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Another injured AZ'er

Warp Daddy

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Just came back from ER this am with a "hairline fracture " and a chip from the ULNAR . It's the same wrist i had broken in 5 spots nine years ago and was due to a stupid decision by a good skier dammit

I was skiing some steeps and took a header @ speed in some iced stuff off the reg connector trail yesterday . I had missed the normal short cut connector trail thru the woods to the lifts from the steep i was skiing and had gone 10 -20 yds below it ----------so instead of stopping and just climbing back to the reg trail i cut back @ speed thru some really gnarly and deep iced up crud in the woods that looked soft but was n't .

The skis hit that crap at speed and i went flying out over the front. I threw my poles , came out of the bindings, flew LIKE HERMANNN MAIER thru the air and stupidly tried to cushion my fall .

It happened on first run of the day but we skied till 3:15 --Hell it was blubird day and only a wimp would have quit .

The ski patrol thought it was a bad sprain since i could shake hands and do a hand to hand pressure manuver ---- or a possible hairline fracture so they braced me with ace bdg and we continued to rip . WE went out to dinner last nite i slept comfortably but it ws still slightly swollen so i drove myself to ER this am.

It could have been much worse----just pisses me off cuz it was a bad decision and avoidable . But hey i've now got an excuse on the golf course this yR and BTW i intend to back up on the boards this season .

The guitars are also gonna get a rest for a while

Just call me

AIR Daddy now
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MadPadraic

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That sucks. I fractured my wrist on December 22nd, went back up for another run, but didn't go back on the hill until Jan 2nd. I also didn't recognize it as being broken.

My (terrible) advice is to take asprin in the morning and have a beer or sambucca at night.

Do you drive a standard?
 

Warp Daddy

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MP:: i drive a 5 speed saab turbo no problemo tho since it was the left wrist . I'll see teh ortho and will be out by friday

This break is minor compared to my previous one 9 yrs ago . Back then i was out skiing with 10 days. i'm more cocerned bout my golf grip :D
 

riverc0il

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Sorry to hear about that. Been there and done that and it sucks. It is really easily to control yourself when you get in trouble in the trees when you have your skis on. Once you go air born, trouble starts happening.
 

Greg

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Bummer Warp. Get well soon!
 

bvibert

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That sux man, I hope you're able to get back out on skis soon. Don't push it too much though, you don't want to aggravate it and make it worse... Or maybe you do, in which case, carry on.
 

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Bummer Warp,
...Good thing it wasn't the shifting hand though... If the cast won't be unbelievably large, a hockey glove, given a good comfortable fit, will work great...very warm...and holds a skipole surprisingly well.

$.01
Steve
(cast on for another 3 weeks.......)
 
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