...my Flintlocks are sidelined for the moment.
Took a bad fall coming out of the woods through a wet / muddy / slippery swamp Friday night.
Jammed my right foot down into a hole and major hyper-extended the front half of my right foot.
All my weight on the toes bent up back towards the instep.
Pain level and swelling has been very bad all weekend.
(In spite of eating Ibuprofen like candy)
Impossible to sleep Friday & Saturday nights.
(no comfortable position that didn't add to the pain)
Swelling increased dramatically over the weekend, now seems to have peaked.
I removed the inner sole from an LLBean slipper to have something that would fit on the foot.
Wife drove me to a Bone & Joint medical facility today for X-ray & assessment.
The Good News:
"...No bones broken....very slight indication of a ligament beginning to tear...but it'll heal OK without a cast, etc”¦”
The Bad News:
“”¦stay off it a couple weeks, then go easy for a couple weeks to avoid re-injuring it..."
( a.k.a. like trying to drag out a deer )
Very ironic that this injury should happen on the ground like this.
When I hit 60, I decided I’d manage / reduce the risk of falls / injury by no longer using tiny Loc-On tree stands.
Started using some ground blinds and ladder stands.
When I hit 66 I even stopped using ladder stands, went to ground blinds exclusively.
So I'd dodged the injury bullet for decades and had zero risk of injuries from any elevated stands.
Then this happens just walking out of the woods.
:shake:
Took a bad fall coming out of the woods through a wet / muddy / slippery swamp Friday night.
Jammed my right foot down into a hole and major hyper-extended the front half of my right foot.
All my weight on the toes bent up back towards the instep.
Pain level and swelling has been very bad all weekend.
(In spite of eating Ibuprofen like candy)
Impossible to sleep Friday & Saturday nights.
(no comfortable position that didn't add to the pain)
Swelling increased dramatically over the weekend, now seems to have peaked.
I removed the inner sole from an LLBean slipper to have something that would fit on the foot.
Wife drove me to a Bone & Joint medical facility today for X-ray & assessment.
The Good News:
"...No bones broken....very slight indication of a ligament beginning to tear...but it'll heal OK without a cast, etc”¦”
The Bad News:
“”¦stay off it a couple weeks, then go easy for a couple weeks to avoid re-injuring it..."
( a.k.a. like trying to drag out a deer )
Very ironic that this injury should happen on the ground like this.
When I hit 60, I decided I’d manage / reduce the risk of falls / injury by no longer using tiny Loc-On tree stands.
Started using some ground blinds and ladder stands.
When I hit 66 I even stopped using ladder stands, went to ground blinds exclusively.
So I'd dodged the injury bullet for decades and had zero risk of injuries from any elevated stands.
Then this happens just walking out of the woods.
:shake:
