patmoore 14 #1 June 28, 2010 Good thing I get volume discounts from my orthopedic surgeon. My first torn ACL occurred at Indiantown, FL around 1969. I didn't get it repaired until 1997 and then had two subsequent tune-ups. The only other jumping related injury (other than 3 sprained ankles) was a separation of the ribs at the Nationals in Talequah in 1975. When I turned 50 I took up skiing and snowboarding and have had broken ribs (led to pneumonia), broken foot, another torn ACL, and broken hand. Actually the last incident resulted from a UPD (UnPlannedDismount) from one of my unicycles. This past March I competed at the NASTAR Nationals with a brace on the torn ACL. Okemo Mountain did a nice wrapup of the event in their blog. The doctor has me taking Vitamin D now because the bones can't take the same sort of abuse they did in the past. "What a drag it is getting old......"DZGone.com B-4600, C-3615, D-1814, Gold Wings #326, Diamond Wings #152. If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #2 June 28, 2010 Hi Pat; so you're going to have another surgery to repair the ACL? Hope you heal up fast. And yes, getting old sucks... ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patmoore 14 #3 June 28, 2010 Had the ACL surgery six days ago. Stitches come out Friday.DZGone.com B-4600, C-3615, D-1814, Gold Wings #326, Diamond Wings #152. If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much room! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drjump 0 #4 June 28, 2010 You are right-getting old sucks, but it does beat the alternative. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RogerRamjet 0 #5 June 28, 2010 QuoteYou are right-getting old sucks, but it does beat the alternative. The bad news is I got another year older. The good news is I got another year older... ----------------------- Roger "Ramjet" Clark FB# 271, SCR 3245, SCS 1519 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SkydiveJack 1 #6 June 28, 2010 Quote And yes, getting old sucks... Not as bad as not being able to get old! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
paralola 0 #7 June 29, 2010 QuoteAnd yes, getting old sucks... but we experienced another year of adventure.Always happy to fall out of a plane Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lodestar 0 #8 June 29, 2010 Pat, Hope your surgery heals well...when you get to this point in life it's actually maintenance on the old bod. I'm trying to be pro active with it to prevent more serious damages and have just had a UCL ligament replaced in the left thumb. Was at PT today and the therapist was amazed at the flexibility just out of the cast, I mentioned I was a banjo picker and thus had a lot of strength and flexibility already in that hand. Tomorrow I go in for an abdominal aorta ultrasound along with the carotid arteries just to see what kind of shape they are in... I feel like an old car, replacing parts as they get used.....what with a pacemaker, two artificial hips, a plate on the right femur, a huge kidney stone surgically removed and five rounds of Lithotripsy to smash some other stones...a chunk of my left temple from basal cell carcinoma pretty well rounds out the stuff....at some point I figure I'll have more replaced than is left which should get me to 175 years or so..... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
