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MadRose
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I still need an idea or two for my next video. If you want to watch me doing something specific, let me know. I have three days off from work and could probably get your request finished before then.
I would absolutely love to see you in action, taking photos.
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I would absolutely love to see you in action, taking photos.
Interesting. I'll see what I can do.
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Hooray!
How awesome! Thank her for me and everyone one else, who I know are really going to enjoy seeing you in action. It sounds like a beautiful setting to showcase your talent too. I wait with baited breath...I might be able to make that video in a couple days. I'm supposed to shoot a model in the forest and she's okay with me recording the process.
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Bad news.
About three months ago I was checking my RV propane system for leaks and found one ... the hard way. Even though I smelled no gas in the air, there must have been a slow leak somewhere. When I pushed the igniter button on the new cooktop, the whole place exploded in a flash fire that burned over 28% of my body, mostly areas not covered by clothing. My legs and hands got it worst. I was rushed to the burn unit at Shands medical center in Gainesville and spent a fews weeks in a coma. At one point I even had sepsis, something a lot of people don't survive.
I was finally released to home a few days ago, but my recovery will be long and difficult. While in the hospital, I developed heterotopic ossification (HO) in my elbows and fingers, limiting movement to a very small range. In the case of my elbows, they are essentially locked into a small bend. I can't reach any part of my torso or face with my hands and it's very frustrating. Only a small number of trauma patients get HO; I guess I'm just lucky that way. The HO needs to fully progress before it can be treated, otherwise it will just continue to come back after surgery. I need to learn to live with it for 6-9 months before they can treat it, but I'm told that I'll be back to normal after the surgery. There may also be non-invasive treatments available and I'm looking into that.
So, there will be no new nudes of me for a very long time, if ever. I'm sure I'll have some scarring for life, and I still need to regain the 25 pounds I lost while in the burn unit. (I was only 150 to start, so the weight loss is not insignificant.) I may post a few pictures of what I looked like when I was completely knocked out on pain killers and stuck full of tubes and ventilators.
About three months ago I was checking my RV propane system for leaks and found one ... the hard way. Even though I smelled no gas in the air, there must have been a slow leak somewhere. When I pushed the igniter button on the new cooktop, the whole place exploded in a flash fire that burned over 28% of my body, mostly areas not covered by clothing. My legs and hands got it worst. I was rushed to the burn unit at Shands medical center in Gainesville and spent a fews weeks in a coma. At one point I even had sepsis, something a lot of people don't survive.
I was finally released to home a few days ago, but my recovery will be long and difficult. While in the hospital, I developed heterotopic ossification (HO) in my elbows and fingers, limiting movement to a very small range. In the case of my elbows, they are essentially locked into a small bend. I can't reach any part of my torso or face with my hands and it's very frustrating. Only a small number of trauma patients get HO; I guess I'm just lucky that way. The HO needs to fully progress before it can be treated, otherwise it will just continue to come back after surgery. I need to learn to live with it for 6-9 months before they can treat it, but I'm told that I'll be back to normal after the surgery. There may also be non-invasive treatments available and I'm looking into that.
So, there will be no new nudes of me for a very long time, if ever. I'm sure I'll have some scarring for life, and I still need to regain the 25 pounds I lost while in the burn unit. (I was only 150 to start, so the weight loss is not insignificant.) I may post a few pictures of what I looked like when I was completely knocked out on pain killers and stuck full of tubes and ventilators.
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talikat
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OMG!! You're lucky you survived at all! Those flash fires are brutal and burns are wicked painful. My father in law is a firefighter. He's saved some people who just died from the pain because their hearts couldn't take it any longer.
I'm so sorry that happened to you but very happy you're still with us.
You've always had a beautiful body Ekserb and I can't imagine any scars taking away from that at all. Our scars are what make us who we are and they tell our story.
Wishing you a quick recovery!
You're lucky you survived at all! Those flash fires are brutal and burns are wicked painful. My father in law is a firefighter. He's saved some people who just died from the pain because their hearts couldn't take it any longer.I'm so sorry that happened to you but very happy you're still with us.
You've always had a beautiful body Ekserb and I can't imagine any scars taking away from that at all. Our scars are what make us who we are and they tell our story.
Wishing you a quick recovery!
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Thank you for updating us. I'm sorry your absence was caused by such a horrendous incident. It shows how strong you are that you survived. The hardest thing for you must be the TO. I hope after your surgeries for it, you are able to return to your love of photography. I agree with Talikat that you shouldn't worry about the scarring.
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I'm so very sorry to read this. I've been a silent admirer [just had to search to see if I'd commented before because I know I've looked often].
Wow -- as if the accident weren't horror enough, to have the cascade of sepsis and HO on top of it... I'm sorry for your pain, and the physical restrictions. I hope you can still use your camera and express yourself in your art. Whatever you want to show us, we'll be here to look. And I agree with Tali that our scars tell our stories.
Your survival is a credit to your strength of will. I'm sure that will help with the long recovery you foresee. What a three months you have already endured! Wishing you well with your recovery... lighting a candle and sending some wu-wu...
Wow -- as if the accident weren't horror enough, to have the cascade of sepsis and HO on top of it... I'm sorry for your pain, and the physical restrictions. I hope you can still use your camera and express yourself in your art. Whatever you want to show us, we'll be here to look. And I agree with Tali that our scars tell our stories.
Your survival is a credit to your strength of will. I'm sure that will help with the long recovery you foresee. What a three months you have already endured! Wishing you well with your recovery... lighting a candle and sending some wu-wu...
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Ekserb
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Thank you all for the well wishes. I'm looking forward to regaining my strength and physique so I can again share photos with everyone.
In the meantime, I got a chance to see some photos taken by my mother and girlfriend while I was in intensive care and it was shocking. I don't remember the first few weeks and I'm glad for it. I looked like something from the Walking Dead.
Anyway, better times are yet to come. Thanks again!
In the meantime, I got a chance to see some photos taken by my mother and girlfriend while I was in intensive care and it was shocking. I don't remember the first few weeks and I'm glad for it. I looked like something from the Walking Dead.
Anyway, better times are yet to come. Thanks again!
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Thank you, everyone.
After two weeks at home, I've gained about eight pounds and I'm able to walk over a half-mile on a treadmill. I had my first checkup yesterday and they gave me a list of new tortures—er, exercises—to give to my physical therapist.
I'll keep posting updates as long as you want to read them.
After two weeks at home, I've gained about eight pounds and I'm able to walk over a half-mile on a treadmill. I had my first checkup yesterday and they gave me a list of new tortures—er, exercises—to give to my physical therapist.
I'll keep posting updates as long as you want to read them.
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Thank you, everyone.
After two weeks at home, I've gained about eight pounds and I'm able to walk over a half-mile on a treadmill. I had my first checkup yesterday and they gave me a list of new tortures—er, exercises—to give to my physical therapist.
I'll keep posting updates as long as you want to read them.
That's wonderful!! Like in AA, one day at a time!
So happy you're doing better Ekserb!
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Ekserb sending you get well wishes from across the pond xx
I'm so sorry to read this.
I'm so sorry to read this.
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i am so happy your alive! what a horrible thing to happen, especially after your travels around the world in your military career and other dangerous adventures. i have not been surfing lit lately, but today i made it a point to seek you out; and then to hear of your accident was shocking at the least.
i have always loved your work, as you know, and i have fantasized about you many times (as in my pm's).
my best regards and please get well soon.
love...
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i have missed you.
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i am so happy your alive! what a horrible thing to happen, especially after your travels around the world in your military career and other dangerous adventures. i have not been surfing lit lately, but today i made it a point to seek you out; and then to hear of your accident was shocking at the least.
i have always loved your work, as you know, and i have fantasized about you many times (as in my pm's).
my best regards and please get well soon.
love...
Z
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i have missed you.
Ekserb
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I'm up to a mile on the treadmill and my wounds are still healing. Not much else is new except that my daily pain level is slightly elevated due to my skin healing and nerve endings reconnecting. Compression wraps and oxycodone make everything better.
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I'm up to a mile on the treadmill and my wounds are still healing. Not much else is new except that my daily pain level is slightly elevated due to my skin healing and nerve endings reconnecting. Compression wraps and oxycodone make everything better.
Fantastic! I'm really happy for you Ekserb.
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Nothing really new to report in the past few weeks. Instead of bandages and compression wraps on my legs, I've switched to Under Armour compression leggings. Much easier to deal with and more comfortable than Ace wraps. The compression leggings are the same type worn by the military to reduce effects of IED explosions, so they can only be good for me. Right?
It's looking like my left leg and right hand will have permanent scars where the skin grafts were placed. The hand will be a conversation-starter, but the leg is going to look weird unless I get some hair regrowth. Oh, well.
Walking is almost 100%, although running is still out of the question. Running uses completely different muscles from walking and I really don't do enough of it to regain that once-familiar coordination. Something I need to work on.
It's looking like my left leg and right hand will have permanent scars where the skin grafts were placed. The hand will be a conversation-starter, but the leg is going to look weird unless I get some hair regrowth. Oh, well.
Walking is almost 100%, although running is still out of the question. Running uses completely different muscles from walking and I really don't do enough of it to regain that once-familiar coordination. Something I need to work on.
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Nothing really new to report in the past few weeks. Instead of bandages and compression wraps on my legs, I've switched to Under Armour compression leggings. Much easier to deal with and more comfortable than Ace wraps. The compression leggings are the same type worn by the military to reduce effects of IED explosions, so they can only be good for me. Right?
It's looking like my left leg and right hand will have permanent scars where the skin grafts were placed. The hand will be a conversation-starter, but the leg is going to look weird unless I get some hair regrowth. Oh, well.
Walking is almost 100%, although running is still out of the question. Running uses completely different muscles from walking and I really don't do enough of it to regain that once-familiar coordination. Something I need to work on.
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So glad to hear that you've graduated to compression leggings -- every degree of improved comfort is a good thing!!! Yay you on walking being back to almost 100% -- and how interesting that running uses a different set of muscles. Your physical strength and strength of character are getting you through this ordeal. Best wishes for continued progress...
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Almost two months since my last update. This will not do.
I'm waiting for an appointment date for my right elbow surgery. The orthopedic surgeon is going to cut open my elbow and remove the excess bone growth that essentially encapsulates the joint, fusing it solid. They need to first get a CT scan of the arm so the doctors can get a better look at how much work they need to do and where would be best to enter. I'll also get a dose of radiation that is supposed to help permanently stop any more growth, although at this point it seems to have slowed or stopped on its own. Finally, I'll get some intense physical therapy to regain use of an arm that hasn't bent in about six months.
I'm really looking forward to getting at least one arm back and it should alleviate my daily need for help with everything from taking off a shirt to washing my own hair.
Other than that, I'm feeling better and stronger. I can walk until I get bored and I'm able to almost run for a few minutes. My scars seem to be very slowly healing, but I don't expect to see much improvement for many months to come.
I'm waiting for an appointment date for my right elbow surgery. The orthopedic surgeon is going to cut open my elbow and remove the excess bone growth that essentially encapsulates the joint, fusing it solid. They need to first get a CT scan of the arm so the doctors can get a better look at how much work they need to do and where would be best to enter. I'll also get a dose of radiation that is supposed to help permanently stop any more growth, although at this point it seems to have slowed or stopped on its own. Finally, I'll get some intense physical therapy to regain use of an arm that hasn't bent in about six months.
I'm really looking forward to getting at least one arm back and it should alleviate my daily need for help with everything from taking off a shirt to washing my own hair.
Other than that, I'm feeling better and stronger. I can walk until I get bored and I'm able to almost run for a few minutes. My scars seem to be very slowly healing, but I don't expect to see much improvement for many months to come.
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