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On January 19th I participated Finnish finnparalympic indoor T&F championships at Pajulahti 💪😀 I did high jump first and managed to make my personal best and made it to podium in my category🥈Good start 👌
Next javelin throw which did not go with flying colors 🙄 on my 2nd throw I stumbled in my run-up and made quite a misfortunate fall on the ground. Three loud bangs (sound 🤪) told me that something might have gone wrong 😰 After the first aid caretake 🆘 I was taken to the local hospital 🚑
X-ray confirmed the obvious: my left kneecap was broken into three pieces and my right kneecap was split in two 😩
My both knees were operated next day. The surgeon was sympathetic and pointed out how extremely rare it is to break both kneecaps in one injury 😬 Well that was soothing 🤨
Luckily the surgery went well - assumably. We’ll see…
So for one month now I’ve been using knee braces which keep my knees straight when I’m walking. When resting I can remove the knee braces. In two weeks I will have a doctor appointment and the 1st opportunity to get rid of these braces 🤞
still at least two weeks walking like a duck - legs straight 🦆Sounds easy, but it’s not 🤔 The real challenge is that I cannot bend my legs (knee) too much. Today my legs bend about 30-40 degrees.
So, for example getting into front seat of my car is still a no go. I just cannot get my legs into the car 😅
On a positive note, the overall rehab is proceeding well 💪💪💪 I can deal with most of the normal daily tasks myself and I’ve even made some short walks outside.
The fantastic bonus I have is the opportunity to leverage our own vulcam.tv product in the rehab 👍
Professional physiotherapist and leg movement analysis from multiple camera angles 🎥🎥🎥 will likely result as smoother walking I had before the accident 💯👌 So to make a long story short: Shit happens! 💩
In Finland we have this saying: “An athlete won’t see a healthy day”. I can concur that 🤝
But I’ll be back! Stronger! 💪💪💪 #transplantsport #kidneytransplant #paralympian #vulcam #vulcamtv #paraurheilu
