Fractured – Update

I was thinking that it has been awhile since I posted any update on the condition of my fractured vertebrae. To update you, back at the end of August, 2010 I was heading off shore with some fellow adventurers, Joe Kistel and Ed Kalakauskis, along with our captain Steve Shaw to film the state of Spike, a vessel we placed a year earlier. On the way out, we hit a pot-hole, for lack of a better picture and fell in and against this hole. Twice I was bounced from my seat and within seconds I was on all fours in agony and nauseous. Upon arrival at the ER and a CAT, it was found I fractured my T12 vertebrae and have a number of discs popped out of alignment.  August 26, 2010 MRI Results. Here is the September 9, 2010 Update.

It is December 7, 2010 and I am not at 100%. For example, this past weekend, 12/4-5/2010 while preparing TUFF-E-NUFF in St. Mary’s Georgia and photographing of  TUFF-E-NUFF, after about 6 hours of lifting, scraping, tugging, shoving, scraping, throwing, tossing, lol.. my back was so sore that my stomach muscles were as sore as my back muscles, which then made my thigh muscles sore. When I say sore, I mean bent over in agony sore.

I would lay on my back and while the back was relaxing and bending into shape, the pain radiating through my body would have me fighting against relaxing and controlling it to the point it was maybe 5 minutes before I could lay still and being to breath and relax. OK, now it’s time to get up and you crawl, rock, twist, push, roll, swear,  pushing my way up onto all fours… Phew, that was tough.. then looking for something to grab so to pull yourself up. You cannot get up, the pain.

If you or anyone you know ever break their back, be very empathetic/sympathetic. No joke. A broken back hurts like no tomorrow and continues for months. Once in awhile I still find myself taking a pain pill to help me through.

Over all, I do not feel the same consistency and level of pain I felt the first 2.5 months of the experience. I expect it to be 3 maybe 4 more months before I attempt to get back into the water, diving and filming again.

Until then, land base pictures and movies will have to do.

Thanks for hanging in there.

Larry

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