Sorry to hear that...

I have a related yet unrelated story.

I bought my s2000 without shoes on....

My mom told me about a local dealer who had an s2000 on their lot. I lived about 100 miles away from home, so I planned on heading home so I could go swimming at my parent's lake. I had my swim trunks along with flip flops and a muscle shirt on and took off. Stupid me left my shoes and golf clothes in my bag, left at my apartment at home. So I went there just to look at it and the dealer struck up a deal I couldn't resist. So the offered me a test drive and I agreed. I went back to my car and found I left my bag and just laughed about it. I drove the car off the lot using my bare feet, since driving in flip flops is nearly impossible.

The drive back was fun too. I went and bought new socks so I could buy shoes to play golf in. Funny enough, I remembered my golf clubs, which amazingly fit in the trunk of my new ride.

 

well had surgery yesterday. they had to repair my acl, meniscus(cartilage) and reattach the ligament that attaches to the top of the fibula(instead of tibia) of my left leg. the tibia is the large weight bearing bone in your lower leg(all you doctor types probably knew this), the fibula is the small one beside it. I have to keep it totally non weight bearing for 4-6 weeks... so no driving for awhile.

btw, thanks for all the kind replies.

 

Glad to hear that everything went well! That ortho stuff is crazy! I had a sling after a shoulder reconstruction and I was living in Antigua, so I had to drive my right hand drive prelude with my left hand and knees.

 

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I had my swim trunks along with flip flops and a muscle shirt on and took off.

 

Sorry to hear it. I had to drive mine home from the dealer while still wearing a sling on my left arm. I broke my ulna bicycling a month before my S2000 arrived and had to have it pinned back together. I've still got a 105 mm bolt in the ulna that triggers those wand type metal detectors at the airports.

The tibia is the bigger bone in the lower leg and the fibula is the thinner, more lateral, bone. The femur is the big, thick, solid bone inside the thigh.....

At least that's how they taught it in anatomy class 30 years ago, or at least that's how I remember it.

 

yes I have now relearned the bones in my leg... so far my job is to ice it and let the cpm (machine that bends it) do it's thing.

 

My daughter was hit by a car 8 years ago, while crossing a street. Both bones in her leg were broken. The put a rod in the tibia and they said the fibula would heal with no other help. She didn't even have a cast, but it was a pretty long and painful healing process first using crutches and then a cane. The doctors told her she could have the rod removed later, but a few years ago, she talked the doctor about it and he said it would be almost the same healing process as the first time, so she's going to leave it in.

Although she's fine now, the leg aches sometimes and probably will from now on.

Hope you heal quickly.

 

REVS29K,

Can your daughter make it through an airport metal detector with that rod in her leg???

 

Yes. Actually, your body is a pretty good insulator. For instance, if you put your keys in your fist, you probably can get through a metal detector. I tried it once at an airport by putting my hand in my pocket and holding my change as I went through. It didn't alarm, but the attendant made me take my hand out and show what was in my pocket.

 

Sorry to hear it. It is a life changing event. My dad spiral fractured his left tibia two summers ago. That was a rough 8 weeks. We (family) drove him all around to see his clients to keep his business running. Lost the whole season. He was in a Bledso (sp) brace. To this day his leg still aches when a storm is moving in.
Speedy recovery, best of luck. You will slam gears again.