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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 21, 2019 8:00:12 GMT -6
I'm here in Sesser Illinois. They appear to have about three inches of snow on the ground. I would imagine most of that fell Saturday
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 21, 2019 7:53:03 GMT -6
I was so lucky when this happened. I went to an ER and they didn't even refer me to anyone. It was back in 1978. My brother was in the Air Force and already in the medical field. Of course I called him and I got all the proper advice from him. The ER said nothing about how long I should stay off of that ankle. All they said was put ice on it and elevate it. Lady Luck was on my side. One thing somebody told me in the ER when they came back and said it wasn't broken I acted relieved they said you'd probably be better off if it was. I really didn't understand why they said that. I found out
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 21, 2019 7:42:34 GMT -6
One last thing. Here is orthopedic View on a third-degree injury. Things have not gotten better. Read this and you'll know why I say you're fortunate. These have a much higher degree of lifelong problems than most any break. Reading that you can understand why some athletes have such a tough time coming back from these. You really have to do the right things and then take it easy for quite a while. www.spoc-ortho.com/patient-resources/patient-education/ankle-sprain
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 21, 2019 7:14:28 GMT -6
Fell asleep for about an hour. This splint feels like a rock around my leg. Guess that's a good thing. Full fracture of the tibia near the ball of my left ankle and essentially pulled my left foot a good bit to the left as I slipped. They had to shift it back when they set it. All my weight down on it too. Stupid ice. Surgery in 2 weeks... weight... maybe in 2 months. Life-changing seems like a good word... that and deeply humbling. Trust me, it could have been worse. My sister-in-law broke the tibia and the fibula down there last year. To say the least it was a longer recovery. She is fine now. Like I said, try out a 3rd degree sprain sometime. The pain is hard to describe. I damn near went into shock. And if you put weight on that thing sooner than three months you could be screwed for life. That's the way I handled it back in the day and things turned out fine. I don't know how they handle them now. I'm just glad I did what I did. And that was just jumping off of a 8ft fence into some rocks that didn't support the weight properly. Crazy. That pretty much put skydiving out of my future, but other than that I live okay. It's not that I've been told skydiving would be dangerous, but just thinking of it scares me. Not the falling out of the plane part, the landing part. You will be okay. Keep the chin up. You will definitely have a new respect/hate for ice now.
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 20, 2019 21:05:39 GMT -6
Most doctors will tell you you're better off with a break then a sprain. Except when your fracture also includes severing of ligaments and tendons as a result of displacement of the foot Of course
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 20, 2019 18:59:34 GMT -6
Final total at the house 1.1" time for bed. G'night Chris.
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 20, 2019 18:45:46 GMT -6
Winding down. Not quite an inch. As if it matters. Roads are covered
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 20, 2019 17:55:27 GMT -6
The flakes are getting smaller now. Why does this crap never last here? There..balance has been restored to the cosmos. What? You jackpotted on this one!! There is no balance without b$*&@%;/
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 20, 2019 17:11:22 GMT -6
Ya ought try out a third degree sprain. 3 months no weight. Then gradual rehab. Ya don't do that way it's possibly chronic. Even if you do everything right it can bother you later. I was extremely lucky my brother went through the exact same injury prior to me. Learned from his mistakes. He had chronic problems. I have not. youtu.be/dLjNzwEULG8Lol. Great scene from a classic movie
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 20, 2019 16:58:40 GMT -6
Ya ought try out a third degree sprain. 3 months no weight. Then gradual rehab. Ya don't do that way it's possibly chronic. Even if you do everything right it can bother you later. I was extremely lucky my brother went through the exact same injury prior to me. Learned from his mistakes. He had chronic problems. I have not. Most doctors will tell you you're better off with a break then a sprain. Yup. Ligaments can't be screwed back together. My ankle was literally the size of a softball within minutes of the injury. I rode to the ER in huge pain. Every bounce.......
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 20, 2019 16:47:07 GMT -6
In the ER. Broke my left ankle. More to come soon. Will need surgery Trimaleolar fracture in 2008, 1 plate and 13 screws. Life changing injury. Best of luck, hopefully it’s not “too” serious Ya ought try out a third degree sprain. 3 months no weight. Then gradual rehab. Ya don't do that way it's possibly chronic. Even if you do everything right it can bother you later. I was extremely lucky my brother went through the exact same injury prior to me. Learned from his mistakes. He had chronic problems. I have not.
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 20, 2019 16:36:21 GMT -6
In the ER. Broke my left ankle. More to come soon. Will need surgery Ouch, believe it or not it's better than a third degree sprain, unless you have ligament damage also. Take care.
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 20, 2019 15:53:55 GMT -6
Snow on snow!
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 20, 2019 14:59:53 GMT -6
Light snow
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 19, 2019 19:21:38 GMT -6
I-57 is closed in many places from Mt Vernon to it's merge at I-24
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 19, 2019 12:54:25 GMT -6
Snowing and blowin. Can see the back edge moving E now. Won't last long
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 19, 2019 12:35:09 GMT -6
Light snow
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 19, 2019 12:29:36 GMT -6
Radar looks good here. DAM obviously at work NOTHING falling here
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 19, 2019 11:30:22 GMT -6
Oh boy. So much for that
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 19, 2019 10:50:50 GMT -6
We got snowflakes here but it's not as impressive as it looks on radar. There must be some evaporation going on
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 19, 2019 10:01:10 GMT -6
Snow beginning just west of Hecker
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 19, 2019 9:48:46 GMT -6
I gotta say it. This reminds me of '82. I know it's not gonna happen that way but they lost confidence in that one before all hell broke loose. Trust me, I know we aren't gonna get anything like that. It just seems the atmosphere is ripe to rip. I mean yeah it would be amazing to be surprised, but the forecasting of now vs then is just so much better Of course it is. They really have done well on this one.
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 19, 2019 9:42:01 GMT -6
I gotta say it. This reminds me of '82. I know it's not gonna happen that way but they lost confidence in that one before all hell broke loose. Trust me, I know we aren't gonna get anything like that. It just seems the atmosphere is ripe to rip.
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 19, 2019 9:28:42 GMT -6
Kinda eerie here. We have pretty decent droplets, but not many of them. It's like it wants to cut loose. Still 35 though
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 19, 2019 6:59:54 GMT -6
No time to chat much... but obviously the track is further south based on the 850/vort tracks...which seem to have been pushed a bit more southeast. Which necessitates the unwelcomed shift south. I think the deformation zone will focus more on Farmington than St. Louis...with 2-4 in the band down south...tapering quickly north from there...with 1" or less for metro STL and points north and west. Atleast Todd Guyfromhecker Marissa Showtime Weatherfan And so on might cash in. We'll see. Not getting hopes up
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 19, 2019 6:57:45 GMT -6
Everything is strange. Chris broke out the B word on FB. And it wasn't blizzard.
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 18, 2019 18:33:48 GMT -6
I think I'm just going to disregard the rap wait for something else to come out for the 0 hour
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 18, 2019 17:47:21 GMT -6
I need some schooling here. On the 22 run of the rap it's at hour 21 and we have what appears to be a Memphis low. 850 is closed and appears to be on the bootheel. 500 Pierce to be closed just west of the 850 and the vort Max is right between. Heavy precip appears to be moving north-northeast out of South Central Missouri. First off, is there anything wrong with that picture. Second, What happens next and why?
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 18, 2019 17:13:40 GMT -6
I'm just amazed we are this close and there are still so many questions. Deepening cyclone that is also transferring energy is a recipe to give the models a ton of problems It's doing a fine job of that. I guess the big question is who does the deformation band skip over. It almost seems like it's an inevitability
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Post by guyfromhecker on Jan 18, 2019 16:56:28 GMT -6
I'm just amazed we are this close and there are still so many questions.
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