What good news! My arm is as good as new. Actually, with the extra stainless steel plate for re-enforcement, it’s stronger than ever! Just think Robocop! Terminator! Optimus Prime!
Jul 9, 2010
VGH: Very Good Humerus.
I went in to see Dr. Guy today for what turned out to be my final follow-up after nearly a year of monthly follow-ups. After reviewing the x-rays I took today to the ones taken before, he was quite amazed with the progress I’d made. Where there was a void between the two fractures, new bone regenerated to fill it completely with excess bone material on the side. In addition to, the physiotherapist was impressed with the full range of my arm. To build up atrophied muscles, I was shown several exercises to do, getting my shoulder slope to look symmetrical with my right.
What good news! My arm is as good as new. Actually, with the extra stainless steel plate for re-enforcement, it’s stronger than ever! Just think Robocop! Terminator! Optimus Prime!
What good news! My arm is as good as new. Actually, with the extra stainless steel plate for re-enforcement, it’s stronger than ever! Just think Robocop! Terminator! Optimus Prime!
Jul 5, 2010
Rockin' the Rockies.
I believe this was my third time to the Rockies if my memory serves me right but I had just as much fun.
It was my first time meeting Jason, Eva and a visiting friend from Poland, Daria. Jason did all of the driving on this trip and took us through Merritt, Kamloops, Revelstoke, Golden until we reached Yoho National Park where we pitched our tents.
First on the order of the day was to Emerald Lake to see the pristine natural environment of the aqua-green lake backed by the green forests on the snow capped mountains of the rockies. That’s where I met a real Canadian Mountie, friendly and happy to be in photos.
It rained on and off as we hiked up a 10 kilometre gravel logging road to Lake O’Hara the next day. When we got there, it poured! We took sheter inside the visitor lodge where they had a fire stove going which kept us warm. The hot chocolate helped too. We were back out again shortly after when the grey clouds passed and walked all round the lake. I was one with nature and fell in love with everything green. The fresh chilly air was refreshing; better than a session at an oxygen bar. The smell of trees and the sound of waterfalls cascading down a rock face invigorated my senses. It was raining again as we approached full circle but the mood was right for a photo I took of row boats at the end of the dock which turned out beautifully. The walk back down the mountain was painful. Ieda was the only one who opted to take the bus down and pay $10 for the ride. In hindsight, we should and would have done the same.
I was pretty excited to see the hoodoos, a unique rock formation caused by weathering overtime, but I never got to see it in the end. The hike up the mountain was too much for the gang and we turned back after about an hour in. Along the trail, however, was a pretty eerie sight of the remains of what appears to have been a forest fire. A whole forest of charred trees, dead from the ground up. As a stark juxtaposition, the ground covering was fresh with greens. That’s mother nature healing herself like new skin.
Along the way to Laughing Falls, we spotted a couple of curious and easily frightened marmots! They were so cute licking rocks.
Back at our campsite at Yoho National Park, Ieda and I went to see a detective show at the amphitheatre about the elusive wolverine. The target audience was for those ten and under, but we got a kick out of it too. It was educational too, for I had always thought that wolverines only existed in fictional stories like X-MEN.
Mistaya Canyon was amazing. The serpentine course of the Mistaya river had carved out a curvaceous path over the years digging deeper and deeper into the rocks forming a canyon. We had spent a good part of our day here taking photos and just admiring the many façades of nature. We even had lunch here with our kimchi bowls just up the trail.
No trip to the rockies would be complete without a trip to see the Columbia Ice fields. While it’s grandeur is a sight to behold, knowing that it used to extend even further out over the past few decades is a sad reminder of the severity of global warming.
Jasper was our final destination for Ieda and I. Our 5 day Canada-day long weekend came to an end here as we said our bye-byes to Jason, Eva and Daria. The two of us took the Greyhound back to Vancouver through the night and right through the afternoon the next day, passing through the same roads we came up along at the start of our journey.
It was my first time meeting Jason, Eva and a visiting friend from Poland, Daria. Jason did all of the driving on this trip and took us through Merritt, Kamloops, Revelstoke, Golden until we reached Yoho National Park where we pitched our tents.
First on the order of the day was to Emerald Lake to see the pristine natural environment of the aqua-green lake backed by the green forests on the snow capped mountains of the rockies. That’s where I met a real Canadian Mountie, friendly and happy to be in photos.
It rained on and off as we hiked up a 10 kilometre gravel logging road to Lake O’Hara the next day. When we got there, it poured! We took sheter inside the visitor lodge where they had a fire stove going which kept us warm. The hot chocolate helped too. We were back out again shortly after when the grey clouds passed and walked all round the lake. I was one with nature and fell in love with everything green. The fresh chilly air was refreshing; better than a session at an oxygen bar. The smell of trees and the sound of waterfalls cascading down a rock face invigorated my senses. It was raining again as we approached full circle but the mood was right for a photo I took of row boats at the end of the dock which turned out beautifully. The walk back down the mountain was painful. Ieda was the only one who opted to take the bus down and pay $10 for the ride. In hindsight, we should and would have done the same.
I was pretty excited to see the hoodoos, a unique rock formation caused by weathering overtime, but I never got to see it in the end. The hike up the mountain was too much for the gang and we turned back after about an hour in. Along the trail, however, was a pretty eerie sight of the remains of what appears to have been a forest fire. A whole forest of charred trees, dead from the ground up. As a stark juxtaposition, the ground covering was fresh with greens. That’s mother nature healing herself like new skin.
Along the way to Laughing Falls, we spotted a couple of curious and easily frightened marmots! They were so cute licking rocks.
Back at our campsite at Yoho National Park, Ieda and I went to see a detective show at the amphitheatre about the elusive wolverine. The target audience was for those ten and under, but we got a kick out of it too. It was educational too, for I had always thought that wolverines only existed in fictional stories like X-MEN.
Mistaya Canyon was amazing. The serpentine course of the Mistaya river had carved out a curvaceous path over the years digging deeper and deeper into the rocks forming a canyon. We had spent a good part of our day here taking photos and just admiring the many façades of nature. We even had lunch here with our kimchi bowls just up the trail.
No trip to the rockies would be complete without a trip to see the Columbia Ice fields. While it’s grandeur is a sight to behold, knowing that it used to extend even further out over the past few decades is a sad reminder of the severity of global warming.
Jasper was our final destination for Ieda and I. Our 5 day Canada-day long weekend came to an end here as we said our bye-byes to Jason, Eva and Daria. The two of us took the Greyhound back to Vancouver through the night and right through the afternoon the next day, passing through the same roads we came up along at the start of our journey.
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