Temet
20th November 2012, 10:01 AM
Hello friends in speed,
Ok, as some of you might know, the last European Convention has not been very friendly with me.
The thing is that I broke my Achille's tendon playing tennis in September and I didn't know if I could go to the convention. The cast was removed 2 weeks before the convention and I asked the doctor if it was OK to go. He said yes... well I would have prefered if he said no, or at least warned me that is was still very weak.
What happened is that I felt and the consequences were quite bad : the scar broke, some skin torn, the tendon broke again and was partly outside of the leg. This was not nice to see and I'm sure I would have been even more shocked if it happened to someone else... so I guess the present wipers have been very shocked too. Sorry for this guys. I know I had a terrible expression on my face when I left the hostel... I was just beginning to walk again after 2 monthes so it was indeed very hard, psychologically speaking.
Once you are in the hospital and they say : "Ok, it's fully broken again" ... I had to accept it so it was a bit easier but the first nights where very bad, with a lot of guilt.
You know : "I should have taken a taxi", "I shouldn't have care that I was slowing down the whole group", etc etc... but it's done.
The first day and let's say 1 day and a half after the surgery have been quite painful, but since this time it's OK, no pain.
I have a "magic boot" where you can set the angle between the foot and the leg. I started with 30°, and now I'm 15°... 0° being when the foot and the leg are perpendicular. The threads where removed last Saturday so I have nothing to do until 3 weeks from now, when I will have to switch to 0°.
7040 7041
I had to stay more than 2 weeks in the hospital because there has been some complications : an infection started and they had to cut a small part of the tendon. After that, I had to stay so that they could check the wound every 2 days and give me a specific antibiotic that can be given in intravenous manner only.
I have to thank a lot AmigoJack that visited me nearly every day and was bringing me some chocolate. You're not a friend in speed anymore, you're a real friend now!
I have to thank also all the people that called me.
This bad episode doesn't mean I don't remember the first awesome days I spent with you guys!
I already had a good feeling/friendship with some of the wipers, but I could get closer to other ones.
I remember saying before the convention that I couldn't find the right frequency to discuss with Guillaume during the previous conventions. We found it this time! Guillaume was very kind, helping me for breakfast every day ... and there is also a soap story, he will understand :)
I spent a very nice Pure tournament being always (but once) in second division with Ben. I thought that I have been an asshole in Paris not to see you the last day as you proposed 2 years ago.
I met Marcus for the first time but he was very friendly and brought us an awesome cake.
I met some other people for the first time : Rennfish, Zeez, Dreamerx and I didn't spend a lot of time with you, but it was nice meeting you.
I really hope I will see most of you next year! Just remember I will have to be careful again, as I can try to run again only in September next year!!
I'm back to work since last week so I feel like having a normal life, since I'm used to living with one leg since September! :)
I will update the thread for the next step and keep you inform about my recovery.
Bye,
Temet
Ok, as some of you might know, the last European Convention has not been very friendly with me.
The thing is that I broke my Achille's tendon playing tennis in September and I didn't know if I could go to the convention. The cast was removed 2 weeks before the convention and I asked the doctor if it was OK to go. He said yes... well I would have prefered if he said no, or at least warned me that is was still very weak.
What happened is that I felt and the consequences were quite bad : the scar broke, some skin torn, the tendon broke again and was partly outside of the leg. This was not nice to see and I'm sure I would have been even more shocked if it happened to someone else... so I guess the present wipers have been very shocked too. Sorry for this guys. I know I had a terrible expression on my face when I left the hostel... I was just beginning to walk again after 2 monthes so it was indeed very hard, psychologically speaking.
Once you are in the hospital and they say : "Ok, it's fully broken again" ... I had to accept it so it was a bit easier but the first nights where very bad, with a lot of guilt.
You know : "I should have taken a taxi", "I shouldn't have care that I was slowing down the whole group", etc etc... but it's done.
The first day and let's say 1 day and a half after the surgery have been quite painful, but since this time it's OK, no pain.
I have a "magic boot" where you can set the angle between the foot and the leg. I started with 30°, and now I'm 15°... 0° being when the foot and the leg are perpendicular. The threads where removed last Saturday so I have nothing to do until 3 weeks from now, when I will have to switch to 0°.
7040 7041
I had to stay more than 2 weeks in the hospital because there has been some complications : an infection started and they had to cut a small part of the tendon. After that, I had to stay so that they could check the wound every 2 days and give me a specific antibiotic that can be given in intravenous manner only.
I have to thank a lot AmigoJack that visited me nearly every day and was bringing me some chocolate. You're not a friend in speed anymore, you're a real friend now!
I have to thank also all the people that called me.
This bad episode doesn't mean I don't remember the first awesome days I spent with you guys!
I already had a good feeling/friendship with some of the wipers, but I could get closer to other ones.
I remember saying before the convention that I couldn't find the right frequency to discuss with Guillaume during the previous conventions. We found it this time! Guillaume was very kind, helping me for breakfast every day ... and there is also a soap story, he will understand :)
I spent a very nice Pure tournament being always (but once) in second division with Ben. I thought that I have been an asshole in Paris not to see you the last day as you proposed 2 years ago.
I met Marcus for the first time but he was very friendly and brought us an awesome cake.
I met some other people for the first time : Rennfish, Zeez, Dreamerx and I didn't spend a lot of time with you, but it was nice meeting you.
I really hope I will see most of you next year! Just remember I will have to be careful again, as I can try to run again only in September next year!!
I'm back to work since last week so I feel like having a normal life, since I'm used to living with one leg since September! :)
I will update the thread for the next step and keep you inform about my recovery.
Bye,
Temet