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    Hey SMW! Hope all is holding together for you.
     
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    Welcome back to your bar. You are missed!
     
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    I haven’t been following the Bud Lite drama that closely, but I understand some of the manly man customer base is upset about a woke (whatever that is) advertisement. I’m dating myself here, but back in the day a manly man wouldn’t be caught dead drinking a “light” beer.
     
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    @DEFinning
    A picture just a moment ago. It's looking better than 24 hours ago and I did not want to go to the ER to sit around for 2 or 3 hours to hear the same thing my doctor will tell me and be charged about $600 for it.

    I do believe it's a rash because I have had similar rashes on my feet before that have even left scarring on the top of my feet. I don't know what causes it but it itches like hell and if you itch it it will form small blisters that weep a little bit of clear fluid that dries a tad bit yellow.

    Certainly not what you want to see around a healing surgical incision but it is healing.

    I'm taking a picture every 24 hours and measuring it and so far in the last 36 hours or so it has not grown any.

    If it was infection you would expect the redness to be more or less very circular and for the area to be hot and discharging.

    If it ain't one thing it's another....

    The first time I got a rash like it was about 2 years ago when I was fossil hunting on the river and very low water and had waded through some stagnant pools of water

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    You mean, that's not specifically from the cast? Jeez! And where it looks like there's been an inch long gash, at the ankle bone-- that had opened on its own (or from your scratching it)? Does not look all that good, to me. If you've had this before, but still haven't got a diagnosis, I would recommend seeing a dermatologist about it.

    The way it looks now, makes me think of psoriasis, but I don't know that those pustules you'd mentioned, would fit with that. There are bacterial infections, though, that can cause itching and rashes. Though I would expect those to not stay so focused, in just the one spot. Of course, I am out of my depth, here.
     
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    The actual surgical incision is just under 3 in Long and most of it is healed except for that small scab you see. I haven't been picking at it because I know better than to do that.

    When the cast came off there was dead skin everywhere as is to be expected.... But the incision did not look irritated like that.

    I had about 16 Staples in the incision for 2 weeks after the surgery until he removed them.

    As you can see in the two photographs which are 24 hours or so apart.... The purplish color of the skin is starting to look less irritated.

    He thought that it could have been from the latex bandages I had been putting on it and he told me not to put anything on it but a sock when I wear the walking boot.

    I think he's probably correct because last night was the first night that I did not bandage it and it looked better in the morning.

    It does indeed look very concerning. I'm keeping a very close eye on what's left of the scab from the incision. But there is no hotness that you would expect from an infection and there is no discharge or opening in the incision.

    If you look at the picture you can see where it basically looks like a square where the bandages had been applied.

    So I will just keep a close eye on it and hope for the best.

    If you look up from where the scab is towards the tattoo higher on my ankle you can see where the incision actually just went over the top of that line of tattoo ink but is very well healed from there all the way to what's Left of the scab.

    The break in my ankle was just one clean line but the bone had shifted and required two screws
     
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    And yes it probably would have been healed by now if I had followed instructions.

    He told me to at least cut back on smoking cigarettes because they are a vasodilator and will make healing take longer.

    But of course being a nicotine junkie I was unable to do so and still smoke my usual pack a day.

    Shame on me. It is my one huckleberry after having been thrown and dragged through the Huckleberry bushes of this world. Well I still drink beer and probably more than I should but I rarely touch liquor and no hard drugs
     
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    Picture a couple of minutes ago. It looks to me like it's a rash that's healing. It also doesn't look like it's gotten any worse so that's a good thing. As long as I don't see it getting worse I don't think I have anything to worry about.

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    I think I got mixed up about some details. I'd thought you'd said you'd had this type of rash, in the past; I now guess, that was something different from this. And you have tied this one, specifically to the location of your bandages. So that is a different impression than I'd originally got. I'm glad to see, as well, that your condition clearly seems to be improving. That will, soon enough, be new real estate, should you decide to add another tattoo.

    I've come in late there, so forgive me if you're tiring of going through this, but are you now walking with full weight on your ankle, w/o any crutch or cane? If so, how does it feel? Have you been doing exercises, to stretch it, and strengthen it, after all that time of immobility? How many pins?

    Even at 10 mph, that is a hell of a lot of force to focus on your ankle, especially if it is pinned against something that won't budge. Motorcycles bear a considerable amount of weight, so I doubt you could find any NFL linebacker, who could have delivered a more damaging blow, to your joint. Btw, what size bike have you got?

    Quick personal story. A long time ago, I used to have a small bike, just a Kawasaki 125 enduro, that I used for both trails & the street. So I was driving along this trail, outside of land that was fenced in, because of a pharmaceutical company which had bought the formerly wooded area, and built on it. All that was left of this place we used to explore, as kids, was this trail, which ran through to some streets that would be miles away, without it.

    This trail was no big deal, but fun enough, because of its very uneven surface. Saying it was just "bumpy," didn't cover it; there were numerous basins, ruts, and ridges, along its short path, dividing the trail. You would basically always have the choice in front of you, to take the "high road" or the "low road;" to either climb up a small rise, pop up, off a ridged ramp, or else go down into a depression, to build up speed for the next little mogul, so to speak. It also became an obstacle course, after heavy rains, if you didn't want to wind up soaked in muddy water.

    While familiar with the trail, I was riding down it one day, after not having been on it, for a good while. As it was something of a mess, I should have probably been going more slowly-- but don't think I'd been going faster than 20 mph or so. Well, tall weeds had grown up on the trail, during my absence. And at one point, though it wasn't really where I would have wanted to find myself, the path that seemed most navigable, given my speed, and the condition of the trail, was to go down into a concavity, in which there was now a thick stand of tall, reedy plants, that were at least 4 feet tall, so that I would not be able to see the surface I was driving on. But I'd been down that path over a hundred times before, so I cast off any hesitancy, and just rode right into those plants which swallowed up my bike, over the handle bars.

    Initially, it was smooth sailing, and I was cutting through that island of weeds, like a hot knife, through butter. But midway through, you will never guess (I don't think), what I ran into, and hard.
    Have you made your guesses?
    Was one of them, a freakin' fire hydrant!?

    Completely covered up, within the weeds, the city had apparently put in, make that, hidden a fire hydrant, to service a potential fire at the pharmaceutical company. And my point of near head on collision, was the upper portion of my left leg. The impact left my bike on its side, covered in weeds, with me, beside, and partly beneath, it. Still, I was in no rush to move. More than any pain, my leg I think just felt numb, or at least not available to my control at that moment: non functional; off-line.

    I wasn't sure what it was going to be like, to try to use it, so I just laid there for a bit, before finally making the effort to free myself from the handlebars, and attempt to rise. Amazingly, though, I was able to stand, and pick up the bike. I think I just
    walked it back, though, at least until I was off the trail.
     
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    I'll go ahead and give the full details.

    Me and my friend were riding around a Orange Grove or probably about 60 acres.

    He's a very big boy and he was riding on a four-wheeler behind me and I warned him that there were some washouts that we should go slow.

    We came around at 90° turn on a downhill slope and it was sugar Sand.

    I was in first gear which doesn't go very fast but has a massive amount of torque. So I gun the hell out of first gear and my back tire is spinning and the bike is sliding around and I'm at probably a 30° angle and then my bike finds solid firm grass with the back tire.

    My bike throws me up at the air that same angle and over onto the opposite angle which is often called a high side when you're talking about a motorcycle crash.

    My friend helped get the bike off of me and I was able to move my ankle and all of the normal directions but evidently that did not mean it was not broke.

    The only damage to the bike was that the gear shifter was bent all the way back and my friend tried to bend it back but I stood up and got on the bike and realized it was still o
    In first gear and I could ride it in 3/4 of a mile home.

    What I was saying was that I had had similar rashes on my feet years ago.

    Like the old country song says......
    Promise me son not to do the things that I have done.....

    Just breaking your leg is probably better than breaking your ankle.


    Even if you think you're very familiar with the trail don't be hauling ass unless you can see what's in front of you because conditions can change.

    I have learned this the very hard way.

    I was riding my 2022 Kawasaki KLX 230 SE.

    I am gradually starting to put weight back on it with a walking boot.

    The bike weighs 300 lb and I am still using crutches with the walking boot.

    My boss is a very nice man and he's still been paying me $130 a week even though I'm not working and he tells me to tell him if I need anything and I always tell him that I'm very appreciative of everything but all I need is my job when I get back on my feet
     
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    I took my crosman 2240 bolt action single shot 22 pellet gun target pistol to my friend's house today

    They are both elderly and are used to shooting real guns off of their dock ( about 20 ft over the surface of the river ) but they were both thoroughly entertained by this relatively low powered target pistol.

    It's great fun to get your trigger finger itched without necessarily breaking out the big guns.

    They have three small dogs and I thought that when we started shooting the dogs would shy away.

    But the dogs were not bothered at all but if you shoot the real guns the dogs will take off.

    I was shooting at a stick at the water's edge about 140 ft away and I came inches away from the bullseye several times and most of my shots were within say nine inches or less.

    You don't always have to shoot a real gun just to have fun.

    You will get at least 30 full power shots from a CO2 cartridge. But for the last five or seven shots he might as well go on ahead and throw the CO2 cartridge away instead of wasting your lead pellet.

    But it is really fun and teaches you about how bullets drop off at different distances or with different velocity pushing it from the muzzle.

    @Turtledude

    You should get one of these crosman 2240s especially if you are introducing anyone such as a child or a slight built woman... To firearms and general or especially pistol shooting.

    Believe it or not this thing has a little bit of muzzle flip for about the first 15 shots off of a cartridge and damn near sounds about like a 22 short going off.

    If someone is a good pistol shot you can hit a beer can at 100 ft probably 80% of the time with a good amount of CO2 in it.

    My girlfriend is a tiny woman of over 60 years old and she was able to hit a beer can at 30 ft with it quite a number of times


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    It reminds me of a Ruger Mark 5, all except for the fact that it's not semi-automatic and it's not a 22 firearm.

    A 22 caliber pellet gun is a 5.5 mm while a real 22 firearm is a 5.6 mm

    I'm not allowed to play with a real Ruger Mark 5 anymore but a real Ruger Mark 5 is one of the most entertaining semi-automatic 22 caliber pistols that you can ever wrap your hands around
     
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    What footwear did you have on?
     
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    A work boot but it was a sneaker boot without much ankle support

    Before I do any off-road riding again I'm going to get real motocross boots.

    I do fine riding the bike on the road it's when I get off road that I'm tempted to do things that are somewhat risky but of course that is what a dirt bike is for
     
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    @DEFinning

    Looking much better this afternoon. It was obviously a rash but I am still happy to see it going away.

    That was the thing that had me most apprehensive about the surgery was possible post-surgical infection.

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    Looking good, now! :thumbsup:
     
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    I'm actually walking with one crutch now.
    It's a hell of a thing to break a simple ankle bone. ( Which it turns out is actually a very complicated joint )

    I broke the end of my tibia which of course is the large bone in your leg and the bottom of it forms one side of your ankle. It was a clean break but it had moved out of place about a half an inch.

    Turns out I was fortunate because according to my podiatric surgeon when people suffer a crushing injury like that that breaks an ankle, they often break both sides of it.

    Probably would to come out better just straight up breaking my leg.

    Fun little fact here.... In the journey of my research I have learned that the ankle is one of the four most common fractures in adults.
     
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    Can't wait to get back to work. Been out of work since March 20 th.
    Gained 10 pounds sitting here in bed this long.

    235 pounds.... starting to really grow into my handle, but I am six two.... still chubby though
     
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    Confucius say.... Go slowly in tall grass on dirt bike ..... Even if you just rode through there 20 hours ago.... Things change, quickly.
     
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    He also says wear the correct protective clothing when out dirt biking.
     
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    It looks like the last of a contact dermatitis. I've been dealing with one myself that came from a chemical that got on my finger, and I then rubbed my nose.
     
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    How's the GF?
    No injuries here.. other than the usual aches and pains of age. Took the Fat Bob to Terlingua.. the River Road is a very popular ride, I do not like th eFat Bob as much as liked the Electroglide..the EG have a amuch more comfortable ride. Still recovering for this weekends shopping trip.. 500 mile round trip.. it makes me a little achy.. but I still love the drive across the highland plains and thr the mountain passes.
     
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    I seem to have a plethora of blue birds this year when I have never really had them around before. Not sure what I did different that is attracting them, but I hope I keep up the good work.
     
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    Splurge, and build/buy them a nice cozy little house. We have a nest of bluebirds this year also, and when I say blue, I mean BLUE. One was on the handrail the other day and he just about glowed a brilliant blue.
     
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    Look at this here.....
    I'm finally starting to heal up and start to the point where I will probably be able to walk normally here in about 2 weeks. This first photo is about as worst as it looked.

    The photo underneath was here about 2 hours ago and I rode a mountain bike today for a couple of blocks IMG_20230526_011747_952.jpg

    Here is a photo of my same ankle about an hour and a half ago. IMG_20230611_044644_538.jpg
     
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