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 >