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5th April 2012, 10:53 AM #1
The curse of Sheddie strikes again
Well, here i am albeit with only my left hand operative. 5 days trapped in our wonderful public hospital system - underfunded, understaffed, underpaid and overworked.
I just set a couple of rods in the river out front on saturday arvo. There is a dead she oak in the spot overhanging the river. I get a prun ing saw to trim off some dead branches. Unbeknown to me the river bank was seriously undermined and it gave way when i put my weight on it. I fell backwards into the river about 3 metres and landed on a bloody big sharp boulder and smashed my scapula (shoulder blade). I was alone, head in the water in absolute agony. stupidly i panicked and put my weight on my right side and heard some ominous grinding in the shoulder which was accompanied by further excruciating pain. The dog took off and hid from the screaming. The land lord had gone out and swmbo was at work. Dragged my wet self out of the river up to the house and rang swmbo. 50 agonising mi nutes later im in the emergency de;artment carpark sucking morphine up and getting very trippy.Don't recall the next 12 hours but home now very sick and sore. the fracture extends into the joint - surgery won't fix it - and the combined wisdom of the 4 orthopaedics at the hospiatal say that it is going to be long and painful recovery process. no fishing, no guitar, just painfilled boredom and sleepleess nights. typing this with my left hand and thats enough for now.
bye
mikeIf you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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5th April 2012, 11:03 AM #2
Oh Mike, what a story!
Get better mate - sounds like you need to start reading a long book - have you tried War and Peace?Cheers
Jeremy
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5th April 2012, 11:51 AM #3The Russel Coyte of Woodworking
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Oh sweet jeezuz! That is fookin terrible Mike!
I am a kayak fisherman and I don't know what I would do if I couldn't fish!!!!
Mate, get a good book, lots of DVD's and load up the pain killers on the couch.
I broke my shoulder 20 years ago in a push bike accident and I would recommend a good Physio, once you can get that thing moving although painfull...get it moving and build up the muscles. I found swimming and water excercises were the go for me.
Good luck man
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5th April 2012, 01:10 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Sorry to hear Mike. No fishing doesn't sound good. Get well.
Bob
"If a man is after money, he's money mad; if he keeps it, he's a capitalist; if he spends it, he's a playboy; if he doesn't get it, he's a never-do-well; if he doesn't try to get it, he lacks ambition. If he gets it without working for it; he's a parasite; and if he accumulates it after a life time of hard work, people call him a fool who never got anything out of life."
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5th April 2012, 01:56 PM #5
Mike if it was raining virgins as a mate would say you'd end up with
Well your doing all right for a bloke in agony to have done what you did dragging yourself out there..........Now why the hell where you pruning a tree you've given up woodwork
The fishing gear suppose its all still down there too.
Oh R&R and others have said books n DVD's
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5th April 2012, 02:06 PM #6Old Fart (my step daughters named me)
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What a bummer. No you know what's either. Rekon a good book and a very good 25yo single malt scotch will deaden the pain.
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7th April 2012, 01:44 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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Send SWMBO off to get you an electronic book reader - Kindle, Sony Ebook, what ever. Much easier to handle with only one functional hand, don't loose your place if dropped a short distance or otherwise left lying about. Lighter than most library books too.
Heaps of free books online if you look around.
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7th April 2012, 10:04 AM #8
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7th April 2012, 10:42 AM #9
Bugga.
Cliff.
If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.
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7th April 2012, 11:28 AM #10
Mike, next time you go outside the "safe" confines of your house, you should be wrapped up in cotton wool!
Pat
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain
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7th April 2012, 12:46 PM #11
ps. there were 2 very nice bream on the lines when swmbo pulled them up late sat nite. the landlord ate ém. now on endone for pain as the other stuff made me sick. had to go back to hospital yesterday. not to good i'm afraid. decribed as avery bad break with a long and painful recovrry.
bye for now.
thanx all for kind thoughts.
mikeIf you never made a mistake, you never made anything!
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12th April 2012, 09:59 PM #12"Outside of a dog a book is man's best friend ,inside a dog it's too dark to read"
Groucho Marx
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12th April 2012, 10:13 PM #13
I got put on endone at some time but it made me sick wanting to vomit all the time. Only took it twice, Just went to panadine for pain. Get better soon and get those fishies. And the timber you were after.
Pete
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16th April 2012, 07:02 PM #14
Saw Sheddie today, and he is bearing up remarkably well. I can see that he will become an avid reader over the next couple of months until he can start physio. Saddest thing is, he has a beautiful little Mercury outboard that will taunt him until he is back in the boat again.
Beautiful coffee today Mike.
Mucho Gratias my friend
SG.... some old things are lovely
Warm still with the life of forgotten men who made them ........................D.H. Lawrence
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16th April 2012, 08:40 PM #15
Get well soon Mike. Just imagine how the fish stocks will be building up while you're recuperating.
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