looks like im outa commision for quite awhile this time!! sat i was heading out for a dayhike in the first decent snow of 2005 and before an inch fell i hit a patch of hidden ice and destroyed my right shoulder!!broke the socket into 4 peices ,the ball at the top of the arm bone is broke longways and the cartilage is totally detached!!the doc didnt seem to agree but i think the shoulder strap is what caused so much damage! there is a long bruise down my arm shaped just like the strap!38 years and never had anything worse than a hairline fracture!!! man this sucks!! they are gonna hold off on operating and see how it heals cause once they open me up theres a risk of infection and its prolly not worth the risk.
has anybody here had this kind of injury before?? any suggestions on thingsi can do to get back out there hiking would be great!!!thanks alot and I hope your 2005 is going better than mine!!lol streamweaver