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Bettie

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12. He's lucky to be famous and wealthy

Wed Feb 24, 2021, 06:53 PM

Feb 2021

he will be able to get it fixed, take whatever amount of time healing requires, get the best physical therapy and after care, and not be bankrupt when it is all done.

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repair to Tiger's leg - he is allowing his doctor to report out [View all] Demovictory9 Feb 2021 OP

My leg gets sore ChazII Feb 2021 #1

whoaa thats bad. drray23 Feb 2021 #2

Golf, at least as he once knew it... SergeStorms Feb 2021 #15

Personally, I Don't Care One Way Or Another COL Mustard Feb 2021 #52

He received... SergeStorms Feb 2021 #55

I Did Not Know That COL Mustard Feb 2021 #58

I wish no ill will to him... SergeStorms Feb 2021 #60

Right, the gait is off and it takes months to learn to walk correctly again. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #16

I just posted down thread handmade34 Feb 2021 #44

My brother was in a head-on collision with a drunk driver murielm99 Feb 2021 #59

That's really pretty awful looking. blue neen Feb 2021 #3

Yes he is. He is taking narcotics right now, I would assume. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #17

good lord bigtree Feb 2021 #4

He'll always feel pain, but he'll walk. MerryBlooms Feb 2021 #22

how awful bigtree Feb 2021 #42

Yes, many surgeries. I'm not exactly sure how many, but my son MerryBlooms Feb 2021 #47

OMG, what a horrible accident! Scottie Mom Feb 2021 #63

And what can we learn from all this? SergeStorms Feb 2021 #5

This is just mean. nolabear Feb 2021 #8

That's mean? SergeStorms Feb 2021 #18

K & R Budi Feb 2021 #38

I suspect there was some texting going on. Kingofalldems Feb 2021 #9

You blame two things. Was it his driving or the car? Please give us your eyewitness expertise. ZonkerHarris Feb 2021 #21

Or try reading the police and medical reports. SergeStorms Feb 2021 #27

Poor Genesis SUV manufacturer... not a good way to introduce the vehicle to the public Demovictory9 Feb 2021 #24

It's Hyundai's high end vehicle. SergeStorms Feb 2021 #29

The crumple zones crumpled and the cabin stayed intact localroger Feb 2021 #34

From what I have read - everything on the vehicle performed correctly. 33taw Feb 2021 #62

Several of Hyundai's vehicles have five-star crash ratings. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #49

Crikey! mcar Feb 2021 #6

whoever created this picture doesn't know his bone names flyingfysh Feb 2021 #7

Thank you Jilly_in_VA Feb 2021 #20

The correct names are the tibula and the fibia, IIRC. :-) (snark) TheRickles Feb 2021 #51

Ugh. His career as a power squatter is over Azathoth Feb 2021 #10

If he has to squat at all, ankle or knee, it is going to hurt. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #25

I wouldn't know. I just swing wildly and dig divots Azathoth Feb 2021 #36

I had similar injures to Tiger, not as bad. I just squatted pretending to line up a shot. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #39

Geez, the Tibia is broken in three places. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #11

He's lucky to be famous and wealthy Bettie Feb 2021 #12

He is also going to need help at home with tasks of daily living. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #28

He can afford all of those things Bettie Feb 2021 #30

Yes exactly. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #32

Oh, I am sorry Bettie Feb 2021 #37

I had a pretty rough time. I do not envy Tiger. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #41

My 18 year old son is having Bettie Feb 2021 #56

Younger people are going to heal much faster than older folks. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #65

I was working at a College handmade34 Feb 2021 #45

I had a good friend who helped me. And great PTs. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #46

he is a gazillionaire Demovictory9 Feb 2021 #31

Good, the rehab is expensive. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #33

Man, oh man. MerryBlooms Feb 2021 #13

Ouch Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2021 #14

It is odd that the diagram is labeled "tibula" & "fibula" whopis01 Feb 2021 #19

dailymail - often has typos Demovictory9 Feb 2021 #23

Sure - I had assumed it was from the hospital whopis01 Feb 2021 #26

It's not a British thing? csziggy Feb 2021 #57

Oh my, so good of you to catch that......I thought it was different, just thought I read it to fast. a kennedy Feb 2021 #35

Wow! that makes me cringe handmade34 Feb 2021 #40

I recently broke my left fibula Disaffected Feb 2021 #43

Compressed, twisted or bent? Klaralven Feb 2021 #48

Ashley Judd broke the bones in her leg while in Africa. BigmanPigman Feb 2021 #50

Having had reconstruction after an accident when I was 19: OUCH JCMach1 Feb 2021 #53

Who died from the virus today and yesterday? Cozmo Feb 2021 #54

All good questions, Cozmo. SergeStorms Feb 2021 #61

Celebrities are a fucking weird construct ChubbyStar Feb 2021 #67

I broke my tibia and fibula at the ankle with a dislocation on Jan 25th ms liberty Feb 2021 #64

that metal rod is called a "nail". i'm involved in the manufacture of them. uncle ray Feb 2021 #66

considering the front end. hope it works. i saw a young woman at PT missing a foot + lower leg pansypoo53219 Feb 2021 #68