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[aj.lec]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

Greg received a phone call today. He is now about to join the working class.
He will be moving to Queanbeyan next month to start a heavy vehicle mechanic apprenticeship.

Congratulations Greg. Good trade to get in to for work prospects

[lynx42]

Greg, Well Done. My son is a diesel Mech. heavy stream and there is plenty of work out the.

Rick.

[hrpearce]

Things are moving faster than expected, Greg had his induction today and has to start work Monday morning. I'm still out of action and Vicki is working so He has to move himself to Queanbeyan on Saturday.

[lynx42]

Robert,
Whats happened??? Have you had an accident or similar?

We hope you are OK.

Regards Rick.

[hrpearce]

Yes Rick I have had an accident. On 25th March I took a nose dive off a motor bike and dislocated my right sholder and bruised my ribs on the left side. I have now started phisio and in two weeks I find out if I can lift my arm above sholder hight again. All part of the fun of cttle mustering.

[lynx42]

Gee, that's no good Robert. Hope you get better soon. Dislocations are a real pain, (no pun intended).

One of the shipwrights I worked with at the Paynesville Slip-yard quite a few years ago, hurt his shoulder at work and went off on compo. He was sent to a specialist a couple of months later still on compo and with an unimproved shoulder. The specialist asked him how far he could lift his arm. He lifted it to just below shoulder height. He was then asked how far he could lift it before his accident and he raised his hand above his head. Guess who was back at work the next week.

Anyway take it easy and do the exercises.

Regards Rick.

[cliff]

sorry to hear about your accident Rob. Hope it improves quickly.

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by hrpearce

On 25th March I took a nose dive off a motor bike and dislocated my right sholder and bruised my ribs on the left side. I have now started phisio and in two weeks I find out if I can lift my arm above sholder hight again.

Sorry to hear that Rob, I know how painful it is, and how frustrating life can be with one useless arm! I'm sure you'll regain full use in time though. I've dislocated mine plenty of times when I was young, mostly on footy fields and ski slopes. It's probably the worst pain I've ever experienced, but it disappeared as soon as it popped back in. In the end I figured out how to do it myself on the field, mainly because I wouldn't let the medicos near me! However it got so loose in the end I needed a shoulder reconstruction, and another one at the age of 40 when I tried to play footy again! Pain and muscle wastage was horrendous after those ops, but each time I regained full use and strength in time, so I'm sure your's will come good too.