HEART WARMING NEWS FROM MY MECHANIC

We are looking for a car with an automatic transmission for me to drive. Today, I called my mechanic with a couple of questions about possible choices and found out that 5 years ago he, too, had broken his ankle bones. He said he has recovered almost completely and recently went on a 50 mile hiking trip. I was overjoyed to hear this.

IS IT CONTAGIOUS ?

Throughout this whole thing, I have been surrounded by other broken ankle karma. First, of course, the crow omen. Then there were the two women on a day tour in Hawaii. I had taken my granddaughter there a few weeks before my accident. One woman was just starting to walk after her ankle break/surgery and the other one had done it about 15 years before and was full of doom and gloom, which I thought at the time was not good for the poor recent victim to hear. (and, as it turned out now, not good for me to have heard either) Then, the new supreme court justice who had to chit chat with the Senate on the very day she broke her's, I believe. Then friends of friends stories flooded in. I picked up a mystery novel I had bought at a thrift store earlier in the summer thinking it would make good, light summer reading. The day after surgery I picked it up and lo and behold, the main character suffered from an ankle break and was somewhat crippled for life. Of course, he was a 13th century Knights Templar and screws and plates and the skill of Drs were not so good then. Two weeks ago, a friend's son-in-law suffered almost the same injury as mine. On and On.

Is this some weird confluence of events or just coincidence. If I had broken my arm or nose would I be suddenly aware of those injuries around every corner?

I am happy to be on the crutches. I feel more free even though I don't have the use of my hands while traveling and my hip and neck seem to suffer more than before but it is a great sense of normalcy. Injured NBA basketball stars use crutches. Old ladies use walkers.

Still get around house in wheelchair some which is good for chores like cleaning and cooking. (not that I am doing a whole lot of this these days- oh my, how dirty my house is). It am wearing my hiking boot to try and match the height of the big black cast boot and trying to stand up straight, still I feel that my whole body is going to need some serious realignment when this is over, in spite of my stretching and such.