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To: Bobbyvotes
"I hope you are on some type of routine to walk briskly for 25 min Daily."

I fell on black ice in the parking lot of my apartment building the day after Christmas last year. Feet slid out sideways from under me, and I fell on my whole left side. I'm left handed, and was told three years ago I needed a full shoulder replacement, which I won't be doing in this lifetime. I get relief from periodic cortisone shots. Two days after I fell, the surgeon put a rod in my left thigh because I fractured the femur. Also fractured my left scapula and elbow. Spent 4 weeks in rehab, and exercise at home. I walk with a cane, especially when I leave my apartment as I have to walk up and down the stairs. I still have discomfort, and experience something popping in the thigh and hip, especially whenever I roll over in bed. I've told the surgeon about it, but he says the x-rays show nothing out of the ordinary. It's just something I'll have to deal with for the rest of my life.

117 posted on 07/14/2026 9:33:47 AM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: mass55th

Hope your leftover pains are slowly getting less.
I rolled off the bed once in sleep and my right shoulder absorbed the fall. It hurt for good 2 years before pain stopped. Now I have thick rugs on both sides of bed 😂


118 posted on 07/14/2026 2:04:58 PM PDT by Bobbyvotes (Work is best form of worship to Gods.. per Bhagavad at ratio Geeta, the Hindu sacred book. )
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