tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511571013543611032.post7993917229957590559..comments2023-09-25T07:59:42.094-05:00Comments on NOT So Straight From The Hip: Being Crippled SucksRookieRuggerLSUhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15899402394477526677noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511571013543611032.post-22258599661573356232008-10-13T22:06:00.000-05:002008-10-13T22:06:00.000-05:00Man I feel old though - 31 with the spine of a 75y...Man I feel old though - 31 with the spine of a 75yo. I finally broke down and agreed to start using a cane. They wanted to give me a quad cane and I said please don't make me look like an 80yo. ha!RookieRuggerLSUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15899402394477526677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511571013543611032.post-23198011286116811762008-10-13T16:36:00.000-05:002008-10-13T16:36:00.000-05:00getting old sucks and you're not even old yet! :-)...getting old sucks and you're not even old yet! :-)JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14496698130632043637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511571013543611032.post-70004387536361529622008-10-12T20:10:00.000-05:002008-10-12T20:10:00.000-05:00nope no accident - just over time it deteriorated ...nope no accident - just over time it deteriorated and one day i woke up and couldn't dress myself. Everyone thinks I must have been in an accident lol ... mainly just working on my feet 40hrs a week, etc... just caught up with me. Both my mom and gradma have back troubles. I inherited it and have it worse than both of them.RookieRuggerLSUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15899402394477526677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511571013543611032.post-89615303530903501952008-10-11T23:54:00.000-05:002008-10-11T23:54:00.000-05:00I understand your emotions about it, but certainly...I understand your emotions about it, but certainly can only empathize with your pain.<BR/>I like to water/snow ski, bike, tennis, run, ...etc. and then I broke my leg playing forward on a 'CO-ED"! soccer team!!! AGH! well at least it wasn't a girl that kicked me... :-) but I ended up with a (vertical) tibial plateau fracture. Basically spiraled down my leg from the knee down. I had a very good surgeon, but there was so much damage that it basically ended anything that involved pounding running and that has caused me to pick up about 40 lbs. due to less exercise - and a little bit of a pity party for first yr. I can do non-weight bearing things like bike and can manage tennis, but in no way compares to what you deal with day to day.<BR/><BR/>Hope there is a miracle out there just waiting to meet you and gets you on your feet...<BR/><BR/>Did you back get injured in a sports accident or auto?JChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14496698130632043637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511571013543611032.post-55225955102424460712008-10-11T01:22:00.000-05:002008-10-11T01:22:00.000-05:00I have 5 herniated discs in my lower back... sever...I have 5 herniated discs in my lower back... several are sitting on the nerve. had surgery to try to fix that part in april but it only gave relief for a few months - now im back to where i was, worse actually. I also have dengenerative disc disease in my spine. that coupled with being heavy and playing sports - rugby was/is my favorite - it all just got to be too much for my back.RookieRuggerLSUhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15899402394477526677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511571013543611032.post-32536301672586895652008-10-10T18:52:00.000-05:002008-10-10T18:52:00.000-05:00Sorry to hear about the Ins. snafu... but oh so t...Sorry to hear about the Ins. snafu... but oh so typical. I hope yours get correctly quickly.<BR/><BR/>How did you become disabled, if you care to share...<BR/><BR/>Hugs and positive thoughts, prayers and gris-gris being sent your wayJChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14496698130632043637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-511571013543611032.post-17843643715760927182008-10-10T13:39:00.000-05:002008-10-10T13:39:00.000-05:00I'll be sure to keep everything crossed (fingers s...I'll be sure to keep everything crossed (fingers simply wouldn't be enough) that everything goes your way!!<BR/><BR/>Keep Similing!!!AJohnPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13177687947341872896noreply@blogger.com