[Magdalen] Freedom!

[Roger Stokes]

On 05/10/2016 19:52, Charles Wohlers wrote:
> Actually, after a minute or two of the injury, there was no pain at 
> all. Only symptom was that I couldn't straighten out my leg - which 
> made walking difficult, to say the least.

When I ruptured my tendon I couldn't bear to stand but was OK sitting on 
the ground waiting for the ambulance and then flat on stretcher, trolley 
or bed until after they stitched muscle back to knee. 6 weeks with leg 
dead straight followed by 4 with some bend allowed. Going up and down 
stairs and steps normally still hurts as I found this evening at the 
Beer Festival so it's a case of remembering to flex my knee frequently 
to ease the joint. I say I could do with a WD40 injection.

Roger

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> Chad Wohlers
> Woodbury, VT USA
> chadwohl at satucket.com
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> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Freedom!
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> In a message dated 10/5/2016 11:16:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> charles.wohlers at verizon.net writes:
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> And this  weekend marks two years since I ruptured my quadriceps tendon.
> All
> better  now, and has been for at least a year.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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> I can imagine there is much pain with this sort of event.  I get an
> inkling of it when my achilles tendonitis acts up.  That is
> completely disabling, and I am confined to a wheel chair until it
> lets up.  I've been lucky never to go so far as rupture of the
> tendon, fortunately.
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> David S.
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