Tripping or Falling

rangerman said:
This one is a Doozie. 2 years walking in reed canary grass along a creek on a WPA in south central SD. Step into a hole if which my entire size 9 boot goes in and I fall backwards and hear a SNAP. Incredible pain. Laying in the grass I realize my foot/calf muscle no longer function. I diagnose myself with a ruptured Achilles. 1/4 mile walk to truck over a fence, load the dog and drive 50 miles to hospital. ER dr thinks i have a ruptures Achilles, but can't get a MRI for 2 days. Dr wraps it and gives me crutches. Head back to air bnb that evening. Leave for sioux falls and seen by a orthopedic leg/foot specialist. Confirms my diagnoses. This where it gets better, dr informs me he can work me into surgery the following day. HOWEVER my HMO insurance denies me surgery since I'm out of network and the injury is not life threatening. I appeal, they still deny the surgery. Imagine that in October 2022. Drive home the next day by myself with 3 dogs in a orthopedic boot. A week later I final get surgery to tie Achilles together. I was 5" apart. 3 months in a cast, no walking, missed the entire upland season. The mental duress of not hunting the rest of the year was far worse than the pain/rehabilitation.
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Ouch!
 
Our terraces are filthy with holes, a hazard to walk them...a hazard to just cross them. I would like to walk the tops, but no way. I assume all the digging was badgers after mice and ground squirrels (13-lined ground squirrels is what we have here).

Bob's fishing experience is exactly why I don't need to do that activity.

Double OUCH on Ranger's "trip".
 
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