Another Comeback Begins…

Well, I guess I'll consider this day 1 of the long comeback trail. Longer than expected, as evidenced by those crutches back there.
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It's been a wild ride since the crash, including 6 orthopedic experts (so far), a dozen trips to offices, MRI machines, and X-rays. And every hip diagnosis under the sun, including but not limited to: bursitis, hip flexor sprain, muscle tear, stage 2 avascular necrosis(!), broken femur, flattened femur, labrum tear, etc. With recovery plans ranging from: total hip replacement to "it might heal on its own."
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End result? Still not there actually. But the current plan is to go with "it might heal on its own" and hope I get lucky finally. We know there's at least a break in the femur and a labrum tear, but we're banking on the tear having been there since my ice hockey days and just being an incidental discovery. And yes, that means I came in 3rd overall at that Father's Day #5kRace with a broken femur. Cool I guess? #whoops
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IF that's true, then we're hoping my bone just heals normally and I can get back at it pain free. If not? Well then I'll finally be getting surgery on my hip, either to fix the break, repair the labrum, or both. So my comeback timeline is ranging from the beginning of winter to mid summer. But either way, there will be a #comeback.
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I'm still aiming to have that one great season as a #ProTriathlete. So far I've lost two in a row to illness (#IronDeficiencyAnemia) or injury, but with a little luck I have one shot left. And that's all I need.
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Oh yeah, the swimming! Well my upper body is finally good enough to hit the pool after the grade 3 AC joint tear, torn back muscles, lower back sprain, and broken ribs. So it's time for a long swim block.. the first time back was ugly, but it'll only get better from here (unless all that surgery stuff needs to happen, but I'm just gonna swim like there's no athletic tomorrow until then).
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See you out there, eventually!