TITANIUM PLATE… IN MY ARM!
April 18, 2008
K, so I’m an instructor at Timberline (T-line, represent), and at the beginning of this season, i was asked to help train some of the new instructors. Sweet right? A girl rider training the boys.. word. Well Oct. 27th, pre-season conditions existed and it was my first day back. REMEMBER THAT: First day back. And I was all geared up and ready to go. We all strap in, and tell the newb’s to follow us. Not even two minutes into the run, im riding under molly’s, trying to avoid haggard patches of dirt, trying to ride to the lower lifts. (Bad, Bad idea) Why was that a bad idea? I’ll tell you– Riding on dirt=pain. Going heelside down the face of the mountain, i was already off balance somewhat, and then riding on to a patch of dirt stops my board yet i keep going. And no i didn’t see the patch of dirt, or hell, or whatever. But the whole point is that I didn’t go down in a blaze of glory like riding a rail or roller, but because i didn’t see some dirt. I ended up shattering the radius in my left arm, by the wrist. I mean shattered when i say it. It broke in half, with the upper half breaking into four pieces, plus some that the doc. ended up pulling out. AND!!! on top of that the other half shifted underneath the shattered pieces. Tried to set it twice, and that didn’t work. Whatev. At this point my arm looks like a piece of play dough. I thought i had sprang it at first but then got pissed off when i was trying to tell one of the guys i was riding with i was ok, and he kept saying WHAT?! I CANT HEAR YOU! so pissed. so pissed. Its so annoying to have to repeat yourself especially when you just hit it hard. So I get back up to ski patrol after this happens and my boss and her boss are up there. I’m so pissed. I know im not going to ride for at least two months. (which ended up being a few weeks. fyi, don’t ride with a cast, they smell haggard.) The surgery went well…. I suppose. I was too high to remember even getting home. I was knocked out hard. I saw the xrays a day later and theres a friggin metal plate in my arm. Titanium to be exact, and seven pins. Apparently it was so bad he had to pull shtuff together so my arm wouldn’t look like a limp noodle. All in all I haven’t been able to work for at least four months and i might get released from my doc. soon to work. I’ve been riding.. i mean i have a cast on, what could happen? Tee-hee.
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