Since my last post, I've found an truely awesome girlfriend! Her name is Lee Anne Campbell. I met her online. Never thought I'd find a girl who I'd click with, who really appreciates me as I do her. I don't know how I'd feel once she moves outta my apartment. She's been shackin' up with me since the end of her spring semester of school and she'll move out at the end of the month into her own apartment. Or at least till I'm back on my feet... which leads me to my most important update...
On saturday, May 19th, while on a roadbike training ride preparing for the upcoming Tour de Cure with some Amgen co-workers I had a run-in with a motorcycle. I was following a fellow co-worker, Lou up Kings Mt Rd which wasn't on the planned route. We just wanted to check it out so we made our way up. We made it up to the Huddart Park entrance after the rather steep climb. We then decided to head back down and back on the original route. I lead the way and was having too much fun heading downhill (read: going way too fast) I was entering a blind right-hander a little too fast. I hit the brakes hard at the apex, then saw a motorcycle coming the opposite way, then I locked the brakes and slammed into the motorcycle. Hard. Then I must've spun around in mid-air finally tumbling to a stop on the opposite median. My helmet and sunglassed flew off during the spinning as did my left cycling shoe.
The ambulance took me to the Stanford Hospital ER where the took x-rays and put my leg in a temporary splint. I had broken both my tibia and fibula bones as well as part of my ankle. The ortho doc who saw me in the ER admitted me as they didn't want
perform surgery while the ankle was still inflammed and swelled. Surgery was then scheduled for monday June 21st. During that surgery, they performed an external fixation which in leymans terms means screwing metal rods and screws into the bones bracing them in a certain place til the next corrective surgery.
The second and final surgery was scheduled on monday, June 4th. They removed the external fixation and fixed the broken bones by shoring them up with stainless steel rods, bolts and plate. All that was wrapped up into a temporary splint til the
following thursday when the put my leg into a cast and released me from the hospital.
I paid Dr Chou a visit two weeks later for a check-up. They removed the cast so that the doc could visually assess my leg. All going well but she decided not to remove the metal staples and sutures until the next 2-week check-up. They put a new lighter cast on till then.
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