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HNW 2/1/12: Camo edition  

NewJackSwinger2 50M
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2/1/2012 8:22 pm

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4/15/2012 12:38 pm
HNW 2/1/12: Camo edition


I finally gave in. I'm doing HNW! (not quite what you were hoping was it? Sorry to disappoint! LOL!)

Yep, I'm showing my casted leg (ooh la la! and thanks iPhone!). So you're asking "so, like, what's the deal with the cast dude?"

Let me tell ya - not a clue how it happened. Actually, that's not entirely true. I had a sledge hockey game eleven days ago in Kitchener and when I got off the ice to transfer from my sledge to my wheelchair I noticed something wasn't right when I put weight on it. I should say that morning I went about my business as usual and was able to walk about the house, the change room, sat in my sledge the same way I had been sitting in it for six seasons. But somewhere along the line something happened.

Nothing out of the ordinary during the game happened. I didn't get hit very hard (or at all surprisingly) at all nor did I land awkwardly at any point either getting on or off the ice. Nothing felt odd either to me.

I very quickly left Kitchener to come back here to go to the ER (all in a splint consisting of my shin guard and hockey sticks made by our team trainer and my Chiropractor)and had X rays done. When I got my results back the ER doctor said "nothing is broken NewJack. Good news!".

Um - wait. How is it NOT broken when I can clearly move it awkwardly when I have a metal rod in it? (the metal rod for my leg fusion has been in there for 24yrs and thankfully wasn't disturbed - just the bone across my knee). Time to make an appointment to see my GP on Tuesday (at the time) methinks!

Thankfully my GP was able to get me into the Fracture Clinic pretty quickly. Must admit though NOT knowing (at the time) what is wrong is pretty nerving and also worrying that the smallest thing could make it worse (which thankfully nothing happened since I was super careful).

Fast forward to a week later and at the moment I can't play much less either practice. The part that hasn't been so fun was that our annual tournament was over the weekend and it was beyond EXCRUCIATING to watch your team play, see them lose and not be able to help try and right the ship. It was gut wrenching to say the least.

Anyhow I was at the Fracture Clinic here in London yesterday. It was confirmed by the head Orthopod of the clinic that my leg is indeed broken and my rod is still (thankfully) intact. I'll be going in for my follow up in about two weeks to see how my skin is holding up (you know, pressure sores, rubbing etc) and to see how the healing process is going.

If it isn't healing as it should be we'll explore possible surgical options to speed the process up so I can try and be ready for next season.

And to think - I was having a pretty decent season too! Scored my first of the season three weeks ago.

Bummer.

So that's been my life over the last 10 days.

Enjoy my sexy cast and participation in HNW! (yea - I'm a warrior - I'm tough!)
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