Broke a bone..... So what?

[daepp]

Yes - he is right handed thank God!

[jhynesrockmtn]

Hey, I've got one for you guys. I once broke a shoulder blade. Yup, a scapula. I've never heard of anyone else doing this.

I did, and the collar bone on the other side in the same mountain biking wreck. The ER doc said he'd never seen that combo before. Ghee, thanks. I had no use of either arm for a few weeks and the scapula took a year to feel somewhat normal.

[Hugh R]

If you've never seen this thread in the 911 technical forum it's a riot.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/131836-admit-your-stupidity-22.html

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

Up until about 6 years ago I used to tell folks that I had never broke a bone in my life. Caint say that no more.

Back around 1983 I was riding dirt bikes along the fire trails in the hills east of Riverside.
Well, I did a flying trapeze act.
I was convinced I had broke my foot. The guys I was with convinced me otherwise, pansy, wimp etc.

I kept riding but kept crashing. Shock. Beer helped.
Never missed any work but I had a nasty limp for about a month or so, not being able to put any weight on my left heel.
It got better.

About 6 years ago I was having problems that seemed like bone spurs at the achilles so I went to a pedo-doctor.
She was looking at the x-ray and said something like, "who the heck set that break?" I said, "what break?"

Turns out I broke the heel bone completely off right where it necks down to the narrowest part and it eventually fused together higher up, about 1/4" higher. the pedo-doc asked if i had any back problems, yep. Surgery in 1985.
Any knee problems? Yep, one surgery in 1998 and I'm due to get the other cut on one of these days. She said that figures.

She had me walk on this silly paper stuff to check the gait, she said it was really bad.

She said she could fix it but I wouldn't be able to walk on it for 6 months.
Nope, it ain't that bad. Too old to start a restoration project.

I think some good shoes prescribed by an orthopedist or podiatrist (or both) would be a big help.

[Dantilla]

As long as we're posting pictures, this fine piece of hardware spent a year inside my femur (That's the thigh bone, for you Targa owners):

[sammyg2]

Originally Posted by milt

I think some good shoes prescribed by an orthopedist or podiatrist (or both) would be a big help.

Oh great, now you tell me, Where were you 25 years ago before I had them surgeries?