Here I am just trying to get back to feeling 100% after the latest bout with a cold/ bronchitis. for the first time since we've met and shared an illness, I finally got mostly over something before my wife did. But this is like 10 days now. This sucks.
as far as my "major" injury list.. most of mine are self inflicted.
1. dislocated vertebrae in my neck (going on 10 years now..). Happened when I under rotated a backflip on a snowboard. Wearing a helmet. landed just right to hear the compression crunch. I'm 1/4" shorter than I used to be, and I have chronic neck pain. I can feel them twisted in my neck, and doctors basically told me to leave it the hell alone and don't do anymore backflips. Arguably, this led to damage to my vegas nerve which in turn caused gastroparesis. hooray.
2. Inguinal hernia. developed when I was 13, didn't realize what it was until I was 20. Never bothered me. At the time, I was a mechanic and my doctor and I determined that an open repair would be better suited for the long run. Longer recovery time, but a more sound repair as opposed to orthoscopic surgery. For my troubles, I have a 5 inch scar and a gortex patch sewn into my abs. Recovery time was 3 years total. first week was awful, wished I was dead. I don't do painkillers. I feel like I'm crawling out of my skin when I take them. week 2-6 were hell, but a more gentle hell. took all of 6 weeks before I could stand up straight again. 6 months before I could start lifting weights again. another 6 months of on again off again pain, discomfort and an additional two years before I regained some semblance of feeling below the scar.
3. 4 broken ribs, 5 cracked ribs, two broken noses, 4 broken fingers, 3 broken toes, cracked occipital bone, broken collar bone, couple of open wounds, a staff infection and two knife scars. All from various confrontations with individuals that didn't agree with me in some shape or form.
4. Snapped the ends off my right radius and ulna skateboarding when I was 16. That was a solid 3 months in a cast, with my arm strapped to my chest. I'm right handed. I had to relearn how to do everything with that hand. my handwriting was awful before, It's worse now.
5. when I was 12-13 I was snowboarding and got plowed into by a 41 year old first timer. it cracked my right scapula. that healed wrong and now I have some weird nerve feelings in my right shoulder. when I had my half sleeve done, It was an interesting sensation having very little feeling, followed immediately by over sensitive skin.
6. my personal favorite.. epididymitis, followed up by a meototomy. moral of the story, don't let your extra leg touch the toilet water! second worst discomfort I've experienced. took about 2 years to completely clear up! still have tinges of pain and that old ache.
7. less serious, but I'm paying for now because I didn't rehab correctly. I tore some ligaments in my back, and 'torqued' my knee throwing javelin in high school. I was a senior at that point, about to head off to college, and young and dumb. It only hurts a little bit, physical therapy is dumb. 8 years later, every morning is a
joy getting out of bed and stretching.. and with my knee at least I always know when its going to rain!
Here's to 26.
EDIT: What I learned? not much! although now that I have something to lose - Wife, Daughter - I am much more careful, and far more reserved.
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