Another fall - This morning, while I was running, I fell again. As I crossed a street, I turned around to check on an oncoming car and didn't see a block of concrete left carelessly on the ground by the company that had done some work in the parking.
Apart from the wound on the knee, I didn't feel much pain so I came back home running slowly. Unfortunately now the pain has increased and I can hardly walk.
I expect at least one week off and I will hardly be able to recover for the race on November 7th.
Comeback story - This is the opportunity to write about my comeback story as suggested by Jenny:
I have been running since 1985 and, over the years, I have suffered those small injuries that all of us runners know, like this below:
But the sad story, that has been affecting my running activity, began in September 2007 when I got the fracture of the left femur. It was necessary the insertion of a big and long prosthesis:
One year later, despite the advice of a famous orthopedic surgeon (he said: “you cannot run anymore”), I made the decision to remove such prosthesis. After a long stop and a lot of work in the pool I came back to running:
5 years later, in July 2012, I broke the L3 vertebra. The recover was hard and after some months I came back to run and swim:
In February 2014, during a workout I felt on a downhill and I got the stable fracture of the clavicle dx. After another stop I was able to run and swim again:
Two months later another vertebra fracture: the D7.
Step by step, slowly, I succeeded in swimming and running again but, in January 2016, the worst incident that totally changed my life happened. For a fall while running I got the comminuted fracture of the right humerus. By a surgery, the medical team inserted a big prosthesis:
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| Rome Feb. 12, 2017 |
Now the movement of my right arm is forever limited and I cannot swim anymore as in the past: it means no more long swims in the pool or in open sea and lower and shorter runs.
Sorry to hear of your latest fall, hope you heal fast with no problems. You comeback story was very interesting to read. Hope all goes well for you. Take care and have a nice weekend.
ReplyDeleteThank you. For me a week end of total rest.
DeleteHave a good week end you too.
Wow, that’s 5 serious accidents requiring surgery! That’s a lot, Stefano!
ReplyDeleteAmazing that you made such a comeback every time, despite your doctors being skeptical.
Such a shame about your latest fall. I hope you will heal quickly and get to do that race all the same. Best wishes!
Thank you. I don't think that I will recover in time for the race. Yesterday the doctor told that I have to rest for not less than 4 days.
DeleteWow, the accidents look serious and I am glad you have recovered well from all. You are very determined and it sounds like you are a quick healer. I hope all is well this time and you are out running soon. Take care, have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteThank you. Unfortunately, getting older, I need longer times to recover.
DeleteHave a great week end you too.
oooooh, wow, it looks like you took quite the spill. i hope you recover quickly. you sure do have a lot of scars. now i know why i don't run...hehehehe
ReplyDeleteYes, I have 2 long ugly scars. You are wise not to run.....
DeleteOh, boy, it must be the time for falling.
ReplyDeleteOH SHI# for the race, that´s ARGH. Think positive, maybe you can join after all - fingers and toes crossed!
OH! Your hand there lokks even worse than mine and mine still hurts!
Looks a bit like Australia, too. And I won´t ask you how long it took to heal.
You did the right thing to keep on running.
And remove that prosthesis - I still have mine (from 1994) and now my bones start to shrink and the prosthesis says "no". Hurts (only 90 secs or such so I will not go and have it removed).
Outch, you went through a lot!
And I whine upon this little fall...
Yes. I cannot play badminton/tennis or whatever, either.
Sadly I forbid Ingo to take a pic of my arm back then. Now when people say, "ewww, huge scars" I´d like to show them how they looked like back then - Cordon Bleu, raw, comes to mind...
But I really hope you can join the race.
We live, we are active, we fall. Life. We recover, right. And we don´t give up.
Thank you for the kind comment.
DeleteMy bones in the shoulder started to shrink 2 years after the surgery, now I feel pain and few days ago I started a series of checks.
Sorry you cannot play tennis. Can you swim?
But you are right: we are active and we (I hope no more) fall. But most important is never give up.
I hope to join the race again but it's not easy. This morning I tried to make a walk but after 45 minutes I felt terribly tired: the fall, the shock and the cures played an important role to drop my strength.
I can and love to swim. But only in the ocean and that´s far away... Or a lake. Nearer, but ccccold.
Delete45 minutes is a great start. I´ll start training today, too. Otherwise one starts at zero again, went through that, not fun(ny).
To fitness!
Swimming in open sea or in the lake is priceless. I loved to do that.
DeleteEnjoy your training!
Oh no! So sorry to see you fell. I really hope the knee heals quickly What a bummer as you were just starting to feel good running again!
ReplyDeleteThank you. I feel better. I think I will come back to run in a couple of days.
DeleteFirst off, I'm very sorry about your latest fall! That's frustrating. I'm hoping it heals quickly. One thing we know about you- you're resilient! All these injuries are pretty serious, and yet you're back running. Never listen to a doctor who tells you you can't run!
ReplyDeleteIs there any hope for your arm to improve? I don't know much about that type of injury.
Thanks for sharing your comeback story! Have a great week with- hopefully- some great runs.
Thank you.
DeleteNo, my arm can't get better. I have to work hard to keep the joint in its current state and to strengthen the deltoid muscle which is the only one that connects the prosthesis to the shoulder.
Damn, You Clumsy Fool You - But You Have Prevailed Through Every Injury - So Thats Cool - Dig The X Rays - Keep Using Those Stabilizing Muscle Groups - Take Care BLK Knight
ReplyDeleteCheers
Thank you. I don't give up despite all the troubles.
DeleteWow, you have endured a lot of physical (and I'd imagine emotional) trauma with all of these. Your perseverance and grit have served you well. I hope this newest injury doesn't set you back too far.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteI do hope too. I feel pain again but I would like to try to enter a race on nov. 14th.
OK, you have beaten me in the fall stakes - I have only broken some ribs falling over a dog on a training run in 2016, and had a suspected broken hand yesterday that wasn't broken. I have skinned my palms, knee and shoulder though and I've turned some interesting colours ... I hope you recover well and quickly from this latest one and empathise greatly!
ReplyDeleteI am very sorry! Did it happen during the half marathon?
DeleteGlad that the hand was not broken.
Get well soon: we need to run!
It did, 9.4 miles in and my first ever DNF. I'm not that keen on returning to running, to be honest. I am a self-employed transcriber so injuring my hand would be a game-changer.
DeleteI am very sorry both for the injury and for the fact that you could not finish the race. Please don't give up! All the best.
DeleteWow, that is so much to deal with. But you're right -- it's not how many times we fall (sometimes literally), it's about picking ourselves back up & making the best of what we can do. You excel at that!
ReplyDeleteI'm so sorry that you can't swim anymore. That would definitely make me very sad. But you can enjoy the water, even if you can't swim. Just being by or relaxing in the water is very therapeutic!
Good luck rehabbing in time for your November race.
Thank you. I will not be in time for the race on Nov. 7h but I have found another interesting event on Nov. 14th: I will try to do it.
DeleteRelaxing in the water is what I have done last summer in the sea with my grandson 5 y.o. However the pool is only a memory now.
Wow, I'm sorry you had to endure all those falls and injuries/surgeries. It take a lot of course to get back out to running after dealing those physical setbacks.
ReplyDeleteIt was always more difficult. When I broke my femur in 2007 I was training for the marathon: I have not run anymore a marathon since that day.
DeleteAfter any incident I became slower.... but I like to run, no matter anymore pace and mileage.
The accidents look serious!
ReplyDeleteHats off to you for your indomitable spirit.
You are indeed a brave knight, Black Knight!
Thank you.
DeleteThe incidents were serious but I survived.
Passion for running is too strong!
I well remember many of those injuries Stefano! I also recall how angry and frustrated you were but you've always found a way to bounce back and return to running. Your resilience is very admirable!
ReplyDeleteThank you, but every time is always more difficult to come back to running.
DeleteIn the past I could swim, now no more.
However I don't give up (for now).
Oh no... I am so sorry to hear of your fall, Stefano. I hope you are feeling better very soon!
ReplyDeleteThank you very much. I hope too.
DeleteHola, siento mucho tu caída, espero que te recuperes pronto.
ReplyDeleteMe he pasado por blog y me quedo por aquí.
Buena semana.
Saludos
Thank you very much. Have a good week ahead.
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