Unfortunately, mommee, our nearest relative is about 40 miles from us and she has her own family. We are doing OK, just moving a bit slowly.

 

Dang Gman, that sounds pretty rough! I hope that balloon under the skin is just swelling. I had a friend that got kicked by a horse and his leg did pretty much tha same thing and it ended up being a busted blood vessel.
Not trying to scare you and I am certainly no doctor but he died in the hospital after they had set his leg ( broken) . Perhaps his being broken makes his injury different from yours ( I hope so ) but nevertheless I thought I would pass that on .

 

Well, I certainly hope that I am not going to die from this injury. I know I must have burst some blood vessels from all the blue on my leg and foot. I hope to find something out on Tuesday with my doctor.

 

Ouch! GMAN, it sounds like you might wanna have that leg looked at asap. What would we do without ya on here? Geez, they think the housing crisis is a hit to the economy...just wait till all the o/o's don't have GMAN to fall back on for guidance! :shock:

I've been thinking about your accident some. If I understand it correctly, the place where you fell was the gap between the fairings and the frame. That is a VERY dangerous area on those trucks. When I drove for Maverick, I can remember making a mis-step there many times and thinking "man, that would have to hurt". I think I actually did step into the "hole" a couple of times, but always saved myself somehow.

I'm just wandering if maybe there isn't a way to extend the deck plate on each side to cover that area up. You would think it would have become a glaring safety issue at some of these larger companies by now. It's obviously an unsafe design.

 

I am more confident that you will be just fine. After reading my post it seems that I might have been a bit blunt ops: Anyway I wish the best for you , you are truly a gem on this forum .

 

I appreciate your confidence in my importance on here, arky. I think the o/o's and forum would get along just fine without my contributions. It is nice to be missed. In any case, I did fall between the frame and fairing. It was simply a careless moment when I wasn't paying attention to where I placed my right foot. My left leg kept me from falling further down and additional injury. I could be talking at a higher pitch had my other leg not caught me. :?

Thanks, Darin. I had a doctor to give it a quick look over at the truck stop where I was sitting. He worked at a DOT clinic. At the time he felt that it was only a very bad bruise. My concern is that there is still so much swelling after 2 weeks. Of course, sitting with my leg down for several hours at a time while driving probably isn't helping the healing process. If it were a blood vessel I think the bruising would still be more obvious. Most of the remnants of bruising have dissipated. I will feel much better after I talk with my doctor. My sister is a nurse and she is pretty concerned about it. I called her and described the injury. Hopefully, it will take care of itself with more time.

 

Let's face it G......the older we get...the longer it takes to heal..especially the legs!

I hope ya get to feeling chipper next week!!

 

Well I tell you what guys, I'm 37 and will be 38 this year, and it seems like every other month or so something hurts for a few days to a week. Either ankle, knees, back, neck, etc. It's probably from years of hanging drywall but still...............what the hell's gonna happen in my 40's and fiftys. My s**t just gonna fall off? Don't tell me, I don't want to know. :lol:

At the show when I woke up on Saturday my knee hurt a little, by 12 when we left I was hurting pretty bad, and by six when I jumped out to refuel I couldn't put any pressure on it. I had to hop. WTH??? outta no where it came.

I've taken more Advil in the last six months than I've taken all my life. This getting older is just not funny.

 

I am sure you are correct about the longer healing time, Orangetxguy. I usually bounce back fairly quickly from things. This is an unusual injury. I had hoped that it would be mostly healed up by now.

I suppose that I have been pretty lucky over the years. I don't have a lot of aches and pains (other than this thing with my leg). After reading your post, RostyC, I feel very fortunate. I don't take any medications on a regular basis. I do take vitamins and some supplements. There may be some natural supplements you could take for your arthritis and other symptoms. I prefer natural supplements since you don't have the side effects that you do with medications. If there is a Vitamin World near you it might be worth a visit. They are very helpful in finding natural solutions to physical symptoms. Arthritis is related to the auto immune system. If you can boost your auto immune system you might get rid of some of your pain. I have known of people who visit Chiropractors regularly for your type of symptoms. They swear by them. Just a thought.

 

This ill prob get me banned but Twilight Flyers small man attitude stinks!!!! :roll: