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keeping
myself fit for outdoor adventures I went jogging daily (mostly
on-road, up to 7miles) prior to the
"aerial show"
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being airborne for awhile (undeliberately, though), the landing
wasn't smooth…..well, incurred some
"scratches" (left hip and right ankle dislocated, brain
concussion, broken ribs 'n more….)
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took nine months before going outdoors again, although struggling
kind of "mental
block" for years afterwards
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1996/7 - very early signs of approaching hip arthritis - occasional
jabbing hip aches, bending over ain't as easy
as it used to be, no recognisable gait yet, though subconsciously
off-balancing weight distribution
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spring 2000 - the lesser RoM, the more pain… half expecting the
diagnosis, I pay visit to my orthopedist:
"coxarthritis 3rd gr" , "you ought to quit
jogging right away"; Regrettably, I did…. should have kept
going on
at lower pace…
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2001 to spring 2003 - familiarizing myself with "Trelenberger's
gait", deterioration progresses faster and faster
until everything I lived for becomes long gone history (skiing -
left turns impossible; biking - handlebar gets
far beyond my reach; jogging - what's this and how people do it?;
standing still for awhile results in crippling
lower back pains; left shoe laces tying - possible only if laces
tied prior to putting it on…
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spring 2003 - the forthcoming THR surgery inevitability and its
NEVER AGAIN imperative consecutions
(forgetting skis - noooooo, I'd rather die….) overwhelms - wept
days and nights….nonetheless entering Orthes
waitlist (18 mnths to go)
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May 2003 - a beam of light at the end of the tunnel - deep in
despair, I browse the web, frantically looking for
anything to get the burden rid of me; "hip resurfacing"
and www.activejoints.com
eventually striking among
innumerous search readouts; took me a split of a second to make
myself up: THAT'S IT!
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consecutive thoughts of WHO, WHERE, HOW are fixed-up hastily, too: I
am to face my destiny with
Dr.
DeSmet in 10 weeks at Ghent, Belgium…. getting pissed-off
by NHS refusal, I am raising the funds to
cover
estimated 12kEuros on my own…
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18th Aug,2003 - Belgium bound,
"I am leaving on a bus-plane, don't
know I'll
be back again"… (courtesy of
Chantal Kreviazuk).. alone, but not lonely… nonetheless scared to
my guts…..
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