I had a bad bicycle accident when I was a teenager ( the early 80's). My foot got caught in the spokes of my ten speed, and went around with the wheel. I was around 14 at the time. They did X rays and found no broken bones, so they thought she's ok. Nope, I wasn't ok. For 2 long years, I spent in and out of casts. Everytime they would take my cast off, my ankle would just fold over. I couldn't walk.
We had one of those HMO's were you had to get approval to see a doctor out of network. For two years they told my step dad, it's in her head she's fine. My step father would say...What the hell are you talking about? Her ankle is folding over eveytime you take the cast off. She's in pain, and that's not normal etc.
Finally, three days before my 16th birthday they gave approval for me to go see this specialist who was the orthopedic surgeon for the Boston Bruins. Best in the country. I go see him the day before my birthday. He took one look at me trying to walk, and said she needs surgery immediately. There's no ligaments left in her ankle. No wonder she can't walk.
The surgery was still new and experimental back then, but he said my ankle was the worst he had ever seen in his career as a orthopedic surgeon. I had the surgery done on my 16th birthday. ( Happy Birthday to me lol) It took a year and a half to recover, but at least I can walk now. I still go see that surgeon periodically, and he shows everyone in his office the first person to have that type of surgery done in the US LOL.
The funniest part was the rehab. I apparently got to rehab with some guys from the Boston Bruins. I didn't know this because I wasn't a hockey fan, but my friends did. They would sit drooling in the window above the rehab room....
Bluemoon
