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15. No. Stupidity. I was running down slippery wooden stairs in socks
Thu Aug 18, 2016, 12:16 PM
Aug 2016

I made it 3 steps down a long flight and in trying to right myself, landed on a stone floor with all my weight on one twisted leg. I had to crawl on my stomach up my driveway and and down the dirt lane to the neighbor's to get help. I still shudder at the thought of that night. It was a compound spiral break. Ugh.

It's been 4 years, several surgeries. The bones eventually healed but I did a fair amount of soft tissue damage and was left with traumatic arthritis in the ankle and the damned CRPS.

Thanks for the wishes for a full recovery. I exercise as much as I can, but I really miss certain things. I used to be a runner and I've downhill skied since I was a little kid.

On the upside, I'll never run down the stairs again.

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