Wow, that is a crazy story. After the surgeries are you fully recovered? Are there a lot of things that you are not able to do now, that you were able to before (besides diving)?
I am recovered
Not fully ... I feel pain and stuff
Like now... on my shitty chair my left side of back is in pain from a week
wish it will stop soon ...
I can move my legs and hands and this is most important!
I cant move my neck around too much, I have two titanium implants inside
(so propably they will never get me into USA
on the airport I will beep
)
I am not able to do sports
(just some Basketball with my GF
she's not running around
we can just shoot a ball
)
I can't go to gym, bike riding and any extreme sports cause I cant risk my back...
I was like SO LUCKY that I went from it with just a "scratch"
I was a painter/decorator for 8 years, and I could not do my job anymore...
Eh ... it was about 4 years ago
and I am still recovering from it... I wish I never had jump to this fuck&^&^ lake
And what is funny I did checked gournd underwater and there was no stone
I though ..
And when I did jumped I felt like "omg, such a nice jump, so high and good body possition" I went into a water like 4m into deep
And suddenly when I open eyes after a splash into water a BIG white stone stand in front of me and after half of second I hit it.
Ouch
Its hard to say what was the feeling. Like... electricity inside of me, like a electricshock... I couldn't move my hand and legs, I was in shock.
In those seconds so many things went through my minds...
But one of most stressing was "Oh my god. I will die here"
That was a moment when my left leg suddenly has moved again.
And just a second after another leg so I could swim up!
Just when I reach an air i felt my hands are moving but they hurt so much. I was struggling to a dryland, and it was so hard to get myself on it.
I remember it good. Very good. This pain.... And I did not realize that I have back bone broken!
I didn't know what is happening.
If I can move my legs and hands I thought that maybe is not so bad, maybe only some replacement or something.
And my visit in hospital:) so funny:
I came in and went to a desk. Say to lady that I need an xray.
She asked me for any ID and do I have insurance.
I told to her that I haven't got any insurance at a moment, and I haven't got much money with me, how much does it cost?
She told me 280zł and that I need to pay it in next 48h.
I felt like - if you are sick and you have no insurance, if you have no money you can just die
I told her, that my back pain a lot and I realy wish to talk about payment later ...
So she took my ID and send me to an Xray.
Nurse did not realize that I may have broken back bone.
So she was amost screaming at me when I told her it is hard to move in right possition when she aksked me to turn left or right.
Ok.. after a lot of pain @ xray she told me to sit and wait.
In about 15 min I saw that few doctors are comming with few nurses with a stretcher and ortopedical collar.
They were so scared. I saw it in their eyes.
They put collar on my neck and told me to dont move! Then they told me how to stand up slowly and lie on a stretcher...
When they finished up placing me on a stretcher they told me, that my C-4 and C-5 is broken. My backbone is twisted and broken in a one time. And then shit about price of this surgery and that they don't know where to find hospital that will fix me because they NEVER saw anything like that....
That was so so optimistic for me
Luckly! Rydgiera hospital in Cracow did this surgery.
My C-4 was in around 17 pieces
and C-5 in more than 20 pieces ....
for 3 days I had 3kg-8kg weight screwed (REALY! I have holes/scars in my head for this days!
) to my head to strech my backbone
after almost a week 1st surgery, and 3 days after 2nd surgery because some pieces were still around my core, so it was realy dangerous for me.
What I can say for 100% Our core and our back bone is programing all our nerves with our brain!
It is so amazing, like I still have Hyperaesthesia, when I touch my hand I feel pain like someone put an needle into it
Guys
don't jump into any fu*&&^ lakes!
Only DEEP DEEP water! Like 15-20m down.
Eh.. Hard story
this one jump change my whole life....
