My ski season is over

[deepsouthpaddler]

Dave,

Spoke with my landlord Jim about orthos. He didn't know Dr. Leland personally, but he said that if he is a foot specialist and is experienced he is probably good. If he is a general orthopedist, he recommended a second opinion with a foot specialist. His recommendation for a foot specialist is Dr. Desai 303-233-1223. I think thats the boulder office for the sports medicine orthopedic group that Jim practices with. So, its in essence a self referral, grain of salt taken with it. Their practice does have a bunch of hot shot docs with impressive credentials though who were the cream of the crop of orthos.

My personal thoughts are that wrists, ankles, knees and shoulders are comlplicated joints and I'd want a specialist to work on them. I'm glad I went to a hand specialist when I broke my forearm. Results were awesome with no loss of range of motion, lingering pain, or any issues whatsoever.

Best of luck with the surgery and the healing process.
-Ian

[redbeard]

man, sorry to hear it! least you got a half a season?!

maybe now you can move yourself up to foreman and stay off the wall for a bit?

heal up well, see you on the river!

[Dave Frank]

I've been icing the snot out of it and have gotten the swelling down enough to have surgery in the morning.

[tboner]

good work dude. brave the knife. lemme know if you need anything. -t

[Dave Frank]

David's home and doing great. Thanks for everyone's support! Posted by his private nurse

[zbaird]

whats all this about dave needing booze. toni is the one gonna be in need of booze.

[Andy H.]

Good point, Zach. Uhhhh, Dave, if you've got any guns in the house, you may want to hide them....

[tj@cu]

glad to hear the surgery went well, heal up fast.
-Tom

[COUNT]

Let us know as soon as you have word on the recovery time.

D

[matobs]

Hey Dave

Sorry to hear that. I had a similar injury when I was a young punk. I was playing in a local gravel pit and jumped off the side of hill and onto what I thought was a dirt ball that would explode. My ankle exploded instead -- the dirt was frozen solid. Shattered the growth plate in my ankle and it f'n hurt like hell. Hope your recovery goes well.


Matt Hobbs