[Magdalen] Freedom!

[Ginga Wilder]

Excellent news, Roger.  May the physical therapy go well to complete your
healing and return your strength.

Ginga

On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 7:05 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> 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
>
>
>
>> Chad Wohlers
>> Woodbury, VT USA
>> chadwohl at satucket.com
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message----- From: Cantor03--- via Magdalen
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2016 2:35 PM
>> To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
>> Cc: Cantor03 at aol.com
>> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Freedom!
>>
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 10/5/2016 11:16:28 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> charles.wohlers at verizon.net writes:
>>
>> And this  weekend marks two years since I ruptured my quadriceps tendon.
>> All
>> better  now, and has been for at least a year.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>> David S.
>>
>>
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