(Short story - took a tumble down a steep driveway landing on my face then my leg resulting in a break in my femur - freak accident - had surgery to install nails and some metal to support the healing of the bone)
It’s been 2.5 weeks since the break and have been going a bit mad at home. Had hospital check up yesterday and all is going well.
48 staples out of my leg and the xray looks good. Another 6 weeks on crutches - then final xray and walk out of the hospital if it’s healed which is fully expected.
I’ve missed a 10km fun run, will miss a interclub swim meet and our swim team training camp (at this stage pending when the hospital appointment is). The good news is I will be able to compete well in our summer pool race schedule and won’t miss our state OWS championships a couple weeks after the next checkup. Should be able to start rehab in the pool in the next week or so. Won’t be back on my bike or running until sometime in November. The other good news is i’ll still have 4-5 months full training before my first triathlon next year.
The morale of the story is not to rush and take due care - please don’t do what I did haha!