It will only hurt... for a few months!

Some pills are hard to swallow...


Especially, when you could have avoided taking them...

So here is the scoop...

Monday last week I was kicking off a new regime.  I was going to ride in the morning, and hit the gym in the afternoon....

So I get the barn at 7am, get Miss M saddled up and am riding by 8ish...

I was running a bit late, so I only had the halter on her, and when I started moving around the round pen, I felt the saddle was a little sloppy... Well

I figured since I had not a ton of time, and I was just going to dink around anyway, there was no sense in jumping off .. She was doing pretty good anyways...

So I remember, asking her to move into trot, and I felt the saddle slip to the right... I remember trying to shift my weight so I could correct the saddle..

Now remember, Miss M was the horse where the saddle slipped under her belly...

So I figure when she felt me moving the saddle around, she spooked a little.. I dont remember her bucking, I just remember starting to fall and I tried to grab her neck to stay on...

It the next think I knew I was landing.. I dont remember actually falling..

I landed right in the corner of my neck and shoulder..

I remember the neck hitting and bending, and I remember thinking...

This is it..

I mean, IT.. as in the end.. Because I knew to land on my neck at that angle was not good.
All my body weight came down on that delicate apex...

Then then I didnt die...

Instead white hot burning flaming pain engulfed my shoulder, neck and back...

Ok, maybe I just paralyzed myself..

But I was able to stand up..

I knew, I mean I didnt even thinking about it, I was going to have to call 911...

So I figured, first I had to take care of my horse..

Miss M was standing there, looking at me... the saddle was askew a little on her back. So somehow, I am not sure how, I was able to get the saddle off her back.  I walked her out of the round pen and to the tie rack and tied her out...

I then got in my car, got my cell phone, and called 911...

I then called the Stable Office, and told them I just called 911, and to see if they could send someone down..

Then I called Mac...

Then I sat down...

At  that point.. I knew something was really, really wrong.. The pain, started to build.. It is interesting to note that pain can increase...

I have to say the EMT (fire department) arrived first, then the EMT... and my usually sunny disposition was gone...

Once in the EMT they provided Morphine... which I will tell you when you are in that much pain, does very little...

The crutch of the matter is I have 2 broken ribs, and god only knows the damage I have done to my shoulder...

Considering I can not lift my arm, rest on my arm, move my arm to much... Who knows...
For you medical types it is the Thoracic 1 & 2....

So the golden nugget... Tighten your cinch!!!

The other part is that I have come off my horses alot... and I figure this is the worst fall..
At the hospital they said some where around 23% of people who land this way just die, broken neck... there is another 14% who are paralyzed in some way... I guess I have to take that into consideration...

Hi Ho!
L