Ouch (possible NSFW pictures of my rear to follow)

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Turn7 said:

Cheers for the update , still seem like you are positive, so that’s all you can ask for really….

Apart from more pics Of the idiot !

Best wishes for the future dude …

I’ll be honest, it’s bloody frustrating, but unfortunately there’s little I can do to change things. When I do eventually get the next surgery/do some physio, I can at least influence things a bit.

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And because you asked, here’s The Idiot!

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Cheers. I’m still restricted duties at work, basically no risk contact, so I can’t even interview in the cells if the suspect has markers for violence, even historic ones and they’ve been fine in custody this time round. It’s understandable from work’s point of view/risk assessment, but frustrating at the same time.

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LosingGrip said:

Are you on Facebook? If so there is a great group called Bleep Kind. Offers support for the bleep test and also for the treadmill test and bike test.

If you aren’t on Facebook it’s worth joining just for that group! Some very helpful members on there and a lot of fitness trainers from various forces.

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Esceptico said:

Great picture!

Good to hear that you are doing okay. Best wishes for future treatment (whenever it happens!)

Are you still thinking about getting another bike?

I’m still thinking about another bike. Whether or not I end up with on, I’ve no idea. I do miss my Scandinavian trips and it’d also be better for commuting to work.

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From the publishers of “You really couldn’t make this st up, volume 37”…

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I was walking The Idiot round the block last thing Saturday night. I slid on my good leg on a wet leaf, with it shooting out in front of me and tried to put my duff leg down to steady me. It did it’s occasional trick of the knee going the wrong way, folding up under me, twisting my knee and ankle in the process, quickly followed by me going down like a sack of spuds. I’ve obviously sprained my ankle and twisted my knee, which is also swollen, but less impressively bruised.

Have another.

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Digger said:

Bobberoo said:

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Poor Dibble is laid up with yet more damage and all you noticed Is his strange toes!!!

. . . & he is missing a big toe . . . double Mutant!!

I’ll have the fourth toe on my right foot looking odd (I’d never noticed it until someone else said the same today!), but I can confirm the big toe is there.



How the hell I’ve managed to bruise the base of those two toes in all this, I have no idea!

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Sort of an update…

The good news is that I had a text from the Limb Reconstruction Unit a couple of days ago. I’ve got an appointment with the orthopaedic team at the end of this month.

The less good news is that my particular surgeon has been off long term sick (I don’t know what with/why, obviously), so I’ll be seeing one of her colleagues. I know they are all good at what they do, but I’d much rather see my consultant. That aside, I hope she’s ok.

On a lighter note, I was at the scene of an arson this week and managed to fall over. Twice. Once with just a colleague, once with colleague and a load of water fairies.



I ended up having to drive back to the nick on an evidence sack, as I also had mud all over my arse from fall number one. Nothing to do with my injury, but my single pair of work shoes doesn’t have much in the way of tread and combined with wet clay soil, it was a recipe for disaster!

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Turn7 said:

Doh! Sounds good news going forward for you tho Dibbs...

It’s an appointment I’ve been waiting two years for, delayed because of CoVid. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not that much. Yes, it’s a faff, but I’m still employed and otherwise ok. Many people have had a much worse time than me over the last couple of years.

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jimmyjimjim said:

On the plus side, you do have excellent choice in socks.

Happy Socks from Sweden. Not cheap but they do last ages.

https://www.happysocks.com/uk/collection/socks-for...

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jimmyjimjim said:

Thanks!

Took me a little bit to work out how to switch it to the US, as it wouldn't allow me to ship otherwise.

Also, glad you pulled the other photos, I'd assumed you'd somehow picked up another infection (or I'm getting confused with the previous pics, I wasn't very awake last night).

There weren’t any pictures other than my muddy trousers!

I’ll be sure to post a warning before posting any more gory pictures when I (hopefully) get the new external rail fitted.

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sprinterjk said:

Dibble said:

Happy Socks from Sweden. Not cheap but they do last ages.

https://www.happysocks.com/uk/collection/socks-for...

TK Maxx are your friend here, and agree they last ages

Good to know (I usually buy some in the sale as well, or when they do a multipack deal).

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I had a call from a withheld number last Tuesday, which I usually ignore, but for some reason I answered.

It was the orthopaedic clinic, ringing about my appointment. When I heard that, I was dreading the appointment being can Elle’s or postponed, but they wanted to know if I could come in a week earlier. Luckily I sit next to my line manager, so he gave me th ok and I met the new consultant on Friday for the first time.

Except he’s not new, he initially set up the limb reconstruction unit in the 90s and is a well-published expert in his field and has lectured worldwide about orthopaedic trauma and limb reconstruction. He is, it seems, “the man”.

I just need a preoperative assessment and then the surgery cycle should start end of May/beginning of June. I’ll be sporting a frame for another 6-9 months but by the end of that I should have a straighter, longer femur and a better aligned foot.

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Bobberoo said:

Excellent news Dibble, having lived with the frame previously at least you know what to expect.

Yep. And the maximum projected time [i]frame [/](ho ho ho) is half the previous length of time I was sporting it, so it should positively fly by! I liken it to flying to the US now I’ve flown to Australia. Still a long time, but nowhere as bad as it might be.

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Thanks all.

The consultant is happy he can improve me from where I am at the moment, but he’s realistic that I’ll never get back to pre accident strength/mobility/use (as am I). I could cope without more surgery if I really had to, but everything is still a bit if a faff, and there’s some stuff I can’t manage, that I’ll be able to when the next round is done (assuming it all goes to plan). I’ll be able to wear normal shoes and walk further with less pain, so I think it’s worth the 6-9 months of grief it’ll take to improve it (and I know what I’m in for having been through a fair bit of it already.

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Obviously someone, somewhere is having a laugh at my expense. I had my pre op assessment about ten days ago, on a Friday. Everything was ok, blood pressure’s a bit high (it always has been), weights a bit high (see above) and blood oxygen is only about 95-96, so a bit low (see above, again).

Did I mention the pre op assessment was on a Friday? Yep, Friday the thirteenth, of course.

Today, this:



I have to re contact the hospital at least two weeks after I test negative so they can schedule my surgery…

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I started sneezing a couple of days ago, but I usually get hay fever this time of year, so didn’t put two and two together. I had a full on sneezing fit when I took the dog for a walk yesterday morning but the field I was at had freshly mown grass everywhere, so that just made me even more convinced it was hay fever.

I woke up this morning feeling a bit grim so did a test after I’d walked the dog, result above… I just feel like I’ve got a heavy cold, although I have been feeling exhausted the last week or so, but just put that down to several stupidly long (16 hours plus) back to back, busy days at work last week. I still have my sense of smell, although some people would say it’s debatable I’ve ever had any taste at all. I feel a bit “bleurgh” and a little breathless but not like I’m at death’s door, thankfully. I’m guessing the vaccines and booster have probably reduced the effects.

So it’s another couple of weeks delay, but compared to some people who’ve really suffered with Covid, it’s not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. The annoying thing is that apart from work, I’ve been keeping away from people to try and avoid picking any infections up…

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Well, the good news is that the coofid didn’t kill me. It’s buggered up my sense of smell and taste though (some people would say my sense of taste has always been questionable)…

I had a letter a few weeks back from the hospital telling me I had to go for an echocardiogram (basically a heart ultrasound), which was last Friday. I’ve not heard anything back yet, but hoping I get a surgery date in the next couple of weeks. I did get a phone call about three weeks ago on a Wednesday, offering me a date the next Saturday, but when I mentioned the echocardiogram they said they’d have to wait for the results of that.

So I’m manically trying to decorate the house I’ve bought and get moved in within the next fortnight. Of course, I fell off the ladder on Saturday while papering a ceiling and went right over on my duff ankle, then did the same today! I’m now hobbling round and trying to ice it as much as possible, before heading back tomorrow for more DIY. Of course, as it’s an old house, everything takes three times longer. I’m currently 8 days in to my plotted two days of wallpapering!

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Also, I’m glad I don’t need a mammogram (even with my man boobs). Just having the transducer pressed on my moobs was painful enough! The technician wouldn’t be drawn in the result or timescales, other than to say the images would be with the pre op team that day.