Dzien Dobry (Good Day) my dears, it is @synrg coming in with an update. I had been going to this rock climbing gym for a couple months, getting into it, loving it, but also finding it difficult - in the way that structuring your life and organizing yourself in those 24 hours; it was becoming apparent why some people don't exercise or do anything physical - they don't have the time or they don't make the time. Devoting time to oneself takes time away from those 24 hours and if you don't make it a priority, it often gets squeezed out of the picture.
I was going hard for a while, then got caught up with some work stuff, renovations but found myself still getting out at the end of the day pretty regularly.
Well a couple weeks ago I pushed myself to get out there earlier, go for a climb during the day as opposed to the evenings or at night right before the gym closed which tended to be my usual thing. So I biked to the gym, took my boots off, put my climbing shoes on, did one climb and slipped. Kind of in a bad way, normally slipping and falling there really isn't an issue with that since there are very nice soft padded mats for you to fall on and not get hurt. The problem is that I hit something on the wall on the way down. Generally you are pretty aware of how you are going to fall and when you are going to fall but this all happened so fast.
In hindsight it was clear I should have warmed up more but some sense of 'confidence' or something caused me to forego that and just start with an 'intermediate' difficulty climb and the whole way up I was feeling like ... a bit out of it... should have warmed up better on those easier climbs. I mean if I had done any number of things differently that day things would have turned out better I suppose but when I fell and hit the mat I knew something was really wrong. I couldn't put ANY weight on my left foot. I hobbled down the stairs on one foot using the guard rail and when one of the gym staff saw that they immediately helped out getting me an ice pack and cruthes, they were pretty well prepared for this sort of thing and even let me borrow the crutches (they didn't say for how long) but they said they had plenty so I am just going to assume ... they're allright with it because I definitely need those crutches now, for the next two months or so, maybe less. But the doctor said I had pretty well smashed my talus bone. It's not the typical place that people break the ankle, the talus is directly under the ankle and distributes the weight or something? Anyways the foot is full of bones and I managed to break one of them and "not a good bone to break" according to the first doctor. I looked into it and it did indeed seem a bit freaky because that bone breaking can result in disrupted blood flow and that bone dying... but the doctor said thankfully, even though it was clearly broken, it wasn't overly displaced which was a good thing.
A couple days after that I had an appointment with a more specialized Orthopedic doctor who agreed that even though it was 'quite fragmented' as he put it all the pieces were in the right places and they couldn't really do much better with surgery, so my best option was to put a full cast on it and no weight bearing for 2 months, which even though kinda sucks I was hoping for that option. I mean I don't think there are many people that often want surgery in these types of situations.
Anyways there was a lot of pain for the first days, still doesn't feel GREAT. While I was waiting for the Orthopedic Dr. Sanders I stared at the poster on the wall in the hospital room describing how the body repairs a bone breaking and I just kinda sat there in awe for a bit at just the task that the body completes... Like for example the first stages are the body clearing out old fragments of bone via swelling and inflammation. And then of course repairing the bone itself. I was really thankful not to have had this any worse. Part of me is a bit still shocked that this all happened and I dealt with a lot of questioning myself like is there something wrong with me that this happened, I didn't fall "that" far... but then thinking back more clearly picturing how it happened it was a severe impact on my foot on the way down, I cringe even thinking about it. But beyond all the unfortunate circumstances, if we are willing to look for the silver lining in things we can find them instead of looking at the negative side of things.
It has been quite a humbling experience, you might think you have sympathy or empathy towards other people dealing with pain or handicaps but it really hits you hard when it's your own experience. Also it has put some things into perspective, what is really important, what it means to have a working body... I mean I don't think I totally wasn't thankful for that before but also for sure there was more care that I could have put myself through just we get caught up with our day to day lives and living the same way and it's easy to slip into less than ideal routines. I'm not sure if this happening was even some sort of subconscious thing at play, telling me to slow down in certain ways, I'm not sure. It is the fact at hand though. I guess moral of the story is if your gut is telling you to slow down or that something isn't right maybe take a step back and reasess the situation? I dind't feel right on that wall like I was saying... but on the flipside if we are always in our comfort zones all the time that isn't a good thing either. Anyways, just take care of each other, be kind, be thankful for everything that you have as simple as it may be, an 'attitude of gratitude' brings oneself to much more appreciation and the potential to experience greater happiness, since we are focusing on the things we already have and not focusing on sort of 'external' desires. Not to say that we can't desire or wish things to be different either, but being caught up only on future desires/wants is foregoing our current happiness for the idea or thought of something off in the future. I mean if you see it and you want it for sure go and get it but just have fun doing it, breathe and don't get too cocky.
Pardon the graphic imagery but you get the idea. Now I have a cool fiberglass pink cast and on two separate occasions my family members came and asked me ... so... uh, why pink? Referring to my colour choice which was usually reserved for u know girls and whatnot... I just told them it was the most ridiculously ridiculous thing to happen so I had to comemorate that with the colour choice. However when I really think about it it seems like pink is the most healing colour I mean when we are all in the womb well everthing is probably pitch black to be honest and we are almost like formless timeless beings but yeah one could say it's also very 'pink' and regardless of what it is this foot could definitely use some healing action as I definitely felt pretty broken up there for a while, still do but I'm still here, you're still here and that's what matters.
Maybe at some point I'll get another picture with my hot pink cast but right now I can't be bothered with that you'll jusy have to make do with the sight of my internally bruised and swollen ankle right now to flash into your mind just as you are about to peacefully fall off to sleep.
Thanks for popping in my friends be safe enjoy yo'selves.
i myself had a bad fall 2 years ago. it felt like my left ankle fall off. good its still intact :) took me 2 weeks to recover. but i am still scare upto this day to put pressure on my left ankle till now. am not young anymnore i should have been more careful.
I was an athelete in my teens. i did all kinds of sports. hardest was marathon. i run 10K my fastest time was 38mins.
Oh now i am almost 60yrs old :)
anyways, hope yours is not serious and hope for your speedy recovery. :)
Thank you and thanks for sharing, my dad is of a similar age and had a broken ankle and still 3 years later still has some issues. What a bittersweet life it is sometimes.
your welcome. your post reminded me of my hurt ankle 🤣
now i saw yours, it got black bruises. i might have been luckier. i found a photo of my hurt left ankle. 😂 it was aug 27,2020. my ankle day for life.
Maaan those words got me and is that I have noticed that all the times that bad things have happened in life, many times there was always that feeling of taking it easy and by ignoring it we crashed against reality.
I'm glad you at least see things with a bit of optimism, that will help you heal faster and come back stronger. I hope you get better quickly.
After the cast is removed it is very important that you do physiotherapy to recover the strength of the ankle, it will feel different and weaker but with the therapy it will return to normal and you will avoid future pain
Thanks @malos10! It’s hard though to know whether or not sometimes we should push through some sort of discomfort because being in the comfort zone all the time doesn’t serve us well. But also one must learn to be able to really listen well to their internal guidance, given some activities may come with physical risks or something! But yes, some sort of rehabilitation will be necessary when the cast comes off. I can tell already this one leg feels not as strong and I’m not even talking about the injury 😬 be safe my friend!
yes, it is impossible to know but there is always an internal voice of intuition that tells us when to push and when to stop, the problem is that sometimes we do not listen enough...
I wish you the best recovery, exercise will be key!
what a wonderful shade of purple u have there.. :P
but for serious.. that sucks! take care and speedy recovery.
ps. I tried the climbing wall before, I thought I was pretty strong due to lifting weights, but I just couldn't even get up.. too much mass for not enough grip strength..
Thanks a lot! It is a nice shade of purple there, I wonder if it still looks like that right now, I can't really tell 'cause it's in a cast but it is feeling slowly better. Still a long way to go though. And yes Climbing is surprising in the amount of finger strength required, it's has to be the most demanding sport for that! But good that u are training with weights 💪
🙂 great to hear that u are mending well.. I'll do some extra shrugs for u..
Be well by the grace of God, I was very sad to see the news, God bless you, this is my wish.
I was also not impressed with this news 😜 it really sucks but I guess it could have been worse! In a few short months I will be back up and running so don't you worry 😎❤️
Sorry friend, I believe everything is gonna heal up in no time. Just like you say, this kind of situation maybe a moment to take step back and I believe it may even be another opportunity to open your eyes to another tangible things. Take your time and rest well bro. Don't ever forget that you're a strong man. You will get over this buddy.
Yes for sure I don't even like to call it a setback, just a more "regrouping" of sorts. Thank you my friend 🙂
You're welcome buddy.
what bad news friend with what happened in the lower part of your ankle. They always recommend warming up a little before any physical activity but we are sometimes so confident that we don't believe that some accident, no matter how small, can happen to us. The truth is that I want your recovery to be as good as possible, even if it takes a longer time than originally established, but you have to be calm and not rush into an injury in a place as delicate as that is, since it supports a large part of our body.
Thanks yeah you said it best, we should always warm up, that is for sure!! And nobody thinks that anything will happen until it does. 🤣 I will be even more careful and sure to warm up next time. Thanks for your understanding comment.
that is correct we never think anything bad until it happens that is why you always have to be attentive to any eventuality
It’s been a very eye opening experience... i guess we don’t always get what we want but we get what we need 😂
very true friend and from every experience, good or bad, you learn a lot
I hope you get well soon and can do your daily activities as usual
I know! Not being able to walk and hands (because of the crutches) is a huge hinderance for sure, everything becomes much more difficult if not almost impossible for some things! But I guess we take some things for granted! Thanks for your comment 😌
stay careful when exercising and obey the rules so that unwanted things don't happen
very very sorry for your ankle! get well soon 🥂
What can I say... I guess High Heels are not for me! 😜 Thanks Eva I'm sure the time will pass by quickly. Enjoy your self 😀
you too ❤️
Why pink?
Because it matches the purple :D
Outch!
Yes that is it too 😁 I had to colour match. I should have gone one a photo walk instead that day 😅🤷♂ Ah well.... Enjoy!!! 🤗❤️
I feel very sad after reading your painful story that your ankle broked, I hope you'll recoverd it soon. Wish you the best healthy life stay blessed always. 😊😇
Thanks, I didn't want to make anyone feel sad, it's okay, it will be fine in some weeks 💪😎 Stay blessed, happy and healthy as well 😊
thankyou you're very kind.
Of course 2 months is a long time but hopefully 2 months later your legs can take the weight again and you won't need those crutches anymore.
I hear ya it'll pass by for sure, let us make the best of it.
That's right buddy, keep the spirit.
I also wish to visit the gym from time to time but I am not chanced to do so
I wish I was chanced...
Sorry about your leg and I hope it heals fast
Yeah for sure I am lucky to be even able to go to the gym, I don’t want to overlook that in any way. But if there is also some form of exercise that you can do like even walking it’s good. I just know there’s a lot of people (and this is probably the worst in USA/Canada and other developed countries where being sedentary all the time is becoming a widespread issue with peoples health. But then again look where going to the gym can lead, going to the hospital 😉 jokes aside it’s not your typical gym with weights even though there is a bit of that. I should get around to posting some videos and pics. I always knew there were risks involved, they make that pretty clear as well I had already had a close call once before. So I thought I knew but I guess you don’t really know until you know 😆 just praying and resting for a full recovery and will for sure be a bit wiser and self aware in terms of these types of things. Thanks and have a wonderful day 😎
Ouuuchhh....get well soon....I had similar experince few years ago...I know how it feels.
Yeah it kinda sucks right, it's not a fun experience. 😉 I will be resting up lots. Have a great one 😊
Well, I hope you get better soon! Show off the pink man!
Hahahahaha...thanks G. I will show it off very soon 😂
take your time for your recovery, it is a very vulnerable part of the body and you need to be at 100%
Thanks, I definitely am seeing how vital it is absolutely 💯 Enjoy your day 🙂
equally friend and I hope your recovery is 100%
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