How I have been spending my summer

Been awhile since I posted here and thought I would check in.
Started summer off in Idaho doing some trout fishing. Did some rivers and some stillwater. This was the last of June trip.
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Then came July, and I went for a Bicycle ride for the fourth of July. Riding along the bike trail looking at the river for rising fish I started a down hill slope.
I looked up to a post in the trail that startled me so I applied brakes. Unfortunately, the front brake locked up and I went flipping over handlebars landing elbow first. Shattered my elbow and ended up having surgery the ninth.
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Needless to say, I have been going crazy and one of the only things that kept me sane was my step daughter in town for the month before heading back to Korea (Air Force) and the heat. (too hot to fish)

So August 5th, back to the Dr and x ray of the arm. It is all healing good and time for therapy. Movement of the arm is greatly effected at this time but I can manage some things. I got two visits a week for a month, but I decided to do a little self therapy.
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To help in the therapy, my birthday present arrived as well. Ordered the last of April, hats off to Dave from Sweetwater.
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Fall will be much better than my summer and I am looking forward to it

Sorry to see the injury, but nice trout!!!

Joni,

Sorry to hear about your accident. The pic of your arm looks awful. The physical therapy seems to be going well. Hope you have a speedy an complete recovery.

Sorry to hear about your elbow, but glad that it's healing well. It sure looks gruesome. Hang in there and make sure you complete your therapy.

Welcome back, Goddess. You've had a rough time, but seem to be weathering it well. Best of luck to you.

Chuck

Beautiful rod! Wow!

Hope that elbow gets back to 100%!

Joni,
good luck with the therapy.Interesting choice of fish for the rod and your arm. Must have been a hoot.
Try not to stress the arm too soon.
Best,
Steve

Joni-

Having done that same over-the-handlebars flip, you have my sincere sympathies. (And I don't think people appreciate the skill required to execute that maneuver until they've given it a try!) Glad to hear you're on the mend and hope you get more fishing therapy under your belt soon.

Thanks all. I got out this morning with a friend and hooked into some LM
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I cannot straighten my left arm and I can't bend it enough to scratch my nose, so I got a long way to go for sure.

But it looks like it works enough for the important stuff, right? Good luck with the therapy.

I am not a doctor or a therapist, but, you need to be very careful with "your" therapy that "you" are doing. I had rotator cuff surgery on Jan. 31st ( I know it is not the same surgery as you had) and I went to therapy 3 times per week and after a short period, I decided I would do some of my own therapy and ended up with the therapist having to redo what she had gained due to overuse by me. It is not fun, but, you must not overdo it. One slip while fly fishing or an unexpectant quick movement by you to maintain your balance while fly fishing can do harm and damage to your injury. I know it is hard to not fly fish, but, listening to your therapist and following their advise will shorten your healing time. Just be careful ...........

So true. I know I need to. Thanks for the reminder.

:eek: Way back about 1952, when I was 12 years old,was showing off by dismounting my bike, running along side it for a ways and then hopping back on it. Unfortunately, my foot slipped off the pedal and went into the spokes and that was about the same as power brakes nowadays. Bike came to a quick and complete stop and I started falling over backwards but landed very hard on my right elbow. Shortly afterwards noticed that it was getting difficult to bend and finally couldn't stand the pain any longer. Fessed up to mom and off to the doctors. Seems like I damaged it enough to start some kind of growth or something right in the joint where it flexed. Spent the rest of the summer and into the fall walking to the hospital three times a week for therapy. They wrapped it in hot warm towels, then made me put it in a whirlpool that was about scalding for a while. Lastly, I had to start lifting small weighgts via a pully system attached to a wall and do it for a few minutes and gradually longer till I recevered full use of the elbow. No fancy surgery or stuff back then for dumb little boys showing off! As others have said, don't overdue using the elbow till your therapy is completed.

Glad you are doing better.
That is a beautiful rod.

Rick

I broke my elbow a number of years ago too, however not as bad as yours is, by the looks of the x-ray. I have 2 screws holding my elbow in place. I followed my therapy and pushed for range of motion. My Dr. told me to start moving my elbow 1 week after surgery. I now have 95% range of motion. If it doesn't hurt when you straighten you elbow, you are not pushing it far enough to extend the range. My Dr. said they shoot for regaining 60% to 80% range back.

Good luck

I'd say that the rod should go a long way to making the injury less horrible.

Exactly, thanks

I was just thinking how FG has been absent awhile and then I find this post. I'm so sorry for your misfortune. Prayers for a successful recovery.