September 19, 2017

Not My Favorite Holiday Picture

by Doug
A week ago, Mark Bethwaite and I checked out the conditions on Lake Garda and it was blowing up to 30 knots with 2 meter (6 feet) waves. We decided to sail further upwind where the waves were only 1 meter (3 feet) and on our final run, I buried my bow into a wave, the boat stopped and I fell forward into the mast. I felt a pain in my right side as I climbed back into the boat.

The pain did not go away for several days, and a local specialist examined me and said that I had broken a rib. His advice: absolutely no physical exercise, which means no sailing in the upcoming Laser Master Worlds next week in Croatia. Bummer.

Wanting a second opinion, I went to a hospital to get x-rays where it was confirmed that in fact I have two broken ribs. And his advice: absolutely no physical exercise.

So I'm now sending the x-rays to my doctor in the U.S. to get a third opinion, but it looks like this Worlds will be spent watching rather than competing. Bummer.



3 comments:

  1. Doug - so sorry to hear that. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

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  2. And no physical exercise.

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  3. Doug. What a shame. I too broke my RIB early last year and it takes a long time to recover. Wishing you the best. Get fit again and be ready for Ireland 2018!

    Brett

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