dove 0 #1 April 23, 2002 Well, the day didn't exactly start out the way I would have scripted it. I always make up a list of questions to ask the doctor so I won't leave realizing I've forgotten to ask a lot of important things. (I HATE that!) I've been working on this list for 4 weeks - since the last doctor's visit. I looked all over the apartment - not there. I mean I looked EVERYWHERE! And trying to do that on one leg and crutches ain't easy! Drat! I'll have to try to remember every question... but that was a LOOOOOOONG list. POOH! So I get ready to go to see my orthpaedic surgeon - very exciting... I'm supposed to walk today! I grab my favorite CDs for the 30-minute ride to get all pumped up. (As if I need any help - I'm gonna WALK today for the first time in 12 weeks, for crying out loud!) Then I find out I also can't find the faceplate for my car stereo. Gone. Nowhere. Not in the apartment and not in the car. Absolutely, positively 100% GONE! Crap! I can't afford this right now and I have a 2,000 mile road trip in May. Ugh! I start to get upset but realize that this is MY day! This is the day I've been waiting for since January 28. I'm not gonna let any stupid shit get me down! So I make my mental mind-shift and hop in the car (pun intended!)I get my new xrays and I'm sitting on the table when the OS walks in. He looks at the xrays and asks "How many weeks post-op is this?" To which I reply "10." He looks closer at the xrays and says "THIS is ten weeks?!?!?!" with incredulity in his voice. Then he turns around and says "Stand up for me." Wow! This doesn't hurt AT ALL! Then he hands me my crutches and tells me to walk out into the hall. I do. OMG! I can walk - yes,with crutches..... but MY LEG WORKS!!!!!!!!!! And it doesn't hurt! He tells me to ditch the brace and I ask where my next brace is - expecting a smaller one. He tells me I don't need a brace at all! LET FREEDOM RING!!!! I sit back on the table and he asks me to bend my leg to see my range of motion. I kick myself in the ass then bring my leg up to my face. His eyes BUG out of his head and he says "Wow!" then just shakes his head. The research assistant blurted out "Your range of motion is remarkable!" Before the OS leaves I throw my arms around him and tell him how grateful I am to have him as my doctor. He gets one of those "OK-I-don't-know-what-to-do-here" looks on his face so I finally release him. I go back in 2 weeks to ditch the crutches completely. He said I'll be running in 4 weeks. Yippee! I shove the brace in my backpack and grab my crutches and start hobbling out. Halfway down the hall it occurs to me that I don't need to hobble anymore. I CAN WALK!!!! I put my bare, beautiful leg down and walk out with a grin the size of Mount Everest and tears of joy streaming down my cheeks. RTFO - I kick ass! strutting dove Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jimbo 0 #2 April 23, 2002 That's awsome! Congratulations. Sounds like you'll be back in the air in no time at all.-Jim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveMonkey 0 #3 April 23, 2002 Cool !!! Back in the air before you know it When you participate in sporting events, its not whether you win or you're loose, its how drunk you get. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DENGOPHER 0 #4 April 23, 2002 yes you rock girl!!!!!!! i just shed a tear of joy for you !!!!!!!!just jump!!!!gopher Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Keith 0 #5 April 23, 2002 GREAT NEWS Congrats!Keith Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymama 37 #6 April 23, 2002 All right, Dove!! Time for me to figure out how to get to Z-hills! AndreaI'm high as a kiteI just mightStop and check you out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SudsyFist 0 #7 April 23, 2002 strut on, m'lady... YOU EARNED IT!steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TEB6363 0 #8 April 24, 2002 Great Job Girl.See, you were talking about my broken knee and you are doing Waaaay better than I was at 10 weeks. I had a bunch of phys therapy and NO range of motion.BTW, we did here you say "my bare, beautiful leg down"??How Bare and How Beautiful?????:::OK, Canopy is Open, No Traffic Around, .. Why are these "Extra" Lines Draping Down??, Damn! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Stacy 0 #9 April 24, 2002 yahoo!!! sounds like trouble, stacy, andrea, and elisa @ ZHills... uh oh.....congrats!!!Stacyhttp://users.snip.net/~stacy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skyrose7 0 #10 April 24, 2002 congratulations! I am so happy for you. You know, I realized I don't even know how this happened to you, but I know I have heard of your progress--this seems like the most progress yet! congrats!The mind is like a parachute--it works better when it is open. JUMP. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PhreeZone 20 #11 April 24, 2002 Woo hoo Dove!!Take the time in Rehab and enjoy it.... If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #12 April 24, 2002 Tom:12 weeks post-break. 10 weeks post op. Yup - the doc seemed pretty bewildered too. Kinda cool! All I can say is I am VERY motivated! No mystery there! And she is VERY bare and VERY beautiful! Rose:I shattered and compressed my tibial lateral plateau. I locked my knee on landing and it hyperextended (bent backwards). Not fun! But the human body is so freakin' amazing! If you saw the initial CT scans and then saw how my leg looks now and how it WORKS! Schwing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Stacy:Lots o' trouble - in the sky and at the bar! Look out! dove Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #13 April 24, 2002 WOOO HOOOO!!!!!Congrats dove! Walking... you don't really appreciate it until you can't do it huh? pull & flare,lisa[subliminal msg]My website Go Now[/subliminal msg] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lummy 4 #14 April 24, 2002 Yippeee DOVE!!!!!!! Glad to hear your MOBILEConjunction Junction, what's your function? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
scottbre 0 #15 April 24, 2002 That's pretty sweet dove. Took me about 10 weeks to heal after I forgot to flare and I didn't even break anything. Now soon you will be back in the air, where doves belong. 200 feet of Saran Wrap and noone to play with. . . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sunshine 2 #16 April 24, 2002 That is wonderful Dove!! I am so happy for you."Do whatever you like, just untie me when you're done" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spy38W 0 #17 April 24, 2002 Quote All right, Dove!! Time for me to figure out how to get to Z-hills! It's easy, from Deland, just go left until 30 or so miles before you get to the water. --Words I hate: Streamer, Horseshoe, Baglock... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #18 April 24, 2002 I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!! happy happy dove Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChromeBoy 0 #19 April 24, 2002 Congrats Dove! You are awesome! I told my family your story tonight and you have a lot of good vibes going your way! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dove 0 #20 April 24, 2002 QuoteI told my family your story Did you tell them I like to go head down? hehehehe! Thanks Chromie! You've been a great cheerleader too! dove Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jessica 0 #21 April 24, 2002 Yay!!! It's not a freestyle routine, it's a SIT! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #22 April 24, 2002 Rock on Dove! Now, you'll be back in the air where you belong in no time at all. A human cannonball, I rise above it allUp higher then a trapeze, I can fly Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skymedic 0 #23 April 24, 2002 congrats Dove...I am SOOOOO happy for ya....Cheers....vasbytmarc"I have no fear of falling, I just hate hitting the ground"-The Badlees... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #24 April 24, 2002 You walk now, but soon, soon you will fly!Great job, Dove. I am thrilled and tickled and happy for you. Fly, sweetie, fly!Ciels and Pinks, and big hugs!MicheleIf you really want to, you can seize the day; if you really want to, you can fly away...~enya~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sebazz1 2 #25 April 24, 2002 Dude!! Sweet!!or Dudette!! Sweetness!!Congrats DoveSEBAZZ....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
