Fwd: SHARING THE LOAD
FYI -- Forwarded message -- From: imoca...@comcast.net Date: Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:26 AM Subject: Re: SHARING THE LOAD To: Charles Goldsmith ad...@caves.org Cc: o...@caves.org, a...@caves.org, mana...@caves.org 50 years of some pretty hard-core caving without incident, but I climb a10-ft ladder to scrub mildew off the siding and give myself a major fuckup. Bad break of the R femur w/ 4 displaced pieces, requiring a 10 SS rod down thru the marrow an offset screw to reattach the ball. Virtually no use of the leg now, but it's coming back slowly. Rehab complicated by having also broken 3 bones in my R wrist, now immobilised and not weight-bearing. All that was done by intanglement in the ladder, before I ever hit the deck. Then there's the full-body bruising and scraping associated with the fall. I'm one sore puppy! Looks like I'll be discharged to PT today, likely for 2+ weeks. Feel free to share this description with the IT team and the board. Alex Sproul NSS 8086RL/FE Webmaster
Fwd: SHARING THE LOAD
-- Forwarded message -- From: imoca...@comcast.net Date: Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:26 AM Subject: Re: SHARING THE LOAD To: Charles Goldsmith ad...@caves.org 50 years of some pretty hard-core caving without incident, but I climb a10-ft ladder to scrub mildew off the siding and give myself a major f'up. Bad break of the R femur w/ 4 displaced pieces, requiring a 10 SS rod down thru the marrow an offset screw to reattach the ball. Virtually no use of the leg now, but it's coming back slowly. Rehab complicated by having also broken 3 bones in my R wrist, now immobilised and not weight-bearing. All that was done by intanglement in the ladder, before I ever hit the deck. Then there's the full-body bruising and scraping associated with the fall. I'm one sore puppy! Looks like I'll be discharged to PT today, likely for 2+ weeks. Alex Sproul NSS 8086RL/FE Webmaster
Re: [Texascavers] Fwd: SHARING THE LOAD
Good grief! That sounds awful. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Sheryl Sent from my iPhone. On Sep 30, 2013, at 12:50 PM, Charles Goldsmith wo...@justfamily.org wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: imoca...@comcast.net Date: Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:26 AM Subject: Re: SHARING THE LOAD To: Charles Goldsmith ad...@caves.org 50 years of some pretty hard-core caving without incident, but I climb a10-ft ladder to scrub mildew off the siding and give myself a major f'up. Bad break of the R femur w/ 4 displaced pieces, requiring a 10 SS rod down thru the marrow an offset screw to reattach the ball. Virtually no use of the leg now, but it's coming back slowly. Rehab complicated by having also broken 3 bones in my R wrist, now immobilised and not weight-bearing. All that was done by intanglement in the ladder, before I ever hit the deck. Then there's the full-body bruising and scraping associated with the fall. I'm one sore puppy! Looks like I'll be discharged to PT today, likely for 2+ weeks. Alex Sproul NSS 8086RL/FE Webmaster
Re: [Texascavers] Fwd: SHARING THE LOAD
Day after tomorrow (Wednesday) will be 9 weeks since I took a 10-foot fall in a South Austin cave. Ten fractured ribs. Today was pretty much the first day I've put in more or less 8 hours of working about the place--lifting and toting of things maybe 50 pound max. My back is tired. Have been virtually pain free from the beginning unless I twist. Good luck on a successful recovery On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 12:53 PM, Sheryl Rieck sheryl.ri...@gmail.comwrote: Good grief! That sounds awful. Wishing you a speedy recovery. Sheryl Sent from my iPhone. On Sep 30, 2013, at 12:50 PM, Charles Goldsmith wo...@justfamily.org wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: imoca...@comcast.net Date: Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 9:26 AM Subject: Re: SHARING THE LOAD To: Charles Goldsmith ad...@caves.org 50 years of some pretty hard-core caving without incident, but I climb a10-ft ladder to scrub mildew off the siding and give myself a major f'up. Bad break of the R femur w/ 4 displaced pieces, requiring a 10 SS rod down thru the marrow an offset screw to reattach the ball. Virtually no use of the leg now, but it's coming back slowly. Rehab complicated by having also broken 3 bones in my R wrist, now immobilised and not weight-bearing. All that was done by intanglement in the ladder, before I ever hit the deck. Then there's the full-body bruising and scraping associated with the fall. I'm one sore puppy! Looks like I'll be discharged to PT today, likely for 2+ weeks. Alex Sproul NSS 8086RL/FE Webmaster
