On Sept. 25, 2006, I was playing a basketball game @ Watertown High School. We were fairing decently. Maybe I was getting sick, or maybe it was the jet-lag from just getting back from a business trip to China the week before, but I'm not sure I was in my best form that day. In any case, during a particular play, our team was running back on defense. As we were getting into position for our zone defense, I noticed that the opponent with the ball was about to pass over my head to one of his fellow players. As I was running, I jumped into the air, spinning 180-degrees, as it was coming my way, and deflected the ball to Joanna, one of my teammates. Yay!
Of course if you're following this closely, I was running and had jumped in the air and spun around backwards. This means that I was now in the air flying backwards. As I came down I did the only thing I knew to do to catch myself. I put my arm back as my feet hit the ground to catch myself. I've done this many times before and typically nothing bad has ever happened. This time, however, I was not to be so lucky. I came down much harder than I thought, and ended up with my upper body coming down on and rolling over my left arm.
I knew immediately something was wrong. I looked at my left arm and thought "This isn't right." I proceeded to pick my left arm off the floor with my right hand and inspected it. I now had two wrists on my left arm. In my head now (or out loud, I can't remember) I was thinking "Oh sh-t! Oh sh-t!"
I was driven to the hospital, where it was set within an hour. After talking with a specialist, we determined it was best that I get a plate to aid in the bone setting properly, which involved surgery. I got the surgery later that Friday. I then went to physical therapy to get the motion back. I'm now almost fully recovered with full motion, save a little bit of swelling and not quite as much strength yet. It could take up to a year to get back to normal (or at least the way I used to be if not normal).
You can also see the doctor's report here.
