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Naperville wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 3:33 pm

One of our neighbors was complaining about the water discharge from our sump pump. Too much water on her property although 100% legal and proper. We don't have a lot of options because the property is about 1/2 and acre or smaller, so I routed the discharge out over the edge of our driveway.

I kept an eye on it. The discharge was not just water. I saw sediment in the discharge.

Then, quite some time later, I was out pulling in the garbage cans, and I saw a used face mask on the lawn approx 25 ft away, so I went to go pick it up. I stepped in to the wet silt, and BAM! I went down harder than I've ever been thrown in Hapkido or Judo right on to the wet concrete.

For the first month, I did not walk much at all. It messed up the entire right side of my body. It took a full 3 months to achieve significant recovery. I still have an issue with my right arm and it's been 4 months.

JD Spydo wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 3:51 pm

I hear you loud and clear Brother because when I finally got the strength to get up after falling face first into hard concrete there was blood literally spraying out of both my nostrils. That's probably the first time I literally cried in some time. So I know exactly what you were feeling. I don't think if Mike Tyson were to slug me about 4 times it would hurt much worse.

The paramedics on the scene insisted on taking me to highly rated trauma center instead of my local hospital. They had a heck of time just to stop the profuse bleeding. They were a great paramedic team>>probably the best I've ever seen. I had stitches all across my face and nose. It was about a week before I could even take a walk around the block.

and the shoulder surgery I had in May was completely messed up. that was the worst of it. It sounds like you also might be a candidate for that Poster Boy slot with the New England Journal Of Medicine :eek:

James Y wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:08 pm

Wishing you all the best, Joe. It’s definitely been a rough time for you.

Have you considered using a walking stick, at least some of the time? Not necessarily like a cane, but a walking stick. I carry one with me on my walks. A few years ago, on an early-morning walk, I tripped over a bump in the road and was falling face-first towards the road, but luckily my body remembered the Judo “front fall” technique I learned as a kid, and I landed without injury, except for scraped hands. But it could have been much worse. So now I always carry my 51” (cut for my size) walking stick, just as an added safety. I just carry it with me, not hobbling with it. Mine is made by Brazos walking sticks, and is a solid piece of hickory. Also makes a good legal SD weapon/short staff, if you know how to use it as such. It took me awhile to get used to carrying it. But now, I couldn’t imagine going on a walk without it.

Surgery is no fun. A couple years ago, I had to have an operation on a hernia that reopened; I originally had it fixed when I was a toddler. I never took the pain pills after the surgery; I didn’t want the drugs in my system. But it’s nothing like you’ve been through.

JD Spydo wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:55 pm

Well I wasn't able to do much yeseterday because I was "under the Knife" instead of researching them>> and I hope my C-60 Ayoob thread is still going steady. Because Yesterday ( 09-14-20) I was on my third surgery of this year 2020. I had a foot surgery in January and a major shoulder surgery in May. And to make matters worse in on 08-07-20 I had a freak accident and fell face first into a concrete driveway which resulted in 3 fractures in my nose as well as torn septum. It also damaged my relatively fresh shoulder surgery that I just had in May ( which had to be done again). That was the surgery I had yesterday :eek:

Well yesterday they gave me a total left shoulder replacement on top of everything else I've been hit with this year which should more than enough to qualify me to be the 2020 Poster Boy For the prestigious "New England Journal of Medicine" :o I've also heard that JAMA ( Journal OF The American Medical Association) is also taking special interest in the case as well :D .

On my way home from the Hospital yesterday I was getting depressed and had one of those "LIFE AIN'T FAIR MOMENTS". But when I got home and read through three of my news websites I realized that with all the horrific stuff going down on the planet I really don't have it too awful bad as one might think. But on another angle if I didn't know better I would believe that an entire coven of witches is taking some sort of ultra-wicked revenge against me for some strange reason :eek: .

Now if I could get that award as Poster Boy of the New England Journal Of Medicine I might get enough payback to buy some of these Spyders I'm behind on :cool: . It's been a strange and tumultuous year for a lot of us here in the Good Ol' USA. But I'm home and I'm back to my Spyderville duties and I'm going to try to put of all that behind me.

CRIPES!!!! This whole year has been a harsh reality soap opera :o :D Please tell me I'm not alone :D :D

Naperville wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:14 pm

JD Spydo wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 3:51 pm

I hear you loud and clear Brother because when I finally got the strength to get up after falling face first into hard concrete there was blood literally spraying out of both my nostrils. That's probably the first time I literally cried in some time. So I know exactly what you were feeling. I don't think if Mike Tyson were to slug me about 4 times it would hurt much worse.

The paramedics on the scene insisted on taking me to highly rated trauma center instead of my local hospital. They had a heck of time just to stop the profuse bleeding. They were a great paramedic team>>probably the best I've ever seen. I had stitches all across my face and nose. It was about a week before I could even take a walk around the block.

and the shoulder surgery I had in May was completely messed up. that was the worst of it. It sounds like you also might be a candidate for that Poster Boy slot with the New England Journal Of Medicine :eek:

Sorry that you had that fall. As we get older for some reason the innate mechanisms that have balanced us for 40 50 60 years no longer work when we need them the most.

More activity is called for, not less. I am saving for a few things, one of them a kickboxing bag...that ought to get some of the balance back.

Don't give up! Get active.

JD Spydo wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:19 pm

James Y wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:08 pm

Wishing you all the best, Joe. It’s definitely been a rough time for you.

Have you considered using a walking stick, at least some of the time? Not necessarily like a cane, but a walking stick. I carry one with me on my walks. A few years ago, on an early-morning walk, I tripped over a bump in the road and was falling face-first towards the road, but luckily my body remembered the Judo “front fall” technique I learned as a kid, and I landed without injury, except for scraped hands. But it could have been much worse. So now I always carry my 51” (cut for my size) walking stick, just as an added safety. I just carry it with me, not hobbling with it. Mine is made by Brazos walking sticks, and is a solid piece of hickory. Also makes a good legal SD weapon/short staff, if you know how to use it as such. It took me awhile to get used to carrying it. But now, I couldn’t imagine going on a walk without it.

Surgery is no fun. A couple years ago, I had to have an operation on a hernia that reopened; I originally had it fixed when I was a toddler. I never took the pain pills after the surgery; I didn’t want the drugs in my system. But it’s nothing like you’ve been through.

What happened to me Jim was that I was walking through some tall grass and there was some type of metal stake, possibly some type of surveyor's stake that was hidden and my foot/shoe got caught and I went down face first at a pretty hard forward momentum. It felt like someone smacked me with a ball bat when I was able to get up. It was truly a freak accident. I had been through this area dozens of times without incident.

I had to literally clean the blood off my cell phone in order to make the 911 call because the blood was literally pouring out of my nostrils. They checked me at the Emergency Room to see how much blood I lost. These Shoulder surgeries are truly horrible. My knee replacements were not nearly as painful as these two shoulder surgeries. They got me on some high powered pain relievers but they only last for 20 to 30 minutes and the pain is back full strength. I had to do something funny just to get my mind off this crap. But I do indeed feel like the POSTER BOY for the New England Journal of Medicine :o

MacLaren wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:20 pm

JD Spydo wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:55 pm

Well I wasn't able to do much yeseterday because I was "under the Knife" instead of researching them>> and I hope my C-60 Ayoob thread is still going steady. Because Yesterday ( 09-14-20) I was on my third surgery of this year 2020. I had a foot surgery in January and a major shoulder surgery in May. And to make matters worse in on 08-07-20 I had a freak accident and fell face first into a concrete driveway which resulted in 3 fractures in my nose as well as torn septum. It also damaged my relatively fresh shoulder surgery that I just had in May ( which had to be done again). That was the surgery I had yesterday :eek:

Well yesterday they gave me a total left shoulder replacement on top of everything else I've been hit with this year which should more than enough to qualify me to be the 2020 Poster Boy For the prestigious "New England Journal of Medicine" :o I've also heard that JAMA ( Journal OF The American Medical Association) is also taking special interest in the case as well :D .

On my way home from the Hospital yesterday I was getting depressed and had one of those "LIFE AIN'T FAIR MOMENTS". But when I got home and read through three of my news websites I realized that with all the horrific stuff going down on the planet I really don't have it too awful bad as one might think. But on another angle if I didn't know better I would believe that an entire coven of witches is taking some sort of ultra-wicked revenge against me for some strange reason :eek: .

Now if I could get that award as Poster Boy of the New England Journal Of Medicine I might get enough payback to buy some of these Spyders I'm behind on :cool: . It's been a strange and tumultuous year for a lot of us here in the Good Ol' USA. But I'm home and I'm back to my Spyderville duties and I'm going to try to put of all that behind me.

CRIPES!!!! This whole year has been a harsh reality soap opera :o :D Please tell me I'm not alone :D :D

Dang JD!
I'm so sorry my friend.
Just hang tough good buddy. Thats about all we can do brother. Ill be praying for a speedy recovery!!

JD Spydo wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:33 pm

MacLaren wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 4:20 pm

JD Spydo wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 1:55 pm

Well I wasn't able to do much yeseterday because I was "under the Knife" instead of researching them>> and I hope my C-60 Ayoob thread is still going steady. Because Yesterday ( 09-14-20) I was on my third surgery of this year 2020. I had a foot surgery in January and a major shoulder surgery in May. And to make matters worse in on 08-07-20 I had a freak accident and fell face first into a concrete driveway which resulted in 3 fractures in my nose as well as torn septum. It also damaged my relatively fresh shoulder surgery that I just had in May ( which had to be done again). That was the surgery I had yesterday :eek:

Well yesterday they gave me a total left shoulder replacement on top of everything else I've been hit with this year which should more than enough to qualify me to be the 2020 Poster Boy For the prestigious "New England Journal of Medicine" :o I've also heard that JAMA ( Journal OF The American Medical Association) is also taking special interest in the case as well :D .

On my way home from the Hospital yesterday I was getting depressed and had one of those "LIFE AIN'T FAIR MOMENTS". But when I got home and read through three of my news websites I realized that with all the horrific stuff going down on the planet I really don't have it too awful bad as one might think. But on another angle if I didn't know better I would believe that an entire coven of witches is taking some sort of ultra-wicked revenge against me for some strange reason :eek: .

Now if I could get that award as Poster Boy of the New England Journal Of Medicine I might get enough payback to buy some of these Spyders I'm behind on :cool: . It's been a strange and tumultuous year for a lot of us here in the Good Ol' USA. But I'm home and I'm back to my Spyderville duties and I'm going to try to put of all that behind me.

CRIPES!!!! This whole year has been a harsh reality soap opera :o :D Please tell me I'm not alone :D :D

Dang JD!
I'm so sorry my friend.
Just hang tough good buddy. Thats about all we can do brother. Ill be praying for a speedy recovery!!

Thanks a million MAC :) I'll take all the prayers I can get. It's stuff like this that really make you think hard about the big picture. I guess I'm complaining a bit about my setbacks this year while thousands of people have been losing their lives this year as well.
Like i said earlier I am for sure counting my blessings because it sure could have been much worse. But at age 66 I just don't take a vicious beating like I used to :o I've been in my share of fights in my younger days but this would have been cruel to about anyone. :rolleyes:

justjohn wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 6:03 pm

Wish you all the best and a speedy recovery. It will get better!!!

ChrisinHove wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 16, 2020 1:32 am

Holy cow, JD! You’ll be Robocop soon...

You are right in saying, this year especially, that there is always someone worse off than oneself.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery - and no more accidents!

Chris

Bloke wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 15, 2020 10:56 pm

Pluck me, Joe! That's a rough trot and I'm very sorry to learn this.

I wish you a quick and full recovery ole mate. I know from past surgery that you've had and maintained a positive outlook and that matters more and goes further than anything else. Hang in, don't let it get you down and there'll be better days my friend.

Best Wishes!