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<blockquote data-quote="Mark F" data-source="post: 220113" data-attributes="member: 12825">The year of 2013 has been the unlucky 13 of all unlucky years for me.Started out with a slip on the ice and breaking 5 ribs. Out of work for 1 month and in physical therapy for 6 months. Then, gall bladder surgery... Off work for another 3 weeks.&nbsp; Then took a fall from about 8 feet.&nbsp; Shattered my heal and had to have a plate, screws, and a bone graft.&nbsp; Been off work since September and won't be able to go back to work until January 2014.&nbsp; All told out of pocket expenses... 16,000 and thats with insurance and excluding loss of work.&nbsp; I may contemplate medical chapter 7 bankruptcy instead of having to sell off my cameras and lenses and other things ( which wouldn't even come close to paying this off anyway... so better to keep what I have instead of selling ).At least the Doctor is now allowing me to put weight on the foot... and getting physical therapy to learn how to walk again.&nbsp; it will be good to get out and do some hiking/photo taking and working again.2014 doesn't have a 13 in it... so it will be a better year for sure!here are some X-ray photos of my ankle[ATTACH]59614[/ATTACH][ATTACH]59615[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark F, post: 220113, member: 12825"] The year of 2013 has been the unlucky 13 of all unlucky years for me. Started out with a slip on the ice and breaking 5 ribs. Out of work for 1 month and in physical therapy for 6 months. Then, gall bladder surgery... Off work for another 3 weeks. Then took a fall from about 8 feet. Shattered my heal and had to have a plate, screws, and a bone graft. Been off work since September and won't be able to go back to work until January 2014. All told out of pocket expenses... 16,000 and thats with insurance and excluding loss of work. I may contemplate medical chapter 7 bankruptcy instead of having to sell off my cameras and lenses and other things ( which wouldn't even come close to paying this off anyway... so better to keep what I have instead of selling ). At least the Doctor is now allowing me to put weight on the foot... and getting physical therapy to learn how to walk again. it will be good to get out and do some hiking/photo taking and working again. 2014 doesn't have a 13 in it... so it will be a better year for sure! here are some X-ray photos of my ankle [ATTACH=CONFIG]59614[/ATTACH][ATTACH=CONFIG]59615[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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