12/9/09

Why me? Why now!?!?

I thought I was “somewhat” fit given that I had only stairs in my workplace and was leading a “moderate” physical lifestyle where I was hitting the gym at least once a week. That night I was one of the first ones at the gym with the guys and didn’t even pick up a basket ball and mess around as a warm up. Instead I was doing man-makers (mind you at 3/4 pace to start) and limbered up quickly. Three games in and doing quite well as my team had won for the first three game of the night (we were playing king’s court) we finally lost and I was on the sidelines watching the next teams play. Trying to stay warm and did a few stretches until our turn came up again. I had a couple of other things that wouldn’t have put me in that situation but little did I know that the first “check ball” I performed would be my last.

All I could remember til this day was the “POP” and the impact on my heel that I had hoped was just a practical joke. In all the joke was on me and I had called a friend who was an AT to confirm my worst fear. I was only two months into my new job and had a 2 month old girl at home. This would not be news that my wife needed to hear after I was just recovering from a knee injury from rugby, which after my high school basketball career had become my main sport.

After confirmation of  my injury and coming to the realization that I needed surgery, I came under that deep sense of regret that still lingers to this very day. The injury was November 6, 2009, my surgery was a week later luckily and I am going to get my 2nd cast removed tomorrow and will hopefully be in a “Space boot” without crutches, we’ll see.

I am hopeful that because it was a partial tear, (as I could still move my toes) that this recovery process will be quicker than most which remains to be seen. Though needless to say all of the other arrangements with work and figuring out benefits has also compounded the ordeal.

If there is actually anything that will be the most difficult for me to recover from, it will continue to be my overlying feelings of regret.

12/11/09

Best Christmas present this year

So thanks for your comments from the previous post really helpful and great perspective even though that will always be in the back of my mind. Anyhow, today I got my last post-op cast put on, though I hoped to be back in the boot. The bright side is that it comes off on Christmas!! (Maybe I’ll put a bow on it!) Then, later tonight it was my staff dinner party at a nice restaurant that my co-workers on our social committee put on. They went the extra mile and paid for my dinner! If there was any more upside to this injury (aside from more time with family) it was that, thanks folks!

I can’t wait get rid of the crutches seriously, it snowing now and a wipe out to ring in the new year is all I need. For real though I can’t wait to get the rehab going. Ya know, we may have to go through all this life changing bummer stuff, but at least we’re not Tiger… (C’mon Tiger fans have a sense of humour)