Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Revenge of the Faceplant

"Does this hurt?" my orthopedic surgeon asked as he jammed the 'Thumb of Pain' in my knee.

"No...no..no..not there either....hot damn!"

Saturday morning I found I couldn't walk downstairs without pain in my right knee. Tuesday morning I had an emergency appointment with my ortho.

I have a compression fracture of the knee, probably from my faceplant last week. This is what I get for wearing slimline kneepads for kids that weigh about 60 lbs.

The interesting thing is my ortho said , "I've never seen a fracture there. I don't even know how that can happen."

It's small, and getting better quick.

I can  skate but....

 The doctor also said 'don't fall'.

I said, "Figure skater...." in that insufferable way, but I agreed to wear double adult  knee pads until the knee completely heals.

Well, it's not important. This weekend it's going to be like this around here:
I'll be healed before I skate again.




4 comments:

  1. Oh no! I can't believe you have a fracture! Take care of yourself and rest up!

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  2. Ouch, that is a major bummer. Time for rest and relaxation. Hope the fracture heals quickly!

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  3. Man, that really bites!!! Get better soon. And I'm hoping for NO snow over the weekend.

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  4. Skatingsafe, here we come. I'm going to order my daughter some knee pads from them since Se_Ku has stopped making the d3o pads.

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