Okay, there are a few things you should know about these videos:
- This was taken in January, 2009. I've improved drastically since then.
- I was doomed to fall at some point. I think by sitting on my hands and pinching my knees, I was a weeble-wobble waiting to die. I've improved drastically since then.
- I bailed because I thought I was going to be launched into the rail. I've improved drastically since then.
- When I landed on my butt, I fractured my coccyx in two places.
- I immediately got back on (after chasing him down in the barn) and cantered the right lead.
- D had to help me change clothes and I went to work that night. I sat on a pillow.
- I fed horses the next day, hobbling. I was also the sole walker of my dogs.
- Monday was MLK day. I'd already had an appointment to get the horse jumping tattooed on my outside left ankle. I kept that appointment, but now it meant so much more.
- Tuesday, when I finally had to go to my real job, I immediately left to go to the doctors, where I learned about the fractures.
- Coccyx fractures take f o r e v e r to heal. I couldn't ride for six weeks (docs would have preferred at least eight). I couldn't really sit comfortably for six months. To this day, I still have occasional pain.
- I've improved drastically since then.
Skinny Brush Box
Canter Bending Line
Sloppy Course
The Fall.
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:( I've only bruised my coccyx and thought that that was torture. (P.S. up to 6 followers!)
ReplyDeleteFor a while during the healing process, the coccyx would "pop" when I sat down. That wasn't too bad, though mentally it was freaky. The problem was that I had inflammation of something around the coccyx and when it popped, pain would shoot up my spine.
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Thanks!