Stupidity Hurts

[Koevoet]

It's all fun & games, until someone crushes a metatarsal.

Fun stuff. Last week Sunday at approximately this time, I effectively managed to crush the base of the first metatarsal in my left foot.

I was doing calf extensions on the lying leg press sled with 360, forgot that I had not engaged the stops and relaxed. The weight shot down and smashed my left foot into the base, pushing my first metatarsal into the medial cuneiform and shattering it into at least 9 pieces. After seeing 2 orthopedic surgeons, 1 set of X-Rays, and 2 CT scans later I am due for surgery this Thursday.

Yes it hurts a little, but not be able to squat hurts more. I wonder if hGH will help speed my recovery post op?

 

[JETHRO TULL]

aaarrgh! Stories like that terrify me!

I saw a guy doing tricep pushdowns....he had quite a bit of weight on the stack....he let it down quick at the end of his set....and that little "S" hook that connects the handle of the bar to the cable.....snagged one of the guys nostrils....

...and tore the nostril away from his face...right were it attaches! That was some ugly shit! He had it stitched back on....but wow...that was bad.

Hope your foot toes heal quickly!

 

[Koevoet]

Thanks JT, I am lying in hospital now. The surgery last night went better than the surgeon expected. I have 2 external fixators that will be on for 6 weeks, and then with physical therapy I will hopefully be close to 95% recovery.

Big thanks to IBE for getting me some IGF-I to help with recovery. This was my first time ordering from them, and they great in keeping me up to date on the status of my order. Thanks guys.

 

[K1]

I saw a guy doing tricep pushdowns....he had quite a bit of weight on the stack....he let it down quick at the end of his set....and that little "S" hook that connects the handle of the bar to the cable.....snagged one of the guys nostrils....

...and tore the nostril away from his face...right were it attaches! That was some ugly shit! He had it stitched back on....but wow...that was bad.

Hope your foot toes heal quickly!

OUCH

 

[Tman2002]

Jethro

Damn son you should have started your own post with that one. DAMN! I would have thrown up if I'd seen it. Then laugh afterwards.

 

[elings]

HOPE YOU HAVE A SPEEDY RECOVERY BRO.. HOW LONG DID THE DOC SAY YOU WOULD BE LAYED UP

 

[Koevoet]

At least 6 weeks with the external fixators, and then perhaps a few weeks with a walking cast. Once the swelling is down, I'll be back in the gym for upper body. I was able to do chins, dips, bench, etc. the week before the op.

Busy using Google Scholar to find research on post operative healing.

 

[lynx]

Good luck healing up!