-
Battling a very stubborn bout of gout on the outer part of my right foot.
-
What we call in the vert business "A Hipper" .. you can guess where and how hard I slammed.
-
Cat scratch fever - If you're a cat owner like me, then you know the feeling!
If I had a nickle for every transplant-related issue or skate injury that I’ve had since the transplant 27 years ago, I’d have about $50.00 … Now that’s a lot of nickles!!!
Let’s see if you can relate to my battle. I’ll give you just some of the highlights:
Med-related issues
- Severe Gout Attacks – I was in the ER 3 times it was so painful!
- Debilitating Migraines
- Skin Cancer
- Anxiety
- Teeth and Gum Issues
- Acid Reflux
- Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS)
- Rapid Heartbeat
- Trembling Hands
- Dry Mouth
- Dizziness
- Hair growth/loss
If you’d like to know how I overcame ALL of this and continued to fight another day, please check out my booklet “Make Your Kidney Last By Putting It First!
Skate-related injuries
- Broken ribs
- Broken tibia
- Broken fibula
- Broken toes
- Dislocated fingers
- Fractured knee
- Fractured elbow
- Torn MCL (multiple times)
- Torn ACL (multiple times)
- Torn PCL
- Torn Patellar tendon
- Torn groin (multiple times)
- 20 stitches above left eyebrow
- 12 stitches in the chin
- 100’s of skin burns from the ramp surface
- Hip injuries (Multiple times)
- Fluid on the knee (Multiple times)
- Facial wounds (Multiple times)
- Staples to the head (Multiple times)
- A concussion or 2 – I can’t really remember
- Multiple shoulder injuries
- Plantar Fasciitis
- You name it, I’ve sprained it
