It’s been a rough month. I’ll summarize for those who don’t know. - 1/11 working to determine what caused a leak in a property I manage. Went on roof, then into attic after finding cause. While following maintenance man, I stepped in the wrong spot and fell 14 feet through the drop ceiling and experienced a burst fracture to my L2 vertebrae. -Doctors weren’t positive on surgery, thought just wearing a brace would be sufficient. I essentially was in a pain medicine coma from 1/11 to 1/19. Spiking to 9 and 10 on the pain scale, then I’d finally get more medicine and essentially pass out. Rinse and repeat for 8 days. -Surgery finally on 1/19. 8 screws in my back and rods holding it all together. Pain still high, but different. - 1/25 finally released from hospital. Sent home, to lay in a hospital bed there. At least I’m in my own space. - Since then, I’m essentially on house arrest. I need the brace still whenever I sit or stand. I was needing a walker to do any walking or standing, but have been able to do that walker-less for the past 2-3 days. Just played my first game since before my accident, and it’s incredible how much dopamine it gave me to somewhat feel normal again. Long story short - I’ve missed being on here as much as I was pre accident and am hoping to play more now as I’m recovering and slowly returning to normalcy IRL. Be careful out there, breaking your spine is not a fun experience. Shoutout to my wife @fireheart, the past month has been harder on her than me I’m sure. Although I’m home, I still can’t do lots of things as I can’t bend lift or twist. She’s my rock and I’d be lost without her. Thanks for reading if you made it this far. Hail Kovazia.

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It’s been one week in the hospital and not much has changed. PT has helped, but the pain is worse than expected. Seemingly surgery on the horizon, which will at least give me some stability going forward. Times like these really put things in perspective. I have a great support system around me led wholeheartedly by @FireHeart. She’s the absolute best. Hoping surgery occurs in the next 24-48 hours and with any luck, I’ll be discharged in a few days.

Fractured my L2 lumbar pretty good but with any luck, they’ll brace me up and I won’t require surgery. I may become the aluminum monster for 6-8 weeks but that’s a small price to pay to avoid paralysis. Thanks to those that have reached out!

Could you learn to love me