Voltron Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 You guys are good guys, and thanks for the well wishes. After sleeping not much and getting up to take a precarious shower, I can safely say that Doc Torpedo has nailed the minimum prognosis. I cannot put weight on the leg or bend my knew much at all. Nurse Justin is thinking what I am thinking about an MRI but a colleague of mine just got tackled hard in a soccer game and said that they could not do an MRI on her ankle until the swelling went down. But don't worry Antonio, I won't act pushy or lawyery with the doctor. Now, my son, he is another story. He wants me to find the guy that slammed me and sue him and maybe PG&E where he works and whose team he is on! Still gonna have some work cut out to figure out how to get gear broken down and to the meet. A buddy is in town and I am sure there are some folks who would help, but how lame is that?
Hopstretch Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 Sorry Al. Get well soon! And don't forget the holistic liquid pain care routine.
Sherwood Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 Look at the bright side, DOTU. If you need a whole prosthetic leg, you might get one that fires missiles In all seriousness, though, get better Al. We all live vicariously through you, and we need you at 100%. You also have what looks to be a loving family, and I'm sure they want you better.
spritzer Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 I'm sorry Al but that's what you get for playing sports and not listening to the WES/posting impressions. Get better soon.
Dreadhead Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 Sorry to hear about the lack of improvement. Hope the trip to the doc goes ok and it's nothing permanent or too serious.
Torpedo Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 Al, for your description of the accident I'm afraid you may have some serious ligaments damage, even the meniscus, but the first thing is just having simple Rx to discard bone fractures. Once inflammation goes down, they'll see, probably a RMI scan is needed to have a complete diagnosis, though that's not the most important. Many times RMI can't give as much information as an arthroscopic procedure. I wish you don't need that By now just take your pills, rest and try to enjoy your music. Keep us posted and get well.
boomana Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 Ouch, Al. As a pro with crutches and all forms of knee and ankle injuries, I can tell you that crutches are not as bad as people make them out to be. You just have to get a rhythm thing going, and you can move even faster than just walking. I hope you heal up fast. For the last week of days, I've been doing all the boring things of work and bills and whatnots around the house. I've also been cooking healthy again and back at the gym trying to take this stubborn middle-aged weight off my ankles and knees again. Old injuries tend to show up again years later. Maybe I should be thankful for them. If they weren't hurting, I could probably be perfectly content sitting around adding more poundage, eating tasty treats and listening to music all evening.
tyrion Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 Al, sorry to hear about the knee. Hopefully, it's not as serious as the good doctor says but in my expert lawyer opinion, he is correct. The next step is to come up with a better story. Softball? That's a girls sport.
bperboy Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 Converted a good chunk of my old iWeb photo galleries into MobileMe Galleries.
Aimless1 Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 Al, I just tuned in. Sorry to hear about your injury. Hoping it is only a sprain, or at worse a torn MCL. Today I ate a cookie and donated blood.
guzziguy Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 Sorry to hear about your injury, Al. I hope that it just turns out to be a bad sprain/strain. In the meantime, lots of advil and ice. See you in a couple of days. If you need help getting your gear to and from the meet, let me know and we'll help you out.
manaox2 Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 Oof, sorry to hear about the injury. Wish that you recover as soon as possible Al.
Voltron Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 Converted a good chunk of my old iWeb photo galleries into MobileMe Galleries. how do you convert them bper? Sitting in the orthopedist's office.
bperboy Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 how do you convert them bper? Sitting in the orthopedist's office. Going back to Lightroom, finding all the originals, transferring those to iPhoto via a plugin, and then using iPhoto to upload them to MobileMe galleries. The MobileMe galleries seem to me like a cleaner way of keeping photos online than the iWeb photo gallery. Al, here's to a speedy recovery.. at least you guys won!
n_maher Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 I shipped out The Menace, thereby letting the insanity begin.
penger Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 I shipped out The Menace, thereby letting the insanity begin. =O who got it?
Voltron Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 Congrats Todd. I think I already knew that, but now it is on the way! What is the insanity, exactly, Mr. Round-Hole-Cutter-Technician? X-rays were negative for breaks, but there is fluid on the knee and other indications would point to a torn lateral meniscus and possibly a torn ACL. MRI in the next couple days to confirm diagnosis, [wishful thinking]or maybe just show[/wishful thinking]. Fuck.
n_maher Posted August 5, 2009 Report Posted August 5, 2009 (edited) Here's to hoping it isn't the ACL, I've gone through that (although 15 years ago) and it was less than fun. Good news is that from the sounds of things none of what they are seeing would be life altering for you, i.e. a full recovery would be expected even if surgery was required. And Al I'd have to put you on retainer in order to talk about the replacement. Edited August 5, 2009 by n_maher
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