pain in my calf muscle, where the ligament feels really tight from my calf muscle to my foot if I bend/stretch it. Been doing the exercises my doc told me to do after a few days but man does it hurt now. Feels like someone just grabbing your muscle and tugging on it over and over.
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| 19 JAN 2011 at 4:46am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
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Status : Offline | It sounds like you may have strained other muscles as well. Nice and easy at the beginning of therapy is the key. More is not necessarily better. If the pain doesn't ease up, tell your doctor. Are you seeing a physical therapist as well?
I took painkillers while in the hospital and at night for about another week after I got home, but after that, acetaminophen did the trick.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 19 JAN 2011 at 6:33am |
StilerJourneyman
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Location: US, TN
Status : Offline | I just went to the foot doctor, he told me it'd get sore (As the ligament will have to heal and it "tightens" itself) and heals back in place. He told me some routines of exercises to do so that it heals with enough "length" to it. So I have to like lift my leg and write the alphabet and things with just my ankle, etc.
I have some pain meds but I don't like taking them (had a bad incident with them in the past, try my best to stay away from them).
Was just wondering if you experienced the same with yours, guess it's a bit different with a completely broken one.
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| 20 JAN 2011 at 9:35pm |
ThaumaturgeJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Ouch! I'm sorry to read of your injury, and the pains and troubles of recovery, Stiler - I do hope that you recover swiftly. :/
MWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
*ahem*
Sorry.
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| 25 JAN 2011 at 1:20am |
HelenGuild Master
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Status : Offline | Hey Stiler,
Hows the foot? Have you been able to at least do some serious gaming?
Hope the pains let up some and your more comfortable.
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| 25 JAN 2011 at 6:46am |
StilerJourneyman
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Status : Offline | Thanks for the wishes. The pain has gotten less and less as the days have went by. I can start to put weight on it now, but I can't stand for that long of a time. I can hobble around now without crutches but for anywhere out and about I have to use them.
Haven't been doing much gaming actually. I can't leave my foot in one "position" for too long, it starts to ache/hurt, so I have to constantly switch it up every 15 minutes or so, not really that easy to do at a computer desk. So I've been mainly watching movies through netflix and things to pass time.
Sucks too, I got two worlds 2 in the mail literally one day after my accident, only got through about 15 minutes of it and haven't been able to get back into yet.
One of the times I wish I had a fairly decent gaming laptop , that'd be a lot easier to play on atm.
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| 25 JAN 2011 at 1:25pm |
HelenGuild Master
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Status : Offline | ahhh, that sucks BUT, shouldnt be to much longer before you can spend a little more time without haveing to shift around as often.....I would think.
I do have a laptop and I know that sometimes when my back starts acting up its the best cuz I can pretty much sit anywhere in a position thats comfortable for me.
Hope today's alot better than yesterday.
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| 30 JAN 2011 at 7:53pm |
New WolfboySpace Cadet
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Status : Online | Glad to hear you're on the mend.
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