Posted on October 28th, 2009 by bigred
Today I “got on my boot, yeah. Sexy boot, yeah.” :) Well, no, not really. Just that it seems to work with the U2 tune pretty well. (Aside: I’m not actually that much of a fan of this song. But I admit after 20+ listens, it does grow on you. Whenever I hear it [...]
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Posted on October 22nd, 2009 by bigred
The irony of today is that if I didn’t have this achilles injury, right about now I would have completed my 2nd go of the CN Tower Stair Climb, all 144 flights of stairs, 1,776 steps. After that, straight to our floor hockey game. I’ll have to find out how some of my non-achilles injured [...]
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Posted on October 15th, 2009 by bigred
2 weeks post-op. 2nd doc appointment at hospital. A new record broken for speed to see the doctor.
And I’m not talking about waiting room part, which was 1.5 hrs.
When I finally got into the room, I believe it was a total of 30 seconds. He looked at my leg for a second, asked [...]
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Posted on October 11th, 2009 by bigred
(Posting a bit late about my first visit with surgeon on Wed. 7th)
Exciting. My first visit with the doctor that performed surgery on me. And finally I feel like I’ll have a chance to sit down with the doctor and have a reasonable conversation about the doc’s plans for me going forward.
Ah… not so much.
I [...]
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Posted on October 6th, 2009 by bigred
Here I am on the couch. One week ago at this very time, I was waiting and eager to be discharged from the hospital. Tomorrow is first doc appointment and I’ll finally hear about what the heck I’m supposed to be doing right now!
I’ve been NWB the whole time as a good boy should. I’m [...]
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Posted on October 3rd, 2009 by bigred
Introduction
9/24/09. It all began Thursday night at floor hockey. Nearing the end of the game, a close but losing battle, playing hard on offense, I twisted my body to turn to get back to defensive side. Much like what I’ve read from others, it felt like someone slashed me at the back of the leg [...]
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