TT Injured Reserve List

“Did four miles on the towpath today. That was probably a mile more than I should have done, but I guess I'll try to elevate and ice the ankle this afternoon.

Slowly but surely, the rehab goes on.”

“I'm off this list. I hiked 3 peaks, 6200' - 10,064', with el gain/loss between the peaks.

Funny thing about it, when I was out there, I didn't have to take anything for headaches and I wasn't using orajel for the gashes in my mouth. I must've been sucking air and drooling. Last night (and today) the mouth feels like pins sticking through.

I'll be good as new by next weekend!”

“Okay Snow Nymph, that's showing off!

But seriously folks, that's great.

Next Sunday I take the traveling gimp show to Bake Oven Knob, no 6,200 feet by any stretch, but a few rocks to dance on (hopefully dry ones).

It is funny how walking outdoors can ease the ills.”

“I hope the hike is a good one Geobeet!!!!

8)”

“Snow Nymph rocks...ain't nothing stopping Snow Nymph.”

“I agree with what Stanlee said!!!!!

Snow Nymph is way PIMP!!!!

8)”

“I get the sense that telling her something is impossible is pointless. She'd do it just to prove she can do it.

Saw a sign on a church board on the way home from the canal today. It read: "Would you try something new if you were assured of success?"

Thought that was provacative.”

“She has power!!!!

)8D”

“Yep, she's the little train that could...”

“Engine stanlee, it's The Little Engine That Could. That was one of my favorite stories for my mother to read to me when I was sick.”

“"It is funny how walking outdoors can ease the ills."...Geo
Being outdoors cures almost anything for me. When I used to run, if I felt a cold coming on, I'd run and blow it out of my system (or at least I think it worked that way for me). Good luck on your hike, and don't push it with that leg.

"I get the sense that telling her something is impossible is pointless. She'd do it just to prove she can do it"....Geo
Now you sound like my dad! J/K!!

"The Little Engine That Could"
Hmmm, I have been called a machine . . .”

“Good for you Snow Nymph!!! I'm on my way too. Did 10 mins on the cross trainer last week....gonna try another 10 tonight. Knee doesn't feel to bad, but found a new pain...weird....”

“Im not longer on the list!!

as long as I stay away form treebeard!!”

“LOL Skeetah, new pain, yes, it's a surprise a minute. Life is certainly not dull these days, pains shoot from the mending bone, then a muscle or two, then the mending ligament, then from the knee, or the other leg looking for sympathy, or somewhere on the lower part of the foot.”

“Can I be put on the list for a painful hermit crab pinch?”

“Hermit crab pinch? Hmmmm, let me check that against the list of authorized injuries, hmmmmm,

Regular injuries
sprain
fracture/break
serious cut or gash
concussion
muscle pull
slipped disk
loss of arm or leg
cardiac problems
pulmonary problems
gastro-intestinal ailments
dog bite
snake bite
bear maul
freaky deer injury
musk ox trample
elephant crush
shark bite
(we're getting warmer)
jellyfish sting
getting swallowed by a whale
loss of arm while feeding a dolphin
falling off a five-story building
(colder)
loss of leg in farm machinery
foreign substance in eye
Freaky injuries:
twisting thumb in bowling ball
attacked by a cat
slipping on wet rock
falling on glacier
banana slice in finger
poking eye with eating utensil
falling out of bed
stabbing foot with trekking pole
pinched by hermit crab

Yes, you're covered!”

“Out of bold!”

“banana slice in finger
it was NOT a SLICE, it was a little piece!!
aka a chip...”

“you forgot "acting like Bugs Bunny"”

“i'm more like the coyotie, gettin smashed from giant boulders as i hold up a tiny umbrella....”

“That comes under the heading:

Things that happen only to Maple Leaf”

“My last post was directed to Maple's Bugs Bunny injury, obviously.”

“Hey Maple Honey! Wanna carrot?”

“oh god, go away!!”

“i think my foot is getting better. i have been putting a little weight on it (very carefully!) something my doctor said would be good to do as soon as i could (it helps it heal stronger or something) hopefully i'll be on it by spring! working SUCKS when you have to stand up all day behind a cashier stand with a broken foot >.<...but hey at least i'm making $$!”

“Carrots can be dehydrated I would imagine.”

“oh please dont let treebeard know that!”

“Memo to self: pick up carrots to dehydrate for Maple to eat on hike.”

“I broke my toe this morning- the one next to the pinky toe on my left foot- This takes me out of the running for a dayhike with Geo and Maple this weekend, which sux, but I can't let it stop me from going on the Catskills trip.”

“What did you do you little lug, go back to Hot Dog Johnny's?”

“Nope, I did this one in the comfort of my own home. The next time I go to HDJ's, you'd better believe it's with a jackhammer. Oh yeah, I also have a slight black eye at the moment too, which was the result of an argument between myself and a broomstick. Said broomstick is now a pile of sawdust.”

“you should have burnt the stick like the gym floor!”

“Man, you're a danger to yourself. Between you and Maple I don't understand why there are empty hospital beds.

Just be careful with that jackhammer. Those things can chew you up.

Way to show that broomstick. The object of the game is to do it to them before they do it to you. You have the right idea, but the wrong order.

Sorry you'll miss the hike. It won't be a long one because I can't do a whole lot, but we hope to have some fun, unless the trail is icy. I've been on this list too damn long to risk another injury.

Tuesday of next week is my exit visit with the orthopedic doc, and I have three more rehab appointments (unless they like my mug so much they keep me longer).

I will miss playing with all those toys they got from the Spanish Inquisition Surplus Sale.”

“I might just do that- I still have the sawdust in a bag. I was going to scatter it to the wind, just to show things that are made of wood not to mess with me. My toe was broken by the edge of my bed, which is also wooden in nature- I didn't have time to saw that to pieces this morning, but I have three days off, and I am a patient man.”

“Yeah, sorry I can't do the hike- The toe's all swollen and everything right now, I want to give it a couple of days rest since I have to work on Sunday. The hospitals are still empty by the way, because I'm not smart enough to go to one when I need to. (Not like they can do anything for a broken toe anyway.)”

“Really, broken toes heal fast if you don't have a cast put on. Not the same with broken legs and dislocated ankles.

But, I'm feeling better than I have since 7:58 a.m. Aug. 25.”

“I broke the big toe on my right foot while in Egypt a few years back- We were playing soccer against the Egyptian army, and I swear they had planted tent stakes spray painted to match the sand on their side of the field- We were tripping all over them every time we had the ball over there- That toe took months to heal fully.”

“yes they can do somethin for a broken toe
they can wrap it and make you smile and tell you it will heal in time. so there!!!”

“I wrapped mine, I have yet to smile. Perhaps when the blade of my saw takes the first bite out of my bed.”

“I've broken my big toe (same one, same place) three times, and with a cast it took two full months. Without a cast it took six weeks.

Plus, with a cast, when it comes off you need rehab, and it takes another month or two to get your full range of movement back. So I stopped going to a hospital for a broken toe. I might go to the doctor and get a painkiller prescription, but that would be about it.”

“wussy”

“I actually don't like taking painkillers- I hurt my knee real bad once, again while I was in the service, and was on serious painkillers for it. Thing is, they were too good, and I didn't even realize I was aggravating the injury since I couldn't feel anything. Now, I try to avoid them. (The painkillers, not the injuries. Not smart enough to avoid those.)”

“wussy”

“CN that sucks!!!!!!

8(”

“It sucks Mike, but it's not going to stop me from doing the Catskills trip. I'm looking forward to injuring myself up there again.”

“corp, your a wussy!
get your @ss in gear and tape it up!!”

“I hope it all works out for you!

8)

Hike on dude!”

“"corp, your a wussy!
get your @ss in gear and tape it up!!"
mapleleaf
06:56:00 PM
11/27/02

Yeah Corporal, what Maple said. She got beat to snot by a dead turkey, and she's going on the hike. You don't see her wussing out. That dead turkey put a hurtin on her, too. And you know what? That dead turkey's going down tomorrow! That's what kind of hiker Maple is!”

“And as soon as Maple starts picking fights with solid objects, such as concrete and wood, I'll take her wussy comments seriously. When it's coming from someone who's been stabbed by a piece of fruit or had their butt kicked by a dead animal, the word wussy loses its sting somehow.”

“LOl you guys are to funny!
but yes ive taken my beatings standing up. and im putting my best foot foward as is geo and treebeard. so in our books yousa wussy boy!!”