First Post, One Year Out Since The Accident

I take group lessons on a rink that is based on a sand layer.  This makes the ice somewhat softer when it comes to jumps.  Still you can hurt yourself, and I did.  I broke my wrist on December 1, 2010.  We were doing simple hops up and down.  I hopped once.  No problem.  Without prompting from my coach, I decided to try it moving.  That was a big mistake!  I've relived the next few seconds so many times in the last eleven months, as time, at the point I jumped into the air, seemed to go in slow motion.  I hopped up as the skates glided forward and when my skates came down, the blades whipped out from underneath me, and I fell backwards, onto my outstretched arms.  As I fell backwards I remembered my falling dream, where I was hurt on the ice.  In my dream that morning I got surgery to fix an injury, and in reality, I left the rink that very day to be told I'd be getting surgery to put my wrist put back together.  (Nothing like ignoring a warning dream, is there?)  I hit the ice hard on my right wrist, and only banged my left one a little.  I could not move my right hand at the wrist or move any of my fingers as one of my fellow classmates helped me off the ice.  Laying on the bench, feeling faint, I had to get someone to take my skates off for me as I waited for the ambulance to take me to the hospital.  Usually, it's me helping people when someone is hurt and I'm there. A kind word to them, or a phone call to get someone to come get them.  Not this time.  I had an injury that kept me off the ice for one full year, and now I'm ready to return!

Thanks to the miracle of surgery, I now have about 93 percent of my wrist motion back and full use of my hand with only minor stiffness.  So, armed with brand new ice skates, and a renewed zeal for the sport, I am going back in two weeks to try my hand at skating again!

I simply can't wait!