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still can't believe it's not butter
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
It is with a heavy heart and a broken leg that share with my lovely fire family that i will not be able to twirl anything for at least a year
obviously, this completely changes my lifestyle! no acro, no doofs, and certainly no sandworm riding.
as it stands, my right tibia and fibia had cracked backwards and displaced before impacting at a bad angle - the only way my foot is connected to the rest of the skeleton is via a metal rod that connects most of the length of my tibia bone via screws. Even putting any weight at all on my legs is out of the question for ages..
it's gotten a bit hard to be chirpy now that i can't stand or care for myself, but at least my friends/missus come to visit and listen to my tales of woe
.
just to youse know in case yer wondering why i'll be dropping off the radar.
thanks go out to pyroptix and captn_shiner for being my rescuers - your kindess was incredible.
*** EDIT for xrayness ***
before surgery (the blob is the plaster) and after the rod is inserted.
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ye ouch.
EDITED_BY: bender™ (1123804916)
It is with a heavy heart and a broken leg that share with my lovely fire family that i will not be able to twirl anything for at least a year
obviously, this completely changes my lifestyle! no acro, no doofs, and certainly no sandworm riding.as it stands, my right tibia and fibia had cracked backwards and displaced before impacting at a bad angle - the only way my foot is connected to the rest of the skeleton is via a metal rod that connects most of the length of my tibia bone via screws. Even putting any weight at all on my legs is out of the question for ages..
it's gotten a bit hard to be chirpy now that i can't stand or care for myself, but at least my friends/missus come to visit and listen to my tales of woe
.just to youse know in case yer wondering why i'll be dropping off the radar.
thanks go out to pyroptix and captn_shiner for being my rescuers - your kindess was incredible.
*** EDIT for xrayness ***
before surgery (the blob is the plaster) and after the rod is inserted.
Non-Https Image Link
Non-Https Image Link
ye ouch.
EDITED_BY: bender™ (1123804916)
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
hmmm overdosing on video whilst waiting for bender mender, i realise that it is now much more difficult for me to enjoy one of my cherished pastimes... that of watching videos of people doing stoopid things.
a viewing of "CKY volume 1" made me wince just too much..
hmmm overdosing on video whilst waiting for bender mender, i realise that it is now much more difficult for me to enjoy one of my cherished pastimes... that of watching videos of people doing stoopid things.
a viewing of "CKY volume 1" made me wince just too much..
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Pooh-Bah
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Location: Philadelphia, PA - USA
Pooh-Bah
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Location: Philadelphia, PA - USA
Posted:
::Hugs his bones::
Never broke one yet
Sorry to hear it Bender. Look on the bright side though, you get to take a break from work/classes(?) and staffing for some inner reflection. Not to mention ya have plenty of time to post here! Im sure youll be back to your staff in no time (casts...pfft). Good luck and get well soon.
::Hugs his bones::
Never broke one yet
Sorry to hear it Bender. Look on the bright side though, you get to take a break from work/classes(?) and staffing for some inner reflection. Not to mention ya have plenty of time to post here! Im sure youll be back to your staff in no time (casts...pfft). Good luck and get well soon.
Let's turn those old bridges we crossed into ashes.
We'll blaze a new trail,
and torch the rough patches.
-Me
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still can't believe it's not butter
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
thanks malcolm, that card let my mood soar on an otherwise dreary day!!!
thanks for the support youse all! you all RAWK!
thanks malcolm, that card let my mood soar on an otherwise dreary day!!!
thanks for the support youse all! you all RAWK!
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Posted:
So this just means you have to come back better than ever!
So this just means you have to come back better than ever!
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
... or just more square-eyed than ever! sometimes Springer is the only thing that keeps boredom from imploding my brain during the dull midday hours..(i have to work from home now..)
... or just more square-eyed than ever! sometimes Springer is the only thing that keeps boredom from imploding my brain during the dull midday hours..(i have to work from home now..)
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Posted:
Not Springer, no....!!!
Not Springer, no....!!!
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ZORT!
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
ZORT!
3,045 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
at least you can catch up on 'days of our lives', 'the bold and the beautiful', and 'the young and the restless'. oh! how could i forget 'passions'!!!
at least you can catch up on 'days of our lives', 'the bold and the beautiful', and 'the young and the restless'. oh! how could i forget 'passions'!!!
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
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still can't believe it's not butter
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Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
that little kid from 'passions' freaks me out - messes my head up good!
that little kid from 'passions' freaks me out - messes my head up good!
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
If youse are interested, the somewhat complicated fracture x-rays are posted on this thread's first post.
If youse are interested, the somewhat complicated fracture x-rays are posted on this thread's first post.
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Mumma Hen
6,391 posts
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Mumma Hen
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Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posted:
Oh god Bender... Those Xrays are definatly eyeopening...
How are you doing?
I send healing to you everytime I meditate... I hope it helps
Oh god Bender... Those Xrays are definatly eyeopening...
How are you doing?
I send healing to you everytime I meditate... I hope it helps
TAJ "boat mummy." VALURA "yes sweetie you went on a boat, was daddy there with you?" TAJ "no, but monkey on boat" VALURA "well then sweetie, Daddy WAS there with you"
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
thankyou muchly for that. it seems to be that i can't get enough healing these days!
thankyou muchly for that. it seems to be that i can't get enough healing these days!
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Location: stockholm, Sweden
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Location: stockholm, Sweden
Posted:
ouch!
you're a big source of inspiration to me here in sweden (downloaded some staff video)!
hope you heal soon enough man!
ouch!
you're a big source of inspiration to me here in sweden (downloaded some staff video)!
hope you heal soon enough man!
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remember
433 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia, Earth, Milky Way, Universe
remember
433 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia, Earth, Milky Way, Universe
Posted:
Wooooot for one-legged twirling!
Nicely done my friend. : D
Wooooot for one-legged twirling!
Nicely done my friend. : D
-As angels debate chance and fate-
i was riding through melbourne on a midget giraffe, things were peachy.
Carpal \'Tunnel
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Location: .:*over the rainbow*:.
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Location: .:*over the rainbow*:.
Posted:
OOoooowww OOOoooouuuuuWWWwwwwch!
Hugs and healing to you!
OOoooowww OOOoooouuuuuWWWwwwwch!
Hugs and healing to you!
*:...one day all the fairy fridges will be aligned and my pixie world will be complete...:*
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
my many thanks for the warmness for youse all have shared with me - it's so ace that there is so much care our there.
eh Mr Left leg is totally sore now from desperate-looking one leg twirling - Mr right leg is so strophied from not being energetic that it feels soooo heavy when i try to lift it.
Hopefully it's strength will return in time for the next round of Circles of Light submissions(!)
my many thanks for the warmness for youse all have shared with me - it's so ace that there is so much care our there.
eh Mr Left leg is totally sore now from desperate-looking one leg twirling - Mr right leg is so strophied from not being energetic that it feels soooo heavy when i try to lift it.
Hopefully it's strength will return in time for the next round of Circles of Light submissions(!)
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1,495 posts
Location: Stillwater, Ok. USA
veteran
1,495 posts
Location: Stillwater, Ok. USA
Posted:
oh no! I just heard, man you have my sympathies
get well soon!
oh no! I just heard, man you have my sympathies
get well soon! we eat and we drink and we smoke and we try!
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Location: Aotearoa (NZ), New Zealand
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Location: Aotearoa (NZ), New Zealand
Posted:
That goes triple for me also dude..., hope your up and about soon and making a comeback. Comeback king...man i love comebacks and most of all the underdog.
Yeya goooo tha underdawg!!!
If u get bord pm me...i send you crazy video's
That goes triple for me also dude..., hope your up and about soon and making a comeback. Comeback king...man i love comebacks and most of all the underdog.
Yeya goooo tha underdawg!!!
If u get bord pm me...i send you crazy video's
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
it was and is the most challenging time of my life, but i have learnt to value many things though the experience.
I still cannot run - I cannot jump, and there is pain if i twirl or even if the weather gets cold (titanium expansion!)
but i have no choice and have been forced to develop my twirling in a non-acrobatic direction
I recently fell off a ledge after watching infected mushroom and couldn't walk for a week - but at this stage, i can restart arcobatix/martial arts by Late September 2005!
Who knows, i may have grandkids by then.
it was and is the most challenging time of my life, but i have learnt to value many things though the experience.
I still cannot run - I cannot jump, and there is pain if i twirl or even if the weather gets cold (titanium expansion!)
but i have no choice and have been forced to develop my twirling in a non-acrobatic direction
I recently fell off a ledge after watching infected mushroom and couldn't walk for a week - but at this stage, i can restart arcobatix/martial arts by Late September 2005!
Who knows, i may have grandkids by then.
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466 posts
Location: Ft worth Texas
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Location: Ft worth Texas
Posted:
Ow man ,I completely feel your pain.I have fractured my left leg five times and my right seven,not to mention my arm being shattered as well as my hand.my sternum cracked.broken the leg above my right kneeand both sides of my left.and I have been shot and stabbed in the same hand(both were accidents.)
And I did it all before I was 18.as you can guess I stay at home inside a lot.
Ow man ,I completely feel your pain.I have fractured my left leg five times and my right seven,not to mention my arm being shattered as well as my hand.my sternum cracked.broken the leg above my right kneeand both sides of my left.and I have been shot and stabbed in the same hand(both were accidents.)
And I did it all before I was 18.as you can guess I stay at home inside a lot.
There are no obstacles only challenges.
Very funny scotty now beam down my pants.
[colour."green"}What would willie do?
AHH theres too many wee leprechauns i cannae squash them all
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Which at least implies you'll be getting laid...
Quote:
Who knows, i may have grandkids by then.
Which at least implies you'll be getting laid...
-Mike
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A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
...OR in fact impregnated.
by a sentient hive-mind of grapefruit squashing triplet nuns from Tibet.
erm whichever cometh first.
argh this injury - to be in recouperation for so long that I find myself constantly tired due to my out of shape musckles not being efficient at all when I go and do stuff and thing. Nevertheless, good or bad, I accept this as my path and will do my best. COL 5 will definitely not see me in any acrobatics at all, so my routine will be quite different from the staff video I used to host.
To new directions, eh?
ps vaporloc, yoo be da man!! it's inspirational that you're still in love with firetwirling!!
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Who knows, i may have grandkids by then.
Which at least implies you'll be getting laid...
...OR in fact impregnated.
by a sentient hive-mind of grapefruit squashing triplet nuns from Tibet.
erm whichever cometh first.
argh this injury - to be in recouperation for so long that I find myself constantly tired due to my out of shape musckles not being efficient at all when I go and do stuff and thing. Nevertheless, good or bad, I accept this as my path and will do my best. COL 5 will definitely not see me in any acrobatics at all, so my routine will be quite different from the staff video I used to host.
To new directions, eh?
ps vaporloc, yoo be da man!! it's inspirational that you're still in love with firetwirling!!
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
Poor Bender.
Pregnant and with a broken leg.
Poor Bender.
Pregnant and with a broken leg.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
HoP resident longboarder.
195 posts
Location: Tasmania, Australia
195 posts
Location: Tasmania, Australia
Posted:
hey bender sorry to hear mate, but i'm with lightning, poor bender- broken leg, pregnant and only us to give him hell... get back on ur feet soon mate.
hey bender sorry to hear mate, but i'm with lightning, poor bender- broken leg, pregnant and only us to give him hell... get back on ur feet soon mate.
"surely a longboarding fire spinner should have no trouble getting some action!"- NYC....
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Location: Suburbiton, Yoo-Kay, United Kingdom
Posted:
hey... condolances man
hey... condolances man
It is our fantasies that make us real. Without our fantasies we're just a blank monkey' - Terry Pratchett
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Location: inside your head
104 posts
Location: inside your head
Posted:
get better soon dude
get better soon dude
Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
*bump! yay just over a month 'till i can do stuff officially again!!!*
*bump! yay just over a month 'till i can do stuff officially again!!!*
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Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Tantamount to fatuity
15,967 posts
Location: Down the road, United Kingdom
Posted:
yeah yeah....
So how long til you break it again ya big loony?
yeah yeah....
So how long til you break it again ya big loony?
Meh
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still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
still can't believe it's not butter
6,978 posts
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Posted:
'spose when the universe decides i need another lesson about patience!
'spose when the universe decides i need another lesson about patience!
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HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
HOP Mad Doctor
13,925 posts
Location: San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted:
*dons white coat and stethoscope*
Ok, Mr. Bender. You're going to want to jump right back into it all.
Remember. TWO YEARS. EASE back in slowly, K?
EASE... expect it to be six months or more until you're back in shape.
*dons white coat and stethoscope*
Ok, Mr. Bender. You're going to want to jump right back into it all.
Remember. TWO YEARS. EASE back in slowly, K?
EASE... expect it to be six months or more until you're back in shape.
-Mike
Certified Mad Doctor and HoP High Priest of Nutella
A buckuht n a hooze! -Valura
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Sweet talented nutter
2,615 posts
Location: Brisbane Oz, Australia
Sweet talented nutter
2,615 posts
Location: Brisbane Oz, Australia
Posted:
All good things come to those who wait.
All good things come to those who wait.
that shrewd and knavish sprite
Called Robin Good Fellow ; are you not he that is frighten of the maidens of the villagery - fairy
I am the merry wander of the night -puk
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